Programme
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Day 2: Thursday, 8th October 2026 |
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| PARALLEL SESSIONS 09:00 AM – 01:05 PM |
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| Nourish to Flourish: Leaving No One Behind 09:00 AM – 12:55 PM | Venue: Trust Board Room |
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| 9:00 – 9:10 AM | WELCOME: Welcome & Overview of the Theme – Dr. Shweta Suri |
| 9:10 – 10:00 AM | KEYNOTE TALK: Prof. P. Girdhar, Director, CFTRI, Mysuru, Karnataka Title: Food processing and food fortification – the two critical, interconnected spokes in the wheel of global nutritional security |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | INVITED TALK: Prof. Anuradha Dutta, Prof., GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand Title: Functional foods & nutraceuticals – their growing indispensability |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | MORNING TEA / NETWORKING |
| 10:45 – 11:10 AM | INVITED TALK: Prof. Kirtiraj Gaikwad, Head, Dept. of Paper & Packaging Technology, IIT Roorkee Title: Bio-Inspired materials for next-generation sustainable food packaging |
| 11:10 – 11:35 AM | INVITED TALK Online: Dr. Ashok Pathera, Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh Title: 3D Food Printing of Structured High-Protein Food Matrices |
| 11:35 AM – 12:00 PM | INVITED TALK: Dr. Santosh Kumar, Prof., AIIMS, Rishikesh Title: Nutrition wellbeing & holistic health: from plate to purpose |
| Oral Presentations · 12:00 – 1:00 PM · Session Chairs: Prof. P. Girdhar & Dr. Santosh Kumar | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION: Sharad Swarup, Emery India, Gujarat (Registered Industry Delegate) Title: Atkins Diet – Practical Hacks |
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| ORAL PRESENTATION: Bindu Naik, Associate Professor, Graphic Era Deemed to be University Title: Microwave-Assisted Green Extraction of Shorea robusta Seed Oil for Sustainable Cocoa Butter Substitution in Dark Chocolate |
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| ORAL PRESENTATION: Nidhi Nagar, Assistant Professor, D.A-V. PG College, CSJM University, Kanpur Title: Determinants influencing Mental Well-Being: A Socio-Cultural, Socio-Economic and Technological Perspective |
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| ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Amarpal Singh, National Forensic Science University, Delhi Title: Beyond Nutrition: Chemical Profiling and Safety Assessment of Commercial Buckwheat Flour for Pesticide and Heavy Metal Contamination |
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| 12:50 – 12:55 PM | Concluding remarks and session closure – Ms. Trishali Chauhan |
| 12:55 – 2:00 PM | LUNCH |
| Tiny Tools, Big Impact: Driving Sustainable Solutions through Biotechnology 09:00 AM – 01:05 PM | Venue: MAC Auditorium Chairperson: Dr. Subhajit Basu | Co-Chairperson: Dr. Suvendu Manna | Resource Person: Mr. Manoj Kumar (Ph.D. Scholar) |
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| 9:00 – 9:05 AM | WELCOME: Welcome, session overview and introduction of speakers |
| 9:05 – 9:35 AM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, National Research Professor – Ayush; Chairman, Executive Committee – National Assessment and Accreditation; Distinguished Professor – School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University Title: Indian Knowledge Systems as a Source of Biomedical Innovation |
| 9:35 – 9:55 AM | INVITED TALK 1: Dr. Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira, Plaksha University, Mohali Title: Helping Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety using Optical Reagent-less Cr(VI) Sensing |
| 9:55 – 10:15 AM | INVITED TALK 2: Dr. Prashant Singh, University of Delhi, New Delhi Title: Sensitive and Selective Electrochemical Detection of Bosutinib Utilizing Ionic Liquid Stabilized Ti3C2Tx |
| 10:15 – 10:25 AM | INVITED TALK 3: Prof. Dinesh Yadav, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Title: Elucidating diverse role of Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y) transcription factor in Finger millet: Genomics and Bioinformatics intervention |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | INVITED TALK Online: Dr. Aniruddha Chatterjee, University of Otago, New Zealand (5:55 – 6:15 PM NZST) Title: Insights from cancer DNA methylome |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM | TEA |
| 11:00 – 11:20 AM | INVITED TALK: Dr. Rohit Saluja, AIIMS Bibinagar, Hyderabad Title: IL-33 Driven Mast Cell Proliferation in Asthma: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets |
| 11:20 – 11:30 AM | OP-1: Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, BHOR Foundation Title: Altitudinal Variation in Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Rhododendron arboreum Flower Extracts from Garhwal Himalaya, India |
| 11:30 – 11:40 AM | OP-2: Dr. Ramandeep Kaur, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Mohali) Title: Fungal bioconsortium: A sustainable tiny solution to alleviate the impact of drought stress in wheat crop |
| 11:40 – 11:50 AM | OP-3: Dr. Surbhi, CCT-CGC Landran Title: Statistical Optimization of Bioactive Peptide Production from Food-Isolated Bacteria for Sustainable Applications |
| 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM | OP-4: Dr. Vijay Kumar, Swami Rama Himalayan University Title: Unlocking Leaf-Cutter Ant–Associated Actinobacteria: A New Frontier for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Discovery |
| 12:00 – 12:10 PM | OP-5: Mrs. Yashika Saini, School of Life and Basic Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur Title: Discovering Nyctanthes arbor-tristis and Polyalthia longifolia's Anti-PCOS Potential: From Bioactive Compounds to Molecular Targets |
| 12:10 – 12:20 PM | OP-6: Ms. Nishtha Sah, UPES Title: Isolation and Assessment of fungi derived from wastewater for sustainable energy generation |
| 12:20 – 12:30 PM | OP-7: Mr. Pankaj Bhandari, UPES Title: Covalently Crosslinked Sodium Alginate with Linear aliphatic bifunctional alcohol: A Sustainable Route to Food Packaging |
| OP-8: Dr. Nameet Kaur, CEO, Operon Technologies Title: Invention and Innovation: Indispensable Tools to Transform Research in the 21st Century |
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| 12:30 – 12:40 PM | INVITED TALK Online: Dr. Sahika Inal, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Title: Tiny Bioelectronic Tools, Big Impact: Organic Electronics for Sustainable Biosensing and Healthcare |
| 12:40 – 1:00 PM | INVITED TALK: Dr. Ritesh Dubey, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu Title: Targeting Thrombo-Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease: From Mechanisms to Emerging Therapies |
| 1:00 – 1:05 PM | CLOSING: Concluding remarks and session closure |
| Oral presentation format: 8 minutes for presentation followed by 2 minutes for questions and discussion. | |
| 1:05 – 2:00 PM | LUNCH |
| PARALLEL SESSIONS 02:00 – 06:00 PM |
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| Reimagining Pharma: Next-Gen Solutions for Global Health 02:00 – 05:55 PM | Venue: MAC Auditorium Session Chair (Panel): Prof. A K Nangia | Organizing Co-members: Dr. Ritesh / Dr. Anand | Anchors: Ms. Deshna & Mr. Hitharth |
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| 2:00 – 2:05 PM | WELCOME ADDRESS: Introduction to the theme and objectives – Dean / CH-Pharma |
| 2:05 – 2:30 PM | KEYNOTE LECTURE: Prof. Suresh Mittal, Purdue University, USA Title: Vaccines in the Modern Era: Triumphs, Turbulence, and Myths |
| 2:35 – 3:00 PM | INVITED LECTURE 1: Prof. Bimalendu Roy, Director, Process Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Jubilant Biosys, Delhi Title: Route Scouting for API Commercialization: Where Medicinal Chemistry Meets Industrial Reality |
| 3:00 – 3:10 PM | TEA / COFFEE BREAK · NETWORKING |
| 3:10 – 3:30 PM | INVITED LECTURE 2 Online: Prof. Amit K Mandal, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Kolkata Title: Mapping cancer beyond microscopy: Building molecular portrait of prostate cancer and cervical cancer tissues using MALDI imaging mass spectrometry |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM | INVITED LECTURE 3: Prof. Swati Biswas, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Title: Multifunctional Nanotherapeutic Platforms for Drug Delivery and Targeting |
| 3:50 – 5:00 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Breaking Bottlenecks: Challenges and Opportunities from Drug Discovery to Commercialization Panelists: Prof. Suresh Mittal, Prof. Bimalendu Roy, Dr. Prithipal Singh / Dr. Mukesh Session Chair: Prof. A K Nangia |
| 5:00 – 5:10 PM | OP-1: Mr. Saptak Chatterjee, DIT University, Dehradun Title: Novel Nanoethosomal Delivery of Dabigatran Etexilate Mesylate for enhanced Antithrombotic activity |
| 5:10 – 5:20 PM | OP-2: Ms. Tashi Palmo, CSIR-IIIM Jammu Title: Reimagining the fight against AMR with beddomeilactone derived molecule targeting drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| 5:20 – 5:30 PM | OP-3: Ms. Uma Chaudhry, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi Title: Repurposing Nitrofurazone Against Drug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Targeting Glutamate Racemase at Two Functional Sites |
| 5:30 – 5:40 PM | OP-4: Mr. Chayanta Sen, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata Title: Closing the Active-Learning Loop: Physics driven Generative RL for De Novo KRAS G12C Inhibitor Discovery |
| 5:40 – 5:50 PM | OP-5: Dr. Raghu Solanki, IIT Gandhinagar Title: Engineering DNA tetrahedron nanocarriers for targeted glioblastoma treatment |
| 5:50 – 5:55 PM | CLOSING REMARKS: Key takeaways and acknowledgements – Dr. Anand / Dr. Utsab Debnath |
| 5:00 – 6:00 PM | POSTER PRESENTATIONS (20 posters · Venue: MAC) |
| Synapse – Students Forum 02:00 – 05:00 PM |
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| 2:00 – 5:00 PM | STUDENTS FORUM: Synapse – Students Forum For the students, by the students |
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