Office Bearers of MAI

President - Dr. Nirmala Vaze

FRCOG (London), FICMCH (India), FICOG, CIMP
Present Occupation
  •  Consultant Obs/Gyn at Sankalp Hospital, Nagpur, India
  •  Counselor Breast & Gyn Cancer& Menopause
  •  National President NARCHI2018-20

Past Positions
  •  Past National Vice President Indian menopause Society 2016-17.
  •  Past President NARCHI Nagpur Chapter, 2010- 2016.
  •  Founder Secretary, IMS Nagpur Chapter.
  •  Past Chairperson, RCOG Representative Committee west Zone, India.

Special Interests
  •  Counseling in Obs. And Gyn.; Breast and Gyn. Cancer.
  •  Conducting camps for early detection of breast and gyn.
  •  Cancer in colleges and various women's organizations.
  •  Conducting awareness programmes on Menopause.

Achievements
  •  Faculty for Pelvic Anatomy workshop at FIGO Vancouver 2015, FIGO Rio De Jenerio 2018 & 3 International & 30 National.
  •  Faculty for " Evidence Based CME on Cesarean Section" workshop - 1 International & 3 National cities.
  •  Started awareness on "Sex Education and Adolescent Problems in Girls" & introduced Rubella vaccination project for young girls in Nagpur from 1997.
  •  Presented many papers on counseling in Breast Cancer & Menopause in national and international conferences.
  •  First Lady Rotarian in Nagpur, Rotary International District 3030.
  •  Conducted project on Anemia in 3000 school girls.
  •  Leader of "Sandhya Deep" Project - screening for peri & post menopausal ladies.

Vice President - Mrs. Sanyukta Gokhale

M.F.A.M., M.D. , Ph.D. (Ayurved)


  •  Ex. Principal, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College ,Sawangi (meghe) Wardha.
  •  Ex. Dean of Faculty of Ayurved in Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha.
  •  Ex. Reader in Shri Ayurved College, Nagpur.
  •  Books published on "Karkrog", "Aai" Gharguti Aushadhi, "First Aid", Pratyaksha Shariram Part 1 & 2, Surgical Anatomy in Ayurved . Mathematics in Ayurved.
  •  Seven articles are published on Menopause and HRT in Tarun Bharat a well known Marathi Newspaper.

  • Past participation in conferences
    •  Presented 16 papers in National Conferences.
    •  Presented 6 papers in International conferences.

    Awards
    •  Best Teacher Award from National Sharir Research Institute, Sandila. (It is a Late. Dr. B. G. Ghanekar Award for Best Teacher.)
    •  Gold Medal awarded by Institute of Indian Medicine, Pune for the book "Pratyaksh Shariram".
    •  Gold Medal awarded by Institute of Indian Medicine for Ph.D. Thesis in international Ayurveda & Yoga conference in Sydney, Australia, 2006.

    Social activities
    •  Founder Member of "Sawali", a home for senior citizen.
    •  Organized so many health camps in various slum areas of Nagpur city and educated them about cancer and other preventive measures.
    •  Was an Executive Member of Rehabilitation centre of Matru Seva Sangha.

    Secretary - Dr. Sonal Bhole

    M.S. ( General Surgery)
    Present Occupation
    •  Practising as a general and Laparoscopic surgeon in Nagpur for last 18 years.

    Past Positions
    •  Lecturer in Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGGMC), Nagpur fir 4 years.
    •  Lecturer in Surgery at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical sciences, Sarangi for 2 years.

    Special Interests
    •  In Breast surgery especially Breast Cancer.
    •  Pre-op counselling, Surgical treatment and post -op counselling
    •  Conduct breast Cancer awareness programmes.

    Memberships
    •  ASI, National body
    •  ASI, Nagpur chapter
    •  AMS, Nagpur
    •  IMS, National body

    Joint Secretary - Dr. Sampada Peshwe



    Dr. Sampada Peshwe is an Architect and Product designer. She did her Bachelors in Architecture from Dept. of Architecture, Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur in 1996. She went to the USA to pursue her masters degree and received her masters degree in Industrial Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005. She has been a recipient of several scholarships in her undergraduate and post graduate studies. She was conferred her doctoral degree by Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University in 2016. She holds the distinction of being the first woman architect to be awarded PhD in Architecture by Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University.

    She has a professional experience of 11 years as an Architect and Product designer. She has been in the field of teaching since 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor at Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur.

    Treasurer - Dr. Bhagyashree Gandhe

    M D ( Ob Gyn )


    Present Occupation
    •  Working in charitable hospital as medical superintendent.

    Past Positions
    •  After post graduation, worked in Algeria as Gynecologist.
    •  After coming back to India, started private practice in Dhanvantari.
    •  For 30 years, running a hospital for low income group.

    Ex-executive & Associate - Dr. Jayashree Patwardhan

    M.A. B.Ed. PhD. LLB


    Present Occupation
    •  Retired.

    Past Positions
    •  Professor of Economics from LAD & SRP college for women, Nagpur.

    Memberships
    •  IWSA IEA, Saptak innerwheel club

    Projects
    •  Education & awareness of science among gramin mahila (rural women).

    Interests
    •  Reading, writing, drama, music, sports, teaching, social activities.

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