DAY 1 | Schedule*
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Workshop 1
Topic
Stem Cell Biology from Basics to Applications
Venue
SCSCR, SIT Building, 2nd floor
Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Workshop 2
Topic
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Advancing Healthcare, Energy and Environmental Solutions
Venue
SCNN, SIT Building, 6th Floor and Dept. of Radiology, SMCW & SUHRC
Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Workshop 3
Topic
Introduction to Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Image acquisition and processing techniques
Venue
SCMIA, SIT Building, 6th Floor and Dept. of Radiology, SMCW & SUHRC
Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Workshop 4
Topic
Tech Enabled Healthcare
Venue
SIT Building, 5th floor, Seminar Hall
Pre-Conference Workshop
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Workshop 5
Topic
Fundamentals of Research
Venue
Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC
DAY 2 | Schedule*
Friday, September 19, 2025
| Date: 19th September 2025 (Friday) 08:00 am to 09:30 pm | |||||||
| Track | Personalized Medicine | Microbial Research | Biomedical Imaging | Environmental Engineering for Public Health | AI in Healthcare | ||
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| Venue | SMCW Lecture Hall-1 | SMCW Lecture Hall-2 | SMCW Lecture Hall-3 | SMCW Lecture Hall-4 | Moringa, SUHRC | ||
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration and Breakfast (SMCW Courtyard) | ||||||
| Session Chairs | Prof. Deepti Deobagkar Professor, SPPU, Pune |
Dr. Shin Kurihara Associate Professor, Kindai University, Japan |
Chair: Dr. Santosh Dixit Chief Domain Expert, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Persistent Systems Co-Chair: Dr. Aniruddha Joshi, Radiologist, Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune |
Dr. Rajan Kotru Head, Innovative Regional Program, ICIMOD, Nepal Co-Chair : Dr.Prasoom Dwivedi Prof., SCRI |
Dr. Mona Duggal Director, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences, New Delhi |
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| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Dr. Sharmila Bapat Director, National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune Topic:Transcriptome Plasticity and Chimeric Transcripts |
Prof. Rajendra Prasad Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology Amity University, Haryana Topic: Beyond Bacteria: The Growing Threat of Fungal AMR |
Prof. Tinashe Mutsvangwa Professor and Head of Data Science, IMT Atlantique, France Title: Constraint-Aware Imaging and AI |
Ms. Ruchika Drall Deputy Secretary (Climate Change), MoEF & CC, GoI, New Delhi |
Dr Sanjay Behari Neurosurgeon and Director of the SCTIMST Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Topic: A new begining every single day |
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| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Oral Presentations - I | ||||||
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Tea Break (SMCW Courtyard) | Foyer of Moringa, SUHRC | |||||
| Session Chairs | Prof. Shaji R. V. Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore |
Prof. Mukesh Kumar Sharma Professor, SPC Government College, Ajmer |
Chair: Prof. Ravi Shankar Singh IIT BHU, Varanasi Co-Chair: Dr. Aniruddha Joshi Radiologist, Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune |
Dr. Revati Phalkey International Institute for Global Health, UN University, Malaysia Co Chair : Dr Pooja Singh Assistant Prof. SCWRM |
Dr. Kumar Raja Mani Associate Director, Cropin, Bengaluru |
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| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Prof. Deepti Deobagkar Professor, SPPU, Pune Topic: Stress, adaptation and epigenetics- the story of X chromosome monosomy |
Dr. Shin Kurihara Associate Professor, Kindai University, Japan |
Dr. Tapan K Gandhi Cadence Chair Professor, Automation & AI, IIT Delhi Title: From mapping Brain to Better Health and to develop Near Natural AI System |
Dr. Sanjay Zodpey President, PFHI Topic : Deciphering the connect between climate change and global health |
Dr. Mona Duggal Director, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences, New Delhi Topic: Developing Affordable and Scalable Digital Health Solutions for Low-Resource Settings |
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| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Prof. Young Ho Kim Director, IKCRI, New Delhi Topic: High-Throughput DNA Separation Chip and NanoBio Technology Projects |
Dr. Shashidhar R Scientific Officer-G, BARC, Mumbai Topic: Foodborne Pathogens: Mechanisms, Survival, and Public Health Relevance |
Dr. Jaladhar Neelavalli Professor, IIT Hyderabad Title: Quantitative MRI in Clinical Medicine: A selective snapshot |
Dr. Rajan Kotru Head, Innovative Regional Program, ICIMOD, Nepal Topic: Building resilience of Himalayan agroecology to sustain local food systems |
Dr. Anand Vinekar Professor and Head, Narayana Nethralaya 1, Rajajinagar Topic: Role of retinal Imaging in preventing blindness in premature infants in rural India: KIDROP’s experience since 2007 |
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| 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm | Oral Presentations - II | Mr. Vikas Dogar Senior General Manager, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. Pune Topic: The power of Combination Vaccines : One shot, multiple defences. |
Oral Presentations - II | ||||
| 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch (SMCW Courtyard) | ||||||
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Poster Session I : Foyer of Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC | ||||||
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Inauguration Ceremony at Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC Chief Guest: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Govt. of India Guest of Honour: Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Former-Director General CSIR, New Delhi Presided Over By:- Professor Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Founder and President, Symbiosis Chancellor, SIU |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
Key Note Address: Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin, Director, ILBS, New Delhi Session Chair: Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Former-Director General CSIR, New Delhi |
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| 3:45 pm - 4:10 pm | Tea Break (SMCW Courtyard) | Foyer of Moringa, SUHRC | |||||
| Session Chairs | Dr. Rajarshi Pal Chief Scientist, Eyestem Research Pvt. Ltd.,Bengaluru |
Dr. Shashidhar R Scientific Officer-G, BARC, Mumbai |
Chair: Dr. Ankur Pandey Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi Co-Chair: Dr. Venkateswarlu Gonuguntla SCMIA, Symbiosis International University, Pune |
Dr. Sanjay Zodpey President, PHFI Co Chair : Dr Manikprabhu Dhanorkar Head,SCWRM |
Dr Parag Sadgir Dean, COEP, Pune |
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| 4:10 pm - 4:40 pm | Prof. Shaji R. V. Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore Topic: Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Haemoglobinopathies |
Prof. Mukesh Kumar Sharma Professor, SPC Government College, Ajmer Topic: Biosorption approach for lead removal from contaminated water samples |
Prof. Shyam Diwakar Director, Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, TN Title: Digital Brain Twins: Multiscale Modelling of Neurons and Brain Circuits |
Dr. Revati Phalkey Director, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, Malaysia Topic: Climate Resilient Health Systems, policy processes |
Dr. Kumar Raja Mani Associate Director, Cropin, Bengaluru. Topic: Towards detecting and addressing corner cases in medical image segmentation |
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| 4:40 pm - 4:50 pm | Energizer Session | ||||||
| 4:50 pm - 5:20 pm | Dr. Anil Limaye Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati Topic: Estrogen receptor-modulatory activity of enterolactone: a nutritional perspective on breast cancer chemoprevention |
Dr. Santanu Chattopadhyay HoD and Scientist Barry Marshall Research Centre for H. pylori, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad Topic: What does the evolving genome of Helicobacter pylori tell us regarding its virulence and antimicrobial resistance? |
Dr. Swapnil Rane Associate Professor, ACTREC, Mumbai Title: Digital & Computational Pathology – Perspectives through the AI/ML Lens |
Dr. P Bineesha Executive Director, International Institute of Waste Management, Bangalore Topic: Effective public health through Smarter Municipal Solid Waste management |
Oral presentations - CL1 | ||
| 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm | Oral Presentations -III | ||||||
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Banquet Dinner Sandipan Hometel, SIU Hill Top | ||||||
DAY 3 | Schedule*
Saturday, September 20, 2025
| Date: 20th September 2025 (Saturday) | 08:00 am – 05:00 pm | ||||||
| Track | Personalized Medicine | Microbial Research | Biomedical Imaging | Environmental Engineering for Public Health | AI in Healthcare | |
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| Venue | SMCW Lecture Hall-1 | SMCW Lecture Hall-2 | SMCW Lecture Hall-3 | SMCW Lecture Hall-4 | Moringa, SUHRC | |
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Breakfast (SMCW Courtyard) | |||||
| Session Chairs | Dr. Sundeep Salvi Distingiuished Research Professor, SIU/td> | Prof. Anup Anvikar Director, National Institute of Biologicals Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Noida, UP |
Chair: Dr. Pranav Mahadeokar Head, Radiology, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune Chair: Dr. Deepti Kakkar Thukral Scientist-G, ANRF (Erstwhile SERB), Delhi |
Dr. Anshuman Khardenavis Sr Principal Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur Co Chair : Dr Anshuman Sewda Associate Professor, SIHS |
Dr. Gaurav Ahuja Asso. Prof. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi |
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| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Prof. Kundan Sengupta Professor and Associate Dean (International Relations and Outreach), IISER, Pune Topic: Cellular and nuclear dynamics at the crossroads of mechanopharmacology |
Prof. Rup Lal Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi Topic: Extreme Microbial Life in Hot Springs Atop the Himalaya: Manikaran and Kheerganga |
Prof. NR Jagannathan Former VP, INSA, New Delhi Topic: MRI and MRS in Medicine |
Dr. Meeta Lavania Associte Director Env. Biotechnology, TERI, New Delhi |
Dr. Priyanka Jain Scientist, CDAC, New Delhi Topic: A brain machine interface for Assistive communication |
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| 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Oral Presentations - IV | |||||
| 10:30 am – 10:40 am | Energizer Session | |||||
| 10:40 am – 11:00 am | Tea Break (SMCW Foyer) | Foyer of Moringa, SUHRC | ||||
| Session Chairs | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar Distingiuished Professor, SIU |
Prof. Anup Anvikar Director, National Institute of Biologicals Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Noida, UP |
Chair: Dr. Pranav Mahadeokar Head Radiology, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune Chair: Prof. Loveleen Gaur Director, Symbiosis Artificial Intelligence Institute, SIU, Pune |
Dr. Srinath Reddy Hon. Distinguished Professor, (PHFI) Co Chair : Dr Prakash Rao Head, SCCCS |
Dr. Priyanka Jain Scientist, CDAC, New Delhi |
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| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | Dr. Vandana Ghormade Senior Scientist, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune Topic: Aspergillosis detection and management: Precision approaches towards better outcomes |
Dr. Giridhari Lal Scientist F, BRIC-NCCS, Pune Topic: Exploiting the mechanism of neuro-immune communication in cancer and autoimmunity |
Prof. Vasanth Venugopal Professor and Director School of AI, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad Topic: AI’s Rise, Fall, and Rebirth in Radiology: A Blueprint for Healthcare |
Dr. Anshuman Khardenavis Principal Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur Topic: Waste management in ensuring environmental and public health sustainability |
Dr. Gaurav Ahuja Asso. Prof. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi Topic: Decoding the hidden secrets of Chemical space using AI |
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| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Dr. Rajarshi Pal Chief Scientist, Eyestem Research Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru Topic: Developing the first iPSC-derived RPE cell replacement therapy for dry-age related macular degeneration from India |
Dr. Pratik Shah VP – Medical Affairs, Bharat Serum Ltd., Mumbai Topic: Designing Solutions to Improve Outcomes in Women's Health |
Mr. Rupesh Kandi Director, ISC Zone, Philips India, Bengaluru Topic: Philips SmartSpeed: Transforming Clinical Imaging with AI-Driven Image Reconstruction |
Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll Scientist and Professor, Centre for Climate Change Research, IITM, Pune Topic: Building climate-smart health early warning systems for Indian cities |
Dr. Abhay Jere Vice Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi Topic: Building Innovation Ecosystem in Educational Institutions |
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| 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Oral Presentations- V | Dr. Anand Deshpande Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director, Persistent Systems, Pune Topic: Building Scalable AI-Driven Platforms for Healthcare Intelligence |
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| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch (SMCW Courtyard) | |||||
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Oral presentation & Poster Session II: Foyer of Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC | |||||
| 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Keynote Address: Dr. Shekhar Mande, Former-Director General CSIR and Distinguished Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune, India | |||||
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Tea Break (Foyer of Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC) | |||||
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Valedictory (Moringa Auditorium, SUHRC) Chief Guest: Dr. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi Guest of Honour: Dr. K. N. Ganesh, SERB National Science Chair, JNCASR, Bangalore and Distinguished Honorary Professor Emeritus, IISER, Tirupati Presided Over By:- Professor Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Founder and President, Symbiosis Chancellor, SIU |
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