Day – 1: 5TH February, 2026 (Thursday)
Pre-Conference Workshop: 1
Skill-Based Hands-on Training in Breast Examination
Time | Event details |
9:00 – 9:15 | Registration |
9:15 – 9:30 | Welcome address · Dr. MM Singh, Head Community Medicine · Dr. Pragya Sharma, Executive Director, NHSRC · Dr. Birendra Kumar Yadav, Director, BBIF Cancer Care
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9:30 – 13:00 | Speaker:
· Dr Shveta Lukhmana Professor,
Workshop Facilitators· Dr. Reeta Devi, Professor, · Dr. Nidhi Bhatnagar, Associate Professor, · Dr. Surabhi Puri, Assistant Professor, |
Vote of thanks | · Dr Nidhi Bhatnagar, Associate Professor, MAMC |
13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH |
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 2
Building a Cancer free tomorrow: The role of Preventive Oncology
Venue: Conference Room, 3rd floor, Dept of Community Medicine, MAMC | ||
Time | Event details | Speakers |
13:30 –14:00 | Registration |
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14:00-16:45 | Chairpersons · Dr M.M Singh, Director Professor and Head Community Medicine, MAMC · Dr Vikrant Mohanty, Professor and Head, Community Dentistry, MAIDS | |
14:00-14:15 | Lifestyle & Behavioural Risk Factors in Cancer Prevention
| Dr. Jitendra Kumar Meena, Associate Professor, AIIMS |
14:15-14:30 | Cancer Vaccines: HPV & Hepatitis-B – Evidence & Implementation
| Dr. Anurita Srivastava, Director Professor & Head, Radiation Oncology, MAMC |
14:30-14:45 | Screening & Early Detection: Cost-Effective Models for India
| Dr. Ekta Gupta, Scientist-E, ICMR-NICPR |
14:45-15:00 | Genetics & Precision Prevention: Identifying High-Risk Groups
| Dr. Seema Kapoor, Director-Prof Paediatrics MAMC |
15:00-15:15 | Onco-fertility in Australia: Integrating into Multidisciplinary Cancer Care and Implications for India
| Dr. Apoorva Bhargava, Royal Women’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia |
15:15-15:30
| Cancer Control: Linking Policy, Primary Care & Community
| Dr. Tushar Nale, Assistant Director General, NCDC |
15:30-16:15 | Moderator: Dr. Surabhi Puri, MAMC Panellists: · Dr. Seema Kapoor, Director-Prof Pediatrics MAMC · Dr. Deepti Khatuja, Head Clinical Nutritionist, FMRI Gurugram · Dr. Tushar Nale, Assistant Director General, NCDC · Dr. Jitendra Kumar Meena, Associate Professor, AIIMS · Dr. Apoorva Bhargava, Australia · Dr. Hariom K Solanki, Assistant Professor, MAMC | Please download the BBIFCC Healthmate App |
16:15-16:45 | Certificate & mementos distribution to speakers | |
16:15- 16:45 | Tea & Networking | |
See you all on Day 2 | ||
Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Auditorium, MAMC
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Time | Event details | Speakers |
8:30-9:00 | Registration
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Session 1 9:15-10:15 | Chairpersons “From evidence to action in health systems strengthening”
· Dr. Pragya Sharma, Executive Director, NHSRC · Dr. L. Swasti Charan, DDG, MoHFW | |
9:15-9:20 | Setting the context: Cancer Care Framework in our health systems | Dr. Pragya Sharma, Executive Director, NHSRC |
9:20-9:30 | Wellness before illness, prevention before cure: How our primary health systems are fighting against cancer. | Dr. Surabhi Sethi Lead Consultant, CPCPHC Division, NHSRC |
9:30-9:40 | DCCCs as the Backbone of Cancer Care: Bridging Primary Screening and Tertiary Oncology | Dr K Madan Gopal, Advisor, Public Health Administration, NHSRC |
9:40-9:50 | Digital Equity in Cancer Care – Bridging the Urban–Rural and Socioeconomic Gap | Mr. Abhishek Srivastava Advisor, Information Technology Division, NHSRC |
9:50-10:00 | Innovation to Impact: Cancer Care | Air Cmde (Dr) Ranjan Choudhury, VSM Advisor, Health Care Technology, NHSRC |
10:00-10:10 | Cancer Care beyond numbers. | Dr. Rajiv Kumar Pathni Advisor, Quality and Patient Safety, NHSRC |
10:10-10:15 | Reflections and Way Forward | Dr. Pragya Sharma, Executive Director, NHSRC |
10:15-10:30 | Certificate distribution High Tea & Exhibition | |
Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Auditorium, MAMC | ||
Time | Event | |
10:30-11:45 | Inauguration & BBIF award ceremony | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
10:30-10:35 | Lamp lighting | Chief Guest – Dr Shalini Singh, Director, NICPR (ICMR) Noida Guest of Honour – Dr. Munisha Agarwal, Dean, MAMC Guest of Honour – Dr B L Chaudhary, MD, LNH & GIPMER Guest of Honour – Dr Meenakshi Thakar, Director, GNEC Convenor, CO-Organizing Chairman– Dr M.M. Singh, Dir. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, MAMC Organizing Secretary – Dr Shivani Rao, Associate Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC Convenor, Organizing Chairman & Director BBIFCC – Dr Birendra Kumar Yadav BBIFCC East UP Coordinator & HOD (Sangyaharan), IMS, BHU – Prof. (Dr) K.K. Pandey, Scientific Chairman & Regional Coordinator (Bengaluru) – Dr. Abhishek Mohanty |
10:35-10:40 | Welcome address | Dr M. M Singh Director Professor &Head Community Medicine, MAMC |
10:40-10:45 | Address by Organizing Secretary | Dr Shivani Rao Associate Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC |
10:45-10:55 | Inaugural Address by Guest of Honor | Dr. Munisha Agarwal Dean, MAMC, New Delhi |
10:55-11:00 | BBIF Progress report | Dr Birendra Kumar Yadav Director BBIFCC |
11:00-11:05 | BBIF Future plan | Dr. Abhishek Mohanty BBIFCC |
11:05-11:15 | Address by Chief guest | Dr Shalini Singh Director, NICPR (ICMR) Noida, U.P |
11:15-11:35 | BBIF award and Abstract Book release | Dr Shalini Singh, Director, NICPR (ICMR) Noida, Dr. Munisha Agarwal, Dean, MAMC, Dr B L Chaudhary, MD, LNH & GIPMER Dr Meenakshi Thakar, MD, GNEC
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Vote of Thanks | Prof. (Dr) K.K. Pandey, Head BHU, BBIFCC Fellow, Regional Coordinator (East UP) & Advisor | |
11:35-11:45 | Group Photograph (Awardee and dignitaries only) Tea & networking | |
Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 2 11:45- 13:00 | “Advances in cancer treatment and therapeutics”
Chairpersons: · Dr Shalini Mishra, Pediatric Oncosurgeon, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital · Dr Renu Saxena, Director- Path & Lab Medicine and Head Hematopathology, Medanta, Gurugram | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
11:45-12:00 | Roche Sponsored Talk Pioneering innovation in NSCLC with subcutaneous Immunotherapy | Dr. Sajjan Rajpurohit Director & HOD Medical Oncology Medanta Medicity |
12:00-12:15 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsored Talk Cell therapy from Detection to cure | Dr. Prathap Naidu, Business Development Lead- Cell Bio & Synthetic Biology, South Asia, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
12:25-12:30 | Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL): treatment paradigm | Dr. Narendra Agrawal, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, New Delhi |
12:30-12:45 | Cancer Prevention in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) | Dr. Monika Puri. Head Institutional Relations, Roche |
12:45-13:00 | Q&A and Certificate Distribution | |
Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Auditorium, MAMC
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Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 3 13:00-13:30 | Keynote lecture · Dr S Anuradha, Director Professor and Head, Medicine, MAMC · Dr. Richa Kapoor, Director Professor,Community Medicine, VMMC | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
13:00-13:15 | Breast Cancer and Community Education | Dr Deshmane Vijaya Laxmi Surgical Oncology Expert Padma Shri Awardee:2025 Bangalore |
13:15-13:30 | Transforming Women’s Cancer Care in India: From Prevention to Precision Surgery | Dr. Rama Joshi |
13:30-14:10 | Lunch | |
Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
SESSION 4: PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 4 A Venue: Auditorium, MAMC
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Time | Chairpersons | |
14:10-15:55
| Empowering Women in the Fight Against Cancer: Advances in Research and Care
Chairpersons:
· Dr Shalini Singh, Director, NICPR (ICMR) Noida, U.P · Dr. Y M Mala, Director Professor, OBG, MAMC · Dr. Ananya, Professor, Community Medicine, LHMC | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
14:10-14:25 | Recent Advances in Gynaecologic Oncology: Challenges and Outcomes | Dr. Kanika Batra Modi, Max health care, New Delhi |
14:25-14:40 | Gender and Power Gap in Breast Cancer | Dr. (Surg Lt Cdr) Anushree Vartak. Senior Consultant, Yashoda Hospital, Ghaziabad |
14:40-14:55 | Precision Medicine for breast cancer | Dr Jyoti Wadhwa, Lead of Medical and Precision Oncology, Apollo Athenaa Women’s Cancer Centres, New Delhi |
14:55-15:10 | Haematology evaluation for women with heavy menstrual bleeding. When the problem and solution is in the blood | Dr. Tulika Seth, Professor Haematology AIIMS |
15:10-15:25 | Advanced Radiation Techniques in Female Cancers: Integrating Medical and Surgical Oncology | Dr. Anjali Pahuja, Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology, RGCI &RC, New Delhi |
15:25-15:55 | Panel Discussion: Topic: “Bridging Research, Innovation, and Care: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Women’s Cancer Management”
| Moderator: Dr. (Surg Lt Cdr) Anushree Vartak Panellist: • Dr. Kanika Batra Modi |
15:55-16:10 | Distribution of certificates and Tea |
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Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
SESSION 4: PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 4 B Venue 1: Conference room, 3rd floor, Dept of Community Medicine, Pathology block | |
| Scientific Paper Presentation |
Time | Chairpersons |
14:30-16:30 | · Dr Rajesh Kumar, Director Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC · Dr Mamta, Professor, Community Medicine, LHMC |
Session 4 B Venue 2: Anandi Bai Hall, 3rd floor, Dept of Community Medicine, Pathology block
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Time | Chairpersons |
14:30-16:30
| · Dr Bratati Banerjee, Director Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC · Dr Pramod, Scientist D, NICPR |
16:30 | Tea |
Day – 2: 6th February, 2026 (Friday)
Session 5 Venue: Auditorium, MAMC
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Time | Chairpersons | |
15:55-16:50 | “Screening, Early Diagnostics and Cancer Biomarkers”
· Dr. Deepak Jain, Director C4U Cancer Care, Ghaziabad, UP · Dr Abhishek Mohanty, Program Director & Pan India Head HCG Cancer Hospitals Bangalore · Dr Dinesh Kumar, Director professor, Anatomy, MAMC | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
15:55-16:15 | Biomarker Discovery in Breast cancer- Beyond ER & PR and the unrecognised subtypes | Dr. Jyoti Prabhu, SJRI, Division of Molecular Medicine, St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru |
16:15-16:30 | Beyond the Mutation: How NGS is Redefining Precision Oncology | Dr. Aparna Dhar Senior Director – Hereditary, Precision Oncology & Genetic Counselling Molecular Oncology & Cancer Genetics- Max |
16:30-16:45 | Decoding bladder cancer: from screening to molecular signals | Dr Seema Kaushal, Professor, Department of Pathology, AIIMS |
16:45-16:50 | Q&A Certificate distribution | |
Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 6 16:50-18:00 | Workshop: “Designing Holistic Cancer Awareness and Support Programs: From Risk to Recovery”
Moderator: Dr. K. K. Pandey – BBIFCC East UP Coordinator & HOD (Sangyaharan), IMS, BHU | |
| Panellists: · Dr. Priya Tiwari (Medical Oncologist, Artemis Hospitals) · Dr. Harsha Agarwal – Head, Psycho-Oncology,RGCI&RC · Dr. Birendra Kumar Yadav – Director BBIF Cancer Care (Social Worker, Researcher, and Patient Advocate, BBIFCC) · Dr. Neeta Kumar, Scientist “F” Indian Council of Medical Research · Dr. Kalpana Gupta, Head- Department of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics at Max · Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket | |
| Certificate distribution | |
17:50-18:00 | End of Day 2 – INTERONC 2026 We invite you to download the BBIFCC Healthmate App— a dedicated platform for cancer awareness, counselling, patient navigation, and second opinion support.
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18:00-18:30 | BBIF Cancer Care Core committee meeting | |
Day – 3: 7th February, 2026 (Saturday)
Venue: Auditorium, MAMC
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Time | Event details | |
7:00-8:00 | “Cancer Awareness Walkathon in Collaboration with Department of community, MAMC and BBIF Cancer care · Starting at MAMC auditorium · Prior registration till 4TH Feb 2026, 5 PM at: https://forms.gle/mxjRmVXMwYQWLKur7 | |
Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 1 9:15-10:25 | Keynote Talk & Rapid Insights: Short Research Talks
· Dr Suneela Garg, Prof Emeritus, Community Medicine, M M Medical College & Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. · Dr K Rajeshwari, Director Professor, Pediatrics, MAMC & Lok Nayak hospital · Dr Nidhi Bhatnagar, Associate Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
Keynote Talk -1 9:15- 9:40 |
Precision oncology in GU cancers (online session)
| Dr. Guru P. Sonpavde, Medical Director, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Florida, USA |
9:40-9:50 | Overcoming the challenges of population-based cancer screening | Dr Pallavi Shukla, Associate Professor. IRCH AIIMS |
9:50-10:00 | Tumor banking and multi-omics indispensable platforms for cancer biomarker discovery and precision oncology | Dr. Abhishek Mohanty, Program Director and Head at Centre for Biorepository HCG Cancer Hospitals, Bangalore |
Keynote Talk -2 10:00-10:25 | From Dream to Mission: Transforming Cancer Care in Northeast India Where No One Is Denied (online session)
| Dr. Ravi Kannan Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC), Silchar |
10:25-11:00 | Tea break | |
Day – 3: 7th February, 2026 (Saturday)
Venue: Auditorium | ||
Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 2
11:00-12:15 | Innovations in Cancer Therapy and Biology Chairpersons: · Dr Nandini Sharma, Head of Department, Community Medicine, SGT University, Gurugram · Dr Amod L Borle, Associate Professor, Community Medicine, MAMC · Dr. Showket Hussain, Scientist-E, NICPR-ICMR | |
Time | Event details | Speakers |
11:00-11:15 | Sensitization of Chemo-radio-resistant Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells for Effective Targeted Therapy | Dr. Bhudev C. Das, Chairman , Amity University , Noida |
11:15-11:30 | Targeting of Tripartite neuron-cancer-immune cell cross talk activates the tumour microenvironment | Dr. Avinash Bajaj. Professor, RCB, Haryana |
11:30-11:45 | Gut commensals derived succinate impels colonic inflammation in ulcerative colitis | Dr. Amit Awasthi, THSTI
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11:45-12:00 | Clinical Significance of Galectin-3 Binding Protein in Glioma Progression
| Dr Rashmi Rana Associate Professor Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi |
12:00-12:15 | Clinical Utility of HRDsig as Tumor Agnostic Biomarker
| Dr. Devavrat Arya, Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, MAX Hospital |
Time | Chairpersons | |
Session 3: Paper presentation (Auditorium) 12:15 – 13:05 | Chairpersons: • Dr. Nazish Rasheed, Professor, Community Medicine, LHMC | |
Time | Title | Speakers |
12:15-12:25 | Cancer and Prakriti- Bridging Traditional Wisdom with Modern Oncology | Dr Rashi Sharma, Associate Professor, IMS,BHU,Varanasi,UP |
12:25-12:35 | “Arbuda (Cancer) in Ayurveda” | Dr. Bhola Nath Maurya, Assistant Professor, FyoA,IMS, BHU Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
12:35-12:45 | Role of Homoeopathy in integrative palliative oncology : a model approach | Dr. Navneet Sharma, Narayan Homoeopathic Chikitslya, Roorkee |
12:45-12:55 | Clinical utility of 18F-fluorocholine positron-emission tomography/computed tomography in initial staging & recurrence evaluation and its comparison with conventional imaging in patients with prostate cancer | Dr. Rohit kumar, Associate Professor & HOD in Nuclear Medicine at PGIMS, Rohtak |
12:55-13:05 | Awareness of oral cancer and its risk factors in rural Gurugram | Dr. Nidhi Gupta Assistant Professor, SGT University, Gurugram |
13:00-13:40 | Lunch | |
Day – 3: 7th February, 2026 (Saturday)
Time | Chairpersons | Session coordinators | ||||||||
Session 4 Venue: Auditorium 13:40-15:00
| Advances in Conventional & Adjuvant Therapies in Cancer Care Dr Arun K Rathi, Director Professor, Ex-Head, Radiotherapy, MAMC & Lok Nayak hospital Dr Ravi Meher, Director Professor & Head, ENT, MAMC & Lok Nayak hospital | |||||||||
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13:40-13:55 | Advances in Chemotherapy: Molecular Targets & Translational Insights
| Dr. Disha Tiwari, Consultant Medical Oncology, Max Health Care, Vaishali Ghaziabad | ||||||||
13:55-14:10 | Precision Radiation Therapy: Biological Basis & Clinical Innovation
| Dr. Kanika Sood Director and Clinical lead Radiation oncology Dharamshila Multispecialty hospital, New Delhi | ||||||||
14:10-14:25 | Potential Anticancer activity of Shulva yoga, a herbo-metallic compound, on loss of scribble knockdown induced tumour in Drosophila melanogaster | Dr. Namrata Joshi, Professor, Ayurveda Banaras Hindu University, UP | ||||||||
14:25-14:40 | Potential Therapeutic Applications of Panchgavya in Cancer Management
| Prof. O.P. Singh, Professor & Former Head, Department of Kayachikitsa, IMS, BHU, UP | ||||||||
14:40-14:55 | Homeopathy in Cancer Care: Evidence, Supportive Role & Research Challenges | Dr. Mini Mehta, Homeopathy physician, New Delhi
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14:55-15:10
| Bio-psycho.spiritual model of health in preventing cancers and their management | Dr.Rahul Bansal Professor & Advisor. Dept of Community medicine. Subharti Medical College Meerut. | ||||||||
15:10 -15:40 | Panel Discussion “Integrative Oncology: Bridging Conventional and Adjuvant Therapies in Cancer Care” Panellists:
| Moderator: Dr Nidhi Bhatnagar Associate Professor, MAMC | ||||||||
15:40-16:00 | Valedictory Session, Award Ceremony & Dispersal | |||||||||
16:00 | Vote of Thanks | Dr.Shivani Rao | ||||||||
| Tea | |||||||||
| Thank you for your valuable contributions and for being part of INTERONC 2026. We invite you to download the BBIFCC Healthmate App—a dedicated platform for cancer awareness, counselling, patient navigation, and second opinion support. | |||||||||