Dear Colleagues,

The all India Conference of Obstetrics and Gynecology AICOG 2013 Mumbai was inaugurated by the chief Guest Union Health minister Shri Ghulam Nabhi Azad along with guest of honor chief minister of Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan and film star Akshay Kumar. There was the change in the guard at the inauguration ceremony. This was the last meeting of the outgoing President of FOGSI our very own Dr. P K Shah and team of Vice presidents Late Dr. Mandakini Parihar, Dr. Laxmi Shrikhande, Dr. Mandakini Megh & Dr. Prashant Acharya. His speech and the stupendous work that he and his vice Presidents did during his year as president would be available to you under heading of ''Miscellanea'' under the ''whats new on this site'' section of our website www.fogsi.org . My dear friend and classmate Dr. Hema Divakar from Bangalore was installed as the FOGSI President 2013 along with Vice President Dr. Ashwini Bhalerao Gandhi (Mumbai), Dr. Alpesh Gandhi (Ahemdabad), Dr. Shantha Kumari (Hyderabad), Dr. Jayant Rath (Cuttack) and Dr. Maninder Ahuja (Faridabad), Dr. Hema Divakar's speech and plans for years 2013 are available on the right upper corner of the Home page as ''Presidential address''..