THE TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

Given below is the programme of Scientific Sessions of NATCON 2017 to be held on 16th and 17th of December, 2017 in Rajahmundry

(Andhra Pradesh). You are requested to kindly go through the timings and slots assigned to you. Ordinarily, no change may be possible

to be entertained.

THEME OF THE CONFERENCE: JOIN HANDS TO END TB

TIME HALL A HALL B

Hall C/Meetings

8.00 – 9.00 AM REGISTRATION

9.00 – 9.40 A.M.

O.A Sarma Oration

(Chair: Rohit Sarin, Raj

Kumar, Anand Jaiswal)

Yoga and bronchial asthma

Oration in Hall A

Scientific Programme

72ND National Conference on Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases (NATCON 2017)

DAY 1:- 16.12.2017 - 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM

(Day1 ) Scientific Program 19th November 2011 Time : 9.00AM-5.30PM

Surya Kant

9.40 – 10.20 A.M.

Dr.S.N. Tripathy Memorial

Oration

(Chair: Bamin Tada, P.

Subba Rao, D. Bhima

Sankar)

ILD in India : problems &

way forward

Deepak Talwar

Oration in Hall A

10.20 – 11.00 AM

Dr.P.K.Sen TAI Gold Medal

Oration

(Chair: V.K. Arora, LS

Chauhan, Srikanth

Tripathy)

EVOLUTION OF

MYCOBACTERIUM

TUBERCULOSIS AND

DEVELOPMENT OF

MULTI DRUG

Oration in Hall A

RESISTANCE

Randeep Guleria

11.00 – 11.50 AM

Panel discussion on “ New

Treatment options in

tuberculosis” – sponsored

by M/s. Jensen & Jensen

(Moderator:V.K. Arora)

Panelists

Srikanth Tripathy

Surya Kant

Rohit Sarin

V.S. Salhotra

Lecture on “Infection Control”

(Chair: M.Hanif, Somnath Dash, Ashok

Shah)

Biosafety and TB Infection Control –

Sharing knowledge, challenges and

solutions in TB Laboratories

V.P. Myneedu

Prati Gilada

11.50 AM – 12.40 PM

Debate on “Active Case-

finding”

(Chair: Sai Babu, Varinder

Singh, S.P. Tripathy)

For – Sarbjit Chadha

Lectures

(Chair: Shashidhar Buggi, Babu Rao,

Surya Kant)

Lung Transplantation

Rahul Chandola

Against: V.K. Chadha

Lung Transplantation

Karunakar Padhy

12.40 – 1.20 PM

Lecture

(Chair: K.K. Chopra,

K. Subhakar Kandi,

Varinder Singh)

Drug Resistant TB

Mase Sundari

Lectures

(Chair: Deepak Talwar, Devesh Gupta,

Bhargav Prasad)

Bronchial Anthracofibrosis and

Tuberculosis

Ashok Shah

Environmental Pollution and Lung Health

S.K. Katiyar

TAI Joint meeting of

Secretaries of

State TB Associations &

Standing Technical Committee

Lunch

1.20 PM – 2.00 PM

Meet the Professor

2.00 – 2.45 PM

Session by The Union

(Chair: Sunil D. Khaparde,

T. Venkateswarulu, Ashwini

Khanna)

MDR-TB WHO Guidelines

with latest changes

S.S. Chadha

Private Sector engagement

in TB Control

Vaibhav Haribhau Ghule

Lecture

(Chair: V.K. Arora, Ravindra Babu,

Mase Sundari)

End TB Strategy

Rohit Sarin

2.45 – 3.30 PM

(Chair: Prahlad Kumar,

K.K. Chopra, Raghu Rao)

Talk on “Clinical trials on

TB carried out at NIRT,

Lecture

(Chair: Jaikishan, S.S. Chadha, Vaibhav

Haribhau Ghule, S.K. Katiyar)

Chennai”

S.P. Tripathy

Latent TB Management

A.N. Sreenivas

3.30 – 5.00 PM

Session by the Central TB

Division

(Chair: V.K. Arora, L.S.

Chauhan, V.K.Chadha )

New Strategic Plan 2017-

2025 – How to make TB

eradication dream true

- Sunil D. Khaparde

Patient support system

under RNTCP

- A.N. Sreenivas

Partnership under RNTCP

Lectures

(Chair: Bamin Tada, Prahlad Kumar,

George Dsouza)

Update on NTM

K.B. Gupta

Genital Tuberculosis

J.B. Sharma

Lung in Tropical Diseases

Usha Rani

DAY 2:- 17.12.2017 - 9.00 AM to 5.00 P.M.

- Devesh Gupta

TOG – Expectations and

dreams ahead

- Raghu Rao

TIME HALL A HALL B Hall C/ Meetings

9.00 – 9.50

AM

Debate on “Current Status

and Challenges: Private

Sector involvement in

Session on “MDR TB”

(Chair: Rajendra Prasad, Jayakar Babu,

K.K. Chopra)

Session on Nursing Personnel

(Chair: Rohit Sarin, KK Chopra)

National TB Control”

(Chair: Bamin Tada,Arjun

Srinivasan, R. Narasimhan)

Public - Devesh Gupta

Private – Jai Kishan

National Drug Resistance Survey findings

P.Kumar

How to interpret NDRS findings

A.N.Sreenivas

Preliminary results of Bedaquiline and

Delanomide in TB Programme

Rohit Sarin

9.50– 10.50

AM

Panel discussion on “TB

Diagnostics”

(Moderator: K.K.Chopra)

Panelists

V.P. Myneedu

Ranjani Ramachandran

Session on “TB and HIV Co-infection”

(Chair: Gilada, Ravindra Babu

Jayachandra Akkaraju)

Enough is enough: Time bend preventable

mortality among people living with TB and

HIV

S. Rajasekharan

M. Hanif

Sangeeta Sharma

TB & HIV: Challenges in managing co-

infection

Trupti Gilada

10.50 – 11.50

PM

Lectures

(Chair: Jaikishan, S.K.

Chabra, D Behera)

Presentation of rare cases of

TB in childhood

M. Mohan

Treatment beyond DOTS

V.K. Arora

Personalized management of

airway disease with TB as co-

morbidity

Lectures

(Chair: M.M. Puri, K.B. Gupta, Jawahar)

Role of Thoracoscopy in tubercular pleural

effusion

G. Viswanath

Chest X-Ray in ICU

Ravindra Babu

TB Model : Hassle Free, Hands Free (inc a

\

R.Vijai Kumar

Role Play)

M. Vamsi Krishna

Radiological presentation of Silico

tuberculosis

Babu Rao

11.50 – 12.30

PM

TAI Oration

(Chair: Prahlad Kumar, M.

Vamsi Krishna, Ashwini

Khanna)

Strategy and way forward for

TB elimination

Devesh Gupta

Oration in Hall A

Meeting of the Editorial Board of the

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

(Chair: V.K. Arora, K.K. Chopra)

12.30 – 1.10

PM

Lupin-TAI Oration

(Chair: M. Hanif, Rahul

Chandola, V.S. Salhotra)

Stragtegy to control

paediatric tuberculosis at

national level

Oration in Hall A

Varinder Singh

Lunch 1.10 PM to 2.00 PM

Meet the Professor

2.00 – 3.30 PM

3.30 – 5.00 PM

Panel discussion on

“Brochogenic Carcinoma”

Moderator

D. Behera

Members

P.R. Mohapatra

R.K. Dewan

Lectures

(P.S. Sarma, Gilada, Usha

Rani)

Cardio Thoracic Surgery –

An Update

P. Subba Rao

Session on “TB and Associated Diseases”

(Chair: M.M. Puri, Sangeeta Sharma, R.

Vijay Kumar)

TB and Diabetes collaborative activities in

context of End TB Strategy - Delhi

Experience

Ashwani Khanna

TB & Diabetes – Management issues

Jawahar

Pneumonia in the immuno-compromised

hosts

George Desouza

Session on “Advances in Respiratory

Diseases”

(Chair: G. Viswanath, R.K. Dewan , P.R.

Mohapatra)

Pneumonia: Supportive Clinical

Management where there is no intensive

care

5.00 – 6.00 PM

Role of Interventional

Pulmonologists in

Tuberculosis

Arjun Srinivasan

Mediastinal Adenopathy

R. Narasimhan

Valedictory

Anand Jaiswal

Asthma and COPD: A shifting landscape

Raj Kumar

Endobronchial tuberculosis

Jayachandra Akkaraju