Celebration of Gopalkala at SI

On this auspicious occasion of Gopalkala (Dahi Handi) to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna, we at SI organised a small pooja at our office, which started at 9 am.

A beautiful rangoli was made with colours, flowers & diya's (candles) at the entrance.

The pooja space was decorated with lots of flowers. Dr. Sudhir & Dr. Yashodhara dressed in the traditional attire sat for the pooja.

Everyone in office were dressed in the traditional best. The ambiance in the office was very spiritual since the morning. We have devotional instrumental music playing in the office.

After the pooja we had a delicious lunch.

Thus, there was less work... and we enjoyed the day............  

Auspicious Occassion - Gopalkala at SI

On the auspicious occasion of Gopalkala (Dahi Handi), SI has organised a pooja tomorrow i.e. 29th August, 2013. 

Officially we are not working tomorrow, hence reply to the mails may get delayed. However, we are always available on phones.....

India clarifies stand on Surrogacy VISA Regulation

As per the regulations, the couples those who are unmarried/singles are facing trouble exiting India.

Please find below the link for complete details.

http://blog.indiansurrogacylaw.com/india-clarifies-stand-surrogacy-visa-regulation/

It’s really sad to know that there are new regulations coming up and restricting unmarried couples and singles to go ahead with surrogacy.

Baby Girl "Tea Agnes" from Sweden

Baby Girl "Tea Agnes" from Sweden who was born on 23rd August, 2013

Congratulations to the family!!

Babies born during 6th August to 16th August, 2013

Love and Joy,

Kisses and Adore,

That's what these

Cuties are for!

Congratulations to all

Get-together at Cafe Mangii

Dr. Yashodhara and Dr. Sudhir are always enthusiastic to arrange a get-together party be it for the staff or for the couples.

On 16^th August,2013 they have organised a get- together lunch for all our lovely couples, who were in Mumbai at Café Mangii. Café Mangii is popular for delicious pastas and varieties of risotto.

They were pleased to see that all the couples have attended the lunch and were having fun with each other. Many couples came alongwith their new born babies, which gave an additional fun to the party.

There were some special moments captured…. Please have a look…..

Office will remain closed tomorrow

Happy happy independence day to all !!

Freedom in the Mind,
Faith in the words..
Pride in our Souls..
Lets salute the Nation on  Independence Day!

Please Note: Office will remain closed on Independence Day, hence reply to the mails may get delayed.

Grand Celebration of Independence Day at SI

15th August, Independence Day of India, for SI  it started today i.e.14^th August with Departments being allotted the different zones of India viz., East, West, South, North, Central & Union Territories. 

Each employee had to represent a state in their respective zones. They have dressed up in the traditional outfits of their respective states. 


We got all the materials and started decorating our workstation. We played few fun games. 

The South zone won the prize for Best Representation of a Zone.

Few glimpses of Independence Day celebration in our office.

It was real fun seeing the amount of participation and enthusiasm in office.

A totally enjoyable day with lots of fun.

Updates on Surrogacy in India

A lot of unexpected news arecoming up in reference to Surrogacy in India.Please allow us to mark our comments below for few of the queries.

•  Will Surrogacy be stopped for foreigners?

             Head of DGHS has suggested in open forum that Surrogacy 

             be banned for Foreigners.

Dr Bhargava, (Padmabhushan) Chairman CCMB, and key person in drafting the ICMR Surrogacy Bill with its amendments, has strongly criticized the above comment.

This has also been the view of other Drafting Committee members and the same has been shared as video in the below link.

Considering their views, and the fact that it is an individual opinion, the likelihood of this happening is extremely low.            

• Will Single Parents and Straight Couples both be banned?

If the above suggestion has to pass, it will indeed ban all foreigners.

• What are Indian doctors are doing presently?

Team of doctors are meeting different Government officials, discussing different options to get a way ahead.

• What else is happening?

Sudan resident has filed a case in Indian High Court asking to justify why single parents in India can do surrogacy but Single parents from abroad cannot do Surrogacy. The High Court has accepted the case and asked MHA to give a written explanation. The next hearing is in September.

• If at all the new resolution has to pass, when will it be?

The likelihood of the new resolution to pass is less than 2-5%. But if it passes, it still will take time. The earliest that can happen is Lower House of Parliament clearing the Bill (in days), post which the Upper House needs to clear the Bill (Weeks to months), and then President has to clear the Bill (weeks to months). The bill has been presented to Parliament in 2008 and hasn’t been discussed yet, so the latest can be any extent.

• Will there be a waiting period between Clearing the Bill and Implementation of Bill, there by Couples in queue are able to do the program?

Ideally there should be a waiting period. We will presume that is the case, as surrogacy is about Cycle Planning and 9 month Pregnancy and another month or 2 of Exit Process. So couples who are registered or already have embryos in India, can undergo cycle.

•         If the process will get banned, will couples be able to ship embryos out of country?

As of now, we are able to ship embryos out of the country. This was made possible, only after single parents were not allowed to undergo surrogacy in India. We believe, this will continue as that is the logical consequence for any new regulation.

Note:

Please note that all the below comments are personal comments of Team SI and many or most of the things may not happen as we stated. Please note that multiple Government Bodies are involved in the Surrogacy process and are the Law Makers. We only hope and leave our comments below from our experience as Indian Citizen and being with this organization for last 6 years.

Please leave your comments below, so as to enable us to reply them here on this blog.

Thank you,

Team SI

Here is the video of interview given by Dr. Sudhir Ajja aired on NDTV on Surrogacy

Surrogacy in India: Government moves to ban foreigners?

The Union Health Ministry’s move to tighten rules for surrogacy through the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2010 which is to be introduced in Cabinet has created a controversy. Read More

As you may have read the below article, there is a lot of confusion pertaining to rules in India. Allow us to brief the same.

1. A year back MHA had brought in a regulation, that the single parents & unmarried couples cannot undergo surrogacy in India
2. DGHS has suggested that Foreign couples should not be allowed to do surrogacy in India.

Dr. Bhargava, the Chairman and other key stake holders have objected to these two new regulations.

We can only hope that such individual request from high bureaucratic positions are not accepted. While the bill is being cleared, Dr. Sudhir Ajja will be speaking to the media today. We will keep our readers updated with the latest information.