Scientific Programme

DTechcon 2026

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9^th May, 2026

Saturday

B. S. Raheja Hall

08:30AM Onwards | Registration

09:30AM - 10:00AM | Keynote Address

09:30AM - 10:00AM

Session in Charge:

Dr. Priyanka Bhelonde (Pune)

Chairpersons:

Dr. Mithun Bhartia (Guwahati)

Dr. Rakesh Parikh (Jaipur)

09:30AM - 10:00AM | Standardizing the Accuracy and Performance Evaluation Metrics of iCGM Devices in APAC

Dr. Shashank Joshi (Mumbai)

10:00AM - 10:30AM | D-Tech Oration

10:00AM - 10:30AM

Session in Charge:

Dr. Rutul Gokalani (Ahmedabad)

Chairpersons:

Dr. Banshi Saboo (Ahmedabad)

Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)

10:00AM - 10:30AM | How to avoid CGM Fatigue & Technology Distress

Dr. K. M. Prasanna Kumar (Bengaluru)

10:30AM - 11:00AM | J. P. Bose Oration

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Session in Charge:

Dr. Rohit Warrier (Bengaluru)

Chairpersons:

Dr. Purvi Chawla (Mumbai)

Dr. Amit Gupta (Noida)

10:30AM - 11:00AM | Insulin belongs to the World: Will Technology follow Similar Altruism?

Dr. Partha Kar (UK)

11:00AM - 12:00PM | Automation of Insulin Delivery Symposium

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Debashis Das (Mumbai)

Dr. Sanhita Walawalkar (Mumbai)

11:00AM - 11:20AM | Power of Automation for Hypo and Hyperglycemia

Dr. Tadej Battelino (Slovenia)

11:20AM - 11:40AM | Is AID for Type 1 Diabetes Only?

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev(Thiruvananthapuram)

11:40AM - 12:00PM | Closing the Loop in Insulin Delivery: Future is Now

Dr. Ben Nash (Australia)

12:00PM - 01:10PM | Inhaled Insulin Symposium

12:00PM - 01:00PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Kirti Soota (New Delhi)

Dr. Amit Bhondve (Mumbai)

Dr. Sonali Bhojane (Pune)

12:00PM - 12:20PM | The Physiology of Inhalational Insulin

Dr. Agam Vora (Mumbai)

12:20PM - 12:40PM | Real World Case in Adult T1DM

Dr. Archana Sarda (Aurangabad)

12:40PM - 01:00PM | Real World Case in Adult T2DM

Dr. Shailaja Kale (Pune)

01:00PM - 01:10PM | Panel Discussion

01:00PM - 02:00PM | Lunch / Visit to Exhibition

02:00PM - 03:00PM | Tech Advances in Managment of Diabetes Cx (18 mins Lecture + 2 mins Discussion)

02:00PM - 03:00PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Suresh K. G. (Bengaluru)

Dr. Anirudha Makhecha (Mumbai)

Dr. Sushil Patel (Vadodara)

02:00PM - 02:20PM | Advances in Simultaneous Pancreas & Kidney Transplants- The Indian Data

Dr. Sanjay Bhadada (Chandigarh)

02:20PM - 02:40PM | Screening & Management of at Risk Foot

Dr. Ashu Rastogi (Chandigarh)

02:40PM - 03:00PM | Obesity Assessment: BIA Microscoped

Dr. Sunil Gupta (Nagpur)

03:00PM - 04:00PM | The Tech Forum

03:00PM - 04:00PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Aarti Shahade (Pune)

Dr. Sheetal Aversekar (Mumbai)

03:00PM - 03:15PM | The GLP1 Companion App: Redefining Engagement and Outcomes Through Lifestyle and Technology

Mr. Shivtosh Kumar (Bengaluru)

03:15PM - 03:30PM | Why Technology Doesnt Always have to be "SMART"?

Mr. Prakash Somasundaram (USA)

03:30PM - 04:00PM | DTech Educators Forum: A panel Discussion on Technology hand holding, Education & Connected Care

Moderator:

Ms. Sheryl Salis(Mumbai)

Panelists:

Dr. Sonal Chandalia(Mumbai)

Ms. Aanam Shaikh (Mumbai)

Dr. Tanvi Ranka(Ahmedabad)

Dr. Kavita Gupta(Nagpur)

04:00PM - 04:30PM | Trilogue on Newer Drug in resistant Ht

04:00PM - 04:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Subhajyoti Ghosh (Dibrugarh)

Dr. Kshitij Kumar (New Delhi)

04:00PM - 04:30PM | Disrupting Status Quo- Aldosterone Dysregulation & Evidence with Baxdrostat in HT

Dr. Girish Parmar (Mumbai)

Dr. Praveen Kahale (Mumbai)

Dr. Prashant Rajput (Mumbai)

04:30PM - 04:45PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

05:00PM - 06:15PM | Debates: 25 mins each (10 mins Each with 1 min Rebuttal Time)

05:00PM - 06:15PM

Chairpersons:

Dr Alka Gandhi (Mumbai)

Dr. Priti Sanghvi (Mumbai)

05:00PM - 05:25PM | HbA1c: Still a better Tool for Diabetes Management

YesDr. B. M. Makkar(New Delhi)

NoDr. Pratik Choudhary (UK)

05:25PM - 05:50PM | AI: The Future of Diabetes Care

YesDr. Amit Kumar Dey(Kolkata)

NoDr. Partha Kar (UK)

05:50PM - 06:15PM | Intermittent Use of CGM: Good Enough in India

YesDr. Dhruvi Hasnani(Ahmedabad)

NoDr. Suhas Erande (Pune)

06:15PM - 07:30PM | Back To Future

06:15PM - 07:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. V. K. Abichandani (Ahmedabad)

Dr. Surendra Mittal (Narnaul)

06:15PM - 06:30PM | Oral Non Peptide GLP 1

Dr. Purvi Chawla (Mumbai)

06:30PM - 06:45PM | Triple Agonists in DM Management

Dr. Neeta Deshpande (Belgaum)

06:45PM - 07:00PM | GLP1 Plus Amylin Analogue

Dr. Gaurab Bhaduri (Kolkata)

07:00PM - 07:15PM | iGlarLixi: A SOLID approach to break Treatment Complexity

Dr. Geetha Seth (Mumbai)

07:15PM - 07:30PM | Discussion

07:30PM - 08:30PM | Zydus Wellness Dinner Symposium

07:30PM - 08:30PM

Chairpersons:

07:30PM - 08:00PM | Role of protein and fibre rich rich nutrition in GLP-1 ERA

Dr. Banshi Saboo (Ahmedabad)

08:00PM - 08:30PM | Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)

Panelists:

Dr. Banshi Saboo (Ahmedabad)

Dr. Shashank Joshi (Mumbai)

Dr. Parag Shah (Ahmedabad)

Dr. Purvi Chawla (Mumbai)

Dr. Kavita Gupta (Nagpur)

08:30PM - 10:30PM | Gala Dinner

V. S. Ajgaonkar Hall

08:30AM Onwards | Registration

09:30AM - 11:00AM | Sessions in B. S. Raheja Hall

11:00AM - 12:00PM | Target Therapeutics

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Rupam Das (Guwahati)

Dr. Seema Shahi (New Delhi)

11:00AM - 11:15AM | Transforming Cardio-Renal Care with Finerenone

Dr. Supratik Bhattacharya (Kolkata)

11:15AM - 11:30AM | Fatty Liver (MASLD): Role of Saroglitazar - A Dual PPAR Agonist

Dr. Sujoy Ghosh (Kolkata)

11:30AM - 11:45AM | Imeglimin: A powerhouse approach to Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Altamash Shaikh (Mumbai)

11:45AM - 12:00PM | Discussion

12:00PM - 01:20PM | The Game Changers

12:00PM - 01:20PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Swaraj Waddankeri (Kalaburgi)

Dr. Abhijit Jadhav (Mumbai)

12:00PM - 12:20PM | Deciphering Molecular Fidelity: Comparing SNAC Enabled Oral Semaglutide Options

Dr. Vijay Negalur (Mumbai)

12:20PM - 12:40PM | Innovation versus Imitation: Peptide Technology Simplified for Clinicians

Dr. Rucha Mehta (Ahmedabad)

12:40PM - 01:00PM | Protein Engineering for Reduced Insulin Burden: The Advent of icodec

Dr. Piya Ballani (Mumbai)

01:00PM - 01:20PM | Panel Discussion

Dr. Vijay Negalur (Mumbai)

Dr. Rucha Mehta (Ahmedabad)

Dr. Piya Ballani (Mumbai)

01:20PM - 02:00PM | Lunch / Visit to Exhibition

02:00PM - 03:15PM | Quality, Personalisation & Individualisation

02:00PM - 03:15PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Sanjay Gandhi (Pune)

Dr. Indrashis Mukherjee (Lucknow)

02:00PM - 02:20PM | Performance of iCan CGM system in regulatory studies including US protocol

Dr. Frank Flacke (Germany)

02:20PM - 02:40PM | Why CGM Quality Standards Matter?

Dr. Inge Van Boxelaer (Belgium)

02:40PM - 03:00PM | One Size Doesn’t Fit All: CGM towards Individualised & Personalised Treatment

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev(Thiruvananthapuram)

03:00PM - 03:15PM | Discussion

03:15PM - 04:30PM | Beyond Technology

03:15PM - 04:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Kiran Shah (Mumbai)

Dr. Amit Rajput (Jalgaon)

03:15PM - 03:35PM | Bridging the Last Mile: Making Diabetes Care Work in Real-World Clinics

Ms. Khushboo Verma (Denmark)

03:35PM - 03:55PM | Impact of Herpes Zoster on patients with Diabetes Mellitus and its prevention

Dr. Pradeep Gadge (Mumbai)

03:55PM - 04:15PM | Building Better Outcomes: Advancing Insulin Injection Technique and Education

Dr. Piyush Desai (Surat)

04:15PM - 04:30PM | Discussion

04:30PM - 04:45PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

04:45PM - 05:45PM | Type 1 Diabetes Symposium

04:45PM - 05:45PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. G. D. Ramchandani (Kota)

Dr. Chand Patel (Latur)

04:45PM - 05:00PM | Early Detection of T1D- Is That Possible?

Dr. Minal Mohit (Jaipur)

05:00PM - 05:15PM | Managing Overweight and Obese T1DM

Dr. Rishi Shukla(Kanpur)

05:15PM - 05:30PM | Adjunctive Therapies in AID Users: What's The Evidence?

Dr. Warren Lee(Singapore)

05:30PM - 05:45PM | Discussion

05:45PM - 07:30PM | Automated Insulin Delivery (AID)- Masterclass (Mastering Automated Insulin Delivery: Practical Considerations & Implementation)

05:45PM - 07:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev

(Thiruvananthapuram)

Dr. Phulrenu Chauhan (Mumbai)

Dr. Manoj Chawla(Mumbai)

Opening Remarks

Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)

05:45PM - 06:10PM | Getting Ready for Prescribing AID

05:45PM - 06:00PM | How to Set up Insulin Pump Clinic?

Dr. Tadej Battelino(Slovenia)

06:00PM - 06:10PM | Counselling people with Diabetes for Insulin Pumps

Dr. Banshi Saboo(Ahmedabad)

06:10PM - 06:55PM | Case Based Initiation and Follow-up

06:10PM - 06:25PM | Initiation of AID

Dr. Ben Nash(Australia)

06:25PM - 06:40PM | Follow up of AID users in Clinic

Dr. Suresh Rama Chandran(Singapore)

06:40PM - 06:55PM | Let’s Interpret AID Carelink Report

Dr. Pratik Choudhary(UK)

06:55PM - 07:30PM | Case Based Discussion on Newer Indications

06:55PM - 07:10PM | TIR-70% on AID: What More Can We Do?

Dr. Manoj Chawla(Mumbai)

07:10PM - 07:20PM | AID During Exercise/Fasting/Travel

Dr. Ben Nash(Australia)

07:20PM - 07:30PM | Hands on AID & Take Home Message

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev(Thiruvananthapuram)

07:30PM - 08:30PM | Dinner Symposium in B. S. Rahjea Hall

08:30PM - 10:30PM | Gala Dinner

S. D. Bhandarkar Hall

08:30AM Onwards | Registration

09:30AM - 01:00PM | Sessions in B. S. Raheja hall

01:00PM - 02:00PM | Lunch & Visit to Exhibition

02:00PM - 03:15PM | TECH IT UP !

02:00PM - 03:15PM

Dr. Seema Bagri (Mumbai)

Dr. Hitesh Saraogi (New Delhi)

02:00PM - 02:20PM | Non Invasive Glucose Sensing

Dr. Nirmal Punjabi (Mumbai)

02:20PM - 02:40PM | Open-Source Looping Systems

Ms. Mellisa Holloway (UK)

02:40PM - 02:55PM | AI and Technology in Powering Diabetes Care

Dr. Malika Kapoor (Gurgaon)

02:55PM - 03:15PM | The Tech Educators Forum

03:15PM - 04:30PM | D-Tech Yearbook Symposium

03:15PM - 04:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Meghanad Meher (Bhubaneswar)

Dr. Alka Gandhi (Mumbai)

Dr. Pooja Relia (New Delhi)

03:15PM - 03:27PM | Section 1: Automated Insulin Delivery

Dr. Raveendran A. V. (Oman)

03:27PM - 03:39PM | Section 2: Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Dr. Ritu Johari (Mumbai)

03:39PM - 03:51PM | Section 3: Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Aniket Inamdar (Omerga)

03:51PM - 04:03PM | Section 4: mHealth and Digital Health

Dr. Rajesh Kesari (New Delhi)

04:03PM - 04:15PM | Section 5: Stem Cells and Genetic Engineering

Dr. Sandeep Suri (Hissar)

04:15PM - 04:27PM | Section 6: Emerging Therapies

Dr. Balaji Jaganmohan (Bengaluru)

04:27PM - 04:30PM | Wrap Up & Conclusion

04:30PM - 04:45PM | Tea / Coffee Break & Visit to Exhibition

04:45PM - 06:00PM | IJDT Editor's Choice Symposium

04:45PM - 06:00PM

Moderators:

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev

(Thiruvananthapuram)

Dr. Pradyumn Sharma (Jaipur)

04:45PM - 04:57PM | The Race of AI in Healthcare Competition and Its Impact on Human Health

Dr. S. V. Kulkarni (Mumbai)

04:57PM - 05:09PM | Role of Quantum Computing Influencing Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Dr. Shambho Samrat Samajdar(Kolkata)

05:09PM - 05:21PM | Current Practices and Perspectives of Clinicians on Glucose Monitoring in Indian Patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Vikranti Sailor(Surat)

05:21PM - 05:33PM | Clinical Assessment of Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Multi-Domain Performance Study for Healthcare Applications

Dr. Wahid Khan (Oman)

05:33PM - 05:45PM | Do-It-yourself Artificial Pancreas Systems: User Perspectives, Glycemic Control, and Quality of Life in Type 1 Diabetes

Ms. Anjana Basanth(Thiruvananthapuram)

05:45PM - 05:57PM | Generative Artificial Intelligence and its Leap into Diabetes Management

Dr. Yaseen Unes(Thiruvananthapuram)

05:57PM - 06:00PM | Discussion

06:00PM - 07:30PM | Innovations, EMRs, Incubators and Much More

06:00PM - 07:30PM

Chairpersons:

Dr. Rahul Mopari (Amravati)

Dr. Nimmi Mulwani (Ahmedabad)

06:00PM - 06:10PM | Be a Super Hero in Managing your Diabetes practice with OneGlance Clinic Management Solution

Mr. Sandeep Balakrishna (Chennai)

06:10PM - 06:20PM | AI in Indian Medical Practice

Mr. Deepak Tuli (Gurgaon)

06:20PM - 06:30PM | Between the Visits: Early Results from Autonomous Al Care for Diabetes and Obesity

Mr. Rahul Maroli (Gurgaon)

06:30PM - 06:40PM | GLP Travel Cooler cases by EuroLabx

Mr. Prakash Somasundaram (USA)

06:40PM - 06:50PM | The Rise of Non-Invasive & Continuous Metabolic Intelligence

Mr. Atul Hemani (Mumbai)

06:50PM - 07:05PM | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr. Rakesh Sahay (Hyderabad)

07:05PM - 07:20PM | CGM on-boarding for T1DM: Empowering & Facilitating

Dr. Manisha Gupta (Kanpur)

07:20PM - 07:30PM | Simplified Menopause Care: An AI App Translating into Practice

Dr. Madhuri Joshi (Mumbai)

07:30PM - 08:30PM | Dinner Symposium in B. S. Rahjea Hall

08:30PM - 10:30PM | Gala Dinner

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