Northern
Indian Medical and Dental Association of Canada was the brain child of some its
members who met for the first time in the year 1987-88. This was rather a
social gathering at one of the founding members home
and laid the foundation of this organization. The initial founding members
were Dr. P. Bariana, Dr. K. S. Grewal,
Dr. K. Kular, Dr. B. Purewal,
Dr. R. Rana, Dr. B. Reen
and Dr. P. Sunerh. The organization was officially
registered in the year 1993. Before this year, it was an unofficial and
informal organization. The members used to meet at their homes and organize
social and educational events regularly.
Dr. A. S. Cheema was the first elected president in the year 1993.
The quarterly publication of the newsletter was started by Dr. R. Jaidka in the year 1998. The organization had its own
email address in the year 1999. Starting May 15, 2000 NIMDAC was on the
cyberspace.
Over the past twenty
years, this organization has grown stronger and bigger. There are now over
150 life members and more than 400 active members.
We organize educational, social, cultural and charitable events regularly
throughout the year.
In 2008 The Nimdac Foundation was founded and established by Dr. Asha Seth, physician
and life member of NIMDAC, with the support of Dr. Ranjit S. Rana and Dr. Vijay Sharma. The Foundation was incorporated under the
laws of Ontario on January 28th, 2008. It received status as a tax-exempt, public charitable foundation from Revenue Canada on
February 13th, 2008. As such, it is permitted to issue official tax receipts to acknowledge donations made by individuals and organizations.
The NIMDAC Foundation is a registered, non-profit, charitable foundation, operated in association with the Northern Indian Medical & Dental
Association of Canada (NIMDAC).
2008 was an historic year for NIMDAC. Our first Fundraising Gala was initiated by
Dr. Asha Seth and was held on April 12th, 2008. An "Award of Excellence" was established to recognize an outstanding Nimdacians. It was
also first time we began accepting Visa and MasterCard.
The following is the list
of its presidents over the years.
YEAR NAME OF PRESIDENT
1993
DR. A.S. CHEEMA
1994 DR. K.S. GREWAL
1995 DR. P. BARIANA
1996 DR. Y.S. DHALIWAL
1997 DR. P. SUNERH
1998 DR.
S.S. SIDHU
1999 DR. H.S. SANDHU
2000 DR. R.K. JAIDKA
2001 DR. D.S. SEHGAL
2002 DR. U. JAIN
2003 DR. K. MINHAS
2004 DR. J. CHOPRA
2005 DR. S. GAUR
2006 DR. B. CHAWLA
2007
DR. R.N. RANA
2008
DR. M.S. PARHAR
2009
DR. BHARAT KALRA
Numerous other members have been actively involved in the initial inception
and continuous smooth function of this organization over the past thirteen
years. We have entered into the new millenium with
a bang and will continue to grow over the years to come.
