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15 th November 2025 (Saturday) - Day 01 - Main Conference
8:40 AM to 10:25 AM CARDIOVASCULAR UPDATES- A
Chairpersons Dr Raeshmi R Dr Manivannan T Dr Srinivasan T
8:40 AM to 9:00 AM Pulse Oximeter screening for Congenital Heart Diseases in LMIC - Current Updates Talk Dr Anitha M
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM Post Cardiac surgery followup in primary care - Key things to watch out for and refer Talk

Dr Vijayakumar R
Dr Shathish Kumar M

15 minutes for each speaker
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Novel approaches to manage PPHN in peripheral NICUs’ with/without iNO.

When to refer to tertiary care?

 Dialogue

Moderator

Dr Rahul Kadam

Speakers

Dr Suba K (without iNO)
Dr Monisha R (with iNO)

Moderator = 6 minutes
Each speaker = 12 minutes
10:00 AM to 10:20 AM Updated guidelines on hypotension management at a peripheral NICU. Talk Dr Tiroumourougane Serane V
10:20 AM to 10:25 AM Question time
10:25 AM to 11:10 AM RESPIRATORY UPDATES - A
Chairpersons Dr Kumar A S Dr Anandan Dr Sundaravadivel P
10:25 AM to 10:45 AM Importance of Air-Oxygen Blenders. Low cost alternatives for blenders. The utility of compressed air! Talk Dr Karthik B
10:45 AM to 11:05 AM T-piece versus Ambu bags versus r-PAP Talk Dr Siddhartha B
11:05 AM to 11:10 AM Question time
11:10 AM to 1:35 PM GASTROINTESTINAL/METABOLIC UPDATES & NEONATAL ETHICS - A
Chairpersons Dr Periyaswamy K Dr Kavithapriya M Dr Sampathkumar D
11:10 AM to 11:30 AM Defining and treating hypoglycemia at a peripheral NICU. When to refer? Talk Dr Vaideeswaran M
11:30 AM to 11:50 AM Non-nutritive sucking, Oral and direct breast feeding of preterm neonates. When and How? - Current Evidence Talk Dr Saranya Manickaraj
11:50 AM to 12:10 PM Current state of newborn screening in India Talk Dr Lalan Bharti
12:10 PM to 12:30 PM IEM simplified Treatable IEM’s and therapies Talk Dr Umamaheshwari B
12:30 PM to 1:10 PM

Postnatal growth monitoring

  1. Post Discharge nutrition
  2. Bone Health
  3. Which growth charts?
  4. When to expect catch-up growth?
  5. When to suspect genetic reasons for poor catch-up?
  6. When to refer for GH therapy for short stature?
 Panel

Moderator

Dr Suja Mariam

Panelists

  1. Dr Ramesh S
  2. Dr Sunil J
  3. Dr Arunkumar M
1:10 PM to 1:30 PM Is it time to reconsider legalities surrounding withdrawal of neonatal care? Talk Dr Vishnu Bhat B
1:30 PM to 1:35 PM Question time Talk Dr Vishnu Bhat B
1:35 PM to 2:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:10 PM to 3:35 PM NEONATAL JAUNDICE - A
Chairpersons Dr Rangaswamy K Dr Kanimozhi Dr Saranya R
2:10 PM to 2:30 PM Which jaundice chart to follow? Do we need India specific jaundice charts? Talk Dr Ramesh Kumar T
2:30 PM to 2:50 PM Early hemolytic Jaundice - causes and management. When to refer? Talk Dr Prashanth Gowda
2:50 PM to 3:10 PM Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice - Screening, causes. Does it matter? Talk Dr Balakrishnan R
3:10 PM to 3:30 PM Cholestatic Jaundice - Including Biliary Atresia - Missed Opportunities - surgical options Talk Dr Naresh P Shanmugham
3:30 PM to 3:35 PM Question time
3:35 PM to 4:20 PM CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM UPDATES - A
Chairpersons Dr Anurekha V Dr Narmada V Dr Ezhilarasu S
3:35 PM to 3:55 PM Subtle neonatal seizures Identification, Investigations and Prompt therapy Talk Dr Nirmal Kumar Gautam
3:55 PM to 4:15 PM Preterm IVH - diagnosis, management, prevention, prognostication Talk Dr Senthilkumar K
4:15 PM to 4:20 PM Question time
4:20 PM to 5:45 PM ASSORTED TOPICS - A1
Chairpersons Dr Sadasivam S Dr Balu D Dr Rani Varadaraju
4:20 PM to 4:40 PM When to call Paediatric Haematologist antenatally and to the NICU? Talk Dr Dhaarani J
4:40 PM to 5:00 PM Genetic Evaluation of Fetus & Neonates - current updates Talk Dr Kiruthika S
5:00 PM to 5:40 PM Most commonly encountered antenatal ultrasound Findings - What to do? Panel

Moderator

Dr Karthik B

Panelists

Dr Usha Nandhini Maniram
Dr Mani Ram Krishna S
Dr Pradeep Kumar M
Dr Karthik A N
Dr Ravichandran R
5:40 PM to 5:45 PM Question time
5:45 PM to 6:15 PM INAUGURATION FOLLOWED BY BANQUET
16 th November 2025 (Sunday) - Day 02 - Main Conference

HALL-A (Neonatology for Paediatricians, Paediatric Trainees, Paediatric Nurses)

8:40 AM to 11:05 AM ASSORTED TOPICS - A2
Chairpersons Dr Venkatesan G Dr Karthikeyan G D Dr C Aruna
8:40 AM to 9:00 AM

“Beyond the bedside” - A journey from Neonatal Paediatrician to Healthcare Systems builder

Personal journey, challenges, and strategies in transitioning from clinician to healthcare entrepreneur

 Talk Dr Saravanan M
9:00 AM to 9:20 AM Sudden Neonatal Collapse (Cardiac, IEM, Endocrine, Sepsis collapse) - Stabilization and transferr to a tertiary care Talk Dr Ramesh Choudhary
9:20 AM to 9:40 AM ABC of neonatal CBC Talk Dr Deenadayalan M
9:40 AM to 10:00 AM Early Onset Sepsis - Current Updates Talk Dr Vinodh C
10:00 AM to 10:20 AM Infection control in NICU - rationalizing antibiotic use Talk Dr Senthilkumar P
10:20 AM to 10:40 AM Newer initiatives and challenges in Home Based Newborn Care. Talk Dr Swethal Bhat Parikh
10:40 AM to 11:00 AM KMC in extremely critical situations Talk Dr Deepa Banker
11:00 AM to 11:05 AM Question time
11:10 AM to 12:10 PM ORATION
12:10 PM to 1:35 PM ASSORTED TOPICS - A3
Chairpersons Dr Hemananth T Dr Balaji Dr Gowrishankar
12:10 PM to 12:30 PM Antenatal and Neonatal Hydronephrosis - current updates Talk Dr Senthil Kumar A
12:30 PM to 12:50 PM Newer updates in neonatal Acute Kidney Injury. Perinatal and AI models to improve outcomes Talk Dr Sivamanikandan M A
12:50 PM to 1:10 PM Neonatal Blood Product transfusion Talk Dr Srinivas A R
1:10 PM to 1:30 PM Neonatal CMV infection Talk Dr Sathyan V K
1:30 PM to 1:35 PM Question time
1:35 PM to 2:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:10 PM to 3:40 PM GOLD MEDAL PAPER PRESENTATION & POSTER PRESENTATION - HALL A
3:40 PM VALEDICTORY
15 th November 2025 (Saturday) - Day 01 - Main Conference

Advanced Neonatology for Neonatologists, Neonatal Trainees, Neonatal Nurses

8:40 AM to 11:15 AM CARDIOVASCULAR UPDATES - B
Chairpersons Dr Ratna Kumari T L Dr Githa K Dr Arunachalam S
8:40 AM to 9:00 AM Saturation Targets in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension - Term & Preterm Neonates Talk Dr Deepa Hariharan
9:00 AM to 9:20 AM Evidence based algorithms guiding use of vasopressors, Inotropes and Lusitropes Talk Dr Mohit Sahni
9:20 AM to 9:40 AM Current Updates in iNO use in Term, Preterm, and CDH. Talk Dr Rahul Yadav
9:40 AM to 10:10 AM Current controversies in PDA management. To treat or not to treat? Debate

Moderator

Dr Manish Kumar

Speakers

Dr Anay Kulkarni (London, UK)
(Against PDA treatment)

Dr Chandrakumar N
(For PDA treatment)

Moderator = 6 minutes
Speakers = 12 minutes each
10:10 AM to 10:30 AM Trans-catheter closure of PDA - Current outcomes & Evidence Talk Dr Arul Narayanan (Liverpool, UK)
10:30 AM to 11:10 AM Continuous non-invasive cardiac monitoring - Electrical Cardiometry, Pleth Index, NIRS to guide cardiac hemodynamics. Panel

Moderator

Dr Kiran More

Panelists

Dr Tejo Pratap Oleti
Dr Usha Devi R
Dr Ramakrishnan S
11:10 AM to 11:15 AM Question time
11:15 AM to 12:40 PM RESPIRATORY UPDATES -B & ASSORTED TOPIC - B1
Chairpersons Dr Shanmugha Sundaram R Dr Kumaravel S Dr Gopal S
11:15 AM to 11:35 AM Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) Talk Dr Sandeep Shetty (London, UK)
11:35 AM to 12:15 PM

Chronic Lung Disease

Current Updates
Home Oxygen
CLD - Pulmonary
Hypertension
AZTEC Trial
Cell Based Therapies

 Panel

Moderator

Dr Manoj V C

Panelists

Dr Naveen Jain
Dr Sandeep Shetty (London, UK)
Dr Anay Kulkarni (London, UK)
Dr Vasanthan T
12:15 PM to 12:20 PM Question time
12:20 PM to 12:40 PM ASSORTED TOPIC - B1
12:20 PM to 12:40 PM AI for the Neonatologist: From Bedside to Boardroom Talk Dr Mangala Bharathy S
12:40 PM to 1:35 PM GASTROINTESTINAL UPDATES - B
Chairpersons Dr Eswararaja Dr Ezhilarasu S
12:40 PM to 1:00 PM Nutritional care in moderate and late preterm Talk Ms Tiffany-Rae Miller (London, UK)
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Human milk based fortifiers versus Cow’s milk based fortifiers (Bovine vs Amino-acid Based)

Single component versus multi-component fortifiers

 Debate

Moderator

Dr Lakshmi V

Dr Suchitra J
(Cow’s milk, amino acid-based fortifiers - Single component.)

Ms Tiffany-Rae Miller (London, UK)
(Human milk-based fortifiers - Multicomponent)

Moderator = 6 minutes
Each speaker = 12 minutes
1:30 PM to 1:35 PM Question time
1:35 PM to 2:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:35 PM to 2:10 PM Feeding and NEC UPDATES - B
Chairpersons Dr Shanmugham Dr Ashok Raja J Dr Maheshwari D
2:10 PM to 2:30 PM Pre, Pro, Syn biotics, Arginine, Feed Tolerance & NEC Talk Dr Vaanathi vijayakumar
2:30 PM to 2:50 PM Aggressive Early Enteral Nutrition for Micropremies (AEEN) Talk Dr Sushma Nangia
2:50 PM to 3:10 PM Conventional Methods vs POCUS for diagnosis of NEC and SIP Talk Dr Dinakar Prithviraj
3:10 PM to 3:40 PM Laparotomy vs Peritoneal Drainage in extreme preterm infants (NEST Trial) Debate

Moderator

Dr Saminathan R

Speakers

Dr Pavai A
Dr Dharmendra R P
3:40 PM to 3:45 PM Question time
3:45 PM to 4:30 PM CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - B
Chairpersons Dr Saravanan Dr Kadirvel S Dr Ilamurugan P
3:45 PM to 4:05 PM Management of Neonatal seizures - What is new? Talk Dr Abiramalatha T
4:05 PM to 4:25 PM Continuous non-invasive neuro critical hemodynamic monitoring
  1. Cerebral Autoregulation (CAR)
  2. Cerebral NIRS, aEEG, Video aEEG, TcPCO2, TcPO2, CLACO
 Talk Dr Nitin Chouthai (USA)
4:25 PM to 4:30 PM Question Time
4:30 PM to 5:50 PM INFECTION UPDATES - B
Chairpersons Dr Jaleel Ahamed Dr Prabhakar
4:30 PM to 4:50 PM Neonatal Early Warning Sepsis Pathway Talk Dr Sijo Francis (London, UK)
4:50 PM to 5:10 PM The menace of resistant bugs and fungal sepsis. How to tackle them? Talk Dr Giridhar S
5:10 PM to 5:30 PM RSV Prophylaxis in Preterm Infants - The role of Nirsevimab - Current Updates. Harmonie Trial Talk Dr Ramakrishnan S
Dr Sijo Francis (London, UK)
5:30 PM to 5:45 PM Efficacy of PCV vaccine in VLBW babies & myth busters Sponsored Talk
5:45 PM to 5:50 PM Question Time
5:50 PM to 6:20 PM INAUGURATION FOLLOWED BY BANQUET
16 th November 2025 (Sunday) - Day 02 - Main Conference

HALL-B (Advanced Neonatology for Neonatologists, Neonatal Trainees, Neonatal Nurses)

8:40 AM to 10:05 AM METABOLIC BONE DISEASE - B
Chairpersons Dr Gopinath S Dr Boopathy S
8:40 AM to 9:00 AM Metabolic Bone Disease - Looking beyond calcium, phosphorus ratio. Current Updates Talk Dr Shobana R
9:00 AM to 9:20 AM Low Vitamin D concentration in mothers and babies! - Does it matter? Talk Dr Arasar Seeralar A T
9:20 AM to 10:00 AM

Practical & Ethical challenges in resuscitating extreme preterm neonates around the limits of viability

The London, IOWA, Swedish & Japanese Models for managing extreme preterm babies around the limits of viability

 Panel

Moderator

Prof Surrender Singh Bisht

Panelists

Dr Prakash V
Dr Sandeep Shetty (London, UK)
Dr Anay Kulkarni (London, UK
Sarah Bradley (London, UK)
Anne Marie Masna (London, UK)
10:00 AM to 10:05 AM Question Time
10:05 AM to 11:10 AM ASSORTED TOPICS - B2
Chairpersons Dr Pradeep Subramaniam Raju Dr Pugalenthi Raja K V Dr Vani Pujari R
10:05 AM to 10:25 AM In-Utero Fetal Interventions - Current Updates Talk Dr Nithya Elango
10:25 AM to 10:45 AM Delivery room and postnatal management of in-utero treated babies - Current Updates Talk Dr Sivaranjini S
10:45 AM to 11:05 AM ECMO in neonatal care - Indications, Procedures, Outcomes, and Cost Talk Dr Binu Ninan
11:05 AM to 11:10 AM Question Time
11:10 AM to 11:50 AM ORATION
11:50 AM to 1:35 PM ASSORTED TOPICS - B3
Chairpersons Dr V Vijayakumar Dr Sivaraman Dr Rangesh S
11:50 AM to 12:10 PM Paediatricians Perspective of Handling Congenital Heart Disease at NICU level Talk Dr Theranirajan
12:10 PM to 12:30 PM The Goldan Hour of Preterm Management - What is new Talk Dr karthik Nagesh
12:30 PM to 12:50 PM Still Birth Surveillance and response in public health Talk Dr Srinivasan S
12:50 PM to 1:30 PM Neuro Protective & neuro monitoring Strategies
  1. Nurturing Care for Small and Sick children (NCSSC)
  2. Developmental followup & early Intervention.
 Panel

Moderator

Dr Rema chandramohan

Panelists

Dr Rema Chandramohan
Dr Prakash A
Dr P Vani
Ashley Dean (New Zealand)
Nivetha J
1:30 PM to 1:35 PM Question Time
1:35 PM to 2:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:10 PM to 3:40 PM POSTER PRESENTATION & GOLD MEDAL PAPER PRESENTATION, Hall A
3:40 PM VALEDICTORY

NOTE : Topics may change depending on faculty availability.