54th ISNCON 2025 LUCKNOWScientific Program ISNCON 2025
Scientific Program – ISNCON
2025 Lucknow
Day: 18 December 2025 |
Venue: LT-1
Workshop: Transplant Immunology
– 8:45 AM onwards
Moderators:Narayan Prasad &
Satish Balan
Time: 8:45 – 9:05 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Introduction to
Transplant Immunology
Speaker: RK Sharma (Lucknow)
Chairperson: Vivek Kute (Ahmedabad), Debashish
Saha (Lucknow), Noor Mohd (Trichirapalli)
Time: 9:05 – 9:25 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: HLA Typing in Kidney
Transplantation including eplet matching
Speaker: Ankit Mathur BMST (Bangalore)
Chairperson: Varun Varma (Delhi), S N Acharya
(Nagpur), Rishi Kishore (Bihar)
Time: 9:25 – 9:45 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: CDC cross match –
principles and current role in Kidney transplantation
Speaker: Suraksha Agrawal (Lucknow)
Chairperson: Anoop Barman (Assam), Urmila Anagth
(Faridabad), Jony Agarwal (Lucknow)
Time: 9:45 – 10:05 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Flow cross match –
Rationale and interpretation
Speaker: Anil Handoo (Delhi)
Chairperson: Himanshu A Patel (Ahmedabad),
Gaurav Daga (Mumbai), Venkatesh Thammishetti (Lucknow)
Time: 10:05 – 10:25 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Luminex technology in KT
and limitations
Speaker: Shruti Tapia Wala (Mumbai)
Chairperson: Harisha Babu (Bangalore), Manish
Mali (Pune), B K Upadhyay (Faridabad)
Time: 10:25 – 10:45 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Panel reactive
antibodies in Transplantation
Speaker: Antonio Paul (Kochi)
Chairperson: Mannan John (Kerala), Akash Deep
Suri (Bhopal), Dhanalaxmi (Hyderabad)
Time: 11:10 – 11:30 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Non-HLA antibodies in
Kidney transplant
Speaker: Satish Balan (Trivendrum)
Chairperson: Abhilash Chandra (Lucknow), Vikram
Kalra (Delhi), Nagrajan (Salem)
Time: 11:30 – 11:50 AM (15 + 5)
Topic: Understanding CREG and
its clinical application
Speaker: Ajay Kher (Delhi)
Chairperson: Prashant Rajput (Mumbai), Suraj
Kumar (Udaipur), Sant Kumar Pandey (Lucknow)
Time: 11:50 – 12:10 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Emerging genetic
technologies in transplantation
Speaker: Ungea Aravind (Chennai)
Chairperson: Garima Agarwal (Bangalore), Jignesh
Pandya (Bilaspur), U K Sharma (Delhi)
Time: 12:10 – 12:30 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Post-transplant immune
monitoring
Speaker: Subho Banerjee (Ahmedabad)
Chairperson: Suraj Godara (Jaipur), Vijay Sinha
(Delhi), Anuradha K (Hyderabad)
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (10 + 5 × 4)
Topic: Challenging Cases in
Kidney Transplantation
Speaker: Kartik Ganesh (Kochi), S Kandswami
(Koyambtur), Upal Sen Gupta (Kolkata), Manish Balwani (Nagpur)
Chairperson: Ravindra Prabhu (Bangalore),
Balasubramanian (Chennai), Deshraj Gurjar (Kanpur)
Time: 3:00 – 5:30 PM
Session:Applications and
Clinical Work Station
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Topic: Laboratory
Demonstration – Flow Cross Match Techniques and CDC (Case Vignette based + Live relay from lab)
Coordinator: Swayam Prakash, Ravi Kushwaha
& Jeya Kumar Meyyappan
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM
Topic: Laboratory
Demonstration – DNA extraction and DSA by lysate (Case Vignette based + Live relay from lab)
Coordinator: Swayam Prakash, Ravi Kushwaha
& Jeya Kumar Meyyappan
Scientific Program – ISNCON
2025 Lucknow
Day: 18 December 2025 |
Venue: LT-2
Preconference CME/Workshop:
Onconephrology – 8:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Moderators: Mayuri Trivedi &
Prakash Gudsoorkar
Time: 8:45 – 9:05 AM (15+5)
Topic: A Hypertensive Crisis in
a Cancer Patient
Speaker: Ashwini Gadde (Delhi)
Chairperson: Jaysurya R (Kolkata), Sudhir
Kulkarni (Aurangabad), Kirstin George (Bangalore)
Time: 9:05 – 9:35 AM (20+10)
Topic: Microangiopathic
Mysteries: Drug-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Cancer
Speaker: Rimda Wanchoo (US)
Chairperson: Pradeep Deshpande (Hyderabad),
Anil Kumar Singh (Lucknow), Piyali Sarkar (Kolkata)
Time: 9:35 – 9:55 AM (15+5)
Topic: A Colon Cancer Patient
with Heavy Proteinuria
Speaker: Rajeevalochana Parthsarthy (Chennai)
Chairperson: Hemant Kumar (Patna), R
Venkatraman (Chennai), Durgesh Pushkar (Lucknow)
Time: 9:55 – 10:15 AM (15+5)
Topic: GFR dilemma in Cancer
Chemotherapy
Speaker: Dipankar Sirkar (Kolkata)
Chairperson: SB Raut (Cuttack), Kalpesh Gohal
(Surat), Shashikiran KV (Bangalore)
Time: 10:45 – 11:15 AM (20+10)
Topic: Immune Checkpoint
Inhibitors and the Kidney
Speaker: Prakash Gudsoorkar (US)
Chairperson: Dilip Kriplanai (Mumbai),
Dhananjay Agrawal (Jaipur), M Sivakumar (Madurai)
Time: 11:15 – 11:35 AM (15+5)
Topic: AKI in the Chemotherapy
Ward: A Case of Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity
Speaker: Mayuri Trivedi (Mumbai)
Chairperson: Sushma Rani (Bangalore), Waheed
Khan (Jamshedpur), Col Jairam (Bangalore)
Time: 11:35 – 11:55 AM (15+5)
Topic: A 22-year-old male with
femoral osteosarcoma treated with Methotrexate
Speaker: Sanjeev Nair (Chennai)
Chairperson: Ravi Bhadania (Ahmedabad), M K
Mitra (Lucknow), Mythri Shankar (Bangalore)
Time: 11:55 – 12:15 PM (15+5)
Topic: A 65-year-old man with
smouldering multiple myeloma with progressive proteinuria and declining kidney function
Speaker: Vinant Bhargava (Delhi)
Chairperson: Pankaj Shah (Ahmedabad), Amit
Kumar (Ranchi), Sham Sunder (Delhi)
Scientific Program – ISNCON
2025 Lucknow
Day: 18 December 2025 |
Theme: Diagnostic Dilemmas in Nephropathology: Power of Integrative Diagnosis
Interactive Case-based Discussion: 2:00
– 6:00 PM
Moderators: Vinita Agrawal, Manoj
Jain
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM (15+5*3)
Session I: Glomerular
Diseases
Cases: Case 1-A great mimicker, Case 2-An
unusual presentation of common disease, Case 3-Deciphering the cause
Speakers: Anila Abraham (Chennai), Vineeta Batra
(Delhi), Bhavna Mehta (Mumbai)
Chairperson: Dharmendra Prasad (Bihar), J P
Tiwari (Goa), Alok Kumar Pandey (Lucknow)
Time: 3:00 – 3:40 PM (15+5*2)
Session II: Challenging
Tubulointerstitial Diseases
Cases: Case 1-Unexplained AKI, Case 2-Puzzling
TIN
Speakers: Mahesha V (Bangalore), Pallavi Prasad
(Lucknow)
Chairperson: Rasika Sirsat (Mumbai), Sanjay
Vikrant (Shimla), Nitin Agrawal (Banaras)
Time: 3:40 – 4:20 PM (15+5*2)
Session III: Untangling
the Vessels
Cases: Case 1-Decoding TMA, Case 2-Complexities
of Renal vasculitis
Speakers: Manoj Jain (Lucknow), Ritambara Nada
(Chandigarh)
Chairperson: Himanshu Mahapatra (Delhi), Anil
Jain (Jabalpur), Nirbhay Kumar (Kanpur)
Time: 4:40 – 5:20 PM (15+5*2)
Session IV: Hereditary
and Rare Kidney Disorders
Cases: Case 1-Clues to diagnosis, Case 2-Beyond
morphology
Speakers: Geetika Singh (Delhi), Alok Sharma
(Delhi)
Chairperson: Ravi Elhence (Lucknow), Sidharth
Lakhani (Mumbai), U S Rai (Bihar)
Time: 5:20 – 6:00 PM (15+5*2)
Session V: Renal
Transplant Pathology
Cases: Case 1-Is it rejection?, Case 2-Insights
from Electron Microscopy
Speakers: Swarnalatha Gaurishankar (Hyderabad),
Vinita Agrawal (Lucknow)
Chairperson: Pankaj Hans (Patna), Ranjenee
Muthu (Chennai), Pallav Gupta (Delhi)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day: 18 December 2025 | Theme: RRT/ICU Workshop
Critical Care Nephrology & POCUS Workshop
Moderators: V Lobo, A Majumdar
Time: 8:45 – 9:05 AM (20 min)
Topic: Principles and Terminology of RRT for AKI
Speaker: Vinay Malhotra (Jaipur)
Chairperson: Jaiprakash Ojha (Banaras), Arvind Gupta (Hisar), Mohd Aslam (Aligarh)
Time: 9:05 – 9:25 AM (20 min)
Topic: Goals and Targets of RRT in AKI
Speaker: Rajiv Annegiri (Chennai)
Chairperson: Jaiprakash Ojha (Banaras), Arvind Gupta (Hisar), Mohd Aslam (Aligarh)
Time: 9:25 – 9:45 AM (20 min)
Topic: Dialysis Trauma
Speaker: Arghya Majumdar (Kolkata)
Chairperson: Jaiprakash Ojha (Banaras), Arvind Gupta (Hisar), Mohd Aslam (Aligarh)
Q & A
Chairperson: Jaiprakash Ojha (Banaras), Arvind Gupta (Hisar), Mohd Aslam (Aligarh)
Time: 10:00 – 10:25 AM (20+5)
Topic: Precision Fluid Management in CRRT: Optimizing Net Ultrafiltration for Patient Outcomes
Speaker: Raghavan Murugan (US)
Chairperson: K C Prakash (Bangalore), Jitendra Falodia (Bikaner), R G Singh (Banaras)
Time: 10:25 – 10:50 AM (20+5)
Topic: Beyond the Physical Exam: POCUS in HD Access – What It Can (and Can’t) Do
Speaker: Vandana Dua (US)
Chairperson: Ravindra Madrakki (Bangalore), Rajesh Jorawat (Jodhpur), Satish Mandonka (Delhi)
Time: 11:10 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Workstations
Note:(Rotate every 30 minutes)
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Topic: CRRT
Speaker: Valentine Lobo / Ayan Dey / Industry
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Topic: SLED
Speaker: Sidharth Sethi / Anil Verma / Industry
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Topic: POCUS and VEXUS
Speaker: Vandana Dua / Jagdish / Ashish Gupta
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Topic: RRT with ECMO & ECCO2R
Speaker: Pramod Garu / Mohan Gurjar / Mahesh Kota
Time: 2:15 – 3:45 PM
Session: Prescribing RRT in specific situations
Time: 2:15 – 2:35 PM (15+5)
Topic: Cardiorenal Syndromeand Fluid Overload- How to manage and prescribe RRT – Case based
Speaker: Pragya Pant (Ranchi)
Chairperson: Ghanshyam Singh (Ranchi), Arvind Gupta (Prayagraj), Payal Gaggar (Hyderabad)
Time: 2:35 – 2:55 PM (15+5)
Topic:Acute Liver failure/ACLF with increased ICP and hyponatremia- How to manage and prescribe RRT- Case based
Speaker: Rushi Deshpande (Mumbai)
Chairperson: Gaurav Sagar (Delhi), Vijay Pratap Singh (Patna), Sunil Kilari (AP)
Time: 2:55 – 3:15 PM (15+5)
Topic: RRT in Poisoning – Paraquat, Lithium, Barbiturate
Speaker: Manjusha Yadla (Hyderabad)
Chairperson: Vishal Saxena (Delhi), Archana Bhadauria (Kanpur), Rajesh Kumar (Mumbai)
Time: 3:15 – 3:45 PM (25+5)
Topic: RRT in Sepsis
Speaker: Rupesh Raina (USA)
Chairperson: Piyush Mathur (Jaipur), V Unnikrishnan (Kerala), Tejinder Singh (Faridabad)
Time: 4:15 – 5:20 PM
Session: Antibiotics/Inotropes/Monitoring in ICU
Time: 4:15 – 4:35 PM (15+5)
Topic: Optimal use of Antibiotics in Sepsis/AKI
Speaker: Tukaram Jamale (Mumbai)
Chairperson: S N Ambike (Pune), Arun Kumar (Lucknow), Kiran Mai (Hyderabad)
Time: 4:35 – 5:00 PM (20+5)
Topic: Optimal Use of Inotropes in Sepsis
Speaker: Raghvan Murugan (US)
Chairperson: Shubham Shukla (Lucknow), Shankar Prasad (Bangalore), Amit Langote (Mumbai)
Time: 5:00 – 5:20 PM (15+5)
Topic: Monitoring and Quality indicators in ICU RRT
Speaker: Rajshekhara Chakrawati (Hyderabad)
Chairperson: Alok Jain (Jaipur), Deshraj Gurjar (Kanpur), Sanjeev Kale (Raipur)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 1: 18 December 2025 | Hall: B
Workshop: Pediatric Nephrology
Coordinators: Dipankar Bhaumik / Shyam Bansal
Time: 8:45 – 10:25 AM
Session 1: – CKD and HTN in Children
Time: 8:45 – 9:10 AM (20+5)
Topic: CKD in children: Etiology, evaluation and management
Speaker: Indira Agrawal (CMC)
Chairperson: Kamini Mehta (Mumbai), Venktesh Mongre (Hubli), Shahzad Alam (Lucknow)
Time: 9:10 – 9:35 AM (20+5)
Topic: Cystic kidney disease in children
Speaker: Rajiv Sinha (Kolkata)
Chairperson: Vivek Goyal (Kolkata), Shashank Gupta (Lucknow), Abhyuday Rana (Gurgaon)
Time: 9:35 – 10:00 AM (20+5)
Topic: Reflux Nephropathy and VUR
Speaker: Pankaj Hari (Delhi)
Chairperson: Sushmita Banerjee (Kolkata), Narendra Senger (Jhansi), Arun Thomas (Kerala)
Time: 10:00 – 10:25 AM (20+5)
Topic: Changing Landscape of Pediatric Hypertension: From Guidelines to Clinical Practice
Speaker: Ajay Sharma (Canada)
Chairperson: A K Baidya (Ranchi), Sudeep Prakash (Lucknow), Jyotipriya (Kerala)
Time: 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Session 2: – Glomerular Diseases
Time: 10:45 – 11:10 AM (20+5)
Topic: How to approach difficult to treat Nephrotic Syndrome
Speaker: Rulan Parekh (USA)
Chairperson: Uma Ali (Mumbai), G Shivramakrishnan (AP), Girish Namagondlu (Bangalore)
Time: 11:10 – 11:35 AM (20+5)
Topic: Hereditary Glomerulonephritis
Speaker: Aditi Sinha (Delhi)
Chairperson: Medhavi Gautam (Lucknow), Kinneri V, Vikram Singh (Dehradun)
Time: 11:35 – 12:05 PM (25+5)
Topic: Thrombotic Microangiopathy – current concepts
Speaker: Carla Nester (US)
Chairperson: R N Srivastava (Delhi), Lalit Pursnani (Delhi), Amol Bhawane (Nagpur)
Time: 12:05 – 12:30 PM (20+5)
Topic: Atypical HUS – Indian experience
Speaker: Arvind Bagga (Delhi)
Chairperson: Sukanya Govindan (Chennai), O P Rathi (Indore), Sachin Patil (Pune)
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Session 3: – Miscellaneous Issues in Pediatric Nephrology
Time: 2:00 – 2:30 PM (20+10)
Topic: Nutrition in CKD
Speaker: Rukshana Shroff (UK)
Chairperson: Radhika Radhakrishnan (Kerala), Vivek Ruhela (Dehradun), Himanshu Sharma (Bhopal)
Time: 2:30 – 3:00 PM (20+10)
Topic: Nephrolithiasis and Nephrocalcinosis in Children
Speaker: Sriram Krishnamurthi (JIPMER)
Chairperson: Bibekanand Panda (Cuttack), Mehul Shah (Hyderabad), Mudit Khurana (Agra)
Time: 3:00 – 3:30 PM (20+10)
Topic: Voiding disorders in children: Approach to management
Speaker: Jyoti Sharma (Pune)
Chairperson: Deepak Diwan (Lucknow), O P Misra (Banaras), Jayprakash (Chennai)
Time: 3:30 – 4:00 PM (20+10)
Topic: Principles and practice of RRT in Children
Speaker: Sidharth Sethi (Delhi)
Chairperson: Kanav Anand (Delhi), K.D. Sadhwani (Ghaziabad), Anjana Gopal (Kerala)
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM
Topic: Session 4 – Kidney Transplant
Time: 4:30 – 5:00 PM (20+10)
Topic: Pretransplant evaluation of children
Speaker: Dharshan Rangaswami (Bangalore)
Chairperson: Sukant Das (Bhubneshwar), Shshikiran KV (Mysuru), Anuja Porwal (Delhi)
Time: 5:00 – 5:30 PM (20+10)
Topic: Transplant Immunosuppression in Children
Speaker: Arpana Iyengar (Bangalore)
Chairperson: Ravi Bansal (Delhi), Imtiaz Wani (Kashmir), Anand Banka (Gorakhpur)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 1: 18 December 2025 | LT: 4
Workshop: Intervention Nephrology – 8.45 AM – 6 PM
Coordinators: Hemant Mehta, JB Balasubramanian, Manas Patel, Santosh
8:45 – 9:00 AM: WELCOME
Speaker: J Bala, Hemant Mehta
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Session 1 : – Dealing with AV Fistula Issues
Time: 9:00 – 9:15 AM (15 min)
Topic: Dealing with AV fistula issues- valuation of (Clinical/USG) Immature and Failing Vascular Access (on live cases selected for angioplasty)
Speaker: Tushar Vachharajani (USA)
Chairperson: J Bala (Chennai), Hemant Mehta (Mumbai)
Time: 9:15 – 10:00 AM (45 min)
Topic: AVF Angioplasty (Live cases) – Fluoroscopic guidance – Forearm / Arm
Speaker: Manish Lalwani (Vellore), Aadil Beg (Kashmir)
Chairperson: Hardik Patel (Nadiad), Venkat (Pondicherry), Ajay Singh (Jaipur)
Time: 10:00 – 10:45 AM (45 min)
Topic: AVF Angioplasty – Ultrasound (USG) Guidance
Speaker: Diwarak S (INU), Cherian Josi (INU, Bangalore)
Chairperson: Gireesh Reddy (Bangalore), Karthik (Chennai Kauvery), Shamna (Thiruvalla)
Time: 11:20 AM – 1:00 PM
Session 2: – Dealing with Central Vein Issues
Time: 11:20 – 12:10 PM (50 min)
Topic: Ways to tackle central vein narrowing for 1 AV fistula survival [swollen arm with ipsilateral AVF] – 1 case
Speaker: Venkatesh R (Chennai), Sahil Arora (Bengaluru), Hemant (Lucknow)
Chairperson: Hemant Mehta, Shahbaj Ahmed (Dehradun), Apoorva Jain (Agra)
Time: 12:10 – 1:00 PM (50 min)
Topic: TCC Insertion with Central Vein Stenosis – 1 Case
Speaker: Santhosh (SGPGI), Dileep Kumar P (Trichy)
Chairperson: M N Singh (Banaras), Manjunath Kulkarni (Mysore), Athul (CMC)
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Session 3: TCC Issues
Time: 2:00 – 2:15 PM (15 min)
Topic: Choosing the Right Catheter for the Right Patient
Speaker: Tushar Vachharajani (USA)
Time: 2:15 – 3:15 PM (60 min)
Topic: Live Cases: TCC
Speaker: Jeyanivash (Chennai), Karthik (Tirunelveli)
Chairperson: Rammohan Bhatt (Bangalore), Rajdeb Saha (Delhi), Gaurav Singla (Punjab)
Time: 3:15 – 4:15 PM (60 min)
Topic: PD Catheter Insertion – Fluoroscopic Guided
Speaker: Vineet Behera (Vizag), Manu Dogra (Delhi)
Chairperson: Vishal Goley (Siliguri), Indraneel (Delhi), Varun Kumar (Vijayawada)
Time: 4:35 – 6:00 PM
Topic: AVF Creation
Speaker: Sachin Soni (Aurangabad), Abhinav (Delhi)
Chairperson:J Bala, (Chennai) Vel Arvind, (TrichI) Manjunath Doshetty, (Mysore)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 1: 18 December 2025 | Venue: Hall B
-Lunch Symposia ,1-1.45 PM ,JB Chemicals
1:00 – 1:45 PM:
Session: 1. Talk : Hypertension Management in CKD – An orchestra, Not a Solo performance (15 mins)
Chair: A S Narula (Delhi)
Organizer: JB Chemicals
Session:: 2. Panel discussion CKD 360 – From prevention to transplant: A holistic discussion (30 mins )
Moderator: N C Ambekar (Pune)
Panellists:
- Jayant Datta (Kolkata)
- Anupama Kaul (Lucknow)
- P S Vali (Hyderabad)
- DK Agarwal (Delhi)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 1: 18 December 2025 | Venue: Hall A |Time : 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Breakfast & Astra Zenca
Session: Mastering Hyperkalemia Management: Expert Strategies to Improve CKD Outcomes
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Agenda:1. Opening and Context setting (5 mins)
Moderator: Vijay Kher
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Agenda:2. Advancing Guideline Directed Management To Drive Better CKD Outcomes and Applying Novel Potassium Binders To Sustain RAASi Therapy (25 mins)
Speaker: James Burton (UK)
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Panel Discussion :Real World Strategies For Hyperkalemia Management In Complex CKD Cases (20 mins)
Additional Moderator: KS Nayak (Hyderabad)
Panellists:
- Sandeep Bhattacharya (Kolkata)
- Georgi Abraham (Chennai)
- Umapati Hegde (Nadiad)
ISNCON 2025 - Day 1 Schedule
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 2: 19 December 2025 | Hall A
Time: 8:30 – 9:00 AM (30 min)
Topic: Presidential Lecture
Speaker: Ashwini Gupta (Delhi)
Chairperson: D S Rana (Delhi), H S Kohli (Chandigarh), Anuradha Raman (Hyderabad)
Time: 9:00 – 9:30 AM (30 min)
Topic: KS Chugh Oration – Precision Health in CKD
Speaker: Rulan Parekh (Canada)
Chairperson: K L Gupta (Chandigarh), Kalpana Mehta (Mumbai), S C Tiwari (Delhi)
Time: 9:30 – 10:10 AM (20+10 min)
Topic: Peritoneal Dialysis in 2025: Global Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker: Rajnish Mehrotra (USA)
Chairperson: Gokul Nath (Bangalore), Amit Gupta (Lucknow), Uttara Das (AP)
Time: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Joint Session of Indian SN and ISGD on Glomerular Disease
Time: 10:30 – 11:00 AM (20+10 min)
Topic: Recent Updates in IgA Nephropathy
Speaker: Suceena Alexander (Vellore)
Chairperson: Dipankar Bhaumik (Delhi), Arpita Roy Chaudhary (Kolkata), Pratik Tripathi (Jaipur)
Time: 11:00 – 11:40 AM (30+10 min)
Topic: Current Concepts in C3 Glomerulonephritis
Speaker: Carla Nester (USA)
Chairperson: Srilatha (Kerala), Sunil Prakash (Delhi), Vikas Makkar (Ludhiana)
Time: 11:40 – 12:05 PM (20+5 min)
Topic: Update on Lupus Nephritis
Speaker: Koyal Jain (USA)
Chairperson: Swarnalatha Gudithi (Hyderabad), Dilip Bhalla (Delhi), Abhay Sadre (Pune)
Time: 12:05 – 12:30 PM (20+5 min)
Topic: Recurrent FSGS after Transplant
Speaker: Rupesh Raina (USA)
Chairperson: K N Singh (Delhi), Nandita Chaudhary (Guwahati), Ratan Jha (Hyderabad)
Time: 12:30 – 1:00 PM (2 × 15 min)
Topic: Interesting Cases – Anti GBM Disease / Vasculitis
Speakers: Abhijeet Konour (Nadiad), Sabrinath (JIPMER)
Chairperson: Vinoi George (Vellore), T K Saha (Hyderabad), Rahul Kohli (Ludhiana)
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Lunch Symposia – Fresenius:
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Implementation of HDF in real world practise: 15min & panel discussion : 15 m
Speaker: Dinesh Khullar (15 min)
Moderator: Tarun Kaushik
Panellists:
- Vishwanath Siddhini (Banglore)
- Deepa Usalmarty (Mumbai)
- D Mukherjee (Delhi) Swarnjeet kaur ( Bhatinda)
- Swarnjeet kaur ( Bhatinda)
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Establishing regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) program and CKRT adjunct to support critically ill patients: (15 +15 minutes)
Speaker: Girish Kumethkar (Pune)
Moderator: Saubhik Sural (Kolkata)
Theme-based Session: AKI | 19/12/2025 | 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Hall A
Moderators: N Gopalakrishnan, Vivek Kumar
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 PM (15+5 min)
Topic: AKI – Newer Advances in Classification
Speaker: N Gopalakrishnan (Chennai)
Chairperson: Mahendra Atlani (Bhopal), Nitin Bajpayee (Banaras), G Srikanth (Hyderabad)
Time: 2:50 – 3:20 PM (20+10 min)
Topic: AKI to CKD Transition
Speaker: Sunder Swaminathan (Bangalore)
Chairperson: K M Sahoo (Patna), Abdul Rashid (Kashmir), Nitish Mohanty (Bhubaneswar)
Time: 3:20 – 3:40 PM (15+5 min)
Topic: DRAKI – Dialysis Requiring AKI: Follow up of Survivors
Speakers: T Dinesh Kumar, MMC (Chennai)
Chairperson: Asif Wani (Kashmir), Pradeep Kumar (Meerut), Amit Sharma (Chandigarh)
Time: 3:40 – 4:05 PM (20+5 min)
Topic: Poisoning and Envenomation Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Speaker: Saif Qaiser (Aligarh)
Chairperson: Kavita Vishwakarma (Mumbai), Somaiya Julu (Kakinada), Sandeep Garg (Meerut)
Time: 4:05 – 4:30 PM (20+5 min)
Topic: AKI Research in India
Speaker: Vivek Kumar (Chandigarh)
Chairperson: Praveen Etta (Hyderabad), Prashant Bendre (Meerut), Manish Gupta (Gwalior)
Plenary Session: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Time: 5-5.30 pm (25+5)
Topic: CKD – MBD: Recent Updates and Guidelines
Speaker: Marc Vervloet (Netherlands)
Chairperson: Arvind Kanchi (Bangalore), Vidya Gunasekhra (Sri Lanka), Manish Mallik (Delhi)
Time: 5.30-6.00 PM (25+5)
Topic: GLP-1 Agonist in CKD
Speaker: Katherine Tuttle (USA)
Chairperson: Beena Unnikrishnan (Kerala), Himanshu Verma (Delhi), Balamurugan (Madurai)
Time: 6.00- 6.30PM (25+5)
Topic: Monoclonal Gammopathies and Kidney
Speaker: Jai Radhakrishnan (USA)
Chairperson: Bharat Shah (Mumbai), Shivendra Singh (Banaras), Girish Narayan (Hyderabad)
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
FINAL QUIZ
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 2: 19 December 2025 | Hall: B
ASN-ANIO -Indian SN Joint session – Partnerships for Change: Curing Kidney Diseases Together
Time: 10.30 AM- 1:00 PM
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:10 PM
Session: Symposium on: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: Stopping the Next Epidemic
Time: 10:30 – 10:40 AM
Topic: Introduction (10 min)
Speaker: Prabir Roy Chaudhary
Chairperson: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury ,Shyam Bansal
Time: 10:40 – 11:00 AM
Topic: Keynote Lecture: Kidney Health 2025 – Research, Innovation and Policy (20 min)
Speaker: Madhuri Kanitkar
Chairperson: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury ,Shyam Bansal
Time: 11:00 – 11:20 AM
Topic: From Innovation to Implementation: Saving Kidneys, Hearts and Lives (20 min)
Speaker: Balram Bhargava ( Delhi)
Chairperson: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury ,Shyam Bansal
Time: 11:20 – 11:40 AM
Topic: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health in India: Challenges and Opportunities (20 min)
Speaker: Balram Bhargava ( Delhi)
Chairperson: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury ,Shyam Bansal
Time: 11:40 – 12:10 PM
Topic: Panel Discussion on Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health – Stopping the Next Epidemic (30 min)
Panellists: Katherine Tuttle (USA), Madhuri Kanitkar, Balram Bhargava (Delhi), Manisha Sahay, Tod Ibrahim, Shyam Bansal
Moderator: Prabir Roy Chaudhury
Time: 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM
Session : Transplantation 2025: What’s Hot – What’s New
Time: 12:10 – 12:30 PM
Topic: Xenotransplantation 2025 (15 min)
Speaker: Vasishta Tatapati (USA)
Chairperson: Vimla A (Kerala), Lalit Agrawal (Kolkata), Sundar Sankaran (Bangalore)
Time: 12:30 – 12:50 PM
Topic: Everything but Xenotransplantation (15 min)
Speaker: Amit Govil (USA)
Chairperson: Vimla A (Kerala), Lalit Agrawal (Kolkata), Sundar Sankaran (Bangalore)
Time: 12:40 – 1:00 PM
Topic: Q & A and Discussion (20 min)
Chairperson: Vimla A (Kerala), Lalit Agrawal (Kolkata), Sundar Sankaran (Bangalore)
Moderator: Anupama Kaul, Dharmendra Bhadauria
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Lunch Symposia – Zydus Pharma:
-
Topic: HIF- PHI – Indian Context
Time: 1.30-2 PM
Moderator: D K Pahari ( Kolkata)
Speaker: Tarun Jeloka (Pune)
-
Panel Discussion
Panellists:
- Edwin Fernando (Chennai)
- Umesh Khanna (Mumbai)
- Pratik Das (Kolkata)
- Amresh Krishna (Patna)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 2: 19 December 2025 | Hall: B
Theme-based Session: Contemporary Issues in Nephrology
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Moderators: Pritpal Singh, Ganesh S. Prasad
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 PM (15+5)
Topic: Current Concepts of Correction of Hyponatremia
Speaker: Alok Kumar (Dehradun)
Chairpersons: Asit Mehta (Ahmedabad), Manju Thampi (Kerala), Anurag Singh (Prayagraj)
Time: 2:50 – 3:10 PM (15+5)
Topic: Role of Magnesium and its Clinical Implications
Speaker: Pritpal Singh (Patna)
Chairpersons: Sharad Agrawal (Bareilly), D. K. Sinha (Kanpur), Dinesh Mittal (Delhi)
Time: 3:10 – 3:30 PM (15+5)
Topic: How to Treat Alternative Medicine Related Nephropathy
Speaker: R. Sakthirajan (Chennai)
Chairpersons: Ganesh Srinivas Prasad (AP), Vijay Shankar (Patna), Karan Saraf (Guwahati)
Time: 3:30 – 3:50 PM (15+5)
Topic: Hyperuricemia in CKD – Treat or Not to Treat
Speaker: Pradeep Doley (Guwahati)
Chairpersons: Ajay Goyal (Mohali), Yogesh Chhawda (Delhi), Dhananjay Sinha (Banaras)
Time: 3:50 – 4:10 PM
Topic: Si RNA Therapy in Nephrology
Speaker: Priyambada P. S. (JIPMER)
Chairpersons: Satrupa Deb (Mumbai), Vasudevan (Chennai), Samir Govil (Kanpur)
Time: 4:10 – 4:30 PM (15+5)
Topic: AI in Nephrology
Speaker: Jitendra Kumar (Faridabad)
Chairpersons: L. K. Jha (Delhi), Tajmul Mir (Kashmir), Sunil Kumar (Kolkata)
Free Papers – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 2: 19 December 2025 | Hall: B
Moderators: Anupama Kaul, Dharmendra Bhadauria
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:20 PM
LT-1
- Sharat K Singh (Manipur)
- Bibekanand Kar (Orissa)
- Kritika Mohan (Bangalore)
LT-2
- Omkumar (Patna)
- Aruna Acharya (Orissa)
- B Ravishankar (Bangalore)
LT-3
- Gayatri Pegu (Guwahati)
- R K Yadav (Delhi)
- Muthu Jairaman (Chennai)
LT-4
- Rahul Grover (Delhi)
- E Mahesha (Bangalore)
- Namrata Rao (Lucknow)
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 PM
Topic: Mini-Oral LT-1
Speaker: Manish Rathi
Chairpersons: Ajay Pal Singh (Jaipur), Himanshu Mohapatra (Delhi), Anil Singh (Lucknow)
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 PM
Topic: Mini-Oral LT-2
Speaker: —
Chairpersons: Bismay Ghosh (Kolkata), Jai Patel (Ahmedabad), Manoj Arora (Delhi)
ISNCON 2025 - Day 2 Schedule
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day: 20 December 2025 | Venue: Hall A
Time: 8:00 – 8:30 AM
Topic: Breakfast Symposium
Time: 8:30 – 9:00 AM
Topic: Ingredients to be an Entrepreneur in Nephrology
Speaker: Saurabh Pokhriyal (Delhi)
Chairs: Manjunath Shetty (Mysore), Narayan Prasad
(Lucknow), Rajiv Bhatia (Jalandhar)
Time: 9:00 – 9:30 AM (25 + 5)
Topic: ADPKD – State-of-the-Art: KDIGO Guidelines and Upcoming Novel Approaches
Speaker: Roman U Mueller (ERA)
Chairs: Ravi Raju (AP), Mukesh Shette (Mumbai), Dibya Singh (Nepal)
Time: 9:30 – 10:00 AM (25 + 5)
Topic: Obstetric AKI – How We Know, What We Know
Speaker: Silvi Shah (US)
Chairs: M M Rajapurkar (Nadiad), Shradha Goswami (Indore), Ram Prabhakar (Chennai)
Time: 10:00 – 10:30 AM (30 min)
Topic: J C M Shastri Oration: The Art and Science of Nephrology – Where Clinical Care
Meets Research Excellence
Speaker: Vivekanand Jha (Chandigarh)
Chairs: Sanjay D Cruj (Chandigarh), Neeru Agrawal (Delhi), R Venkataraman (Chennai)
Parallel Session – Hall A: Hemodialysis (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
Time: 11:00 – 11:25 AM (20 + 5)
Topic: Symptom Management in Patients Undergoing Long-term Dialysis
Speaker: Rajnish Mehrotra (US)
Chairs: N K Hase (Mumbai), P K Rai (Banaras), Rajan Ravichandran (Chennai)
Time: 11:25 – 11:50 AM (20 + 5)
Topic: HDF – Current Status
Speaker: Ruksana Shroff (UK)
Chairs: Indumathi (Bangalore), Neeraj Patel (Ahmedabad), P N Gupta (Gurgaon)
Time: 11:50 – 12:10 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Nutrition in Dialysis
Speaker: Manjuri Sharma (Guwahati)
Chairs: S Renuka (Bangalore), Jayanta Basu (Kolkata), Pradeep Salgiya (Indore)
Time: 12:10 – 12:30 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Long Term Outcomes of MHD in India
Speaker: Vishwanath Billa (Mumbai)
Chairs: B Gopinath (Kerala), Niranjan Kulkarni (Mumbai), Ashok Sarin (Delhi)
Time: 12:30 – 1:00 PM
Panel discussion on Lipid
Management in CKD
Context setting:
Sishir Gang- 10 minutes
Panel discussion: 20 minutes
Moderator: Sishir Gang (Nadiad)
Panellists:
- Raman Puri (Delhi)
- Sanjeev Jasuja (Delhi)
- Deodatta Chafekar (Nasik)
- Manish Chaturvedi (Jodhpur)
Moderator:Anupama Kaul, Dharmendra Bhadauria
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Lunch Symposia – Intas Pharma:
Topic: Management of renal
anemia:
Beyond 2025: Have we utilised CERA enough (30min)Speaker:Iain MacDougall
Panel discussion : 30
minutesModerator: Vijay Kher
Panellists:
- Tammoy Das (Guwahati)
- Rajesh Nair (Cochin)
- S Padmanabhan (Banglore)
- Reetesh Sharma (Faridabad)
- Shivalingam (Chennai)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day: 20 December 2025 | Venue: Hall A
Session: Contemporary Issues in Peritoneal Dialysis
Time: 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Moderator: Sandeep Mahajan, Sreebhushan Raju
Time: 2:30 – 2:50 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Innovations in CAPD
Speaker: Lily Mushahar (Malaysia)
Chairpersons: Manoj Singhal (Noida), Dinesh
Yadav (Gurgaon), Yuvraj Gulati (Kanpur)
Time: 2:50 – 3:10 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Incremental PD
Speaker: Kamal Sud (Australia)
Chairpersons: Muffazzar Wani (Srinagar), Rajaram
(Trichy), Jayesh Desai (Mumbai)
Time: 3:10 – 3:30 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Reducing CV Risk in PD
Patients
Speaker: Sreebhushan Raju (Hyderabad)
Chairpersons: Mayur Prabhu (Mangalore),
Harshwardhan (Patna), Deepak Kalra (Delhi)
Time: 3:30 – 3:50 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: PD in Frail and Elderly
Speaker: Anil Bhalla (Delhi)
Chairpersons: Saurav Nayak (Bathinda), Subba Rao
(Chennai), Vijoy Jha (Army)
Time: 3:50 – 4:10 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Non-infectious
Complications of CAPD
Speaker: Sandeep Mahajan (Delhi)
Chairpersons: Muffazzal Ahmed (Lucknow), Simran
Kaur (Ludhiana), Ram Rapur (Tirupati)
Time: 4:10 – 4:30 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Infectious Complications
of CAPD
Speaker: Sunita Bavanandan (Malaysia)
Chairpersons: Akash Deep Suri (Bhopal), S K
Panda (Army), S N S Yadav (Lucknow)
Plenary Session – Hall A (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM)
Time: 5:00 – 5:30 PM (25 + 5)
Topic: Update on Membranous
Nephropathy
Speaker: Jai Radhakrishnan (US)
Chairpersons: Abhijit Taqrapdar (Kolkata),
Salil
Jain (Delhi), Atul Ingle (Mumbai)
Time: 5:30 – 6:00 PM (30 min)
Topic: Vidya Acharya
Oration:
Bone Disease in Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
Speaker: Sanjeev Gulati (Delhi)
Chairpersons: Alan Almeida (Mumbai), Sanjay
Mittal (Jalandhar), George Kurian (Kochi)
Time: 6:00 – 6:30 PM (25 + 5)
Topic: Current Insight in
Estimating GFR
Speaker: Marc Vervloet (ERA)
Chairpersons: Gangadhar Taduri (Hyderabad),
Sriram Kabra (Delhi), Abe Abraham (Kochi)
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day: 20 December 2025 | Venue: Hall B – Parallel
Session: Transplantation (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
Time: 11-12 PM(10 minutes each) plus 20 minutes
for Q & A
Topic: Issues in living
kidney donation-
Sub-Topic: Low GFR in
Indians (10 min)
Speaker: Sreejit Parmeshwaran
(Puducherry)
Sub-Topic:BMI cutoff
for donation (10 min)
Speaker: Prashant Kedilya (Banglore)
Sub-Topic: Donor with
Kidney stone (10min)
Speaker: Manish Jain (Kolkata)
Sub-Topic:BMI cutoff
for donation (10 min)
Speaker: Diabetic donors (10 min)
Moderator: Sanjeev Saxena (Delhi)
Chairs: Srirang Bichhu (Mumbai), Manjula Ramchandran (Kerala)
Note: 11.40- 12 pm
Q & A + panel discussion
Time: 12:00 – 12:20 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Post-transplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy
Speakers: Raja Ramchandran (Chandigarh)
Chairs: D S Ray (Kolkata), Sampath Kumar (Madurai),
Suman Lata (Delhi)
Time: 12:20 – 12:40 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: AI in Transplantation
Speaker: Amit Govil (US)
Chairs: D S Ray (Kolkata), Sampath Kumar (Madurai),
Suman Lata (Delhi)
Time: 12:40 – 1:00 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: App-based Management of Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Speaker: Beena Bansal (Gurgaon)
Chairs: D S Ray (Kolkata), Sampath Kumar (Madurai),
Suman Lata (Delhi)
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Lunch Symposia – Bayer
Welcome & Introduction
Moderator:Siddharth Mavani
(Ahmedabad)-05 minsThe Matching Pair:
When Finerenone & SGLT2i join forces in CONFIDENCEModerator:Rajiv Agarwal (USA)-25 mins
CONFIDENCE Asia
Sub-analysisModerator:Atanu Pal (Kolkata)-10 mins
Q&A- 15 mins
Scientific Program – ISNCON 2025 Lucknow
Day 3: 20 December 2025 | Venue: Hall B
Session: Theme-based session- HTN & CKD
Time: 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Moderator: P P Varma/Gopesh Modi
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Symposia of Hypertension in
CKD –
Newer therapies of HTN
including resistant HTN – 20 minutesSpeaker: Rajiv Agrawal (USA)
Moderator: P P Varma
HTN in pregnancy- 10
minutesSpeaker: Divya Bajapi (Mumbai)
Moderator:P P Varma
Panel Discussion- Q&A-
30 minutesPanellists:
- Gurudev K,
- Geeta Seth
- Gopesh Modi
- speakers
Time: 3:30 – 3:50 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Pregnancy in CKD
Speaker: Priti Meena (Bhubaneswar)
Chairs: Sanjay Gupta (Delhi), K Abirami (Salem), Manish Singla (Chandigarh)
Time: 3:50 – 4:10 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: Vaccination in CKD –
What’s New
Speaker: Ranjith Nair (Delhi)
Chairs: A Jairam (Bangalore), Rajesh Bharani (Indore), Gopaluni Sreepani (Hyderabad)
Time: 4:10 – 4:30 PM (15 + 5)
Topic: CKD-U in India
Speaker: Vinay Rathore (Raipur)
Chairs: Avula Srinivas (Guntur), Pranav Jha (Nagpur), Ravindra Ahlawat (Delhi)
Free Papers – Day 2
Date: 20 December 2025 | Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Moderators: Anupama Kaul, Dharmendra Bhadauria
LT-1
Sanjay Das Gupta (Kolkata)
Dharmendra Bhadauria (Lucknow)
Sawjib Borphukan (Assam)
LT-2
Pinaki Mukherjee (Kolkata)
Sanjay Srinivas (Bangalore)
Sanjay Agrawal (Delhi)
LT-3
R P Mathur (Delhi)
V Sivakumar (Tirupati)
Anupama Y J (Karnataka)
LT-4
Deba Kar (Orissa)
N P Singh (Delhi)
Munish Chauhan (Chandigarh)
ISNCON 2025 - Day 3 Schedule
Program Day 4 – ISNCON 2025
Date: 21 December 2025 | Venue: Hall A
Time: 8:30 – 9:00 AM (30 min)
Topic: Breakfast Symposium
Time: 9:00 – 9:30 AM (25 + 5)
Topic: Plenary Talk: Curing Kidney Diseases: from Patients to Policy
Speakers: Prabir Roy Chaudhry (US)
Chairs: O P Kalra (Delhi) , Ramsubramanian (Tirunvelli), Sanjay Maitra (Hyderabad)
Time: 9:30 – 10:05 AM (25 + 10)
Topic: CKD of Unknown Cause: A Structured Framework Towards Genetic Workup and Beyond
Speakers: Roman Muller (ERA),
Chairs: S Ballal (Manipal), Samir Chaubey (Nagpur), Raka Kaushal (Chandigarh)
Time: 10:05 – 10:35 AM (30 min)
Topic: Bansal Oration: Decoding Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis – Clinical and Genetic Insights from a Large Cohort Study
Speakers: Sayali Thakre (Mumbai)
Chairs: A C Mahkur (Bhubaneshwar) T Balasubramanian (Chennai), Sakshi Jain (Lucknow)
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Topic: CPC
Speakers: Santosh Verughese (Vellore)
Chairs: Vinay Sakhuja (Chandigarh) ,Arup Datta (Kolkata), Dakshinamurthi (Hyderabad)
Session: Recent Trials in Nephrology (12:00 – 1:30 PM)
Time: 12:00 – 12:25 PM (15+5)
Topic: ACHEIVE TRIAL
Speakers: Shaik Alavudin (Chennai)
Chairs: Anand Chelleppan (Nagpur), Muthukumar Balakrishnan (Delhi), Shiv Shankar Sharma (Indore)
Time: 12:25 – 12:50 PM (20+5)
Topic: BAX-HTN TRIAL
Speakers: Jeethu Kurian (Kerala)
Chairs: Anand Chelleppan (Nagpur), Muthukumar Balakrishnan (Delhi), Shiv Shankar Sharma (Indore)
Time: 12:40 – 1:00 PM
Topic: REGENCY TRIAL
Speakers: Arun Kumar (Delhi)
Chairs: Anand Chelleppan (Nagpur), Muthukumar Balakrishnan (Delhi), Shiv Shankar Sharma (Indore)
Time: 1:00 – 1:20 PM (15+5)
Topic: HiLos TRIAL
Speakers: Gulliver (Manipur)
Chairs: Anand Chelleppan (Nagpur), Muthukumar Balakrishnan (Delhi), Shiv Shankar Sharma (Indore)