AGENDA

INDIA’S CLINICAL RESEARCH RENAISSANCE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND NATIONAL ECOSYSTEM IN ACCELERATION

Pre Conference Workshops

08:00 AM : 08:05 AM

Session 1

THEME AND TOPICS SPEAKERS ROLE
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Main Conference Tracks

13-Feb-2026

09:00 AM : 09:45 AM

Session 1

THEME AND TOPICS SPEAKERS ROLE
Welcome and Opening Sneha Gupta
Director Regulatory Affairs
IQVIA 		Speaker
Lamp Lighting
President's Address DR. SEEMA PAI
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR)
President 		Speaker
Secretary's Report Mr Anirban Roy Chowdhury
Hon. General Secretary
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) 		Speaker
Scientific Programme Overview Mr Kedar Nayak
Study Delivery Team Director – Global Clinical Operations
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd 		Session Chair
DR. JERIN JOSE CHERIAN
Scientist-E (Med)
Indian Council of Medical Research 		Speaker

09:45 AM : 11:15 AM

Session 2

THEME AND TOPICS SPEAKERS ROLE
Introduction RRC Oration/Citation Mr Kedar Nayak
Study Delivery Team Director – Global Clinical Operations
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd 		Speaker
DR. JERIN JOSE CHERIAN
Scientist-E (Med)
Indian Council of Medical Research 		Speaker
Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Oration Dr. Sudeep Gupta, M.D., D.M., FNASc
Tata Memorial Centre
Director 		Speaker
Felicitation DR. SEEMA PAI
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR)
President 		Speaker
Acceptance Speech Dr. Y K Gupta
President, AIIMS - Jammu, and Former President AIIMS Bhopal
AIIMS 		Speaker
Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Awards- Academia Dr. Suman Karanth
Additional Director in Medical Oncology MBBS, MD, DNB Medical Oncology
Fortis Memorial Research Center, Gurugram, India 		Speaker
Felicitation-Awardee Lifetime Achievement Awards- Academia Mr Anirban Roy Chowdhury
Hon. General Secretary
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) 		Speaker
Acceptance Speech Dr. Upendra Kaul
Chairman, Batra Heart Centre and Dean of Academics and Clinical Research
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi. 		Speaker

11:15 AM : 11:45 AM

Session 3

THEME AND TOPICS SPEAKERS ROLE
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Felicitation DR. SEEMA PAI
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR)
President 		Speaker
 Vote of Thanks

11:45 AM : 01:00 PM

Session 4

THEME AND TOPICS SPEAKERS ROLE
Panel Discussion: Repositioning India as a Global Hub for Clinical Research: Harnessing Innovation and Patient-Centric Approaches for developing medicines for unmet medical needs in India Dr Sanish Davis
Director R&D and Country Head, GCO
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines 		Session Chair & Moderator
Cassandra Kennedy
Chief Quality, Regulatory Affairs, & Sustainability Officer
Fortrea 		Panelist
DR. SEEMA PAI
Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR)
President 		Panelist
Dr Ulhas Batra
Senior Consultant & Chief of Thoracic Medical Oncology
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre 		Panelist
Dr. Raj Shirumalla
Mission Director of the National Biopharma Mission
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) 		Panelist
Dr. Aparna Mukherjee
Clinical Studies and Trial Unit, Scientist F
Indian Council of Medical Research 		Panelist
Dr Amit Talwar
Associate Secretary General
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) 		Panelist
Winselow Tucker
Executive Committee Member
Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) 		Panelist