MY TRIP TO MANGALORE TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

MANGALORE TRIP
May be it was not possible in our dream to meet and talk with “Dr. VINAY KUMAR “Celebrated author of ROBBIN’S PATHOLOGY , who was star attraction in the event “MEDICON 2009”.
THE PROGRAM WAS FROM 24TH JUNE TO 28TH JUNE .
Before starting our trip,I would like to thank Dr. Ravi Shankar and Department of community medicine :-AMITA MAM , SRIJANA MAM without whose sincere support the way to our conference would not have paved.
We started our journey on thrusday (18th JUNE ) 8:30 PM for bhairahwa.Next morning on Friday we reached ,stayed there for a single day and and on the same evening we went to Gorakhpur .Saturday(20TH JUNE) morning ,6:30 am we started our train journey .On one side heart full of joy ,plans(some of them were success and some are still plans). And on the other side missing college, home and some one ………...After 48 hrs long journey, on Monday ,we reached BANGALORE. The same evening we moved for Mangalore in train .it was 9:30 am ,Tuesday when we reached Mangalore(the home town of MEDICON 2009).There we were shifted to respective apartment.
The inauguration of MEDICON 2009 “THE SECOND ASIAN AND THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE “ organized by MANIPAL UNIVERSITY’S Kasturba medical college at DR.TMA PAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE ,MANGALORE Started with the message “CATCH ‘EM YOUNG”.
Dr.Katoch, Secretary Of Union Health Research Department and Director Of ICMR(INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH ) was our chief guest who inaugurated the program calling upon the students to develop an instinct to think rather than study .”we have knowledge and potential, we have to create the pathway to provide opportunity “,he said. VICE CHANCELLOR OF MANIPAL UNIVERSITY “Dr.Raj warrior “ said that research projects worth Rs.30 crore are already underway at MANIPAL UNIVERSITY which produced 1,300 research papers in the previous year.
More than 800 delegates ,including from Pakistan ,iran ,Romania and Nepal and many more took part in the conference.
Most memorable moments of our trip :-
· GOT CHANCE TO SEE LIVE RARE AUTOPSY IN KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE.(thanks to Dr.Ritesh Menezes)
· AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTOGRAPH FROM Dr.VINAY KUMAR .
· PANAMBURA SEA BEACH.
· GADBAD ICE-CREAM IN PABBAS ICE-CREAM PARLOUR .
· “BHARAT MAHAL” A HUGE COMPLEX ..(ACTUALLY IT WAS OUR JUNCTION )
· St.ALOYSUS CHURCH ,125 YEARS OLD ,THE WHOLE CHURCH CRAVED BY A SINGLE PERSON IN 2 YEARS .
· MEETING WITH DIFFERENT INDIAN ENTITIES AND MEDICAL IDOLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
· MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES .
· VISIT TO MANIPAL “REALLY ,FEELS LIKE IN HEAVEN .”ACTUALLY IT WAS MY DREAM .....
· WELCOME PARTY BY MANIPAL STUDENTS.

The last day trip to MANIPAL UNIVERSITY was most memorable.playing antarakshi with the foreign and DUMB SHAKE was really joyful and on top of that interaction with people.AND THE MANIPAL UNIVERSITY ,ITS HUGE LIBRARY ,TOP ANATOMY MUSEUM ,LARGEST PARK ,AND MANY MORE…..
I really wanna thank research team “krabs” especially roshan ,shamini,pragya,………………..,who helped till the last moment ,with out whom I would not have attended the conference.I returned back with lots of photographs, videos ,and memories of manipal and medicon which will remain with me forever as a gift ,my college provided me in my medical life.
Thanks to all the supporters and well wishers….