I am extremely delighted to present to you yet another issue of the IAP-ID Newsletter( Vol 9, No 1, January 2006 ). Since last year the Newsletter is being produced in full colour and I hope you find the Newsletter a lot more attractive and appealing. It has been my constant endeavor since inception to innovate and enrich the form and content of the Newsletter so as to make it attractive to the members.

The Newsletter aims to keep members abreast of the various activities of the IAP-Indian Division as well as the IAP. I appeal to all those members involved in various activities of the IAP and the IAP-ID to send their inputs to me so as the relevant material may be incorporated in the Divisional Newsletter so as to make the Newsletter more effective.

For the health and robust growth of the Newsletter it has to be self financing so as not to drain the corpus of the IAP-ID. I earnestly appeal to all members to use your good offices to arrange sponsors and advertisers for the IAP-ID Newsletter. The sponsors / advertisers should send their advertisement material and Demand Drafts in favour of "Secretary & Treasurer, IAP- Indian Division" payable at "Panaji (Goa)" and send it to the following address: Dr.Francisco Couto, Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-Indian Division, 714, La Campala Colony, Panaji - 403001, Goa.

I wish you a fruitful and pleasant reading.

Dr. Francisco Couto
Editor, IAP-ID Newsletter