OTICON 2013 - Inauguration
Dear
All,
The
Organizers of OTICON 2013, thanks all of you without exception, for your active
participation and support for this mega event ‘OTICON 2013’.
This
conference was remarked with the presence of Chief Minister, Finance minister, Minister
of Social justice & empowerment of Kerala and Vice-Chairman and Executive
Head of the Kerala State Higher Education Council etc…
We
are extremely happy to inform you all that the Chief Minister of Kerala Shri. Oommen
Chandy, who inaugurated the conference, promised that the government would take
urgent measures to ensure that the services of occupational therapists were
available across the State.
Finance
Minister K.M. Mani, who released a souvenir of the conference, said that
occupational therapy was an important allied science of modern medicine, which
helped in the training and rehabilitation of people with disabilities and that
the government would render all support to develop it as a major speciality.
Social
Welfare Minister M. K. Muneer, pointed out that the Department of Social
Justice was coming out with a lot of initiatives, in which occupational
therapists had a huge role to play.
The
ministers asked the Kerala branch of AIOTA to submit a proposal on starting a
course in OT, which the government would fully endorse and support.
At
this junction we believe that the effort we put for the upliftment of occupational
Therapy profession in this state through this conference is in the positive
track. This belief gives us further inspiration and enthusiasm to continue our enduring
to uplift the profession in our state.
At
this moment, we are great full to all our AIOTA executives, senior
professionals and mentors for their immense guidance, constant support and constructive
criticism.
We
extend our deepest tribute and most sincere appreciation to all KBAIOTA members
and beloved OT students from Kerala, for their exceptional help before and during
this conference.
The
media also gave us a great support. 7 different newspapers (5 in Malayalam
& 2 in English) and 6 news channels (All Malayalam) reported this event. [you
can see some of the newspaper cuttings below]
Once
again we thank everyone who helped us to make it as a grant success.
Warm
regards,
Organizers of OTICON
2013
