IACTS ELECTIONS 2026
Kindly read the conference SOP before applying for the IACTSCON or CMEs please
Dear Members of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Vascular surgeons (IACTS),
The elections for the posts of Junior Vice President, Two members of the Executive committee and the Venue for IACTSCON (the 75th Annual conference of the IACTS) 2029 is to be held at the IACTSCON Mumbai on Friday the 27th of February, 2026 at the General Body Meeting.
All full members of the IACTS who are physically present at the General Body Meeting in the Hall could exercise their voting rights through paper ballot by marking an X on the paper next to the candidate / venue they are voting for. This would then be physically counted. The election process would be overseen by the senior vice president who would be the returning officer. The election would be governed by the constitution and the amendments as can be read from the official website iacts.org. (https://www.iacts.org/content/constitution-and-rules)
These were discussed at the Executive committee meeting on the 9th August 2025, agreed upon unanimously and was presented by the secretary at the midterm general body meeting at the CT CME at Trivandrum on the 9th of August 2025 and was ratified by all members present.
Nominations are invited for the posts mentioned above and the IACTSCON venue. The nominations will close on the 31st of December 2025 at 11-59 pm. Full members of the IACTS are eligible to contest. They must be nominated and seconded by full members of the IACTS who are in good standing. Nominations for the venue are solicited as well. The proposed organizing secretary would assume responsibility and would present the venue for the elections. He/she would also nominate the organizing chairperson and a treasurer and also propose a theme for the said conference.
All full members who contest, by virtue of contesting declare that they are in good standing and have no legal or criminal proceedings against them.
I wish all of you a pleasurable, meaningful and useful time at the conference and the general body meeting to come.
Dr Jacob Jamesraj,
Secretary, IACTS.
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Applying for IACTS CMEs
Dear members
The applications for the IACTS Technocollege 2026 (to be held in May), CT CME 2026 (to be held in August) and Thoracic CME (to be held in November) are also solicited. These may be applied for by email to secretary@iacts.org before 23:59 hours December 15 2025.
The Applicant for Organising Secretary for the concerned CME must mail the secretary, IACTS and takes all responsibility for the proceedings and the conference. The application mail must contain the following:
Subject of mail must state the CME applying for
Body:
Name the CME applying for
Theme
Venue
Organising secretary – Name, Age, Gender, IACTS Membership number and institute
Organising Chairman - Name, Age, Gender, IACTS Membership number
Treasurer - Name, Age, Gender, IACTS Membership number
These details are to be written in a word document, printed and signed by all three and scanned in pdf format and attached in the mail.
Incomplete applications will not be entertained.
The decision of the Executive Committee shall be final and binding.
Best wishes
Regards
Dr Jacob Jamesraj MB MS MCh FIACS FRCS Edin
Secretary, IACTS