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Hands-onEndosuturing

ENDOSCOPY EVERYONE, EVERYWHEREfor

FIRST TIME IN EASTERN INDIA

Live Robotic Surgery3D-Laparoscopy

National Congress ofIndian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists

in collaboration withThe Bengal Obstetric & Gynaecological Society

August 17-19, 2012

Hyatt Regency, Kolkata

ENDOGYN 2012

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IAGE BOGS

PresidentPresident ElectSr. Vice-President2nd Vice-President3rd Vice-PresidentHony SecretaryHony Joint SecretaryHony TreasurerHony Clinical SecretaryImmediate Past President

Members

Moffusil MC Members

Junior MC Members

Special Invitees

Kalidas BakshiKrishnendu GuptaAshis Kumar MukhopadhyayArup Kumar MajhiSubhash Chandra BiswasSudhir AdhikariSukumar BarikBhaskar PalShyamal SettPradip Kumar Mitra

Dibyendu BanerjeeMousumi De (Banerjee)Alok BasuAmit BasuSaktirupa ChakrabortyJayita ChakrabartiSukanta MisraBasab MukherjeeNirmala PiparaBulbul RaichaudhuriBibek Mohan RakshitJoydeb RoychoudhuryAbinash Chandra RoyM.M. Samsuzzoha

Ram Prasad DeyRabindranath RoyDipak Kumar Sarkar

Raja PalBhaskar PaulRanjana Tibrewal

Suranjan ChakrabortyRajiv DhallSebanti Goswami

PresidentGeneral SecretaryImmediate Past PresidentVice PresidentJoint SecretaryTreasurer

Members

Co-Opted Members

P K ShahRajesh ModiRakesh SinhaPrakash TrivediRajendra SankpalNandita Palshetkar

Atul GanatraUrvashi P JhaParul KotdawalaRekha KurianChaitali MahajanRishma Dhillon PaiPandit PalashkarPravin PatelB RameshMilind ShahS ShanthakumariSunita Tandulwadkar

Bhaksar PalNagendra SardeshpandeSudha Tandon

Managing Committee

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Invitation

Dear Friends

We extend a warm welcome (no pun intended) to you to visit Kolkata in

the monsoon; this time to be a part of ENDOGYN 2012, the annual

national congress of the Indian Association of Gynaecological

Endoscopists (IAGE), organized in collaboration with the Bengal

Obstetric & Gynaecological Society at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata, on

August 17-19, 2012.

There are several firsts to this congress. This is the first time a Robotic

Gynaecological Surgery workshop is being held in Eastern India, and

that too a live workshop. This is the first time that the IAGE national

congress is being held in Kolkata, and this is the first time that members

of IAGE from across Eastern India come together to organize this

congress.

Live surgeries (plenty of them), lively scientific sessions, instruments

and devices on display, gastronomic delights and cultural programmes

will ensure that you have a fulfilling and enjoyable time here during the

congress.

We shall wait eagerly to welcome you in person in Kolkata in August.

P C Mahapatra K D Bakshi Bhaskar Pal P K Shah Rajesh Modi

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Organizing Committee – ENDOGYN 2012

Patron

Chief Advisor

Advisory Board

Organizing Chairpersons

Organizing Vice-Chairpersons

Organizing Secretary

Joint Organizing Secretaries

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

Zonal Co-ordinators North

South

West

East

BN Chakraborty

Pramathes Das Mahapatra

Biman Chakraborty Gita Ganguly MukherjeeBP Chaliha Sobha ChakrabortySudip Chakraborty Basudeb MukherjeePronab Dasgupta Biman GhoshRangila Sinha Hasna Hana ChoudhurySadhan Datta Biswajit GhoshJyotirmoy Choudhury Sobhan Bhanu BasuDilip Datta Bulbul RaichaudhuriSiddhartha Chatterjee Sajal Datta

PC Mahapatra, KD Bakshi

Arunmadhob Boruah, Alok Basu

Bhaskar Pal

MM Samsuzzoha, Shyamal Sett, Basab Mukherjee

Dibyendu Banerjee

Seetha Ramamurthy

Urvashi P Jha, Narendra Malhotra, Vivek Marwah

Rekha Kurian, B Ramesh, S Shanthakumari

Rishma Dhillon Pai, Sunita Tandulwadkar, Pravin Patel

HP Patnaik,Gokul Chandra Das, Tushar Kar, Jayant Rath, Sujata Mishra,Saswati Sanyal Choudhury, Sujata Kar, GB Das, Alakananda Das, Vijay Nahata,AK Basu, Sayantan Gupta, Bharati Misra, Rajat Ray

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Organizing Committee – ENDOGYN 2012

Scientific

Workshop

Publication

Registration

Hospitality

InaugurationCultural

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

ChairpersonsSecretaryAsst SecretaryMembers

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

Committee

&Committee

Krishnendu Gupta, Kushagradhi Ghosh, Arupkumar MajhiSebanti Goswami, Abhinibesh ChatterjeeChandrima Dasgupta, Biswajyoti GuhaJayanta Basu, Rajeev Agarwal, Rajat Mahanty,Sandip Sengupta, Mayurika Sinha

Jayanta Kumar Gupta, Sudhir Adhikary, Subhas Chandra BiswasPushan Kundu, Arnab Basak, Joydeb RoychoudhuryBarun Chakraborty, Bhaskar PaulBiman Roy, Gyan Dip Nath, Abhaya Pattanayak, Raja Pal, Nilakshi Phukan Kumar

Sukanta Misra, Suranjan Chakraborty, Sukumar BarikSusmita Chattopadhyay, Jayita ChakrabartiPolly Chatterjee, Rajasish MajumdarAmitabha Lahiri, Sushma Agarwal, Arun Paul Choudhury, Mritunjoy Mahapatra

Nirmala Pipara, Rabindranath Ray, Aruna TantiaRamprasad De, Bibek Mohan RakshitM Padmaja BhattacharyaUrmila Kundalia, Shankar Das Mahapatra, Kaushik Das,Luna Pant, Janmejay Mahapatra

Pradip Kumar Mitra, Hiralal Konar, Gautam KhastgirAmit Basu, Sourav DasSharmishtha PatraBratati Bhattacharya, Swapan Kundu, Soumendra Saha Sikdar,Tridib Ranjan Khata

Saktirupa Chakraborty, Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay,Abinash Chandra RoyMousumi De BanerjeeSubhas HalderDhruba Roy, Rina Ahmed, Karuna Jha, Bhagyalakshmi Nayak, Ranjana Tibrewal

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Pre-Congress Live Workshop

Robotic Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery

Hysteroscopic surgery

• Wertheim's OperationMyomectomyTLH

TLH with simple bipolar — big uterusTLH with vessel sealing deviceTLH in previous caesarean sectionTLH in big uterusTLH in severe endometriosisSingle Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)Lap myomectomy with Barb sutureFertility sparing surgery in grade 3/4 endometriosisLap ovarian cystectomy (Dermoid)Laparoscopic surgery for genital prolapseLaparoscopic neo-vagina

Hysteroscopic tubal cannulationTCRM with bipolar scissor and hysteroscopic morcellatorHysteroscopic septal resectionHysteroscopic adhesiolysis for Asherman's syndromeTCRE

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Cases are subject to availability

Date:

Venue:

Time:

Friday, August 17, 2012

Regency Ball Room, Hyatt Regency

8 am onwards

PROVISIONAL CASE LIST

Hands-on Endosuturing(Limited Seats)

For BookingContact:Mobile: +91 9051183070Email: [email protected]

Rajasish Majumder

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Scientific Programme

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Time Hall A Hall B

0800 – 0900 Free Communications Free Communications

0900 – 1000 Symposium: Laparoscopy in Oncology Symposium: Instrumentation & Energy Sources

1000 – 1100 Panel Discussion: Endometriosis & Laparoscopy Symposium: Beyond Endoscopy

1100 – 1145 Key Note Lectures

1145 – 1230 Oration

1230 – 1330 Inauguration

1330 1430– Lunch

1430 – 1530 Panel Discussion: Complications in Hysteroscopy – Prevention & Management Symposium: Infections & Endoscopic Surgery

1530 – 1630 Panel Discussion: Medico legal Issues in Endoscopy Debates

1630 – 1715 Capsule: Laparoscopic Suturing Capsule: Miscellaneous

1715 1800– Free Video Presentations Free Video Presentations

1800 IAGE General Body Meeting

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Time Hall A Hall B

0900 – 1000 Symposium: Newer Trends in Endoscopy Symposium: Endoscopic Management of Adnexal Mass

1000 – 1100 Panel Discussion: Step-by-Step TLH Symposium: Minimally Invasive Urogynaecology

1000 – 1200 Panel Discussion: Step-by-Step Lap Myomectomy Symposium: Endoscopy in Special Situations

1200 – 1230 Invited Video Presentations Invited Video Presentations

1230 – 1330 Key Note Lectures

1330 – 1415 Lunch

1415 – 1500 Valedictory Session

Regency Ball Room, Hyatt RegencyVenue:

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Baul culture is appreciated as an alternative form of simple living

and thinking. Basudeb Das is the most promising emerging expert

of authentic Baul thinking and lifestyle. He was trained by legendary

Baul gurus like Dinanathdas Baul, Dharmadas Baul, Swapan

Chakraborty. He has performed with legends like Purnadas Baul

and is a regular performer on television and radio. He has been

felicitated by Biswabharati University and Tathyasanskriti Bibhag, Govt. of West Bengal. His

group has performed all over India as well as in West Germany, Holland, Belgium and

France.

Cultural ProgrammeDate: 18 August, 2012 | Time: 8pm onwardsVenue: Royal Bengal Room, City Centre I, Salt Lake

Usha Uthup or Didi as she is fondly referred to, was born in

independent India of parents who came from the traditionally rich

states of Madras and Kerala and was raised in the bustling

metropolis of Mumbai. Although Usha had never learnt music

formally, her passion for music was present right from the moment

she uttered her first words!

Persistence and conviction drove Usha to pursue a professional singing career in 1969. This

move later went on to prove vital in removing the stigma attached to singing in night clubs

in India. With her gifted, velvet, smooth voice she sings in more than thirteen Indian and

eight foreign languages. This is an achievement by itself.

If there is a legend bridging the East and the West, it is Usha. With her music and charm, she

has transcended the barriers of caste, creed, language and nationality. Accolades have

come from all over the world and she has sung for Prime Ministers and Presidents alike.

Indira Gandhi, Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Arap Moi and more recently Nelson Mandela have all

been her ardent admirers. Her endearing charm and powerful vocal chords have given

Usha fans of all ages, from all over the country.

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National FacultyA K Basu SiliguriAbhaya Pattanayak CuttackAbhinibesh Chatterjee KolkataAbinash Chandra Roy KolkataAlakanada Das GuwahatiAlok Basu KolkataAmit Basu KolkataAnita Singh PatnaArnab Basak KolkataArun Madhob Boruah SibsagarArun Paul Choudhury SilcharAruna Tantia KolkataArup Kumar Majhi KolkataAshis Kumar Mukhopadhyay KolkataAtul Ganatra MumbaiB N Chakraborty KolkataB P Chaliha AssamB Ramesh BengaluruBarun Chakraborty KolkataBasab Mukherjee KolkataBasudeb Mukherjee KolkataBhagyalakshmi Nayak CuttackBhaskar Pal KolkataBhaskar Paul KolkataBibek Mohan Rakshit KolkataBiman Chakraborty KolkataBiman Ghosh KolkataBiswajit Ghosh AsansolBiswajyoti Guha KolkataBratati Bhattacharya KolkataBulbul Raichaudhuri KolkataChaitali Mahajan MumbaiChaitanya Sembekar NagpurChandrawati LucknowChandrima Dasgupta KolkataDamodar Rao CoimbatoreDibyendu Banerjee KolkataDilip Datta KalyaniG B Das SiliguriGautam Khastgir KolkataGita Ganguly Mukherjee KolkataGokul Chandra Das GuwahatiGyan Dip Nath GuwahatiH P Pattanayak CuttackHafeez Rahaman KochiHasnahana Choudhury DibrugarhHiralal Konar KolkataJaideep Malhotra AgraJanmejay Mahapatra Cuttack

Jayant Rath CuttackJayanta Basu KolkataJayanta Kumar Gupta KolkataJayita Chakraborty KolkataJoydeb Roychoudhury KolkataJyotirmoy Choudhury KolkataK D Bakshi KolkataKallol Kumar Roy New DelhiKalyana Kumari CoimbatoreKaruna Jha RanchiKaushik Das BokaroKrishnendu Gupta KolkataKurian Joseph ChennaiKushagradhi Ghosh KolkataLaxmi Shrikhande NagpurLuna Pant JamshedpurM M Samsuzzoha KolkataM Padmaja Bhattacharya KolkataMahendra Borse PuneMalavika Mishra LucknowMalbika Sabharwal New DelhiManjula Anagani HyderabadMeenakshi Sundaram ChennaiMeenu Agarwal PuneMilind Shah SholapurMousumi De Banerjee KolkataMrityunjoy Mahapatra CuttackNagendra Sardeshpande MumbaiNandita Palshetkar MumbaiNilakshi Phukan Kumar GuwahatiNirmala Pipara KolkataNutan Jain MuzaffapurP Das Mahapatra KolkataPandit Palaskar NashikPC Mahapatra CuttackPG Paul KochiPiyush Goyal MumbaiPK Shah MumbaiPolly Chatterjee KolkataPradip Kumar Mitra KolkataPrakash Trivedi MumbaiPrashant Mangeshikar MumbaiPravin Patel AhmedabadPritesh Naik MumbaiPronab Dasgupta KolkataPunam Satpate ChennaiPunita Bharadwaj New DelhiPushan Kundu KolkataRabindranath Ray Kolkata

Ragini Agarwal GurgaonRajasish Majumder KolkataRajat Mahanty CuttackRajat Ray RourkelaRajendra Sankpal MumbaiRajesh Modi AkolaRakesh Sinha MumbaiRamprasad Dey KolkataRekha Kurian ChennaiRina Datta Ahmed DibrugarhRishma Dhillon Pai MumbaiS Krishnakumar ThaneS Shanthakumari HyderabadSadhan Datta KolkataSailash Puntambekar PuneSajal Datta KolkataSaktirupa Chakraborty KolkataSam Abraham KeralaSanjay Makwana JodhpurSaswati Sanyal Choudhury GuwahatiSayantan Gupta MaldaSebanti Goswami KolkataSeetha Ramamurthy KolkataShankar Das Mahapatra KolkataSharmishtha Patra KolkataShyamal Seth KolkataShyam Desai MumbaiSiddhartha Chatterjee KolkataSobha Chakraborty RanchiSobhan Bhanu Basu JamshedpurSourav Das KolkataSubhas Chandra Biswas KolkataSubhas Halder KolkataSudha Tandon MumbaiSudhir Adhikari KolkataSudip Chakraborty KolkataSujal Munshi AhmedabadSujata Kar BhubaneshwarSujata Mishra CuttackSukanta Misra KolkataSukumar Barik KolkataSunita Tandulwadkar PuneSuranjan Chakraborty KolkataSwapan Kundu KolkataTejas Dave AhmedabadTushar Kar CuttackUrvashi Jha New DelhiVijay Nahata GuwahatiVivek Marwah New Delhi

International Faculty Vijayalakshmi Gavini (USA)Hemanta Senanayake (Sri Lanka)

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Registration Fees IAGE National ConferenceAugust 17,18,19, 2012, Kolkata

Registration Fees (including workshop)

Till July 31, 2012 Till August 12, 2012 Spot

IAGE/BOGS Members Rs 3500 Rs 4000 Rs 5000

Post-graduates* Rs 2500 Rs 3500 Rs 5500

Others Rs 4000 Rs 4500 Rs 5500

Banquet Rs 1500 Rs 2000 Rs 2500

*Need certificate from Department/Institution Head

Registration includes: • Conference Kit• Lunch on 17th, 18th & 19thAugust, 2012• Entry to workshops• Entry to all scientific sessions• Entry to exhibition area

Refund of registration fee will be done on receipt of written/email request before August10, 2012. 10% of registration fee will be retained for administrative charges. No refund will be entertainedafterAugust 10, 2012. Refunds will be cleared after the conference.

Organizing SecretaryENDOGYN 2012The Bengal Obstetric & Gynaecological Society“Pratishruti”,AQ-10/3, Sector V, Salt Lake CityKolkata 700 091

PAYMENTS: Cash/Multicity Cheque/DD/PO in favour of “ENDOGYN 2012”.

REFUND POLICY:

Please send your registration fee and the completed registration form to:

Phone: 033 2367 4043 / 6451 2566E-mail: [email protected]

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REGISTRATION FORM

NAME: ____________________________________________________________________

DESIGNATION: __________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ PIN: ________________

MOBILE: __________________________ E-Mail: ________________________________________

*Need certificate from Department/Institution Head** Special Conference rates for accommodation at Hyatt Regency (limited number) @ Rs 8500/- (Single occupancy)& Rs 9500/- (Double occupancy) per night inclusive of breakfast and all taxes

Payment by DD/PO/Multicity cheque in favour of "ENDOGYN 2012"

PAYMENT DETAILS: DD/Cheque No: _________________ Drawn on Bank: __________________________

Dated: ___________________ Amount: ____________________________________

Organizing SecretaryENDOGYN 2012The Bengal Obstetric & Gynaecological Society“Pratishruti”, AQ-10/3, Sector V, Salt Lake City,Kolkata 700 091Phone: 033 2367 4043 / 6451 2566E-mail: [email protected]

Please send the completed form along with the payment to:

REGISTRATION FEE DETAILS

DETAILS Amount `

Delegate Fee (IAGE Member / BOGS Member / Post Graduate Trainee* / Other)

Banquet (on August 18)

**Single/ Double Accommodation for ……… nights at Hyatt Regency(Check in: ………. August; Check out: ……….. August)

TOTAL

ENDOGYN 2012August 17-19, 2012 | Hyatt Regency, Kolkata

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Guidelines for Abstracts Submission

A limited number of Abstracts for Oral/Video Presentation and Posters will be accepted in the following

categories:

• Laparoscopy

Hysteroscopy

Robotic Surgery

Miscellaneous

The abstract should be structured into Title, Aims & Objectives, Materials &

Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion. Title must be in capital letters and

the name & institutions of the author and co-authors should be typed below the

title. Name of the presenting author should be underlined.

The presenting author must be a registered delegate of the Conference. Only the name of presenting

author will appear in the final programme.

Only a limited number of Oral and Video presentations will be accepted.

Please submit your abstract in MS word, within 250 words, and send it as an email attachment to

[email protected]

The details on the format of oral/video/poster presentation will be sent with

the acceptance letter.

Last date for submission of the abstract is July 25, 2012.

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Accommodation

Hotel CategoryDistance

from VenueSingle Double Breakfast Contact

Hyatt Regency Deluxe 0 8500 9500 Included Secretariat

ITC Sonar Deluxe 4 KM 7500 8650 Included Suchorita Seth +919830055787

Sonnet Economy 2 KM 6400 7500 Included Ranjit Roychoudhury +919231000788

Pearl Economy 200 m 3550 4700 Included Sukesh Bhagat +919830917999

Stadel Economy 1 KM 3400 4000 Included Dhrubajyoti Roy +03323357220

Sojourn Economy 1 KM 3800 4200 Included Manager 03323351462

Udayachal Tourist Lodge Budget 2 KM 1900 1900 Included Manager +919874026899

Crystal Guest House Budget 2 KM 1600 1600 No Smita +919830680997

Rates inclusive of all taxes

Name Mobile No Email ID

GeneralKD Bakshi 9830017864 [email protected]

Bhaskar Pal 9831298236 [email protected]

Free CommunicationsSebanti Goswami 9831135933 [email protected]

Abhinibesh Chatterjee 9830617414 [email protected]

ScientificKrishnendu Gupta 9830049388 [email protected]

Basab Mukherjee 9830027759 [email protected]

WorkshopKushagradhi Ghosh 9831048676 [email protected]

MMS Zoha 9830229994 [email protected]

AccommodationAlok Basu 9830172696 [email protected]

Shyamal Seth 9830144356 [email protected]

CONTACTS

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The magnificent city of Kolkata offers youan impressive blend of rich cultural heritageand modern urban amenities. Widelyrecognised as the cultural capital of India,Kolkata served as the cradle for the BengalRenaissance. Throughout more than 300 yearsof her history, Kolkata has produced some ofthe greatest exponents of literature, science,arts and even sports. The city proudlyassociates her name with five Nobel laureateswho have either lived or worked in the city atsome point of time — Rabindranath Tagore, SirRonald Ross, CV Raman, Amartya Sen andMother Teresa.

Regarded widely as the “City of Palaces”,the map of the city is dotted with places ofvarying interests. Some of the more populartourist spots are as follows:

Victoria Memorial Hall, St. Paul's Cathedral,St. John's Church, Kalighat Temple, NakhodaMosque, Belur Math, Howrah Bridge,Vidyasagar Setu, Town Hall, JorasankoThakurbari, Marble Palace, Raj Bhavan, EdenGardens, Birla Planetarium, National Library,Science City, Nicco Park, Alipore Zoo, AsiaticSociety and many more……

Kolkata

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You can avail the following services to take you around the city:

You can avail the various bus services available to take you to variousplaces of interest. It includes religious tours, heritage tours, educationaltours and fun tours. Experience the rich heritage of the city and soak in someof its popular recreational activities. The relevant contact details have beenprovided below.

Take a refreshing cruise along the Ganges. Visit the pristine Belur Math,the famous Botanical Gardens and much more through this delightfuljourney. River Cruise facilities may include pickup and drop, meals on boardand cost around INR 3,000 per head. The relevant contact details have beenprovided below.

Kolkata offers you the unique opportunity of availing the heritage tramride, that will take you on a trip to several well known spots around the city.Soak in the rich heritage as you ride the tram, a unique identity of the city.

Kolkata is credited to be the first Indian city to have Metro facilities.Remember to take a ride in the Kolkata Underground and be a part of history.

The state of West Bengal offers you a vast range of diverse destinations toenjoy. Visit the world's largest mangrove forest in the Sundarbans, or relax atthe beach resorts of Digha or Mandarmani.

West Bengal Tourism Centre, 2/5, B.B.D. Bag (East), Kolkata 700001.Telephone: 033 22485917/5168/8271/8272

Contact Details:

Bus tours:

River Cruise:

Heritage Tram Ride:

Kolkata Metro:

Around Kolkata:

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If undelivered, please return toBhaskar Pal, Organizing Secretary, ENDOGYN 2012The Bengal Obstetric & Gynaecological Society“Pratishruti”, AQ-10/3, Sector V, Salt Lake CityKolkata 700 091