Pre Conference Workshops

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Introduction to ISCR and MW Workshop

10:30 AM : 12:00 PM

Session 1

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Strategic and Tactical Publication Planning in Evolving Clinical Landscapes	DR Shalini Nair Associate Director, Scientific Excellence, Novartis Novartis	Speaker
	UBHAYABHARATHI GURUNATH Senior Manager, Medical Information and Communications AstraZeneca India Pvt Ltd	Speaker

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12:00 PM : 01:00 PM

Session 2

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
From Data to Draft – Writing with Impact	Pooja Banerjee Senior Director and Head, Medical Communications Krystelis	Speaker
From Data to Draft – Writing with Impact	Vasudha Chachra Team Lead, Scientific Writing Sanofi	Speaker

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Lunch Break

02:00 PM : 03:00 PM

Session 3

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
From Data to Draft – Writing with Impact	Pooja Banerjee Senior Director and Head, Medical Communications Krystelis	Speaker
From Data to Draft – Writing with Impact	Vasudha Chachra Team Lead, Scientific Writing Sanofi	Speaker

08:05 AM : 08:10 AM

Session 1A

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
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08:00 AM : 08:05 AM

Session 1 testing order arrangemnets

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
Scientific Programme Overview	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
Introduction RRC Oration/Citation	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

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
Scientific Programme Overview	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
Introduction RRC Oration/Citation	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

13-Feb-2026 14-Feb-2026

08:00 AM : 09:00 AM

Registration

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Welcome talk	Gaurab Chakraborty VP, Head of India Veramed	Speaker
Accelerating clinical research through adaptive trial designs	Laurent Billot Director of Research Innovation, Biostatistics & Data Science, Centre for Operational & Research Exc The George Institute, Australia	Keynote 1
Smarter, Faster, Compliant: The New Blueprint for Clinical Programming	Roshan Stephen Associate Director, Clinical Data Science Novo Nordisk	Session Chair
Synthetic Data Automation: An R-Based Solution to Accelerate Clinical Trials	Rajni Nagi " Sr Principal Statistical Programmer" Syneos Health	Panelist
Predicting ECG Scan results through Deep (Machine) Learning	Arjun Samanta Associate II Stat Programmer Johnson & Johnson	Panelist
Integrating Time as the Fourth Dimension: Enhanced Visualization of Clinical Trial Data Using Dynamic Bubble Charts	Swetha Mandava Principal Statistical Programmer Sanofi	Panelist
	Ranga Suresh Sannidhi Principal Biostatistician Sanofi	Panelist

09:00 AM : 01:00 PM

Session 1-4 Common Sessions Across All Tracks

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Fire side Chat : Evolution of Biometrics in India through Global Collaboration and regulatory excellence	Krishnendu Biswas Sr. Director, Statistical Programming, Advanced Quantitative Sciences Novartis	Session Chair
	Deepak Venkataraman AVP , Statistics, Data and Analytics Eli Lilly	Panelist
	ANUPAM BENDRE Manager, Regulatory Affairs GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd	Panelist

01:00 PM : 02:00 PM

Lunch Break

02:00 PM : 05:30 PM

Poster Presentations & Assessments (in parallel to all ongoing tracks)

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Federated Learning (FL) for Clinical Trials: Breaking Barriers to Multi-Site Data Sharing with AI-Driven Approach	R Gunasekaran Director, Biostatistics IQVIA	Session Chair
Beyond Assumptions: Machine Learning's Impact on Sample Size Estimation in Clinical Trials	Varun Kumar Associate Statistical Data Scientist Pfizer	Panelist
Network Meta-Analysis for Evidence Synthesis	Amritendu Bhattacharya Advisor Statistics Eli Lilly	Panelist
The power of penalty: Harnessing high dimensional data - A comparative evaluation of penalized regression techniques	Dechamma B P Biostatistician II Syneos Health	Panelist
Audience Q&A

02:00 PM : 03:25 PM

Session 5

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Welcome talk	Gaurab Chakraborty VP, Head of India Veramed	-
Accelerating Clinical Research through Adaptive Trial Designs	Laurent Billot Director of Research Innovation, Biostatistics & Data Science, Centre for Operational & Research Exc The George Institute, Australia	Keynote 1
Smarter, Faster, Compliant: The New Blueprint for Clinical Programming	Roshan Stephen Associate Director, Clinical Data Science Novo Nordisk	Session Chair
Synthetic Data Automation: An R-Based Solution to Accelerate Clinical Trials	Rajni Nagi " Sr Principal Statistical Programmer" Syneos Health	Panelist
Predicting ECG Scan results through Deep (Machine) Learning	Arjun Samanta Associate II Stat Programmer Johnson & Johnson	Panelist
Integrating Time as the Fourth Dimension: Enhanced Visualization of Clinical Trial Data Using Dynamic Bubble Charts	Swetha Mandava Principal Statistical Programmer Sanofi	Panelist
	Ranga Suresh Sannidhi Principal Biostatistician Sanofi	Panelist

03:25 PM : 04:00 PM

Session 6

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Fire side Chat : Evolution of Biometrics in India through Global Collaboration and Regulatory Excellence	Krishnendu Biswas Sr. Director, Statistical Programming, Advanced Quantitative Sciences Novartis	Session Chair
	Deepak Venkataraman AVP , Statistics, Data and Analytics Eli Lilly	Panelist
	Anup Kumar Banerjee Director, Biostatistics Fortrea	Panelist

04:00 PM : 04:30 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

04:30 PM : 05:00 PM

Session 7

THEME AND TOPICS	SPEAKERS	ROLE
Harnessing the Advancements in Computing Power	R Gunasekaran Director, Biostatistics IQVIA	Session Chair
Beyond Assumptions: Machine Learning's Impact on Sample Size Estimation in Clinical Trials	Varun Kumar Associate Statistical Data Scientist Pfizer	Panelist
Network Meta-Analysis for Evidence Synthesis	Amritendu Bhattacharya Advisor Statistics Eli Lilly	Panelist
The Power of Penalty: Harnessing High Dimensional Data - A Comparative Evaluation of Penalized Regression Techniques	Dechamma B P Biostatistician II Syneos Health	Panelist
Audience Q & A

06:00 PM : 07:00 PM

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

07:30 PM : 0

Awards + Gala Dinner

AGENDA

Pre Conference Workshops

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Track 5 - Pharmacovigilance (PV)