Scientific Programme

DTechcon 2026

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DAY - 1

8^th May, 2026

Friday

B. S. Raheja Hall

11:00AM Onwards | Registration

12:30PM - 01:30PM | Lunch

01:30PM - 02:30PM | Inauguration

02:00PM - 02:30PM | Opening Keynote Lecture

02:00PM - 02:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Jayant Panda (Cuttack)

Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)

02:00PM - 02:30PM | Digital Health in Diabetes: Where are We?

Dr. V. Mohan (Chennai)

CGM Academy

02:30PM - 03:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Bhaskar Ganguli (Kanpur)

Dr. Aarti Shahade (Pune)

02:30PM - 02:45PM | From Early Detection to a Complete Picture: CGM as a Diagnostic Tool

Dr. Tadej Battelino (Slovenia)

02:45PM - 03:00PM | CGM Adoption Post-Diagnosis: A Good Beginning

Dr. Pratik Choudhary (UK)

03:00PM - 03:15PM | Empowering Patients, Improving Care: CGM in Type 2 Diabetes (Non MDI)

Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)

03:15PM - 03:30PM | Discussion

03:30PM - 04:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Sanjay Gandhi (Pune)

Dr. Seema Bagri (Mumbai)

03:30PM - 03:45PM | Nocturnal Hypoglycaemia in Diabetes: Definition, Burden, and Clinical Impact

Dr. Suresh Ramchandran (Singapore)

03:45PM - 04:00PM | Time in Range: A new Gold Standard in Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Trials (CGM-based)

Dr. Mithun Bhartia (Guwahati)

04:00PM - 04:15PM | Managing Glycemic Variability in Indian Patients with Acarbose

Dr. Banshi Saboo (Ahmedabad)

04:15PM - 04:30PM | Discussion

04:30PM - 05:00PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

05:00PM - 06:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Suresh Shinde (Pune)

Dr. Rahul Baxi (Mumbai)

05:00PM - 05:15PM | Challenge & Triumphs for Use of CGM in Elderly Population

Dr. Aravinda Jagdeesha(Bengaluru)

05:15PM - 05:30PM | YT2DM- A strong case for connected CGM care

Dr. Arun R.(Chennai)

05:30PM - 05:45PM | Inhospital Use of CGM

Dr. Mudit Sabharwal(New Delhi)

05:45PM - 06:00PM | CGM in People who are on Dialysis

Dr. Inge Van Boxelaer(Belgium)

06:00PM - 06:15PM | CGM in Pregnancy

Dr. Rutul Gokalani(Ahmedabad)

06:15PM - 06:25PM | Discussion

06:25PM - 06:30PM | Closing Remarks & Conclusion of CGM Academy and Future Remarks

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev(Thiruvananthapuram)

06:30PM - 07:45PM | Real Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes

06:30PM - 07:45PM

Moderator:

Dr. Keri Leone (USA)

06:30PM - 06:50PM | Practical Application of Real Time CGM in the Managemenbt of Type 2 Insulin Requiring Diabetes

Dr. Pratik Choudhary (UK)

06:50PM - 07:10PM | Using Real Time CGM as a Behavior Modification Tool for Type 2 Non-Insulin Requiring Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes

Dr. Tadej Battelino (Slovenia)

07:10PM - 07:30PM | Introduction of Dexcom CGM Technology for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Keri Leone (USA)

07:30PM - 07:45PM | Discussion

08:00PM - 10:00PM | Dinner

V. S. Ajgaonkar Hall

11:00AM Onwards | Registration

12:30PM - 01:30PM | Lunch

01:30PM - 02:00PM | Inauguration in Hall 1

02:00PM - 02:30PM | Opening Keynote Lecture in Hall 1

AI Workshop

02:30PM - 03:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Bensley Gonsalves (Mumbai)

Dr. Rajesh Yadav (Mumbai)

Dr. Subhajyoti Ghosh (Dibrugarh)

02:30PM - 02:45PM | Introducing AI and Large Language Models

Dr. Rakesh Parikh (Jaipur)

02:45PM - 03:00PM | The Art of Prompting

Dr. Alok Modi (Mumbai)

03:00PM - 03:15PM | Deep Dive into Custom GPT, Projects and Spaces

Dr. Parag Rana (Vadodara)

03:15PM - 03:30PM | Using AI in Daily Work Flow in a Diabetes Clinic

Dr. Om Lakhani (Ahmedabad)

03:30PM - 03:45PM | AI Tools in Medical Writing & Publications: What's OK, What's NOT?

Dr. Amit Gupta(Noida)

03:45PM - 04:00PM | How to Use Artificial intelligence Intelligently?

Dr. Bharat Saboo(Indore)

04:00PM - 04:15PM | Technological Advances in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

Dr. Anuj Maheshwari(Lucknow)

04:15PM - 04:30PM | Discussion

04:30PM - 05:00PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

05:00PM - 06:30PM | Elite Journal Club

05:00PM - 06:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Sriharee Kulkarni (Bengaluru)

Dr. Reema Kashiva (Pune)

05:00PM - 05:10PM | Effects of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Discontinuation in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Not Using Insulin

Dr. Anchin Kalia (Jaipur)

05:10PM - 05:20PM | Ultrasound-Guided Infusion Site Rotation Improves Glycemic Outcomes in Children and Adolescent Users of Automated Insulin Delivery Systems

Dr. Saurabh Mishra(Kanpur)

05:20PM - 05:30PM | Automated Insulin Delivery Associated with Superior Glycemic Outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes: A Swedish National Registry Analysis

Dr. Shruti Gangwani(Mumbai)

05:30PM - 05:40PM | Impact of Algorithmic Modifications Targeting the Meal Period and the Management of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in Adult Persons With Type 1 Diabetes Using Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery: A Two-Step Observational Report

Dr. Vipul Chavda (Ahmedabad)

05:40PM - 05:50PM | Improving time-in-range in type 1 diabetes: Projecting the clinical and cost implications of automated insulin delivery

Dr. Jayant Panda(Cuttack)

05:50PM - 06:00PM | Long-term glycemic outcomes in pediatric type 1 diabetes: a 2-year real-world analysis of different automated insulin delivery systems generations

Dr. Arun Shankar(Thiruvananthapuram)

06:00PM - 06:10PM | Continuous Glucose Monitoring Identifies Youth with Prediabetes at Risk for Glycemic Progression

Dr. Abhishek Srivastava(Jabalpur)

06:10PM - 06:20PM | Using Nutrition to Improve Time in rangE (UNITE): a randomized clinical trial with continuous glucose monitoring in people with type 2 diabetes not taking insulin

Dr. Alpana Sowani (Mumbai)

06:20PM - 06:30PM | Optimising Blood Glucose Control using CGM & AI Powered Tools

Dr. Ashwin Kuruppan (Chennai)

06:30PM - 08:00PM | Dexcom Program in Hall 1

08:00PM - 10:00PM | Inaugural Dinner

Hall 3

11:00AM Onwards | Registration

12:30PM - 01:30PM | Lunch

01:30PM - 02:00PM | Inauguration in Hall 1

02:00PM - 02:30PM | Opening Keynote Lecture in Hall 1

Obesity School

02:30PM - 03:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Niraj Lodha (Pali)

Dr. Rajesh Deshmane (Kolhapur)

02:30PM - 02:45PM | Unravelling Obesity: What, Why and How?

Dr. Hemant Thacker (Mumbai)

02:45PM - 03:00PM | Redefining Obesity Care with Tirzepatide

Dr. Purvi Chawla (Mumbai)

03:00PM - 03:15PM | From Trials to Treatment: Integrating Tirzepatide into Clinical Practice

Dr. Rohan Sequeira (Mumbai)

03:15PM - 03:30PM | Panel Discussion and Q & A

Dr. Vimal M. V. (Kazhikode)

03:30PM - 04:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Rahul Doshi (Pune)

Dr. Pranjali Shah (Mumbai)

03:30PM - 03:45PM | Importance of Early Holistic Management of T2DM

Dr. Kirti Samudra (Mumbai)

03:45PM - 04:00PM | Surpass 2: Paving the Way to HbA1c and Weight While being Superior to GLP1 RAs

Dr. Om Lakhani (Ahmedabad)

04:00PM - 04:15PM | Tirzepatide: Clinical Context Setting in PwD

Dr. L. Sreenivasa Murthy (Bengaluru)

04:15PM - 04:30PM | Panel Discussion and Q & A

Dr. B. M. Makkar (New Delhi)

04:30PM - 05:00PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

05:00PM - 06:45PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Naresh Khanna (New Delhi)

Dr. Rupam Das (Guwahati)

05:00PM - 05:15PM | The Rise of GIP from Biology to Medicine

Dr. Reema Kashiva (Pune)

05:15PM - 05:30PM | Early Experience of Tirzepatide: And Indian Perspective (PwO)

Dr. Mayur Agarwal(Bhopal)

05:30PM - 05:45PM | Early Experience of Tirzepatide: And Indian Perspective (T2D)

Dr. Aneesh Ghosh(Thiruvananthapuram)

05:45PM - 06:00PM | Panel Discussion and Q & A

Dr. Vijay Panikar (Mumbai)

06:30PM - 08:00PM | Dexcom Program in Hall 1

08:00PM - 10:00PM | Inaugural Dinner

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