Scientific Program


Day 1: 16th September, 2017 Saturday

Registration and Breakfast (8:30 to 9:30 AM)

Session 1: Bloodstream Infections: The lesser known facts  (9:30-11:00 AM)

The rare bacterial intruders in blood

Dr. R.D. Kulkarni

Professor & Head

Department of Microbiology

SDM Medical College, Dharwad, Karnataka

 

Fungi in blood: Challenges in diagnosis and management

Dr. Shukla Das

Professor,

Department of Microbiology

UCMS &GTBH, New Delhi

 

Uncommon parasitic and viral offenders in blood

Dr. A.K. Praharaj

Professor & Head

Department of Microbiology

AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar

 

Session 2: Interpreting lab results: From bench to bedside (11:00-12:30 PM)

Septicemia: Battling the confounders

 

Dr. Ranganathan Iyer

Consultant Clinical Microbiologist 

Global Hospitals, Hyderabad

 

Respiratory tract infections: Differentiating disease from colonization

 

Dr. Sujatha Sistla

Professor & Head

Department of Microbiology

JIPMER, Puducherry

 

Urinary tract infections: Can we count upon the counts?

Dr. Jharna Mandal

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology

JIPMER, Puducherry

 

Inaugural Function (12:30-1:00 PM)

Lunch and Poster presentation (1:00-2:00 PM)

Session 3: Impact of Microbiology on Public health (2:00 - 3:30 PM)

Moving towards elimination of TB

 

Dr. Pratibha Narang

Director-Professor

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Sewagram, Wardha

 

Respiratory viral infections: An emerging challenge

 

Dr. Lalit Dar

Professor

Department of Microbiology

AIIMS, New Delhi

 

Combating Cholera Menace

Dr. Padma Das

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology

AIIMS, Raipur

Oral paper presentations (3:30-5:00 PM)

General Body Meeting (5:00-6:00 PM)

Cultural program and Dinner (7:30 PM onwards)

Day 2: 17th September, 2017 Sunday

Breakfast (8:30-9:30 AM)

Session 1: Antimicrobials: Save the savior (9:00-10:30 AM)

AMR in India: The current scenario

 

 

Dr. Arti Kapil

Professor

Department of Microbiology

AIIMS, New Delhi

 

Strategies and solutions

Dr. Sangeeta Joshi

Consultant Microbiologist

PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai

 

Silver lining under the dark cloud

Dr. Pallab Ray

Professor & Head,

Department of Microbiology,

PGIMER, Chandigarh

 

Session 2: Scenario of Infectious Diseases in Chhattisgarh: Panel discussion

(10:30AM-12 Noon)

Moderator : Dr. Ramanesh Murthy

Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology

Medical Superintendent, CIMS, Bilaspur

 

Undergraduate quiz (12:00-1:00 PM)

Valedictory function (1:00-1:30 PM)

Lunch (1:30 PM Onwards)