VIROCON 2015

XXIV NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF

INDIAN VIROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Transboundary Viral Diseases Under One Health : Perspectives & Challenges

North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and

Medical Sciences, Shillong
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Day 1 : 08 Oct. 2015 (Thursday)

Time

Event

Venue
Outside Lecture
theatre-1
Outside
Auditorium

8:00am-9:00am

Breakfast

8:00am-9.00am

Registration

9:00am-11:15am

Inauguration

Auditorium

11:15am-11:45am

High tea

Outside
Auditorium

11:45am-12:30pm

Prof. K. S. Bhargava Oration Award 2015 Lecture

by Prof. (Dr.) S. N. Gaur

Auditorium

Plenary Session
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Prasad
Co-chairman : Dr. G. P. Rao
Rapporteur : Prof. (Dr.) A. C. Phukan
12.30 pm- 2.00pm

2.00pm-2.30pm

2.30pm- 3.15pm

1.Emerging and Re-emerging

Transboundary Viral Diseases:
Integrated Approach of Management

Speaker :
Dr. Dilip K Sarma,
Director,
ICAR-NRC on Pig,
Guwahati.

2. High-risk transboundary viral

diseases in Indian context

Speaker :
Dr A. C. Mishra,
Ex -Director, NIV, Pune

Influenza Foundation of India

Sponsored Lecture : All about
Influenza as on Today
Chairperson: Prof. (Dr.) Priya Abraham
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Y.P.S. Malik
Rapporteur : Dr. Reeta Mani

Speaker :
Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Prasad
President
Influenza Foundation of
India

Lunch

Auditorium

Outside Lecture
theatre-1

Day 1 : 08 Oct 2015 (Thursday)

Concurrent Session Medical Virology I

3.15pm5.15pm

Technical session - I
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) T. N. Dhole
Co-chairman : Dr. Shailendra Saxena
Rapporteur : Dr Soma Chattopadhyay
Lead Paper 1 :
Speaker :
An update on the prevention of
Prof. Dr Lalit Dar
human papillomavirus infection and
AIIMS, New Delhi
associated cancers by immunization
and screening
Speaker :
Lead Paper 2 :
Detection and monitoring of hepatitis Prof. Dr Priya Abraham
viruses in special populations
CMC , Vellore
Speaker :
Oral Presentation 1 :
Detection, isolation and confirmation Dr. CG Raut,
of Chikungunya virus in Throat swab NIV ICMR , Bangalore Unit
and Urine specimens from
Chikungunya outbreak in Ramnagara
district, Karnataka, India
Oral Presentation 2 : Surveillance
for Bat Rabies in India
Oral Presentation 3 :
Seroprevalence of common viral
diseases in Tripura
Oral Presentation 4 :
Behavour change communcationChandigarh a unique experience
Oral Presentation 5 :
A Comparative Study Of NS1 Antigen
Detection With IgM Capture ELISA
For Dengue Reported To A Tertiary
Care Hospital In Barak Valley, Assam
Oral Presentation 6 :
A Clinico-Serological Study Of
Chikungunya Infection In A Tertiary
Care Hospital
Oral Presentation 7 : Prevalence of
HIV infection among psychiatric
patients in a Regional Institute of
mental health in Assam
Oral Presentation 8:
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B surface
antigen in a tertiary care hospital
from central India - a 5 years study

5.15pm6.15pm

Lecture
Theatre - 2

Speaker :
Dr.Reeta Mani,
NIMHANS, Bangalore.
Speaker :
Dr.Tapan Majumdar
Agartala Government Medical
College, Agartala
Speaker :
Dr.H. C. Gera
Health department Chandigarh
administration, Chandigarh
Speaker :
Dr.Abidur Islam Mazumder,
Silchar Medical College & Hospital.

Speaker :
Dr.Sudipsukla Das,
Guwahati Medical College,
Guwahati.
Speaker :
Dr.Tarulata Saikia
LGB Regional Institute of Mental
Health, Tezpur, Assam
Speaker :
Dr. Jacinta Lalhmunsangi
Govt. Medical College. Nagpur

Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

Examination
Hall

Day 2 : 09 Oct 2015 (Friday)

Time
7:30am8:30am
8:30am10.00am

10.00am11:00am

Event

Venue

Breakfast
Plenary Lecture
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) A K Prasad
Co chairman : Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Ratho
Rapporteur : Dr A. K. Bagga
3. One health concept and the
Speaker :
professionals
Dr. J. Mahanta,
Ex-Director RMRC NE, Dibrugarh
4. One Health : Bioprospecting and
Speaker :
Entrepreneurship
Prof. Narayan Rishi,
Amity Institute of Virology and
Immunology, UP.
Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

Outside
Lecture
theatre- 1
Auditorium

Examination
Hall

Concurrent Session Medical Virology II

11:00 am1:30 pm

Technical session- II
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) R . K. Ratho
Co-chairman : Prof. (Dr.) Priya Abraham
Rapporteur : Dr . H. C. Gera
Lead Paper 3
Speaker :
Molecular detection and genetic
Prof. (Dr.) T. N. Dhole,
characterization of Chikungunya virus
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate
from Aedes mosquito vector in
Institute of Medical Sciences,
Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
during 2010-2011
Lead Paper 4 :
Speaker :
Update on Hepatitis C virus diagnostics Dr. Ekta Gupta
in the era of new direct acting antivirals ILBS, New Delhi
Lead Paper 5:
Speaker :
HIV/AIDS scenario in India (with
Prof. Brajachand Singh,
reference to North-East India)
RIMS, Imphal.
Oral Paper 9 :
Investigation Of Pandemic Influenza A
Virus Among Children Presented With
Influenza Like Illness (ILI) In
Dibrugarh, (Assam) Of Northeast India
During 2015
Oral Paper 10:
Rotavirus infection modulates cellular
signaling pathways leading to enhanced
virus replication
Oral Paper 11:
Prevalence Of HBV And HCV Dual
Infection In Patients In A Tertiary Care
Hospital, Kolkata

Speaker:
Ms. Kimmy Sarmah,
RMRC (NE-ICMR), Dibrugarh.

Speaker :
Dr. Nima D. Namsa
Tezpur University, Tezpur
Speaker:
Dr. Julius Rahaman,
Kolkata Medical college, Kolkata.

Lecture
Theatre 2

1:30 pm
2.10 pm

Oral Paper 12:

HIV HBV co-infection in India: An
overview

Speaker:
Ms. Runu Chakravarty,
ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata.

Oral Paper 13:

Study of viruses infecting upper
respiratory tract with special reference
to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in
paediatrics patients attending
NEIGRIHMS, Shillong- A Pilot Study.
Oral Paper 14:
Chikungunya Virus vector
competence: A preliminary study on
comparative efficiency of virus
replication in three species of
mosquitoes
Oral Paper 15 :
A clinico-demographic profile and
outcome of Japanese Encephalitis from
a Super-speciality hospital in Assam

Speaker:
Dr. Papia Chakraborty,
NEIGRIHMS, Shillong.

Speaker :
Mr. Thrinath Mullapudi
NIMHANS, Bangalore

Speaker :
Dr. Melody Baruah
GNRC Medical (GIMS),
North Guwahati

LUNCH

Outside
Lecture
theatre-1

Concurrent Session Medical Virology III

2:10pm3:20 pm

Technical session III

Chairman- Prof. (Dr.) B. Singh
Co-chairman Dr. Tathagata Choudhuri
Rapporteur Dr. Annie B Khyriem
Speaker :
Lead Paper 6:
Emerging viral infections in India with
Dr Sunil Gupta,
special reference to Country response
National Centre for Disease
to H1N1 Pdm influenza
Control
Speaker :
Lead Paper 7 :
Human Diseases caused by Plant
Dr A K Bagga
viruses
ICMR-DHR Coordination Unit,
New Delhi.
Speaker :
Oral Paper 16:
Dengue and chikungunya co-habitation Dr.Sujatha Sunil
in Aedes and impact on disease
International Centre for Genetic
transmission
Engineering and Biotechnology
,New Delhi
Oral Paper 17 :
Speaker :
High rates of of Dengue and
Dr. Soma Chattopadhyay
Chikungunya co-infection in Odisha and Institute of Life Sciences,
Maharashtra, India during 2013
Bhubaneshwar
Oral Paper 18 :
Speaker :
Dr.Debahuti Sabhapandit,
A study of HIV-TB co-infection among
NEIGRIHMS, Shillong.
patients attending NEIGRIHMS

Lecture
theatre 2

Concurrent Session Medical Virology IV

3:20pm04:30pm

4.30pm5.30pm
5:30pm
6:30pm
8:00pm
onwards

Technical session IV
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) Lalit Dar
Co-chairman : Dr. Tapan Majumdar
Rapporteur : Dr. Clarissa J Lyngdoh
Lead Paper 8:
Speaker :
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)
Dr. Vijay P. Bondre
National Institute of Virology,
Gorakhpur Unit
Lead Paper 9:
Speaker :
Molecular Mechanism of differential
Dr Shailendra Saxena,
NeuroAIDS by HIV-1B and C Clades
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology (CCMB),
Hyderabad.
Oral Paper 19 :
Speaker :
Interplay of TAp63alpha with Kaposi's
Dr.Tathagata Choudhuri,
Sarcoma Herpesvirus Latency Nuclear
VisvaBharati, Santiniketan.
Antigen during lateccy
Oral Paper 20:
Speaker :
Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza
Dr.Bimlesh Kumar Jha,
Virus Infection in Nepal
National Public Health
Laboratory, Teku, Kathmandu.
Oral Paper 21 :
Speaker :
Ultrastructural changes in murine
Mr.Ayushman Ghosh,
myoblast cells following Chikungunya
NIMHANS, Bangalore.
virus infection
Oral Paper 22:
Speaker :
Chikungunya fever: a re-emerging
Dr. Dina Raja
infectious disease in Assam
GMCH, Guwahati,
Oral Paper 23:
Speaker :
A trend of Japanese encephalitis over
Dr.Chimanjita Phukan
four years in a tertiary care hospital
GMCH, Guwahati

Lecture
Theatre 2

Poster viewing and Evaluation/ Tea

Examination
hall

General body meeting

Auditorium

Banquet

Utility Block

Day 3 : 10 Oct 2015 (Saturday)

Time
7:30am9:00am
9:00 am11:00 am
11:00am11:15am
11:15am01:30pm
1:30pm02:00pm
02.00 pm
onwards

Event

Venue

Breakfast

Outside LT-1

Young Scientist Award Session

Auditorium

Tea

Examination
Hall

Young Scientist Award Session (contd.)

Auditorium

Valedictory Function

Auditorium

Lunch

Outside LT 1

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Day 1 : 08 Oct 2015 (Thursday)

Concurrent Session
Plant Virology I
[
Time
3:15pm5:15pm

Event
Technical Session I
Emerging, re-emerging and transboundary plant viruses
Chairman :Dr V.G. Malathi
Co-chairman : Dr. BikashMandal
Rapporteur : Dr. Basavaprabhu L. Patil
Lead Paper 1 :
Speaker :
Molecular detection and identification of
Dr. S. K. Raj
Begomoviruses infecting various
CPMB, CSIR-National Botanical
ornamental plants grown in India
Research Institute, Lucknow
Lead Paper 2 :
Speaker
Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume
Dr.Basavaprabhu L. Patil
infecting Emaravirusfrom South Asia
ICAR-National Research Centre on
Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi.
Lead Paper 3 :
Speaker :
Important two viral diseases of sunflower
Dr.S.Chander Rao
(Helianthus annuusL.) in India and its
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research,
confirmation of non-transmission through
Hyderabad.
seeds
Lead Paper 4 :
Speaker :
Characterization and detection of
Dr V. K. Barnwal
Mandarivirus, an expanding genus in family Virology Unit, Division of Plant
Alfaflexiviridaewith citrus
Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Oral Presentation 1 :
Association of a plant pathogenic
begomoviruswith the ornamental plants .

Oral Presentation 2 :
Molecular detection and identification of
begomoviruses and its associated satellite
molecules affecting some important plants
in Madhya Pradesh
Oral Presentation 3 :
An initiative towards a database of plant
viral diseases of northeastern India.
Oral Presentation 4:
Genetic transformation of groundnut to
confer resistance against Tobacco streak
virus (TSV) through RNA silencing
5:15pm 6:15 pm

Venue
Lecture
Theatre 1

Speaker :
Dr. Gaur Rajarshi Kumar
Associate Professor & Head Department of Biosciences
College of Arts, Science and
Humanities, Mody University, Sikar.
Speaker
Dr.S.K. Snehi
Assistant Professor, Department of
Microbiology, Barkatullah University,
Bhopal.
Speaker :
Dr.Basanta Kumar Borah
Department of Agricultural
Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat
Speaker:
Ms. Sara Shomo
Department of Plant Pathology, Centre
for Plant Protection Studies, TNAU,
Coimbatore.

Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

Examination
Hall

Day 2 : 09 Oct 2015 (Friday)

Concurrent Session Plant Virology II & III

Time
7:30am8:30am
8:30am10.00am

10:00am11.00am
11:00am1:30 pm

Event
Breakfast
Plenary Lecture
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) A K Prasad
Co chairman : Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Ratho
Rapporteur : Dr. A. K. Bagga
3. One health concept and the
Speaker :
professionals
Dr. J. Mahanta
Ex-Director RMRC NE, Dibrugarh
4. One Health: Bioprospecting and
Speaker :
Entrepreneurship
Prof. Narayan Rishi,
Amity Institute of Virology and
Immunology, UP.
Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea
Technical Session- II :
Plant Virus Genomics
Chairman : Prof. (Dr.) Shelly Praveen
Co-chairman : Dr. Anirban Roy
Rapporteur : Dr. Susheel Kumar Sharma
Lead Paper 5:
Speaker:
Mapping and identification of
Dr. Basavaprabhu L. Patil
Geminivirus genome sequences for
ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant
efficient RNAiexpression and resistance Biotechnology, New Delhi.
through transientagro-infiltration
studies .
Lead Paper 6 :
Speaker :
Molecular Characterization and
Dr. JayantaTarafdar
diversity analysis of Single-Stranded
Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan
DNAvirus infecting plants: A case study
Chandra KrishiViswaviyalayaKalyani.
in West Bengal, India
Lead Paper 7 :
Application of molecular diagnostics in
healthy seed nursery programme and
effective of viral diseases management
in sugarcane
Lead Paper 8 :
Phylogeography, Genetic diversity and
Molecular Evolution of Zucchini yellow
mosaic virus (ZYMV)
Lead Paper 9:
Bidirectional plant virus promoter: An
anecdote to manipulate plant genomes

Speaker :
Dr. R. Viswanathan
Division of Crop Protection, Sugarcane
Breeding Institute, ICAR, Coimbatore.
Speaker:
Dr.M. Krishna Reddy
Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian
Institute of Horticultural Research,
Hessaraghatta Lake PO, BenguluruSpeaker:
Dr.Jawaid A. Khan
Department of Biosciences,
JamiaMilliaIslamia (A Central University)
Jamia Nagar, New Delhi.

Venue
Outside
Lecture
Theatre 1
Auditorium

Examination
Hall
Lecture
Theatre 1

Oral Presentation 5:
Field Screening Technique for Peanut
stem necrosis disease (PSND) caused by
Tobacco streak virus using Parthenium
hysterophorus as infector border and
impact of disease on yield .
Oral Presentation 6 :
Genomics, efficient immunodiagnostics
for
routine indexing and pathogenicity
analysis of Banana streak MY virus .

Speaker :
Dr. K. Vemana
Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology)
Agricultural Research Station
Kadiri. Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural
University,Andhra Pradesh.
Speaker :
Dr.Susheel Kumar Sharma
Scientist (Plant Pathology)
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region
Manipur Centre,
LamphelpatImphal, Manipur.

Oral Presentation 7:
Identification, distribution and temporal
occurrences of aphids, infesting large
cardamom and their ability in
transmitting large cardamom viruses in
North-East sub-Himalayan region.
Oral Presentation 8: Molecular
characterization and infectivity of a
cowpea isolate ofBegomoviruses
severely infecting cowpea and
mungbean in India.

Speaker:
Dr. Amalendu Ghosh
Division of Plant PlantPathology,
IARI, New Delhi.

Oral Presentation 9: Emergence of

hitherto unreported Tomato spotted
wilt virus in India .

Speaker:
Dr.P.Renukadevi
Assistant professor (Plant
pathology)Department of Millets
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore.

1:30pm2:10pm
02:10pm04:30 pm

Speaker:
Mr.Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Bioscience and
Bioengineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati.

Lunch
Technical Session- III
Biotechnology and nanotechnology approaches to plant viruses
Chairman : Dr V.K. Baranwal
Co-chairman : Dr Dilip Ghosh
Rapporteur :Dr Amrita Banerjee
Lead Paper 10
:ssDNA viruses-footprints everywhere

Lead Presentation 11:

Plum Pox Virus: A Prospective Threat to
Fruit Tree Industries in India

Lead Paper 12:

Challenges in handling viruses and their
variants: with limited sources of natural
resistance

Lead Paper 13:

Multiplexing technology for the
detection of plant viruses: present
status and future perspectives

Speaker:
Prof. V.G.Malathi
Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University,Coimbatore.
Speaker:
Prof. Jawaid A. Khan
Plant virus Laboratory, Department of
Biosciences, JamiaMilliaIslamia (Central
University), New Delhi.
Speaker:
Prof. Shelly Praveen
Advanced Centre for Plant Virology,
Division of Plant Pathology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi.
Speaker :
Dr. R. Selvarajan
National Research Centre for Banana,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu.

Outside
LT-1
Lecture
Theatre 1

Lead Paper 14:

DNA methylation: an epigenetic
approach of disease resistance

Speaker:
Dr.Manoj Prasad
National Institute of Plant Genome
Research, New Delhi.
Oral Presentation 10:
Speaker :
Characterization of a novel begomovirus Dr. Ashish Srivastava
associated with yellow mosaic disease
Plant Molecular Virology, CSIR-National
of three ornamental species of Jatropha Botanical Research Institute,
grown in India.
RanaPratapMarg, Lucknow
Oral Presentation 11 :
Speaker:
Recent advances in plant virus research Dr Amrita Banerjee
in north-east India .
ICAR-ICAR Research Complex for NEH
Region,Umiam, Meghalaya.
Oral Presentation 12 :
Speaker:
Host preference of thrips species:
Dr. K. Chandrashekar
vectors of tospo viruses of vegetable
ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research
crops in Maharashtra
Institute-Regional Station.Pune.
Oral Presentation 13:
Speaker:
An alarming occurrence of begomovirus Dr. Naveen Pandey
on Ageratum conyzoides in North-East
Faculty of Agriculture & Horticulture
of India.
Arunachal University of Studies,Namsai,
Arunachal Pradesh.
4:30pm5:30pm
5.30pm6.30pm
7.30pm
onwards

Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

Examination
Hall

General Body Meeting

Auditorium

Banquet

Public
Utility Block

Day 3 : 10 Oct 2015 (Saturday)

Concurrent Session Plant Virology IV

Time

Event

7:30am9.00am

Breakfast

9:001.30pm

Venue
Outside
Lecture
Theatre 1
Auditorium

Young Scientist Award Session

(Simultaneoulsy along with Technical Session IV)
Technical Session IV
Lecture
Integrated management strategies for plant virus diseases
theatre 1
Chairman- Dr. D. B. Parakh
Co-chairman Dr.R. Selvarajan
Rapporteur DrS. K. Snehi
Lead Presentation 15 : Role of Quarantine in Speaker :Dr.V Celia Chalam
Biosecuring Crops from Transboundary Plant Division of Plant Quarantine,
09:00amICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Viruses and Challenges for Virus Diagnosis
11:00am
Resources, New Delhi
Lead Paper 16:
Speaker :
Present status and future strategies on
Dr.Dilip K Ghosh
ICAR- Central Citrus
molecular diagnostics, characterization and
management of virus / VLPs infecting citrus
Research Institute, Nagpur.
in India

Lead Paper 17:

Cryotherapy: a new biotechnological tool for
eradication of plant viruses, bacteria and
phytoplasma from in vitro generated planting
material

Lead Paper 18:

Status of viral diseases affecting capsicum
and tomato in Maharashtra and their
integrated management
Lead Paper 19:
Plant virus and virus like diseases of Assam a transboundary experience

Oral Presentation 14:

Paenibacillus lentimorbus-30488 inoculation
enhances tobacco growth and extenuating the
virulence of Cucumber mosaic virus .

Oral Presentation 15:

Characterization of virus mediated
Differential Co-expression Network in rice.

11am11.15am

11.15am11.35am

Speaker :
Dr.D.B.Parakh
Plant Virology Lab, Plant
Quarantine Division; ICARNational Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources, Pusa Campus, New
Delhi.
Speaker :
Dr.SavarniTripathi
ICAR-IARI
Regional Station, Pune
Speaker :
Dr. Palash Deb Nath
Department of Plant Pathology,
Assam Agricultural University,
Jorhat, Assam.
Speaker:
Mr.Susheel Kumar
DST-Young Scientist
Plant Molecular Virology
Laboratory,
CSIR-National Botanical Research
Institute, Lucknow.
Speaker:
Mr.JagajjitSahu
Research Associate ,
Distributed Information
Centre,Department of Agricultural
Biotechnology,
Assam Agricultural University,
Jorhat,Assam.

Tea break

Outside LT-I

Technical session cont...

Oral Presentation 16: Existence of Croton
Speaker :
Dr. S U.MohammedRiyaz
yellow vein mosaic virus betasatellite
Plant Molecular Virology and
(CroYVMB) in Benincasahispida due to
Nanobiotechnology Laboratory,
mixed infection.
University of Madras, Guindy,
Chennai.
Oral Presentation 17 : Management of
Speaker :
Plant Virus Diseases by altering the
Mr. K. SubramanyaSastry
Physiology of the Virus Infected Plants.
Department of Virology, S.V.
University, Tirupathi, AP.

1.30pm2.00pm

Valedictory function

2.00pm
onwards

Lunch

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Auditorium
Outside
Lecture
theatre-1

Day 1 : 08 Oct 2015 (Thursday)

Concurrent Session Veterinary & Aquatic Virology II

Time

Event

Venue

3:15pm5.15 pm

Technical Session I

Lecture
Theatre - 3

Chairman : Dr.D. K. Sarma

Co-chairman : Dr. Jawahar Abraham
Rapporteur : Dr. D. Muthuchelvan
Theme paper:
Novel porcine vaccines- An appraisal
Lead Paper 1
Evolving Rotavirus species biodiversity
Lead Paper 2
Current scenario of Peste des petits
ruminants epidemiology and its Control
Programme in India
Lead Paper 3
Molecular mechanisms involved in
Herpesvirus latency and europathogenicity
Oral Paper 1
Effect of T and B cell mitogens and goat pox
virus antigen in PBMCs of sheep and goat.
Oral Paper 2
Elephant endotheliotropicherpesviruses of
elephants
Oral Paper 3
Prevalence of Bluetongue in West Bengal
Oral Paper 4
Molecular epidemiology of picobirna virus
in the north east
Oral Paper 5
In vitro transactivation of latency related
gene by bovine herpes virus 1

5.15pm6.15pm

Speaker :
Dr. Kapil Maithal,
Head R& D, Indian Immunologicals
Speaker :
Dr. Y.P.S Malik,
National fellow, IVRI, Barielly
Speaker :
Dr. V. Balamurugan
ICAR (NIVEDI), Bengaluru
Speaker :
Dr. B. Gulati,
NRCE, Hissar
Speaker :
Dr. M. A Ramakrishnan,
IVRI Mukteshwar
Speaker :
Dr. N.N.Barman,
AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati
Speaker :
Dr S.N. Joardar, WBUAFS
Speaker :
DrYashpal Malik,
IVRI, Izatnagar
Speaker :
Dr. Ajay Kumar,
IVRI, Izatnagar

Poster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

Examination
Hall

Day 2 : 09 Oct 2015 (Friday)

Concurrent Session Veterinary & Aquatic Virology II

Time
7:30am8:30am
8:30am10.00am

Event

Venue

Breakfast
Plenary Lecture
Chairman : Prof. Dr A K Prasad
Co chairman : Prof. Dr. R. K. Ratho
Rapporteur : Dr A. K. Bagga
3. One health concept and the professionals

4. One Health: Bioprospecting and

Entrepreneurship

Speaker :
Dr. J. Mahanta
Ex-Director RMRC NE, Dibrugarh
Speaker :
Prof. Narayan Rishi,
Amity University, Noida

Outside
LT-1
Auditorium

10.00amPoster viewing and evaluation by committee / Tea

11.00am
11.00amTechnical Session- II
12.20pm Chairman : Dr A.B. Pandey
Co-chairman : Dr.Y.P.S.Malik
Rapporteur : Dr. Samir Das
Lead Paper 4
Speaker :
Japanese encephalitis: An epidemiological
Dr. G.Saikumar,
appraisal.
IVRI, Izatnagar
Lead Paper 5
Speaker :
Recent approaches in detection and
Dr Ramakrishnan.A,
differentiation of capripox viruses
IVRI, Mukteswar
Lead paper 6
Emergence of PRRS in India Concerns and
Challenges
Oral Paper 6
Genetic characterization of a recent outbreak
strain of Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus from
Almora region of India
Oral Paper 7
Serological study for detection of foot-andmouth disease virus activity in breeding bulls
of an elite herd of North India
Oral Paper 8
Real time- loop mediated isothermal
amplification (RT-LAMP) of sigma-C gene of
avian reovirus
Oral Paper 9
Expression and characterization of H3L gene of
swinepox virus

Examination
hall
Lecture
Theatre 3

Speaker :
Dr K.Raju Kumar,
NIHSAD
Speaker :
Dr. D. Muthuchelvan,
IVRI, Mukteswar
Speaker :
Dr.Manoranjan Rout,
ICAR-PD on FMD, IVRI Campus,
Mukteswar
Speaker :
Dr. Deepak Kumar,
IVRI, Izatnagar
Speaker :
Dr. S. Chandrasekhar,
IVRI, Mukteswar

Concurrent Session Veterinary & Aquatic Virology III & IV

12:20pmTechnical Session III
1:30pm
Chairman- Dr. N.N.Barman
Co-chairman Dr. D. Muthuchelvan
Rapporteur Dr. K. Puro
Lead Paper 7
Speaker :
Status of Blue tongue in India Concerns and
Dr A. B. Pandey,
Challenges
IVRI, Mukteswar
Lead Paper 8
Speaker :
Emerging viral diseases of aquacultured finfish Dr. Jawahar Abraham,
and shellfish in India with special reference to
WBUAFS, Kolkata
West Bengal
Lead paper 9:
Speaker :
Prevalence status of exotic viral pathogens in
Dr. S. S. Mishra,
shellfish in Indian aquaculture
CIFA, Bhubaneshwar
Oral Paper 10
Speaker :
Detection of PPR virus by RT PCR and
Dr. Ayesha Sultana,
Sandwich ELISA in Assam
College of Veterinary Science,
AAU, Guwahati
Oral Paper 11
Speaker :
Adaptation and attenuation of Lapinized CSFV
Dr. S.M. Gogoi,
in cell culture
AAU, Khanapara
Oral Paper 12
Speaker :
Isolation of Duck Plague Virus in duck embryo Ms. SamsunNeher,
fibroblast (DEF) cell culture
College of Veterinary Science,
AAU, Guwahati

Lecture
theatre 3

1:30pm2:10pm
2:10pm2:30pm
2:30pm4:30pm

Lunch
Technical session- III (cont.)
Technical Session IV
Chairman : Dr.G.Saikumar/Dr ArnabSen
Co-chairman : Dr . M.A. Ramakrishnan
Rapporteur : Dr .Sutopa Das
Lead Paper 10
Speaker :
Immunopathogenesis Of Classical Swine Fever Dr. N. N. Barman,
Virus
College of Veterinary Science,
Assam Agricultural University,
Guwahati
Lead Paper 11
Speaker :
Vulnerability of the livestock in the North East Dr. A. Sen
Region of India to exotic viral incursion
ICAR RC NEH Region, Umiam
Oral Paper 13
Speaker :
Simultaneous detection of PCV and PPV by real Dr.Uttaran Bhattacharjee,
time PCR
ICAR RC for NEH Region, Umiam
Oral Paper 14
Transboundary fish pathogens and strategies
for combating in Indian aquaculture
Oral Paper 15
Evolutionary analysis of an Indian human
group B rotavirus strain which reveals
multiphyletic origin of capsid genes with huge
diversity
Oral Paper 16
Isolation of serotype O Foot and Mouth Disease
Virus resistant to nucleoside analogue 5fluorouracil
Oral Paper 17
Expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory
cytokines in classical swine fever virus
infection
Oral Paper18
Association of Luminous Vibriosis with White
Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimp, a threat to
Aquaculture

4:30pm5:30pm
5:30pm6:30pm
7:30pm
onwards

Outside
LT-1
LT-3
Lecture
theatre 3

Speaker :
Dr. S. S. Mishra,
Central institute of freshwater
Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar
Speaker :
Dr.Sharad Saurabh,
IVRI, Izatnagar

Speaker :
Dr.V.Umapathi,
IVRI Bangalore Campus

Speaker :
Ms. Elina Khatoon,
College of Veterinary Science,
Assam Agricultural University,
Guwahati
Speaker:
Dr. Tapti Sengupta,
West Bengal State University,
Kolkata

Poster viewing and Evaluation/ Tea

Examination
hall

General body meeting

Auditorium

Banquet

Utility Block

Day 3 : 10 Oct 2015 (Saturday)

Concurrent Session Veterinary & Aquatic Virology V

Time
7:30am9:00am
9.00 am1:30am

Events
Breakfast
Young scientist award Session
(simultaneously along with Technical Session V)
Technical Session V
Chairman : Dr. S.V. Ngachan
Co-chairman : Dr . Arnab Sen
Rapporteur : Dr .Tapti Sengupta
Lead Paper 12
Newcastle disease virus: Reverse genetics
approach to understand its biology
Lead Paper 13
Current understandings of Peste-des-petitsruminants virus
Oral Paper19
Sero-prevalence of Japanese encephalitis
antibodies in the swine population of Ri-Bhoi
and Khasi Hill region of Meghalaya.
Oral Paper 20
Identification of monoclonal antibody binding
regions in the N protein of Peste-des-petitsruminants virus
Oral Paper 21
Incidence, Serotyping and epidemiology of Foot
& Mouth Diseases in Assam
Oral Paper 22
Single dilution immunoassay to detect CSFV

Oral Paper 23
Oncogenic Poultry Viruses in Meghalaya
Oral Paper 24
Recombinant phosphoprotein based single
serum dilution ELISA for rapid serological
detection of Newcastle disease virus
11.00am11:15am
1:30pm2:00pm
2.00pm
onwards

Venue
Outside
LT-1
Auditorium
Lecture
Theatre 3

Speaker :
Dr. Sachin Kumar,
Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati
Speaker :
Dr. D. Muthuchelvan,
IVRI,Mukteswar
Speaker:
Dr. Samir Das,
ICAR RC NEH Region, Umiam
Speaker:
Dr. V.V. Dhanesh,
IVRI, Mukteswar
Speaker :
Dr. Pankaj Deka,
College of Veterinary Science
AAU, Guwahati
Speaker :
Mr.Rakesh Kumar,
Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati
Speaker :
Dr. K. Puro,
ICAR RC for NEH Region, Umiam
Speaker :
Ms. Moushumee Das,
Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati

Tea break

Examination
Hall

Valedictory function

Auditorium

Lunch

Outside
LT-1

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