Council

Present Executive council (2023 - 2024)

President   Prof Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Immediate-Past President
  Prof Kusal Das (India)
Secretary General   Prof Samina Malik (Pakistan)
Immediate Past Secretary General   Prof Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Treasurer   Dr. Himansu Waidyasekera (Sri Lanka)
Vice Presidents   Dr. Sayada Siraj (Bangladesh)
Dr. Shams Ruhani Islam (Bangladesh)
Dr. Bipin Shrestha (Nepal)
Dr. Narayan Mahotra (Nepal)
Prof. Md Iqbal Alam (India)
Prof. Prasunpriya Nayak (India)
Prof. Sundus Tariq (Pakistan)
Assoc. Prof. Umema Zafar (Pakistan)
Prof. Sampath Gunawardena (Sri Lanka)
Dr. Chandana Hewage (Sri Lanka)
bangladesh   Dr. Sayada Siraj (Bangladesh)
Dr. Shams Ruhani Islam (Bangladesh)
india   Prof. Md Iqbal Alam (India)
Prof. Prasunpriya Nayak (India)
nepal   Dr. Bipin Shrestha (Nepal)
Dr. Narayan Mahotra (Nepal)
pakistan   Prof. Sundus Tariq (Pakistan)
Assoc. Prof. Umema Zafar (Pakistan)
sri_lanka   Prof. Sampath Gunawardena (Sri Lanka)
Dr. Chandana Hewage (Sri Lanka)
Joint Secretary   Dr Kumarangie Vithanage (Sri Lanka)
SAAP Advisory Committee   Prof Noorzahan Begum (Bangladesh)
Prof Kusal Das (india)
Prof Amar K Chandra (India)
Prof Rita Khadka (Nepal)
Prof Dr Muhammad Aslam (Pakistan)
Prof Sharaine Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Prof Savi Wimalasekera (Sri Lanka)
Adjunct Advisors of SAAP   1. Prof. Susan C. Wray
President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
University of Liverpool, UK

2. Prof. Robert G. Carroll
Chair of the IUPS Education Commission
Professor of Physiology &
Associate Dean of Medical Education
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University, USA.

3. Prof. Chae Hun Leem, M.D., Ph.D.
President of the Federation of Asian Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS)
Director and Professor
Department of Physiology & Department of Bioengineering
Biological System & Biochip Developing Group Developing Group
ASAN Medical Center
University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Medical Engineering R&D Center
Seoul, KOREA

4. Prof. Noriyuki Koibuchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the FAOPS Education Commission
Professor and Director
Department of Integrative Physiology
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
Japan

5. Prof. Sinerik Ayrapetyan
UNESCO Chair-
Life Sciences International Postgraduate Educational Center
Coordinator of UNESCO/UNITWIN Interregional Network on PhD Education
and Research in Biophysics, Biotechnology and Environmental Health
Armenia

6. Professor Barbara E. Goodman
Editor in Chief, Advances in Physiology Education, American Physiological Society
Professor of Physiology
Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Sanford School of Medicine
University of South Dakota, USA.


7. Dr Patricia A. Halpin
Editorial Board Member of Advances in Physiology Education, American Physiological Society
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology
Chair of American Physiological Society Teaching Section
Core Member UNH K-12 Engagement Council
University of New Hampshire Manchester, USA

8. Professor K. K. Deepak
Dean (Exams)
Head, Department of Physiology
AIIMS,
New Delhi, India.

 


 

 

Executive council (2020 - 2022)

President   Prof. Kusal K Das (India)
Immediate-Past President
  Prof. Muhammad Aslam (Pakistan)
Secretary General   Prof. Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Immediate Past Secretary General   Prof. Savithri Wimalasekera (Sri Lanka)
Treasurer   Dr. Himansu Waidyasekera (Sri Lanka)
Vice Presidents    
bangladesh   Prof. Chandra Rani Sarkar
Dr. Kazi Salma Binte Faruky
india   To be nominated by India
nepal   Dr. Mrigendra Amatya
Dr. Ojashwi Nepal
pakistan   Prof. Samina Malik
Prof. Ghulam Rehmani Lakho
sri_lanka   Prof. Niranga M Devanarayana
Prof. Piyusha M Atapattu
Joint Secretary   Prof. Md. Obaidullah Ibne Ali (Bangladesh)
SAAP Advisory Committee  

Prof. Noorzahan Begum - Former President of SAAP (Bagladesh)

Prof. Amar Kumar Chandra - Former President & Secretary General of SAAP (India)

Prof. Rita Khadka - Former President of SAAP (Nepal)

Prof Dr Muhammad Ayub - President of the Pakistan Physiological Society (Pakistan)

Prof. Sharaine Fernando - Former President of SAAP (Sri Lanka)

Adjunct Advisors of SAAP  
  • Prof. Julie Chan (Republic of China,Taiwan)
    President of the International Union of Physiological Societies (IUPS)
    Distinguished Chair Professor
    Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

 

  • Prof. Chae Hun Leem (S.Korea)
    President of the Federation of Asian Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS)
    Director and Professor
    Department of Physiology & Department of Bioengineering
    Biological System & Biochip Developing Group Developing Group
    ASAN Medical Center
    University of Ulsan College of Medicine
    Medical Engineering R&D Center, Korea

 

  • Prof. Sinerik Ayrapetyan (Armenia)
    UNESCO Chair-
    Life Sciences International Postgraduate Educational Center
    Coordinator of UNESCO/UNITWIN Interregional Network on PhD Education
    and Research in Biophysics, Biotechnology and Environmental Health, Armenia

 

  • Prof. Robert G. Carroll (USA)
    IUPS Education Chair
    Professor of Physiology &
    Associate Dean of Medical Education
    Brody School of Medicine
    East Carolina University, North Carolina,USA

 

  • Prof. Noriyuki Koibuchi (Japan)
    FAOPS Education Chair
    Professor and Director
    Department of Integrative Physiology
    Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

 


 

Executive council (2018 - 2020)

President   Prof. Arif Siddiqui, Late (2018 -2020) (Pakistan)
Prof. Muhammad Aslam (Pakistan)
Secretary General   Prof. Savithri Wimalasekera (Sri Lanka)
Joint Secretary   Prof. Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Treasurer   Dr. Himansu Waidyasekera (Sri Lanka)
Immediate-Past President   Prof. Rita Khadka (Nepal)
Vice Presidents    
bangladesh   Dr. Sultana Firdousi
Dr. Muhammad Zahid Hassan
india   Dr. Goutam Pal
Dr. Dilip Kumar Nandi
nepal   Dr. Mrigendra Amatya
Dr. Ojaswi Nepal
pakistan   Dr. Mahwish Arooj
Dr. Muhammad Adnan Kanpurwala
sri_lanka   Prof. Priyadharshika Hettiarchchi
Dr. Indu Nanayakkara
Advisory Council   Prof. Muhammad Aslam
Prof. Kusal K Das
Prof. Amar K Chandra
Prof. Sharaine Fernando
Prof. Ruhul Amin

 


 

Executive council (2014 - 2018)

President   Dr. Rita Khadka (Nepal)
Secretary General   Prof. Amar K.Chandra (India)
Joint Secretary   Prof. Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Treasurer   Dr. Himansu Waidyasekera (Sri Lanka)
Immediate-Past President   Prof. Noorzahan Begum (Bangladesh)
Vice Presidents    
bangladesh   Prof. Shelina Begum
Prof. Ruhul Amin
india   Prof. Somnath Gangopadhyay
Dr. Dilip Kumar Nandi
nepal   Prof. Tara M Amatya
Dr. Sunil Dhungel
pakistan   Prof. Alamgir Khan
Prof. Taseer Ahmed Khan
sri_lanka   Dr. Sudharshani Wasalathanthri
Prof. K G Somasiri

 


 

Executive council (2012 - 2014)

President   Prof. Sharaine Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Secretary General   Prof. Arif Siddiqui (Pakistan)
Joint Secretary   Prof. Mangala Gunatilake (Sri Lanka)
Treasurer   Dr. Himansu Waidyasekera (Sri Lanka)
Immediate-Past President   Prof. Amar K.Chandra (India)
Vice Presidents    
bangladesh   Dr. Nasim Jahan
Dr. Rokeya Begum
india   Dr. Manish Bajpai
Dr. Shyamal Roychoudhury
nepal   Prof. Bishnu Hari Paudel
Dr. Rita Khadka
pakistan   Dr. Ali Muhammad Soomro
Dr. Zafar Tanveer
sri_lanka   Dr. Deepthi de Siva
Prof. Savithri W. Wimalasekera
Advisory Council   Prof. Muhammad Aslam (Pakistan)
Prof. Kusal K Das (India)

 


 

Executive council (2010 - 2012)

President   Prof. Amar K Chandra (India)
Secretary General   Prof. Arif Siddiqui (Pakistan)
Joint Secretary   Dr. Sandhya T. Avadhany Head (India)
Treasurer   Prof. Idrees Farooq Butt (Pakistan)
Immediate-Past President   Prof. Muhammad Aslam (Pakistan)
Vice Presidents    
bangladesh   Prof. Noorzahan Begum
Prof. Farida Adib Khanum
india   Prof. Roy Shyamal Choudhury
nepal   Prof. Bishnu Hari Paudel
Dr. Rita Khadka
pakistan   Prof. Farman ullah Wazir (Pakistan)
sri_lanka   Dr. Sharaine Fernando
Prof. Savithri Wimalsekera

 


 

Executive council (2008 - 2010)

President   Prof. (Maj. Gen.) Muhammad Aslam Principal (Pakistan)
Secretary General   Prof. Arif Siddiqui (Pakistan)
Treasurer   Prof. (Col.) Muhammad Idrees (Pakistan)
Vice Presidents    
india   Prof. Roy Shyamal Choudhury
Prof. Amar K Chandra
pakistan   Prof. H.R. Ahmed Dean
Prof. Muhammad Ayub
sri_lanka   Prof. Sharaine Fernando
Prof. Savithri Wimalsekera

 

 

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