SRM UNIVERSITY DELHI-NCR, SONEPAT, HARYANA International conference on

“Antimicrobial resistance, Novel Drug Discovery and Development: Challenges and Opportunities”

March 17-19, 2019 Venue: IIT Delhi Campus, RGEC, Sonepat, Haryana

2nd International Conference on “Antimicrobial Resistance, Novel Drug Discovery and Development: Challenges and Opportunities”

Scientific Program 17-03-2019 (Sunday)

Time Program Speaker 10:00 – 11:30 Inauguration Program Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate, Israel (Chief

Guest) 11:30 – 12:00 Tea

Plenary Session Chair: Prof. Sir Tom Blundell 12:00 – 13:00 1st Keynote address Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate, Israel 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Special Invited Talk: Chair by Prof. G.P. Talwar & Prof. Simon Croft 14:00 – 14:20 1st Invited Talk Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar, VC, BHU 14:20 – 14:40 2nd Invited Talk Prof. Srini Kaveri, CNRS, INSERM 14:40 – 15:00 3rd Invited Talk Prof. V. M. Katoch, Former DG, ICMR 15:00 – 15:20 4thInvited Talk Prof. Umesh Varshney, IISc 15:20 – 15:40 5th Invited Talk Prof. N K Ganguly, Former DG, ICMR 15:40 – 16:00 6th Invited Talk Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General

of World Health Organization 16:00 – 16:30 Tea & Networking 16:30 – 18:00 Panel discussion-AMR Moderator: Ms. Subhra Priyadarshini, Chief

Editor, Nature India Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate, Israel Prof. G.P.Talwar, Founder Director NII & Director,

Talwar Research Foundation Prof. Sir Tom Blundell, Director of Research,

University of Cambridge, UK Prof. V. M. Katoch, Former Director General, ICMR Prof. Simon Croft, LSHTM, UK Prof. Ashok Rattan, Pathkind Laboratory, Former

WHO Director Dr. Francois Franceschi, GARDP, DNDi 18:10-19:10 Cultural Programme

18-03-2019 (Monday)

Plenary Talk Session Chair: Prof. Greg Matlashewski

Time Program Speaker 09:30 – 10:30 2nd Keynote address Prof. Simon Croft, LSHTM, UK 10:30 – 11:00 Tea & Poster Session

Invited Talk Session: Parasitology Session Chair: Prof. V. Samuel Raj 11:00 – 11:20 7th Invited Talk Dr. Wilson Aruni, Loma Linda University, USA 11:20 – 11:40 8th Invited Talk Dr. Shailja Singh, JNU 11:40 – 12:00 9th Invited Talk Dr. Angana Mukherjee, Canada 12:00 – 12:20 10th Invited Talk Prof. Greg Matlashewski, Canada

Invited Talk Session: Nanoparticles for Diagnosis/ Drug Delivery Session Chair: Prof. Sarman Singh

12:20 – 12:40 11th Invited Talk Prof. S. Sundar Manoharan, Chennai 12:40 – 13:00 12th Invited Talk Dr. Jayakumar Rajadas, Stanford University, USA 13:00 – 13:20 13th Invited Talk Prof. Harpal Singh, IIT Delhi 13:20 – 14:20 Lunch & Poster Session & Networking

Invited Talks Session: Natural Products Chairs: Dr. Francois Franceschi

14:20 – 14:40 14th Invited Talk Rajesh Parishwad, Royal Society of Chemistry 14:40 – 15:00 15th Invited Talk Dr. Abdul Ghafur, Appollo Hospital, Chennai 15:00 – 15:20 16th Invited Talk Dr. Moses Inbaraj, MCC, Chennai 15:20- 15:50 Tea & Networking

Invited Talks Session: Tropical Medicine Chairs: Dr. Shahid Jameel

15:50 – 16:10 17th Invited Talk Dr. Sarah Iqbal 16:10– 16:30 18th Invited Talk Adriana, RSTMH 16:30 – 16:50 19th Invited Talk Dr. Francois Franceschi, GARDP & DNDi

16:50 - 17:40: Young Scientists Talks: Chairs: Dr. Shailja Singh & Dr. Jayakumar Rajadas 16:50 – 17:00 Young Scientist Talk Dr Rajnish Giri 17:00- 17:10 Young Scientist Talk Dr. Dhruv Kumar 17:10- 17:20 Young Scientist Talk Dr. Pankaj Chauhan 17:20- 17:30 Young Scientist Talk Dr. Saif Hameed 17:30- 17:40 Young Scientist Talk Dr. Zeeshan Fatima

19-03-2019 (Tuesday) Plenary Talk

Session Chair: Dr. P. Prakash Time Program Speaker 09:30 – 10:30 3rd Keynote address Prof. Sir Tom Blundell 10:30 – 11:00 Tea & Poster session

Chair: Prof. Ashok Rattan 11:00 – 11:20 20th Invited Talk Prof. Ashok Dubey 11:20 – 11:40 21st Invited Talk Prof. Sarman Singh, AIIMS, Bhopal 11:40 – 12:00 22nd Invited Talk Dr. Ranjana Pathania, IIT Roorkee

Invited Talks Session: AMR & Diagnosis Chair: Prof. V. Samuel Raj

12:00 – 12:20 23rd Invited Talk Prof. Ashok Rattan 12:20 – 12:40 24th Invited Talk Dr. Sean McGinty, University of Glasgow, UK 12:40 – 13:00 25th Invited Talk Dr. Wagdy Eldehna 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Invited Talks Session: Tuberculosis Chairs: Dr. Laurent Kremer

14:00 – 14:20 26th Invited Talk Dr. Amit Singhal, Singapore 14:20 – 14:40 27th Invited Talk Dr. Bhaswati Pandit, NIBMG 14:40 – 15:00 28th Invited Talk Dr. Dhiraj Kumar, ICGEB

Invited Talks Session: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Chairs: Prof. Tom Blundell

15:00 – 15:20 29th Invited Talk Dr. Laurent Kremer, CNRS, France 15:20 – 15:40 30th Invited Talk Dr. Yasuhiko Matsumoto, University of Teikyo,

Japan 15:40- 16:00 31st Invited Talk Dr. Sesha Venkateshwaran 16:00- 16:30 Tea & Networking 16:30– 17:30 Valedictory Session Prof. Sir Tom Blundell