Inauguration
INAUGURAL SESSION
The Gut-Brain Axis: Probiotics and their Impact on Health, Unveiling effects on Sleep Improvement and Stress AlleviationDr. Kensei Nishida
GUT- BRAIN AXIS – A UNIQUE CONNECTION
Bench to Bedside , Translating Science from the Lab to the ClinicsDr. Ayushi Purohit
IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON THE GUT MICROBIOME IS THERE A ROLE FOR PROBIOTICS?
Microbiota-Directed Food in the Treatment of Children with Acute MalnutritionDr. Tahmeed Ahmed
Prof. Anura Vishwanath Kurpad
ROLE OF GUT MICROBIOTA AND PROBIOTICS IN CANCER & METABOLIC DISORDERS
Modulating the Microbiome to Improve Precision MedicineDr. Aadra Bhatt
Dr. Chittaranjan Yajnik
ROLE OF GUT MICROBIOTA- BEYOND INTESTINAL HEALTH
The Gut Microbiome and the Clinical Revolution .. the Widening HorizonsProf. George Chandy
Prof. Vineet Ahuja
Inauguration
INAUGURAL SESSION
Effects of Short-Term Probiotic Ingestion on Immune Profiles, MicrobialProf. Hiroshi ICHIMURA
INAUGURAL SESSION
Impact of Athlete Lifestyle on Immunity and Potential Benefits of ProbioticsProf. Michael Gleeson
Dr. Caroline Childs
Dr. Namita Jaggi
Prof. Lynne Barker
Dr. Michael T. Bailey
Mr. Takuya Sugimoto
Inauguration
Inaugural Address
Effect of L. paracasei strain Shirota Intake on the Stability of Gut Microbiota in the ElderlyDr. Ryuta Amamoto
Dr. Mahenderan Appukutty
Inauguration
Inaugural Address
The Disruption of Adaptive Immunity in COVID-19Prof. Shiv Pillai,
Professor, Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Dr. Kenji Oishi,
Associate Chief Researcher, Microbiological Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Bruno Pot,
Guest Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, Europe
Dr. Stephanie Jeansen,
Science Activation Senior Manager, Danone Nutricia Research, France
ROLE OF GUT MICROBIOTA AND PROBIOTICS IN GUT HEALTH
Dr. Kazunori Matsuda,
Laboratory Manager, Food Research Department, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Inauguration
Dr. John D. Clemens
Executive Director, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b)
Special Talk: Prof. Yoshifumi Takeda Emeritus Member, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Probiotics in Pregnancy and Neonates
Key Note Speaker: Prof. Uday Ghoshal Professor
Department of Gastroentrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Probiotics in Infants and Children
Prof. Dr. Jan Knol
Professor, Intestinal Microbiology of Early Life, Wageningen University, Netherlands Research Director Gut Biology & Microbiology, Danone Nutricia Research
Dr. Neelam Kler
Chairperson, Neonatology Department, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Probiotics in Adolescents and Adults
Key Note Speaker: Prof. Anura Kurpad Professor & Head, Division of Physiology & Nutrition, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Prof. Jaishree Paul
Consultant, School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT. Kharagpur, Retd. Prof. School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr Bhabatosh Das
Asst. Professor, Translational Health Sciences &Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana
Probiotics for the Elderly
Dr. Souvik Mukherjee
Asst. Professor, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, West Bengal
Dr. Masanobu Nanno
Deputy Director, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, japan
Prof. Asim Duttaroy
Group Leader, Chronic Disease Section, Dept. of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Foundation day guest lecture by Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders
Probiotics in Allergy and Immunity
Key Note Speaker: Prof. Kazuyoshi Takeda Associate Prof. Division of Cell Biology, Biomedical Research Centre, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Japan
Dr. Aziz Koleilat
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Makassed University General Hospital Beirut, Lebanon; Vice General Secretary PASPGHAN - Pan Arab Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutritionn
Microbial Determination of Mucosal Homeostasis Versus Chronic Inflammation
Dr. Anna George
Scientist VII , National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
Probiotics – The Regulatory Framework
Key Note Speaker: Dr. B. Sesikeran Former Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
Mr. Shinji Hashimoto
Head, Regulatory Affairs, Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Samir Brahmachari
Scientist and Founder Director. CSIR- Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, New Delhi
Probiotics through lifespan
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Masanobu Nanno Deputy Director, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Bruno Pot
Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University Brussels, Belgium)
Probiotics in Health
Key Note Speaker: Dr. V. Mohan Chairman and Chief of Diabetology, Dr. Mohans Diabetes Specialities Centre, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai
Prof. B.S. Ramakrishna
Director, Institute of Gastroenterology, SRM Institutes for Medical Science, Chennai
Dr. Sara Thompson
Strategic Partnership & Prospective Manager, Danone Nutricia Research, France
Effect of Diet, Geography and Disease on Gut Microbiota
Prof. Patricia Conway
Associate Professor,
Microbiology, University of New South Wales, Australia
Prof. G. Balakrish Nair National Chair, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India
Probiotics – Matrix for their Formulations and their Nutritional Benefits
Prof. Yuan Kun Lee
Head, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Life Science Curriculum, National University of Singapore, Singapore and President, International Union for Microbiology Societies (IUMS)
Prof. A. K Srivastava
Director and Vice- Chancellor, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
Probiotics – Mechanism of Action and Role in Immune-modulation
Prof. Bruno Pot
Research Director, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CILL), INSERM, Institut Pasteur de Lille (IPL), France
Prof. N.K. Ganguly
Professor of Eminence, Policy Centre for Biomedical Research, THSTI, Gurgaon, India
Dr. Muriel Derrien
Senior Research Scientist, Danone Research, Palaiseau, France
Scientific Evidence for Use of Probiotics
Prof. J.B. Prajapati
Professor and Head, Dairy Microbiology Division, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India
Dr. Ajay Bhalla
Additional Director & HOD- Gastroenterology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, India
Dr. Neelam Mohan
Director, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Transplantation, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Dr. Sourabh Dutta
Additional Professor, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh, India
Effect of Diet, Geography and Disease on Gut Microbiota
The Effect of Dietery and Cultural Differences on the Gut Microbiota.
Dr.Joel Dore
Deputy Director, INRA Research Unit, Jouy en Josas, France.
Cross-Talk Between Dietary Probiotics and Gut Microbiota
Dr.Jean Michel Antoine,
Director Nutrition Danone Research, France.
Impact of Food-ingested Microbes on Commensal Communities and Host Health
Johan Van Hylckama Vlieg,
R&D Director, Gut Microbiology and Probiotics, Danone Nutricia Research, Palaiseau, France.
Gut Microbiota in Indians and the Effect of Probiotics.
Dr B.S.Ramakrishna,
Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Gastroentrology and Hepatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore,India.
Influence of Diet and Infection on Gut Microbiota
Dr. Ramadass Balamurugan,
Lecturer, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Comparative Assessment of Predominating Gut Flora during Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Jaishree Paul,
UGC Research Scientist"C", Professor, School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Probiotics – Matrix for their Formulations and their Nutritional Benefits
Nutritional Effects of Probiotic Foods
Dr. R.Hemalatha,
Scientist E, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad,India.
Pro and Prebiotics - a Nutritionist Perspective
Dr. Jagmeet Madan,
President, IDA, Mumbai Chapter, Mumbai, India.
Dairy Foods as a Carrier Matrix for Probiotics
Dr. R.K. Malik,
Professor and Head, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India.
Probiotics – Mechanism of Action and Role in Immune-modulation
Probiotics - Mechanism of Action
Prof. Colin Hill,
Professor, Biosciences Institute University College, Cork, Ireland.
Probiotic and Innate Immunity: Implications for Chronic Disease Prevention
Professor Kiyoshi Takeda,
Professor and Principal Investigator, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka Japan.
Intestinal Microbiota and Colon Cancer
Dr Satoshi Matsumoto,
Senior Researcher, Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Probiotics and Cancer
Dr. K.M.Mohandas,
Director, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai,India.
Scientific Evidence for Use of Probiotics
The Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre - Exploiting the Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease
Prof. Colin Hill
Professor,Biosciences Institute, University College, Cork, Ireland.
Role of Probiotics in Adult Clinical Practice
Dr. Rajiv Khosla,
Senior Gastroenterologist, Max Hospital, New Delhi,India.
Role of Probiotics beyond Gut Health - an Evidence Based Review
Dr. Philip Abraham,
Senior Gastroenterologist, P D Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Role of Probiotics in Paediatric Clinical Practice
Dr. Sarath Gopalan,
Senior Consultant, Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indraparastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Role of The Gut Microbiota in Diabetes Mellitus
Dr. V. Mohan,
Chairman and Chief Diabetologist, Dr Mohan's Diabetes Research Centre Chennai, India.
Role of Probiotics in Improving Aminoacid Uptake from the Intestinal Microbial Urea Salvage
Dr. Anura Kurpad,
Head, Division of Nutrition, Professor of Physiology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore,India.
Effect of the Continuous Intake of Lactobacillus Casei Strain Shirota for Controlling Infections and Fecal Microbiota in Facilities for the Elderly
Prof. Satoru Nagata,
Professor and Chairman, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Role of Probiotics in Prevention of Childhood Diseases
Prof. Sunil Sazawal,
Associate Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA Director - Centre For Micronutrient Research Clinical Trials and Operational Research in Maternal and Child Health, New Delhi, India
Probiotic Regulations
Substantiation and Legislation of Probiotics in Foods
Dr B.Sesikeran,
Former Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India.
Substantiation and Legislation of Probiotics in Drugs
Dr. Hemant G. Khosla,
High Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Control Administration of Gujarat State, Gujarat, India.
