IPSCON2024

Scientific Programme




Invited Lectures

1.
Dr. Naranjan S. Dhalla

Distinguished Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Developments

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Research, Winnipeg, Canada

Title of the Talk: Potential therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in heart failure

2.
Pr Michael Spedding

PhD, Hon FBPhS

Secretary General IUPHAR

President, Spedding Research Solutions SAS,

6 Rue Ampere, Le Vesinet, 78110, France

Title of the Talk: The importance of metabolomics for motor neuron disease, sport, ageing, and human evolution

3.
Francesca Levi-Schaffer

President, IUPHAR

Professor, Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Title of the Talk: Novel immunopharmacological drugs for the treatment of allergic diseases: where are we?

4.
Dr. Devendra K. Agrawal

Professor and Director

Department of Translational Research College of Osteopathic Medicine Pacific

Western University of Health Sciences USA

Title of the Talk: Novel therapeutic strategies to induce maturation of arterio-venous fistula

5.
Dr. Suresh C. Tyagi

Endowed Chair Professor

Department of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA

Title of the Talk: Circadian clock mechanism of the transition from HFpEF to HFrEF

6.
Dr. Vladimir Jakovljevic

Professor and Dean

Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

Title of the Talk: Effects of chronic coadministration of empagliflozin and sacubitril/valsartan in experimental model of heart failure

7.
Milos P Stojiljkovic

PhD Programme Director

Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology

Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Title of the Talk: Pyridostigmine alleviates signs of isoprenaline-induced heart failure in rats

8.
Dr. Istvan Baczko

Head

Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical School, Hungary

Title of the Talk: Antiarrhythmic and cardiac electrophysiological effects of a novel amiodarone-like mexiletine analogue

9.
Dr. Raghu Vemuganti

Endowed Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Title of the Talk: RNA m6A demethylation reduces ischemic brain damage and promotes functional recovery

10.
Dr. Rakesh C. Kukreja

Professor of Internal Medicine, Eric Lipman Professor of Cardiology Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond Virginia

Title of the Talk: Role of cGMP Signalling in Cardio protection and Cancer

11.
Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra

Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine, Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, USA

Title of the Talk: Cardiac stem cell therapy: do benefits outnumber risks

12.
Dr. Shreesh Ojha

Professor

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

College of Medicine

UAE University

Title of the Talk: Cannabinoids in Cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases

13.
Dr. Varro Andras

Professor

Department of Pharmacology,

University of Szeged, Hungary

Title of the Talk: Effect of a selective IKur inhibitor XEN-D0103 on dog cardiac ventricular and Purkinje fiber

14.
Dr. Harpal S. Buttar

Senior Scientist, Reproduction and Urology Division, Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada

Title of the Talk: Therapeutic applications of human and bovine colostrum: underlying mechanisms of action

15.
Dr. Avtar Lal

Guidelines Methodologist

Canadian Thoracic Society, Canada

Title of the Talk: Requirement of systematic reviews in development of clinical Practice guidelines

16.
Dr. Anil Gulati

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pharmazz, Inc.

Willowbrook, Illinois, USA

Title of the Talk: Successful development of a pharmacological concept to treat cerebral stroke patients

17.
Dr. Shiladitya Sengupta

Associate Professor

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and

Harvard Medical School

Title of the Talk: The Path Less Travelled

18.
Prof. Arunabha Ray

Ex-Director

V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi

Title of the Talk: Advances in nitric oxide (NO) research and its translational potential

19.
Dr. Balbhadra Das

Former Vice Chancellor

BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

Title of the Talk: The current scenario of Pharmacologist in Nepal and the need for future

20.
Prof. S.B. Sharma

Ex- Director Professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry

University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi

Title of the Talk: Phytochemicals: In the discovery & development of Novel anti-diabetic therapeutics

21.
Dr. Dulal Panda

Director

NIPER, Mohali

Title of the Talk: Microtubule-targeted anticancer drugs: challenges and opportunities ahead

22.
Dr. Rachana Gupta

Director Professor & Head

Dept of Pharmacology

University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi)

Title of the Talk: Neuroprotective Potential of Anti-diabetic Drugs

23.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Goel

Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research

Punjabi University, Patiala

Title of the Talk: Development and validation of an animal model for drug-refractory epilepsy using in silico and in vivo approaches

24.
Dr. Vandana Roy

Director Professor & Head

Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals

Title of the Talk: Rational drug use

25.
Dr. Vijay Motghare

Ex- Professor & Head

SRTR Medical College

Maharashtra

Title of the Talk: Pharmacoepidemology

26.
Dr. Deepti Chopra

Professor and Head

Dept of Pharmacology

AIIMS Bilaspur, H.P.

Title of the Talk: Innovative teaching learning methods

27.
Dr. Monica Aggarwal

Professor & Head

ESIC Faridabad

Title of the Talk: Role of AI in revolutionizing Clinical trials/research

28.
Dr. Nitin Kothari

Professor & Head

Department of Pharmacology,
GovernmentMedical College Dungarpur
Rajasthan

Title of the Talk: Antimicrobial Resistance- National Action Plan- an initiative by National Medical Commission

29.
Dr. Prafull Mohan

Prof & Head, Pharmacology

AFMC, Pune

Title of the Talk: APPLICATION OF AI IN FURTHERING THE CAUSE OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE

30.
Dr. Praveen Thaggikuppe Krishnamurthy

Professor and Head

Department of Pharmacology

NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Title of the Talk: Scope of Nano-formulations for brain targeted drug delivery

31.
Dr. Rajbir Bhatti

Professor and Head

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Title of the Talk: Hypothalamic and hepatic mechanisms of glucoregulation

32.
Dr. Sameer Malhotra

Professor & Head

Dept of Pharmacology

PGIMER, Chandigarh

Title of the Talk: Should there be a concept of superiority margin in clinical trials?

33.
Dr. Shyam S. Sharma

Professor & Head

Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology

NIPER, Mohali

Title of the Talk: TRPC5 channels as a Pharmacological Target for the Treatment of CNS Disorders: Current Perspective

34.
Dr. Tirthankar Deb

Professor & Head

Dept of Pharmacology

AIIMS, Kalyani

Title of the Talk: Community Pharmacology: A novel approach to affordable, safe and effective pharmacotherapy for India's primary health care

35.
Dr. Urmila M. Aswar

Professor and Head

Dept of Pharmacology

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Pune

Title of the Talk: Leveraging network pharmacology, molecular docking, and artificial intelligence to discover novel multitarget antidepressants

36.
Dr. Divya Vohora

Professor

Dept of Pharmacology
Jamia Hamdard, Delhi

Title of the Talk: Metrics Metrics Metrics: Do Metrics Really Matter?

37.
Dr. Ginpreet Kaur

Professor

NMIMS Mumbai

Title of the Talk: Today's Research-Tomorrow's Medicine: Repurposing of Drugs for Alzheimer's

38.
Dr. Kaushik Ghosh

Professor

Dept of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, UK

Title of the Talk: Photo-induced delivery of nitric oxide: A novel strategy

39.
Dr. K Sreedhara Ranganath Pai

Professor

Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title of the Talk: Repurposing of Voglibose for Alzheimer’s disease through Wnt signalling modulation-An in silico and in vivo study

40.
Dr. Lalit Gupta

Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

LHMC, Delhi

Title of the Talk: Effect of corticosteroids on apoptosis and serum and eosinophilic inflammatory markers in asthma

41.
Dr. Nusrat Shafiq

Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

PGIMER, Chandigarh

Title of the Talk: Antimicrobial stewardship and clinical pharmacology- a symbiotic association

42.
Dr. Partha Roy

Professor

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Title of the Talk: Natural product inspired drug development that targets multiple pathways for regulating breast cancer and associated problems

43.
Dr. Rajni Mathur

Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

DIPSAR, Delhi

Title of the Talk: Exposure to mobile phone radiations and fructose ingestion by adolescent rats affects the hypothalamic and hepatic mechanisms of glucoregulation

44.
Dr. Rishi Pal

Professor

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

KGMC, Lucknow

Title of the Talk: Role of RIP-1 kinase and its interaction with docosahexaenoic acid in modulation of MPTP-induced changes in experimental model of Parkinson disease

45.
Dr. Rohit Goyal

Professor

Shoolini University, Solan

Title of the Talk: Orchestration of the Circadian clock and association with Alzheimer's disease: Neuromodulation imposed by Serotonin, Glutamate and Endocannabinoid signalling'

46.
Dr. Satyendra Rajput

Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

Gurukula Kangri, Haridwar

Title of the Talk: Indian System of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities for a Healthier World

47.
Dr. Suvro Chatterjee

Professor

Dept. of Biotechnology

Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal

Title of the Talk: Expanding scope of NO research: food supplements

48.
Dr. Bikash Ranjan Meher

Additional Professor

Dept. of Pharmacology

AIIMS, Bhubaneswar

Title of the Talk: Access to essential medicines in aspirational districts of Odisha; a multi-site cross sectional study

49.
Dr. Gagandeep Kwatra

Additional Professor and Head

Dept of Pharmacology

AIIMS, Bhatinda

Title of the Talk: Artificial Intelligence in the Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance

50.
Dr. Radhika Soanker

Additional Professor and Head

Dept of Pharmacology

AIIMS, Hyderabad

Title of the Talk: Rational Prescribing Skills - An Art of Prescribing

51.
Dr. Rahul K Verma

Scientist 'E'

INST-Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali

Title of the Talk: Flare-Responsive Drug Delivery for Precision Arthritis Therapy

52.
Dr. Anuradha Majumdar

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology
Bombay College of Pharmacy

Title of the Talk: Vitamin K2MK7 in Combating ER Stress Associated with Diabetic Neuropathy.

53.
Dr. Ashish Kakkar

Associate Professor

Dept Of Pharmacology

PGIMER, Chandigarh

Title of the Talk: Pharmacomicrobiomics: A novel approach towards personalized therapy of neurological disorders

54.
Dr. Jayesh Mudgal

Associate Professor

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal

Title of the Talk: Preclinical Synergistic Effect of Lenvatinib with Sirtuin Modulators in Murine Model of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

55.
Dr. Justin A

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology,
JSS college of pharmacy, Ooty

Title of the Talk: Integrative Computational Based Discovery and Analysis of Novel EAAT2 Activators for Alzheimer's Disease: Bridging In-silico Predictions with In-vitro Outcomes

56.
Dr. Ashutosh Kumar

Assistant Professor

NIPER, Mohali

Title of the Talk: Mitochondrial dysfunction and Neurons: Mechanisms and Targets in Diabetic Neuropathic Pain

57.
Dr. Harmanjit Singh

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacology

Title of the Talk:Modernizing Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Innovations and Future Directions

58.
Dr. Hemant Kumar

Assistant Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

NIPER, Ahmedabad

Title of the Talk: Restoring Nerve Health: Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators as Therapeutic Agents in Demyelination Recovery.

59.
Dr. Manoj Dandekar

Assistant Professor

NIPER Hyderabad

Title of the Talk:Management of depression by butyrate-producing gut bacteria via reshaping the gut-brain axis

60.
Dr. Mohd Mohsin

Assistant professor

Dept of Biosciences

Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi

Title of the Talk: Versatile genetically encoded FRET-based nanosensor for real time monitoring of A549 exosomes: early diagnosis of cancer

61.
Dr. Pramod Kumar Yadav

Assistant professor

Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences U. P

Title of the Talk: Unlocking Chemical Space Towards Identification of Inhibitors Using Virtual

62.
Dr. Saba Naqvi

Assistant Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

NIPER, Raebareli

Title of the Talk: Perspectives and recent advancement in Nanotherapeutics

63.
Dr. Syed Shariq

Assistant Professor

Dept of Pharmacology

Aligarh Muslim University, U.P.

Title of the Talk: Microplastics: Emerging Challenge for Pharmacology

64.
Dr. Vishal Wahane

Senior Medical Advisor

Walter Bushnell Pvt Ltd

Title of the Talk: From Lab to Market: Medico-Marketing Career in Pharma Industry

65.
Dr. Mukta Rani

Research Associate-III,

Genoinformatics Lab

National Institute for Plant Biotechnology (NIPB), ICAR

Title of the Talk: Targeting GPR87 with Cell-Penetrating Peptides: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma