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Keynote Lectures and Orations

  1. Invited Faculty, 3rd Indian Cancer Congress2023, Jio World Convention Centre, November 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Management of Gastrointestinal Surgery”.
  2. Invited Faculty, 3rd Indian Cancer Congress2023, Jio World Convention Centre, November 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Managing Surgical Complications after Pancreatic surgery”.
  3. Invited faculty, Nanjing Pancreas Forum 2023, October 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Vascular and Multivisceral Pancreatic Resections”.
  4. Invited faculty, The Staff & Research Society of L.T.M.Medical College, ‘Annual Scientific Meet’ 2023, June 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Development of GI cancer surgery across India reflection of two decades”.
  5. Invited faculty, RACS 91st Annual Scientific Congress 2023, Adelaide, Australia, 2023, May 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Equity of access to robotic and MIS gastrectomy in middle income countries”.
  6. Invited Orator, The Association of Surgeons, Nagpur, April 2023, Invited for Silver Jubilee Masicon Oration & Late Dr. Arvind Joglekar Memorial Oration
  7. Invited Faculty, Max Cancer Congress 2023, New Delhi, April 2023. Invited keynote lecture on “Quality and excellence in a specialized GI and HPB Service A reflection of 2 decades”.
  8. Invited Orator, The West Bengal Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India (SASICME 2022), November 2022. Invited for Dr. Subodh Datta Memorial Oration award presentation ceremony on “Pancreatic Surgery at Tata Memorial: A Journey of two decades.
  9. Invited Orator, CME on “Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Pancreatic Carcinoma” Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, May 2022. Invited for ORATION on “Pancreatic Cancer- Past, Present and Future”.
  10. Invited Orator, KSSCON 2022, Kolhapur, April 2022. Invited for Dr. P. S. Shahapurkar Oration award presentation ceremony on “The Enigma of Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Balancing Progress in Surgery with Science and Philosophy”.
  11. Invited Orator, 18th Annual Conference of Indian Chapter of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IC- IHPBA), Chaindigarh, February 2022. Delivered Presidential Oration on “HPB: The Past, Present, and Future of Indian Chapter of IHPBA”
  12. Invited Orator, Sasicon 2021, August 2021. Invited for Dr. P. C. Sanyal Memorial Oration on “Modern Management of Gastric Cancer- State of the art”.
  13. Invited Orator, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences 2020, Bangalore, February 2020. Oration for World Cancer Day on “Excellence in Cancer Surgery in India: Opportunities and Challenges”.
  14. Invited faculty, IHPBA INDIA 2020, Bhubaneswar, January 2020. Invited Presidential Keynote Lecture on “Blueprint for Development of HPB Specialization in India”.
  15. Invited Orator, Madras Medical College & Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Institute Day Celebration & Oration- 2019, Chennai, December Invited for ORATION on “Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer – State of the Art”.
  16. Invited faculty, Nepalese Association of Surgical Gastroentrology 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal, December 2019. Invited keynote lecture on “Mitigation strategies in complications following Pancreaticoduodenectomy”.
  17. Invited faculty, 3rd Precision Oncology & Annual International Breast Cancer Conference 2019, Jaipur, October 2019. Invited keynote lecture on “Challenging the experts in advanced pancreatic cancer: What can we do faster and Better”.
  18. Invited Orator, ASICON 2018, Chennai, December Invited for Dr. DasMohapatra Memorial Oration “Modern Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers: The Role of Surgery in the Era of Multidisciplinary Care”.
  19. Invited faculty, NATCON IASO- 2018, Trivandrum, September 2018. Invited Keynote lecture on “Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art”.
  20. Invited Orator, Gastrointestinal Master Class – 2018, Bengaluru, August Invited for ORATION on “Lessons Learnt from 1285 Pancreatic Surgeries”.
  21. Invited faculty, Gastrointestinal Master Class – 2018, Bengaluru, August Invited Key Note lecture on “Tips & Tricks in pancreatica -Duodenectomy”.
  22. Invited faculty, Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala Meeting (ASGKCON) 2018, Trivandrum, March Invited Key Note lecture on “1000 Pancreatico-Duodenectomies: Lessons learnt”.
  23. Invited faculty, Royal Society of Medicine 2017, London, October Keynote address on “Delivering Complex Cancer Care in Low Resource Settings”.
  24. Invited Orator, 15th CSE Programme 2017, Bengaluru, June 2017. Invited for Alfred Mascarenhas Memorial Oration on “Modern Management of Pancreatic Tumour, the importance of surgery in the Era of Multi-Disciplinary Care”.
  25. Invited Orator, 11th Cancer Management Course-2017, Pune, March 2017. Invited for Guest ORATION on “Gastrointestinal cancers-current trends and future perspectives”.
  26. Invited Orator, CGASICON 2017, Durg, Raipur, February 2017. Invited for R. S. Naik ORATION on “Improving surgical outcomes in gastrointestinal cancers”.
  27. Invited Orator, 62nd Annual foundation day meeting 2017, Lucknow, February 2017. Invited for T. G. Goel ORATION on “Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art”.
  28. Invited faculty, UAE Cancer Congress 2016, Dubai, October 2016. Invited Keynote lecture on “Role of surgery in the Era of Multimodal therapy for Pancreatic Cancer”.
  29. Invited Orator, West Bengal Chapter of ASI meeting, SASICME 2016, Kolkata, September 2016. Invited for AK Sharma ORATION on “Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art”.
  30. Invited orator, Madras ASI Pancreaticon 2016, Chennai, August 2016. Invited SM CHANDRAMOHAN ORATION “Pancreatic Cancer Resection – Improving Outcomes”.
  31. Invited Orator, Trinity 2016, Sion Hospital, Mumbai, February 2016. Delivered oration on “Excellence in Professional Career”.
  32. Invited faculty, ASACON 2014, Guwahati, Assam, November Invited to deliver Dr. N Zaman Oration. Oration was titled “Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art”
  33. Invited for PN Joshi Oration of the Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI), Khajuraho, September 2013. Oration was titled” Evolution of Surgery of Low Rectal Cancer”.
  34. Invited faculty, ASICON 2010, AIIMS, New Delhi, December 2010. Invited Oration (AK Sen Sharma Endowment lecture) on “Pancreatic Resections in India: Evolution, Current Standards and Future Perspectives”.
  35. Invited faculty, Indore City Chapter, ASI, Indore, November 2010. Invited for Dr. BB Ohri Oration on “Common GI Malignancies for the General Surgeon”.
  36. Invited faculty for Annual Conference of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2010. Gave an invited Keynote Lecture on “Advances in Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer”.

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