Scientific Session 1
Day 1 27th March
What is a Healthy Microbiome?
Keynote Lecture 1
Prof. Bruno Pot
Science Director, Yakult Europe, The Netherland and Professor, Food Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, Europe
Designing a Gut Microbiome Study: The Essentials
Dr. Tarini Shankar Ghosh
Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD), New Delhi, India
Interpreting a Gut Microbiome Study – What the Data really Means?
Prof. Vineet Ahuja
Professor, Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Keynote Address
Day 1 27th March
A Century of Symbiosis: Integrating Microbiome Science into Futuristic & Holistic Patient Care Across the Lifespan
Prof. V. Mohan
Chairperson, Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, India
Scientific Session 2
Day 1 27th March
The Hygiene Hypothesis Revisited: The Role of Probiotics in Preventing and Treating Childhood Disorders
Prof. Anupam Sibal
Group Medical Director and Head, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Scientific Session 3
Day 1 27th March
Potential of Long-term Consumption of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota for Maintaining Nutritional State in Older Adults
Dr. Eiichiro Naito
Manager, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Scientific Session 4
Day 1 27th March
Gut Microbiome and the Dysmetabolic State
Keynote Lecture 4
Prof. Nikhil Tandon
Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Cancer Immunotherapy and Gut Microbiome: What is the Relationship?
Prof. Sameer Bakhshi
Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
The Gut-Liver Axis: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatosis Liver Disease (MASLD)
Prof. Shalimar
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Scientific Session 5
Day 2 28th March
Interplay between Microbiota and Environmental Chemicals: Implications on One Health
Dr. G. Velmurugan
Scientist, Chemomicrobiomics Laboratory, Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology, KMCH Research Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATIONS
“Microbial maturation as a growth determinant: Prenatal Synbiotic Co-Supplementation Alters Infant Growth Trajectories”
Siwani Agrawal
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
“Caproic Acid Increased by Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Alleviates Steatosis and Protects Against Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity (In Vivo and In Vitro)”
Nishu Choudhry
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
“Metabolic modelling-based agility framework for prioritization of nutrient resilient probiotics”
Sunil Nagpal
TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra
“Mucosa-Associated Microbiome in Indian UC Patients: Elevated Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidota Ratio and Microbial Reorganization”
Arpita Bhatt
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
“Bacteriophages as therapeutics to combat multidrug-resistance Against Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi.”
Sakshi Kataria
Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Sonipat, Haryana
Scientific Session 1
GUT MICROBIOME AND PROBIOTICS - BASIC MECHANISM & IMPACT ON IMMUNE SYSTEM
Role of Gut Microbiome in Triggering Appropriate Immune Responses to Enteric Infections and Vaccines
Dr. Firdausi Qadri
Senior Scientist, and Head, Mucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, ICDDR B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Understanding the Tolerance of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota in the Digestive Tract
Mr. Kosuke Kato
Associate Senior Researcher, Yakult Central Institute, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Decoding β-Lactamase Based Antibiotic Resistance: Crystallographic Breakthroughs Shaping the Future of AMR Diagnostics
Dr. Saugata Hazra
Associate Professor, Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering (BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
Scientific Session 2
LINK BETWEEN THE GUT MICROBIOTA, PROBIOTICS AND INFLAMMATION
Exploring the Gut Microbiome: A Link between Obesity and Cancer Vulnerability
Dr. Wong Hei Sunny
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Digestion and Metabolism, Assistant Dean, Academic Medicine, Lee Kong School of Medicine, Singapore
Gut Microbiota-Derived Succinate Induces Intestinal Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis
Prof. Amit Awasthi
Senior Professor, Immunology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, Secretary General, Indian Immunology Society, India
Bio-Modulation of Gut Microbiome by Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as Therapeutic Strategy in Pre-Clinical Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Sudeshna Kar
Chief Scientist and Research Coordinator, Manipal Institutes of Higher Education Artemis Education and Research, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Scientific Session 3
GUT MICROBIOTA, PROBIOTICS, GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND BEYOND
Gut Microbiota and Probiotics/ Synbiotics Therapy to Prevent Infectious Complications in Critically Ill Patients
Dr. Kentaro Shimizu
Associate Professor, Osaka University Hospital, Trauma and Acute Critical Care Centre, Osaka, Japan
Antimicrobial Resistance and Fecal Microbiota Transplant
Prof. Vineet Ahuja
Professor, Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Pancreas-Microbiota Crosstalk: Partners in Virtue and Crime!
Dr. Rupjyoti Talukdar
Director, Pancreatology and Head, Pancreas Research Group and Gut Microbiome Research, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Scientific Session 4
GUT MICROBIOTA, PROBIOTICS, MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH
Probiotics During Pregnancy and for Improving the Health of the Newborn by Modulation of the Gut Microbiome
Prof. Patricia Conway
Visiting Professor, Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Singapore
Mysteries of the Milk Microbiome
Prof. Sourabh Dutta
Professor, Department of Paediatric Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Acceptability of Microbiota- Directed - Complementary Foods in Treating Indian Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition – eACT-MAM Pre-Proof of Concept Study
Dr. Bireshwar Sinha
MD, DNB (Community Medicine), PhD (Pediatrics), Clinical & Public Health Fellow, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, Scientist and Assistant Director, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India
Scientific Session 5
GUT MICROBIOTA, PROBIOTICS AND INTERACTION WITH HOST METABOLISM
Unveiling the Impact of Age-Mediated Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis on the Loss of Dendritic Cell Tolerance
Prof. Javed N Agrewala
Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, Professor, CSIR-Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, New Delhi, India
Features of Resident Gut Microbiota Associate with Bifidobacterium Abundance/Colonization in Human Gut Microbiome
Dr. Tarini Shanker Ghosh
Ghosh Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), India
Towards Investigating the Anticancer Role of Gut Microbiota Derived Metabolites.
Dr. Anil Kumar
Staff Scientist-V, Gene Regulation Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
PANEL DISCUSSION
FUTURE DIRECTION OF GUT MICROBIOTA AND PROBIOTIC SCIENCE
Dr. B. Sesikeran
Former Director National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Prakash Halami
Chief Scientist & Head, Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, India
Prof. Ajay Bhalla
Group Director Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Yatharth Superspeciality Hospitals, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Sarath Gopalan
Senior Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
Ms. Ishi Khosla
Clinical Nutritionist & Founder, Celiac Society of India, New Delhi, India
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATIONS
Giardia Infection is Associated with Altered Community Structure of Murine Gut Microbiome Post Antibiotic and Probiotic Treatment
SUCHETA GULERIA
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Gut Commensals-Derived Succinate Impels Colonic Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis
RAJDEEP DALAL
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Knowledge Graph Guided Personalized Probiotic and Dietary Recommendations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
ANAND E P
TCS Research, Pune, India
Maternal Microbial Succession Shapes Infant Gut Microbiome Development: A Metataxonomic and Metabolomic Investigation
MITALI INAMDAR
National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, India
Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus helveticus Alleviates Propionic Acid and Valproic Acid Generated Autism Spectrum Disorder in Rats
AKASH KUMAR KHARWAR
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India
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.
