Date and venues (host countries) of APHCA sessions
(APHCA 2005/02)

Date and venues (host countries) of APHCA sessions

First
Bangkok, Thailand, 7-11 Jun 1976
Chairperson:
Dr J.C. Madamba (Philippines)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr M.N. Menon (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Malaysia,
Sri Lanka and Thailand

Second
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22-26 Aug 1977
Chairperson:
Dr S. Thuraisingham (Malaysia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A. Bandaranayake (Sri Lanka)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Nepal and Thailand

Third
Bangkok, Thailand, 16-21 Jul 1978
Chairperson:
Dr S. Thuraisingham (Malaysia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A. Bandaranayake (Sri Lanka)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Philippines and Thailand

Fourth
Manila, Philippines, 3-7 Sep 1979
Chairperson:
Dr S.H. Escudero III (Philippines)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr Y. Prased (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Bangladesh,
Malaysia and Singapore

Fifth
Bangkok, Thailand, 6-11 Oct 1980
Chairperson:
Dr Tim Bhannasiri (Thailand)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dato’ Dr Osman bin Din (Malaysia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Sixth
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10-15 Aug 1981
Chairperson:
Dr S.B. Dhanapala (Sri Lanka)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr J.H. Hutasoit (Indonesia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
India and Malaysia

Seventh
Surabaya, Indonesia, 13-18 Dec 1982
Chairperson:
Prof. Dr J.H. Hutasoit (Indonesia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dato’ Dr Osman bin Din (Malaysia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Philippines and Thailand

Eighth
Bangkok, Thailand, 3-8 Oct 1983
Chairperson:
Dato’ Dr Osman bin Din (Malaysia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr O.N. Singh (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea

Ninth
New Delhi, In, 8-13 Oct 1984
Chairperson:
Dr O.N. Singh (India)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr I.G.R. Davis (Australia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Nepal,
Singapore and Sri Lanka

Tenth
Melbourne, Australia, 7-13 Oct 1985
Chairperson:
Dr R.W. Gee (Australia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr Giam Choo Hoo (Singapore)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and Thailand

Eleventh
Bangkok, Thailand, 7-13 Oct 1986
Chairperson:
Dr Giam Choo Hoo (Singapore)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr J.A. deS. Siriwardene (Sri Lanka)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Iran,
Malaysia and Philippines

Twelfth
Islamabad, Pakistan, 5-10 Oct 1987
Chairperson:
Dr M. Anwar Khan (Pakistan)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A. Mustaffa Babjee (Malaysia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Philippines and Thailand

Thirteenth
Bangkok, Thailand, 25-31 Oct 1988
Chairperson:
Dr Vitoon Khumnirdpetch (Thailand)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr Soehadji (Indonesia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Malaysia and Sri Lanka

Fourteenth
Jakarta, Indonesia, 30 Oct. - Nov 1989
Chairperson:
Dr Soehadji (Indonesia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A.K. Chatterjee (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Philippines and Sri Lanka

Fifteenth
Bangkok, Thailand 17-22 Oct 1990
Chairperson:
Dr A M B H Babje (Malaysia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr R N Alcasid (Philippines)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Iran and Pakistan

Sixteenth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-12 Oct 1991
Chairperson:
Dr R. N. Alcasid (Philippines)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr W. A. Geering (Australia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Iran,
Myanmar and Thailand

Seventeenth
Manila, Philippines, 17-21 Nov 1992
Chairperson:
Dr W. A. Geering (Australia)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A.A. Motallebi (Iran)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand

Eighteenth
Darwin, Australia, 17-20 Aug 1993
Chairperson:
Dr A.A. Motallebi (Iran)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr Wipit Chaisrisongkram (Thailand)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Nepal,
Philippines and Singapore

Nineteenth
Tehran, Iran, 20-24 Nov 1994
Chairperson:
Dr Wipit Chaisrisongkram (Thailand)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr S K Shrestha (Nepal)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
India and Indonesia

Twentieth
Bangkok, Thailand, 30 Aug-2 Sep 1995
Chairperson:
Dr S. K. Shrestha (Nepal)
Vice-Chairperson:
Mr K. Rajan (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Malaysia and Sri Lanka

Twenty-first
Kathmandu, Nepal, 3-6 Mar 1997
Chairperson:
Mr G. R. Patwardhan (India)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr A. S. Abeyratre (Sri Lanka)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Indonesia and the Philippines

Twenty-second
Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 Jun 1998
Chairperson:
Dr S. S. E. Ranawans (Sri Lanka)
Vice-Chairperson:
Mr G. R. Patwadham (India)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Laos,
Myanmar and Thailand

Twenty-third
Kochi, India, 4-6 Sep 1999
Chairperson:
Dr V. K. Taneja (India)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr T. A. Abilay (Philippines)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Nepal,
Papua New Guinea and Thailand

Twenty-forth
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6-9 Nov 2000
Chairperson: Dr V. K. Taneja (India)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr T. A. Abilay (Philippines)
Member of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Bangladesh,
Papua New Guinea and Nepal

Twenty-fifth
Manila, Philippines, 24-26 Sep 2001
Chairperson:
Dr Jose Q. Molina (Philippines)
Vice-Chairperson:
Dr Mohd Nordin Mohd Nor (Malaysia)
Member of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Australia,
Bhutan, and Thailand

Twenty-sixth
Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 24-26 Aug 2002
Chairperson:
Dr Jose Q. Molina (Philippines)
Vice-Chairperson: Dato’ Dr Mohd.
Nordin Haji Mohd. Nor, (Malaysia)
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from Bhutan,
Pakistan and Thailand
Ex-Officio Member: Delegate from India

Twenty-seventh
Lahore, Pakistan, 25-29 Aug 2003
Chairperson:
Dr Rafaqat Hussain Raja, (Pakistan)
Vice-Chairperson: delegate from Indonesia
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Nepal and Thailand
Ex-Officio Member:
Delegate from Philippines

Twenty-eight
Chiang-Mai, Thailand, 27 Sep-1 Oct 2004
Chairperson:
Dr Rafaqat Hussain Raja, (Pakistan)
Vice-Chairperson: delegate from Indonesia
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Nepal and Thailand

Twenty-ninth
Bali, Indonesia, 26-29 Sep 2005
Chairperson:
Dr Syamsul Bahri (Indonesia)
Vice-Chairperson: delegate from Thailand
Members of the Executive Committee:
Delegates from India,
Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Ex-Officio Member:
Delegate from Pakistan

List of APHCA chairpersons by country
(as of year 2005)

List of APHCA executive committee members by country
(as of year 2005)