At the outset, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the honourable members of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India for showing their trust in me and elected me president of the biggest association among all oncological associations in India. I promise to live up to your expectation and will carry the legacy of my predecessor forward. One of my thrust focus will be how to improve the radiotherapy infrastructure in the country. We all know that there is a huge gap between demand and supply of radiotherapy equipment resulting into long waiting list. This gap can only be narrowed down if every medical college (government and private) develop radiotherapy treatment facilities. This will not only benefit patients but will also create new jobs opportunities for our members and will encourage them to stay in the specialty. Many centers are having MD program without linear accelerator and I would like to get your valuable views on this issue. A new ESTRO AROI teaching program in head and neck cancer will start from this year beside two such programs which are already being conducted with international collaboration and we would like to have member’s feedback about these activities so that further improvement can be done. I would like young Radonc to be more active in association’s activities as they are the future of association. I have created a mail id presidentaroi.manoj@gmail.com and will request all members to communicate with me freely on any issue. I am pretty sure that with support of 4500 members we can do. Wish you all the best and a happy Christmas and Happy New Year 2023.
Dr. Manoj Gupta
President
AROI
