WCHST 2026

World Congress on Health Sciences and Technology
7-9 October, 2026 | School of Health Sciences and Technology, UPES, Bidholi, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Programme




WCHST 2026
Day 3: Friday, 9th October 2026
PARALLEL SESSIONS
09:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Advances in Biomedical Devices: Where Engineering Meets Healing
09:00 AM – 12:45 PM | Venue: MAC Auditorium
Session SPOCs: Dr. Souradeep Roy, Dr. Raj Kumar  |  Resource Persons: Mr. Mrinal, Mr. Sumit (JRFs)
9:00 – 9:30 AM KEYNOTE TALK: Prof. N.K. Ganguly, Former DG, ICMR, India
Title: Wonders of Microbiome world
Invited Talks · Session Chair: Prof. N.K. Ganguly
9:30 – 9:50 AM INVITED TALK Online: Prof. Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
Title: Translating Nanotechnology into Biomedical Devices: From Biosensing to Personalized Healthcare
9:50 – 10:10 AM INVITED TALK: Dr. Monalisa Mukherjee, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Title: Biogenic Carbon Quantum Dots as Neoteric Inducers for Directing Chondrogenic Differentiation
10:10 – 10:30 AM INVITED TALK: Dr. Rajesh, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India
Title: P-type Carbon Quantum Dots decorated rGO hybrid Field-Effect Transistor for Tumor Biomarker Detection
10:30 – 10:45 AM MORNING TEA / NETWORKING
Invited Talks · Session Chair: Prof. N.K. Ganguly
10:45 – 11:05 AM INVITED TALK: Dr. Vinita Hooda, MD University, Rohtak, India
Title: Smart Nano-Solutions for Sustainable Crop Production
11:05 – 11:25 AM INVITED TALK: Prof. K. Sudhakara Prasad, Yenepoya University, India
Title: Innovative Devices and Materials for Biomedical Applications – From Bench to Bedside
11:25 – 11:45 AM INVITED TALK Online: Prof. Can Dincer, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Title: Signal-Amplifying Biohybrid Material Circuits for CRISPR/Cas-Based Single-Stranded RNA Detection
Oral Presentations · Session Chairs: Dr. Monalisa Mukherjee, Dr. Rajesh
11:45 – 11:55 AM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Amit Kumar Yadav, IIT Gandhinagar
Title: Aptasensor with Spatially Expanded Bioreceptor Architecture Using DNA Nanotetrahedra for Nanoscale-Controlled Electrochemical Detection of Interleukin-6
ORAL PRESENTATION: Mr. Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Title: Assessment of Hydroxyapatite Coating Mechanical Integrity in a Novel Pedicle Screw Design
11:55 AM – 12:05 PM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Ayshathil Bushra, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University)
Title: Development of a Portable Wearable Sweat Glucose Monitoring Device Based on a Non-Enzymatic Paper Field-Effect Transistor Sensor
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Juhi Singh, Department of Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science
Title: Self-crosslinking chondroitin sulfate-poly(L-lysine) hydrogels as glutaraldehyde-free injectable cartilage mimics
12:05 – 12:15 PM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Keshaw Ram Aadil, Govt. Digvijay Autonomous PG College, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Title: Keratin based conductive nanofiber scaffold for advanced tissue engineering application
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Manali Datta, Amity University Rajasthan
Title: Biosensor Design for Prognosis and Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease
12:15 – 12:25 PM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Ms. Naina Jain, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Title: Development of Gelatin-CMC Biopolymeric Scaffolds for Transdermal Delivery of Mupirocin: A Replacement for the Traditional Ointment Approach
ORAL PRESENTATION: Ms. Neha Pari, SASTRA Deemed University
Title: Next Generation Molecularly Imprinted Polypyrrole Sensor for Point of care Electrochemical sensing of Estradiol
12:25 – 12:35 PM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Vishal Mago, AIIMS
Title: A comparative study of management of wound with hyperbaric oxygen therapy along with ionic silver dressings in Burn and Plastic surgery Department in AIIMS Rishikesh
ORAL PRESENTATION: Prof. Sachin Kumar B, IIT Delhi
Title: Regenerating Cartilage using Bioenergetics Hydrogel
12:35 – 12:45 PM
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr. Arun Kant Singh, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
Title: Liquid crystal based optical aptasensor for the detection of tumor biomarker
ORAL PRESENTATION: Ms. Bani Preet Kaur, Amity University Noida
Title: Carbon Quantum Dot-Hydrogel Nanocomposite For Chondrogenic Differentiation Induction in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
12:45 – 2:00 PM LUNCH
Artificial Intelligence: The New Era of Healthcare
09:00 AM – 01:00 PM | Venue: Trust Board Room
9:00 – 9:30 AM IN-PERSON: Dr. P.G. Diwakar, Former Distinguished Scientist, ISRO; Director, Centre for Sustainability, Chanakya University
Title: Space technology based Applications for Health-GIS
9:30 – 9:45 AM IN-PERSON: Prof. Prashanth N. Suravajhala, Systems Genomics Lab, Department of Biosciences, Manipal University Jaipur, India
Title: Ethics in the age of Genomics and AI: Case studies
10:00 – 10:15 AM ONLINE: Mr. Mohit Mittal, AI First Chief Architect, Forbes Tech Council, USA
Title: Architecting the AI-First Healthcare Revolution: From Generative AI to Agentic Intelligence
10:15 – 10:30 AM IN-PERSON: Dr. Akash Pati, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, India
Title: What Surgeons Need from Artificial Intelligence
11:00 – 11:45 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Human Health between Progress and Ethics
Panelists: Dr. P.G. Diwakar (Chairperson), Ajay Tukroo, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, Prof. Prashanth N. Suravajhala
Oral Presentations · In-person · 10 min presentation + 2 min Q&A each
11:45 – 11:57 AM OP-1: Mr. Devendra Bhavsar, JK Lakshmipat University
Title: Smart Health: An AI-Powered Multi-Disease Prediction and Assistance System
11:57 AM – 12:09 PM OP-2: Dr. Jairam Meena, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Title: Artificial Intelligence inspired serotype independent multi-epitope vaccine for Streptococcus pneumoniae
12:09 – 12:21 PM OP-3: Dr. Joen Rajan Mathew, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh
Title: Idea to Reality: An AI-Assisted Framework Enabling Clinicians to Independently Build Longitudinal Public Health Monitoring Systems
12:21 – 12:33 PM OP-4: Dr. Sumit Sharma, Sai Institute of Medical Sciences
Title: Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Micronutrient Deficiency Risk: A Systematic Review and Nutrient-Specific Meta-analysis
12:33 – 12:45 PM OP-5: Mr. Vijay Kumar, National Institute of Technology Raipur
Title: Impact of Educational Attainment on Cognitive Performance in Leprosy
12:45 – 12:57 PM OP-6: Ms. Chahat, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal (A Central) University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand
Title: Deploying the Drug Repurposing strategy for the Identification of Selective COX-2 Inhibitors for use as Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer Agents
12:57 – 1:00 PM WRAP-UP: Session Chair Wrap-up & Transition to Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM LUNCH
VALEDICTORY SESSION
02:00 – 03:30 PM
2:00 – 3:30 PM VALEDICTORY
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*Programme is subject to minor changes