Greetings from the Governingbody of AOI South zone.

We are again meeting at Hyderabad for the Southzone Conference in Katria hotel and towers,Hyderabad from 17th to 19th October 2008. Much water has flown in the last year. Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala branches have successfully completed their annual Conferences at Mahabalipuram, Davanagere and Kannur successfully. You will all be witnessing the AP state Conference along with the Southzone Conference.

The AOI Southzone website is activated and all of you are requested to access the website www.aoisouthzone.com where the scientific programme also is uploaded.

This year becomes significant as the office is going to be shifted to Hyderabad from this October for the next three years and a different team of Steering Committee members from the states with a new Chairman will take over for the next 3 years. A new Secretary General, treasurer and Editor from Hyderabad will also join the Governingbody.

The next Conference will be conducted by AOI Tamilnadu thus completing one full circle. We started at Pondicherry and next year we will be meeting at Chennai. Dr.Jacinth as the Organizing Secretary and Dr. Anand Kumar as Treasurer under the leadership of Dr.Mohan kameswaran as the organizing Chairman have started working right earnest for the next big event in South.

All the courtcases against AOI at New Delhi have been solved and a retired high court Judge had been appointed by the New Delhi High Court to conduct the elections for the AOI Nationalbody who promptly called for the election process to be started. We fervently hope that all the problems concerning AOI will be solved and after Jaipur we have a streamlined AOI.