IAPC’s Election Notification 2026

IAPC’s Election Notification 2026

Notice is hereby given to all members of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), that elections (if any) will be held on Saturday, 14^thFebruary, 2026, during IAPCON 2026, for the below mentioned posts:

• Executive Council (IAPC) Regional Representatives:
  1. Western Region (2026-2028) = 01 post
  2. Northern Region (2026-2028) = 02 Posts
  3. Southern Region (2026-2028) = 02 Posts
  4. Eastern Region (2026-2028) = 02 posts
  5. North-Eastern Region (2026-2028) = 02 Posts
• Hon Secretary IAPC (2026 to 2029) = 01 post.
• Chairperson Academy of Palliative Medicine (APM) (2026-2029) = 01 Post.
• Secretary General APM (2026-2029) = 01 post

 The eligibility criteria for those interested to contest in the elections, are as below:

Secretary

Central Council (CC) Members

The applicant must have an uninterrupted IAPC membership for a minimum of 5 years on the date of being nominated.

The applicant must have an uninterrupted IAPC membership for a minimum of 3 years on the date of being nominated. Members applying to the post of anEC Member from a particular Zoneand must belong to that particular Zone as defined by the IAPC’s constitution. North Zone (Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh) West Zone (Daman and Diu and Nagar and Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan) North – East Zone (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) East Zone (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal) South Zone (Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana)

Secretary General APM	Chairperson APM
The applicant must be a doctor in modern medicine with MD/DNB) Must have an uninterrupted membership of IAPC for a for a minimum of 7 years on the date of being nominated.	The applicant must be a doctor in modern medicine with MD/DNB) Must have an uninterrupted membership of IAPC for a for a minimum of 7 years on the date of being nominated.

Important dates for the upcoming IAPC Elections

• Last date to submit online nomination: Wednesday, 10^th December, 2025
• Last date to withdraw nomination: One day before Election date by 5:30pm
• Election date (if needed): Saturday, 14^th February, 2026

The scanned copy of the signed and completed nomination form is to be emailed to the Secretary, IAPC, at iapcelections@gmail.com before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 10^th December, 2025. Nominations submitted to any other email address will not be accepted. Incomplete nomination forms will be rejected.

Please note that Applicants must use one form for one nomination.

Click here to download the nomination form.

In case of any queries, please write to the IAPC’s secretariat at nioiapc@gmail.com