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Scientific Programme

Thursday, 9th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Workshops and Courses
Suryamukhee (401) Kaner (403) Mogra A (404A) Mogra B (404B)
09:00 – 13:15 hr IST
Imaging in Rheumatology Course (View Program)
Faculty: Vishad Vishwanath, Gangarathna Krishna, Meghna Gavali, Sreedevi Suresh, Sriram Rajan, Madhvi Chawla, Vidur Mahajan, Pooja Jain
Convenors: Arun Kumar Kedia, Anshul Goel
Coordinators: Shruti Bajad, Nikhil Gupta, Gaurav Seth, Shubha Bhalla
Osteoporosis and DXA Interpretation Workshop (View Program)
Faculty: Ajit Surin, Manoj Chaddha, Kaushik Basu, Mahabaleshwar M
Convenors: Parthajit Das, Puneet Mashru
Coordinators: Devendra Bairwa, Anisha Kwatra
Autoantibody Interpretation Workshop
Faculty: Natasha Jordan, Elizabeth Price, Rohit Aggarwal, Savino Sciascia, Shivraj Padiyar, Saikumar Dunga, Kasturi Hazarika
Convenors: Keerthi Talari Bommakanti, Spoorthy Kothapalli
Coordinators: Suvrat Arya, Anu Gulati, Neha Agrawal
Advanced Allergy Workshop
Faculty: Frank Kette, Chengappa KG, Kunal Chandwar, Aida Ahmadie
Convenors: Pravin Hissaria
Coordinators: Sameer Gulati, Anju Singh
13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 18:15 hr IST
14:00 – 16:00 hr IST β€” Imaging in Rheumatology Course Continued
GRAPPA Workshop Adjacent to IRACON
Faculty: Nigil Haroon, Anupam Wakhlu, Sunil Dogra, Vijay KR Rao, Bhowmik Meghnathi
Convenors: Ashish Jacob Mathew, Himanshu Pathak
Coordinators: Punit Pruthi, Meha Sharma, Sajal Ajmani
CTD-ILD Advanced Workshop (View Program)
Faculty: Pravin Patil, C Saranya, Deepak Talwar, Srinivas Rajagopala, Amit Dhamija, Charul Dabral, Samarjit S Ghuman
Convenors: Shanmuganandan K, Sham Santhanam
Coordinators: Rupali Malik, Sauvik Dasgupta
Pain Management Workshop (View Program)
Faculty: RN Sarkar, Kishore Babu, Sushant Shinde, Mahindra Singh Baansal, Neha Goyal
Convenors: Dharmanand BG, Amit Dua
Coordinators: Aarti Sharma, Anish Aggarwal, Himanshu Aggarwal.
Max, Saket
09:00 – 18:00 hr IST
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshops – Basic and Intermediate
Convenors: Prasandeep Rath, Ramnath Misra, Ved Chaturvedi
Coordinators: Shaloo Bhasin Gagneja, Swetal Pandey
Faculty: Girish Gandikota, Yasushi Kondo, John Mathew, Vishal Kaura Aggarwal, Silas Nelson, Vikramraj K Jain, Puja Srivastava, Harish Kumar, Rashmi Rungta, Anna C Das, Raghav Aggarwal, Amit Kumar Sahu, Sonjjoy Pandey
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop – Paediatric Intermediate
Convenors: Sujata Sawhney, Manjari Agarwal
Faculty: Johaness Roth
Palash B   |   09:00 – 17:20 hr IST   |   IRA Refresher Course
Session Chair: OP Garg
Concluding Chair: Arun Gogna
Convenors: Pulin Gupta, Piyush Jain, Sujata Mathews, Princi Jain
Time Topic Speaker Chairs
09:00 – 10:00 IST Integrating Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for RA Gayatri Ekbote Mohini Ashok Ganu
Varghese Koshy
Liyakat Ali Gauri
Choosing between targeted therapies for RA - What we know! Sirisha Kommireddy
Therapy escalation and treatment goals in palindromic RA Sandeep Yadav
10:00 – 11:00 hr IST Managing SLE in Diverse Populations: Addressing Disparities in Care Pratyusha Rajavarapu Dhrubajyoti Sharma
Lubna Khurshid
Manesh Manoj
Induction Therapy in Lupus Nephritis: Double vs Triple - in Indian Context Ritasman Baisya
Newer therapies for Lupus: What unmet needs would they address Rajesh S
11:00 – 11:15 IST   |   Mobility Break
11:15 – 12:15 hr IST Suspecting and diagnosing enthesitis and tendinopathies early Saumya Ranjan Tripathy Rahul Ladda
Daisey Doley
Harpreet Singh
Myofascial Pain vs Fibromyalgia: Clinical Differentiation and Management Aswin Nair
Injection Therapies (PRP, Prolotherapy, Needling) for Soft Tissue Pain J. Durga Rao Yadavalli
12:15 – 13:15 hr IST Difficult-to-treat, chronic, tophaceous gout - What options we have! Abraham Mohan Biswadip Ghosh
Sanjana Joseph
Apurva Khare
Sequential Therapy in Osteoporosis - Cracking the code! Sandeep Kansurkar
Long-Acting Injectable Therapies for OA - How better are they! Nilesh Nolkha
13:15 – 14:00 IST   |   Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 hr IST CRISPR and Gene Editing: Future Applications in Autoimmunity Mani Madeshwaran Hardik Rathod
Bharat Panigrahy
Joydeep Samanta
Bispecific T-cell Engagers (BiTEs) - New Frontier in Autoimmune Modulation Satyam Bhatt
CAR T-cells in AIRDs: Early Experience and Future Directions Venkatesh Pai
15:00 – 16:00 hr IST Avacopan and Complement Inhibitors in ANCA-associated Vasculitis Raghavendra H Mohammed Irfan
Arifa Haleema Siddiqui
Archana Singh
JAK Inhibitors: Expanding Indications, Safety Profiles and Concerns Danveer Bhadu
Bimekizumab for Axial Spondyloarthritis: Efficacy and Safety Shashank Akerkar
16:00 – 16:20 IST   |   Mobility Break
16:20 – 17:20 hr IST AI in diagnosis and management of Rheumatic Diseases - Where are we! Sabarinath Mahadevan Manoj Kumar
Pravin Jain
Gautam Punjabi
Machine Learning in Predicting Disease Progression Sakir Ahmed
Ethical Challenges in Implementing AI in Clinical Practice Sanat Phatak

Friday, 10th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Special Interest Groups’ Business Meetings
Suryamukhee (401) Kaner (403) Mogra A (404 A) Mogra B (404 B)
07:45 – 08:45 hr IST
Rheumatoid Arthritis (View Program) Digital Health (View Program) Lupus Chronic Pain and Soft Tissue Rheumatology
14:30 – 15:30 hr IST
SjΓΆgren's Disease (View Program) Emotional and Mental Health in RDs (View Program)
17:00 – 18:00 IST
Psoriatic Arthritis (PASIG India) Osteoarthritis (View Program) Vasculitis (IRAVAS)
Meet the Professor
Palash A Palash B Palash C
07:45 – 08:45 hr IST
Nigil Haroon
Spondyloarthritis
Facilitators: Pravin Patil, Debaditya Roy
Coordinator: Paras Kathuria 		Girish Gandikota
DECT in AIRDs
Facilitators: Abhishek Patil, Shyam Shah
Coordinator: Shubha Bhalla 		Rohit Aggarwal
Myositis
Facilitators: Phanikumar, Kaustubh Telang
Coordinator: Shruti Bajad
Main Conference
Palash A Palash B Palash C
Session Chair: Ved Chaturvedi
Concluding Chair: Sujata Sawhney 		Session Chair: AN Malaviya
Concluding Chair: Sundeep Upadhyaya 		Session Chair: SJ Gupta
Concluding Chair: Sunil Attri
08:55 – 13:00 hr IST
Convenors: Ranjan Gupta, Paras Kathuria Convenors: Ghan Shyam Pangtey, Shubha Bhalla Convenors: Sameer Gulati, Shruti Bajad, Siddharth Jain
09:00 – 09:55 IST
Oral Abstracts
Judges: Amar Tej Atal, Silas Vinay Vidyadhar Rao, Reena Karkhele 		08:55 – 09:00 hr IST
Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair

09:00 – 10:30 hr IST
Reproductive Rheumatology Symposium

09:00 – 10:00 hr IST
Chairs: R. Ravichandran, Remesh Bhasi, Mamatha P. Venkatesh
Year in review: 5 most impactful papers – Srujana Arekal
Imaging in Pregnancy in Rheumatic Diseases – Khushboo Pilania
Teratogenicity of Rheumatology drugs – Vinod Ravindran 		09:00 – 09:55 hr IST
Oral Abstracts
Judges: Sourav Pradhan, Bhandari Gurbir, Bindhyachal Gupta
09:55 – 10:00 hr IST
Address by the Session Chair		 09:55 – 10:00 hr IST
Address by the Session Chair
10:00 – 11:00 hr IST
Rare Rheumatic Diseases
Chairs: Kishore Babu, Manohar Joshi, Shailee Chandak
Sarcoid arthropathy – Manisha Ashwin Daware
IgG4-RD – Sourabh Malviya
SAPHO syndrome – Piyush Joshi 		10:00 – 10:30 hr IST
Chairs: R Porkodi, Sukumar Mukherjee, Namisha Patel
Challenges in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Natasha Jordan

10:30 – 11:00 hr IST
Paul Bacon Lecture
Chairs: Mahendranath KM, Pradeep Bambery, Binoy Paul
Rheumatoid Vasculitis – Chris Edwards 		10:00 – 11:00 hr IST
Rheumatic Diseases & Special Situations
Chairs: Satyabrata Ganguly, Aradhana Singh, Ashaq Hussain Parrey
DMARDs in renal/hepatic dysfunction – Nagaraj S
Managing Older Patients – Sukhbir Uppal
Organ transplant in rheumatic diseases – Samir Rajadhyaksha
11:00 – 11:20 hr IST | Mobility Break
11:20 – 12:00 hr IST
My Best Case
Chairs: C.A. Abdul Khadir, Satbir Kaur, Anuroopa Vijayan
Presenters: Sajjan Shenoy, Aparna Reddy, Padmaja Raghavan 		11:20 – 12:00 hr IST
Cutting Edge Updates
Chairs: Vishal Marwaha, Varsha P. Bagul, Bhaskar Ghosh
Relapsing Polychondritis – Aman Sharma
Gut and Rheumatic Diseases – Damodaram P 		11:20 – 12:00 hr IST
Panel Discussion: csDMARDs
Moderator: Varun Dhir
Panelists: Deonis Xess, VN Nagaprabhu, Ajit Surin, Vishad Vishwanath
12:00 – 12:30 hr IST
IRA Presidential Oration
Speaker: Chandrashekara S
Chairs: Ramnath Misra, Sukumar Mukherjee, Dharmanand BG
12:30 – 13:00 hr IST
IRA Oration
Speaker: Shefali K Sharma
Chairs: Chandrashekara S, Ashok Kumar, John Mathew
13:00 – 14:00 hr IST | Lunch Symposium - Boehringer | Symposium - Eli Lilly | Symposium - Ozone
14:00 – 18:00 hr IST
Convenors: Sauvik Dasgupta, Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Manjari Agarwal Convenors: Naval Mendiratta, Sujata Mathews Convenors: Alok Kalyani, Gaurav Seth
14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
Rapid Updates
Chairs: Shruti Paramshetti, Muzaffar Bindroo, Prateek Deo
Suspecting and diagnosing BCP Arthritis – Akhil Goel
Haemochromatosis arthropathy – Nikunj Kumar
Ochronosis arthropathy – Anjana G Varier
RS3PE – Deepti Sripurna 		14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
Psoriatic Arthritis Update
Chairs: Venugopal Balakrishnan, Jacob Antony, Madhumita P. Das
Year in Review: Psoriatic Arthritis – Kushagra Gupta
Axial PsA: update from AXIS study – Pradeep Kumar
Personalising therapy for PsA – V Krishnamurthy 		14:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Myositis Symposium

14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
Chairs: Vishal Marwaha, Utkarsha Patil, Hemant Gopal
Year in Review: IIM – Amirtha Gopalan
Challenges in IIM: Case-based – Harikrishnan G
Diagnostic modalities in IIM – Liza Rajasekhar

15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Chairs: Kartik S, Gangarathna Krishna, Bankim Desai
Targeted therapies in Myositis – Rohit Aggarwal
15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Case Blitz
Chairs: Jagannathan Kandasamy, Nayantara Shenoy, Saket Jha
Presenters: Jeet Patel, Akshat Pandey, Bharatveer Manchanda 		15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Debate
Judges: Partha Sarkar, Anjali Rajadhyaksha, Aniruddha Tembe
AI will change the face of rheumatology practice
For: S Shankar
Against: Bidyut Das
15:30 – 15:50 hr IST | Mobility Break
15:50 – 16:50 hr IST
Rapid Updates
Chairs: Nupoor Acharya, Rachel Oommen, Arvind Jain
Scleroderma renal crisis – Sunil Kumar Singh
Lupus headache – Mujeeb Rahman
Steroid induced psychosis – Anuj Shukla
csDMARD refractory AOSD – Kamal Bhatt 		15:50 – 17:00 hr IST
SjΓΆgren's Symposium

15:50 – 16:30 hr IST
Chairs: B. Padma Kumar, Shweta Singhai, Natasha Negalur
Year in Review: SjΓΆgren's – Shankar Naidu
Spectrum of Neuro-SjΓΆgren – Sandhya P

16:30 – 17:00 hr IST
Chairs: G Narsimulu, CP Rajendran, Rohini Samant
Tailoring therapy in difficult-to-treat SjΓΆgren’s – Elizabeth Price

17:00 hr IST
Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair 		15:50 – 16:30 hr IST
Triangular Debate
Judges: T.P. Antony, Ripal Shah, Shruti Sripati
The targeted therapy that should be used first in RA
JAKi: Vidya S
TNFi: Paul Antony
Rituximab: Suresh Adimulam

16:30 – 17:30 hr IST
Infections and Rheumatology
Chairs: A. Khaliq, Kripasindhu Gantait, Vaijayanti Joshi
Infection vs inflammation – Parshant Aggarwal
Vaccination checklist – Kavitha MM
Emerging infections – Sravan Kumar Appani
16:50 – 17:20 hr IST
Panel Discussion: ILD in Rheumatic Diseases
Moderator: Vijaya Prasanna Parimi
Panelists: Chellapandian D, P Shenoy, AN Roy, Geetabali Sircar
17:20 – 18:30 hr IST
Paediatric Rheumatology Update

17:20 – 17:50 hr IST
Chairs: Sathish Kumar, Aruna Bhat, Suparna Guha
Year in Review – AV Ramanan

17:50 – 18:30 hr IST
Panel Discussion: Pediatric Rheumatic presentations
Moderator: Suma Balan
Panelists: Johaness Roth, Mahesh Janarthanan, Mehul Jariwala, Priyankar Pal, Rakesh Pilania

18:30 hr IST
Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair 		17:30 – 18:00 hr IST
Updates Session
Chairs: Mukhyaprana Prabhu, Silas Nelson, Ira Pande
The Aplar 2025 Gout Registry: Observation, insights and applications: Paul Lorenzo

18:00 – 18:30 hr IST
Clinicopathological Conference
Chairs: Arul Rajamurugan, Shailaja Sabnis, Manish Dugar
Clinical Discussant: Vineeta Shobha
Pathologist: Anisha Manocha

18:30 hr IST
Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair
18:30 – 20:30 hr IST
Inauguration and Cultural Programme

Saturday, 11th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Special Interest Groups’ Business Meetings
Suryamukhee (401) Kaner (403) Mogra A (404 A) Mogra B (404 B)
07:45 – 08:45 hr IST
Spondyloarthritis Systemic Sclerosis (View Program) Reproductive Rheumatology (View Program) Osteoporosis (View Program)
14:30 – 15:30 hr IST
IgG4-related disease (View Program) Women Health Issues in RDs (View Program)
17:00 – 18:00 hr IST
Myositis Crystal Arthropathies
Meet the Professor
Palash A Palash B Palash C
07:45 – 08:45 hr IST
Chris Edwards
Targeted Therapies
Facilitators: Subramanian R, Rajat Ranka
Coordinator: Sajal Ajmani
Elizabeth Price
SjΓΆgren's Disease
Facilitators: Sandhya P, Mukesh Maurya
Coordinator: Priyanka Kharbanda
Paulo Lorenzo
Gout
Facilitators: Nilesh Nolkha, Sowmya Kotha
Coordinator: Gaurav Seth
Main Conference
Palash A Palash B Palash C
Session Chair: Rajiva Gupta
Concluding Chair: Atul Kakkar 		Session Chair: Lalit Duggal
Concluding Chair: Sumeet Agrawal 		Session Chair: Sanjiv Kapoor
Concluding Chair: Sriram Garg
08:55 – 13:15 hr IST
Convenors: Aarti Sharma, Sajal Ajmani Convenors: Pulin Gupta, Priyanka Kharbanda Convenors: Meha Sharma, Vishal Kaura
09:00 – 09:55
Oral Abstracts
Judges: Sreejitha K.S., Salil Ganu, Chirag Raj Kumar Kopp 		08:55 – 09:00
Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair

09:00 – 11:00
Rheumatoid Arthritis Symposium

09:00 – 09:30
Chairs: Abhrajit Ray, Varsha Bhatt, V.P. Pandey
Milestones in RA – Emil Thachil
Year in review – Subramanian R

09:30 – 10:30
Chairs: Sanjeeb Kakati, Samikrishnan Perumal, Fayaz Ahmad Sofi
Seronegative RA – Ajit Nalawade
csDMARD combos – Rajkiran Dudam
JAKi in RA – Sundeep Grover 		09:00 – 09:55
Oral Abstracts
Judges: Vidya K Bangar, Deepak Malgutte, Aruna Sree Malipeddi
09:55 – 10:00
Address by the Session Chair 		09:55 – 10:00
Address by the Session Chair
10:00 – 11:00
Women’s Health
Chairs: Ramya Puligari, Neha Arora, Shiv Kumar Suman
Recurrent pregnancy loss – Hema Murugesan
Anti-Ro/La pregnancy – Shefali Sharma
X-biased autoimmunity – Kavita Krishna 		10:30 – 11:00
Chairs: Arvind Chopra, Nimish Nanavati, Molly M Thabah
On drug and drug-free remission – Chris Edwards 		10:00 – 11:00
Systemic Sclerosis Update
Chairs: V.S.V. Prasad, Roopa Tekkatte, Archana Sonawale
Year in review – Pooja Belani
ILD & PAH – Padmanabha Shenoy
D2T Skin fibrosis – Vikas Agarwal
11:00 – 11:20 | Mobility Break
11:20 – 12:00
Panel Discussion: Burning Topics in Women's Health in AIRDs
Moderator: Madhuri HR
Panelists: Jyotsna Oak, Prasanta Pradhan, Paramjeet Singh, Sunitha Kayidhi 		11:20 – 12:15
Through My Eyes
Chairs: Ashit Syngle, V.V. Kaushik, P. Soundara Rajan
Evolution of Gout Guidelines – George Nuki
Rheumatology Practice India vs UK vs USA – Ashok Kumar 		11:20 – 12:00
Panel Discussion: Choosing targeted therapies in RA
Moderator: Shiva Prasad BN
Panelists: URK Rao, Syamasis Bandyopadhyay, Mithun CB, AK Khan
12:15 – 12:45
Kolkon Oration
Speaker: Sham S
Chairs: Alakendu Ghosh, Vinod Ravindran, V Krishnamurthy
12:45 – 13:15
IRA Young Rheumatologist Oration
Speaker: Mohit Goyal
Chairs: Chandrashekara S, Vinod Ravindran, Bimlesh Dhar Pandey
13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch Symposium - Abbott | Symposium - GSK | Symposium - Novo Nordisk
14:00 – 18:00 hr IST
Convenors: Piyush Jain, Kiran Seth Convenors: Shaloo Bhasin Gagneja, Nikhil Gupta Convenors: Divya Agarwal, Suvrat Arya
14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
How I Treat
Chairs: Santosh Kumar Mandal, Ranjeet Kaur
Dactylitis and Enthesitis – Kunal Kishore
Calcinosis cutis – Raheesh Raveendran
Digital ulcers in SSc – Amit Kansal
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy – Pramod Chebbi 		14:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Spondyloarthritis Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
Chairs: S. Rukmangatharajan, Swetha J., Rathindranath Haldar
Year in review: Spondyloarthritis – Arun Hegde
Spondyloarthritis in India versus the West – Rajendra Varaprasad
Non-pharmacological measures in SpA – Vivek Vasdev

15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Chairs: V Rajamani, Yojana Gokhale, Rahul Jain
Personalizing targeted therapies – Nigil Haroon 		14:00 – 15:30 hr IST
SLE Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 hr IST
Chairs: T.N. Tamilselvam, Nachiket Kulkarni, Chethana Dharmapalaiah
Year in review: SLE – Gaurav Dembla
Understanding pathogenesis of SLE – Amita Aggarwal
Tips for managing Lupus Nephritis – Manish Rathi

15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Chairs: S Ramesh, Niharika Gill, Sarvajeet Pal
Newer therapies in SLE – Natasha Jordan
15:00 – 15:30 hr IST
Case Blitz
Chairs: Bhupen Barman, Chanchal Gera, Rahul Sahu
Presenters: Debashis Maikap, Koshy Nithin Thomas, Rishabh Nanavati
15:30 – 15:50 hr IST | Mobility Break
15:50 – 16:50 hr IST
Drug Updates
Chairs: K. Krishnan Kutty, Santa Naorem, Shivaputrappa Ghanti
Topiroxostat – Vignesh M
Polmacoxib – Yathish GC
Iguratimod – Vishnu Chandran
Upadacitinib – RK Naidu 		15:50 – 16:50 hr IST
Vasculitis Update
β€œDRA dedicates this to the memory of Late Prof. Debashish Danda.”
Chairs: Ramesh Ramamoorthy, Archana Khanagavi Uppin, Rajeshwar Reddy Guda
Practice changing papers – Durga Prasanna Misra
Imaging in large vessel vasculitis – Ruchika Goel
Targeted DMARDs – Ramesh Jois 		15:50 – 16:50 hr IST
Treating Better
Chairs: Pooja Dhaon, Chanaveerappa Bammigatti, Partha Ghorai
Intra-articular injections – Sami Salman
Non-pharmacological treatment of Osteoarthritis – Arghya Chattopadhyay
Drug sequencing in Osteoporosis – Pradip Sarma
16:50 – 17:30 hr IST
My Best Case
Chairs: Bibhuti Nath Jha, Niranjan Padhy, Asmita More
Presenters: Somya Jain, Narendra Vadlamudi, Jagbir Singh 		16:50 – 17:20 hr IST
Panel Discussion
Ordering and Interpreting MRI in Axial SpA
Moderator: Abhishek Patil
Panelists: Vishnu Sharma, Atul Gattani, Bonnie Abujam, Bharat Singh 		16:50 – 17:20 hr IST
Panel Discussion
Treatment options for Osteoarthritis
Moderator: Shabbir Chikani
Panelists: Urmila Dhakad, Kaushik Bhojani, Shweta Agarwal, Durgesh Srivastava
17:30 hr IST
Summary & Close by Concluding Chair		 17:20 hr IST
Summary & Close by Concluding Chair 		17:20 – 18:00 hr IST
Keynote Lecture
Chairs: Shanmuganandan K, S Venkatachalam
Artificial intelligence - Integrating into Rhematology practice – Suchitra Kataria

18:00 hr IST – Summary & Close by Concluding Chair
Suryamukhee (401) | 14:00 – 18:00 hr IST
Time Topic Faculty
Convenors: Shallu Verma, Neha Agrawal
14:00 – 16:20 hr IST Rheuma Sansad
14:00 – 15:40 hr IST Reaching the Underserved: Lessons in Delivering Rheumatology Care and Education Prashant Kaushik
Bridging the Gap: UK Rheumatology Training - Insights for India S Venkatachalam
The Unseen Epidemic: Why Rheumatic Disease Burden Demands Policy Action Ram Raj Singh
Tech-Enhanced Training: Weaving ICT into Rheumatology Education Gillian Ruth Kette
EHRs in Rheumatology: Navigating the Digital Shift – The Pros and The Cons Ira Pande
15:40 – 16:20 hr IST Panel Discussion - Rheumatology Forward: Shaping the Future of Care, Education, and Policy
Moderator: Uma Kumar 		Panelists:Prashant Kaushik, S Venkatachalam, Ram Raj Singh, Gillian Ruth Kette, Ira Pande, Arvind Sinha
17:00 – 18:00 hr IST Oral Abstracts Judges:
Arjun M.N., Mayank Gupta, Shubhada Kalke

Sunday, 12th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Meet the Professor
Palash A Palash B Palash C
07:45 – 08:45 hr IST
Suchitra Kataria
Leveraging technology for productivity in Rheumatology practice
Facilitators: Sourabh Malviya, Aakash Singh
Coordinator: Arjun MN 		Yoshiya Tanaka
SLE
Facilitators: Avinash Jain, Harsh Jain
Coordinator: Swetal Pandey 		Pravin Hissaria
Allergy
Facilitators: Vishad Vishwanath, Jithin Mathew
Coordinator: Anisha Kwatra
Main Conference
Suryamukhee (401) Palash B Palash C
Session Chair: Hemant Sharma
Concluding Chair: BK Kundu 		Session Chair: Indrajit Agarwal Session Chair: R P Saini
Concluding Chair: Vinay Singhal
08:55 – 13:00 hr IST
Convenors: Princi Jain, Anu Daber Convenors: Swetal Pandey, Sankar J Convenors: Danveer Bhadu, Anisha Kwatra
09:00 – 10:00 hr IST
Rheumatology Masterminds 2025 – Quiz for Rheumatology Trainees - Prelims
Referees: Rahul Vasantrao Patil, Parul Baldi, Joseph Antony
Quiz Masters: Bhuvanesh M, Nagma Bansal, Sri Anusha Matam, Nikhila GS 		08:55 – 09:00 hr IST
Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair

09:00 – 09:40 hr IST
Beyond Prescription
Chairs: DS Mathur, Parasar Ghosh, Rajesh Kumar
Counselling a patient with chronic disease: what to say and what not to say? – Alakendu Ghosh
Patients who ask about alternative medicine: what to say and what not to say? – B Radhakrishna 		09:00 – 10:00 hr IST
Uncommon entities
Chairs: Abhishek Kumar, Amruta Digole Sanap, Madan Mohan
VEXAS syndrome: When to suspect? What next? – Rahul Bisaralli
DADA2: Our understanding in 2025 – Yogesh Preet Singh
MAS in adult rheumatology: When to suspect – N Raja
10:00 – 11:00 hr IST
IRA SD Deodhar Quiz Finals
Referees: Chandra Bhushan Prasad, Juhi Dixit, Vikas Gupta
Quiz Masters: Sanket Shah, Siddharth Jain, Sundaram TG, Shounak Ghosh, Sumanth Madan, Niladri Bhowmick 		09:40 – 10:30 hr IST
Updates Session
Chairs: PSR Gupta, Puneet Kumar, Smruti Ramteke
Updates from the COVAD study: Take home points – Binit Vaidya
Update on ANCA Associated Vasculitis – Carol A Langford 		10:00 – 11:00 hr IST
Clinical Approach
Chairs: Paresh Jena, Uma Buggi, Glaxon Alex
Antibody negative Inflammatory Myositis: How to proceed? – Phanikumar D
APS Nephropathy: Recognition and Management – Atanu Pal
Autoinflammatory diseases in adults: When to suspect? – Kaveri K Nalianda
11:00 – 12:00 hr IST
Rheumatology Masterminds 2025 – Quiz for Rheumatology Trainees - Finals
Referees: Naman Jain, Shyamashis Das, Prakash Paymode
Quiz Masters: Balaji C, Kavya Devi, Upendra Rathore, Deepika Ponnuru 		10:30 – 11:30 hr IST
Latest in Rheumatology
Chairs: S Rajeshwari, Sarath Chandra Mouli V, Anoof PP
Molecular targeting therapy for SLE based on disease mechanisms – Yoshiya Tanaka
CAR T-Cell therapy in Rheumatic Diseases – Where can I start recommending? – Pravin Hissaria 		11:00 – 12:00 hr IST
Beyond Drugs
Chairs: Nallasivan Subramanian, Sarbani Rudra Sengupta, Mushtaq Dangroo
Role of strength and resistance exercises in Rheumatic Diseases – Abhra Chowdhury
Diet in rheumatic diseases: Dos and Don'ts – Ankit Jain
Management of Fibromyalgia beyond pharmacotherapy – Able Lawrence
12:00 hr IST
Summary and Close by the Concluding Chair		 11:30 – 12:30 hr IST
Tricks and Traps in RA
Chairs: Udas Chandra Ghosh, Anupama Swamy, Pranav Raman Chickermane
Cytopenias in RA: Evaluation and Management – Gurmeet Singh
Peripheral neuropathy in RA: Drugs or Disease? – Praveen Jadhav
Secondary Sicca in RA versus Primary Sjogren's – Sapan Pandya 		12:00 – 12:30 hr IST
Debate
Judges: Pradyot Sinhamahapatra, Bhupendra Kumar, Tanmay Gandhi
Benefits of long-term low dose glucocorticoids for RA outweigh the risks
For: Jijith Krishnan
Against: Uma Karijigi
12:30 – 13:00 hr IST
Scientific Chair’s report and Valedictory Function		 12:30 hr IST
Summary and Close by the Concluding Chair
13:00 – 14:00 hr IST   |   Lunch
Palash A | 08:55 – 16:00 hr IST | Rheumatology CME for Physicians
Session Chair: DS Bhakuni
Concluding Chair: Rohini Handa
Convenors: Arjun MN, Rupali Malik, Saumya Rawat, Dharmendra Kumar
Time Topic Speaker Chairs
08:55 – 09:00 hr IST Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair
09:00 – 09:45 hr IST
Rheumatoid Arthritis		 A typical case (presentation + diagnosis) Shubha Bhalla Shrikant Wagh
Vitull K Gupta
Sachin Dhote
Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up Ashwini Kamath
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Manish Bavaliya
Q&A All Speakers
09:45 – 10:30 hr IST
Axial SpA (AS)		 A typical case (presentation + diagnosis) Swapan Deep Singh Lalana Kalekar
Vijay Kumar
Puneet Saxena
Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up Sachin RJ
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Dantis Emmanuel
Q&A All Speakers
10:30 – 11:00 hr IST
Psoriatic Arthritis		 Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis Prashant Bafna Alpana Parmar
Jhasaketan Meher
Raviraj Acharya
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Shaloo Bhasin Gagneja
Q&A All Speakers
11:00 – 11:15 hr IST | Mobility Break
11:15 – 12:00 hr IST
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus		 A typical case (presentation + diagnosis) Dhaiwat Shukla Ravi Kiran Kona
Sree Hari Reddy Gadekallu
Akshay Parikh
Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up Princi Jain
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Isha Sood
Q&A All Speakers
12:00 – 12:45 hr IST
Systemic Sclerosis		 A typical case (presentation + diagnosis) Dheeraj Mittal George Kallarackal
Rutuja Puraswani
SS Dariya
Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up Dhaval Tanna
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Avinash Jain
Q&A All Speakers
12:45 – 13:15 hr IST The Romance of Clinical Medicine: a Pictorial Journey Arup Kumar Kundu Rajendra Kumar Jha
Mukund Ray
Rajpreet Singh
13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 hr IST
Sjogren's Syndrome		 Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis Ramakant Singh Avinash Agarwal
Prashant Chotalia
Madhukar Rai
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Pradeepta Sekhar Patro
Q&A All Speakers
14:30 – 15:00 hr IST
Gout		 Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis Jasneet Singh PD Meena
Mohit Saran
Divya Kunal Lala
Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis Gautam Dhar Choudhury
Q&A All Speakers
15:00 – 15:25 hr IST
Vasculitis		 Large vessel vasculitis in an internist's clinic (2 cases - GCA, Tak) Harshini AS Vaibhav Ingle
Arun M.S
Naisar Nahar
Small and Medium vessel vasculitis in an internist's clinic (1 case each) Adarsh MB
Q&A All Speakers
15:25 – 15:50 hr IST
Mixed Bag		 Inflammatory Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (2 cases) Nilesh Patil Ashish Jindal
Sukdev Manna
Deepak Gautam
Post viral arthritis and viral myositis (2 cases) Arun Tiwari
Q&A All Speakers
15:50 – 16:00 hr IST Concluding Remarks by the Concluding Chair and the Organising Secretary
16:10 – 16:30 hr IST High Tea