Workshop/CME
Pre-Conference Workshops
Enhance your skills by attending our specialized workshops conducted by prominent figures from multiple disciplines under one roof.
Pre-Conference CME
Enhance your expertise with Pre-Conference CME at MICROCON 2026! Join leading experts for specialized sessions covering the latest advancements in microbiology, designed to elevate your knowledge and clinical practice.
| PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS | DATE – 28.10.2026 (Wednesday) | ||
| SN | TOPIC | WORKSHOP COORDINATOR | FACULTY TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diagnostic Approaches in Clinical Parasitology: From Microscopy to Sequencing |
Dr. Harshvardhan Sheorey Consultant Medical Microbiologist St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia |
1. Dr. Abhishek Mewara Additional Professor, Department of Medical Parasitology, PGI, Chandigarh 2. Dr. Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur Professor, Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory within the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore 3. Dr. Rimjhim Kanojia Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 4. Dr. Malathi Manuel Senior Demonstrator, Welcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College, Vellore |
| 2 | Virus to Variants : Practical Insights into NGS |
Dr. Varsha Potdar Scientist ‘E’ National Institute of Virology, Pune |
To be announced |
| 3 | Evaluating Diagnostic Tests Performance: Concepts, Methods and Application |
Dr. Pradeep Deshmukh Professor & HOD, Dept. Community Medicine, AIIMS, Nagpur |
To be announced |
| 4 | Hands-on Training in Integrated Mycopathology and Nanopore Sequencing (Participants Limit is 20) |
Dr. T Karuna Incharge, ICMR Mycology Advanced Research Centre(iMARC) Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, Bhopal |
1. Dr. Rahul Garg Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Bibinagar 2. Dr. Gajendra Singh Scientist, Department of Microbiology AIIMS Bhopal 3. Ms. Madhu Panthi Laboratory Technician, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Bhopal |
| 5 | One Health Approach to Viral Threats |
Dr. Nivedita Gupta Scientist F, ICMR, New Delhi |
To be announced |
| 6 | Outbreak Investigation: A Microbiologist’s Toolkit |
Dr. Aruna Poojary Lab. Director & IPC Incharge, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai |
1. Dr. J. Jayalakshmi Prof & HOD, Dept of Microbiology Kovai Medical College, Coimbatore 2. Dr. Rajni Gaind Consultant & Prof VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 3. Dr. Sweta Shah Lead Consultant Microbiology & Infection Control, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Research Institute, Mumbai 4. Dr. Ranganathan Iyer Senior Consultant, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad 5. Dr. Ashwini Tayade Consultant Infectious Diseases & Director Ishra Health - Infectious Diseases Clinic, Visiting Consultant Wockhardt Hospital & KIMS Hospital, Nagpur 6. Dr. Madhavi Deshmukh Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Dhruv Diagnostics, Nagpur 7. Dr. Nitin Shinde Senior Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, KIMS Kingsway Hospital, Nagpur |
| 7 | Anaerobic: Beyond Oxygen Culturing the Invisible |
Dr. Shashwati Nema Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Bhopal |
1. Dr Beena Antony Professor, Department of Microbiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore 2. Dr. Bhawana Sharma Professor, Department of Microbiology, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 3. Dr. Tanu Sagar Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi |
| 8 | Integrated Approach to UTI |
Dr. Sarita Mohapatra Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Delhi |
1. Dr. Manish Soneja Professor, Dept. of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi 2. Dr. Meher Rizwi Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman 3. Dr. Shwetha J Venugopal Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru 4. Dr. Sneha K Chunchanur Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru 5. Dr. Arun Kumar Associate Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi |
| 9 | Scientific Writing |
Dr. Sangeeta Joshi Editor – in – Chief, IJMM, Consultant Microbiologist & Infection Control Officer, Sahyadri Hospital, Pune |
1. Dr. Ranganathan Iyer D Sr Consultant, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad 2. Dr. Jaswinder Kaur Oberoi Sr Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 3. Air Marshal (Dr) Shankar Subramanian Deputy Chief of Integrated Defense Staff (Medical) |
| 10 | Clinical Mycology Diagnostics from Basics, Biomarkers to Molecular Approaches |
Dr. Malini R Capoor Professor, Microbiology, VMMC & SJH |
Dr. Deepak Thamke Professor, Microbiology, MGIMS, Sevagram |
| 11 | A Practical Approach to Viral Cell Culture Isolation Techniques |
Dr. Ishani Bora Additional Professor, Virology, PGIMER, Chandigarh |
Dr. Subhabrata Sarkar Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh |
| 12 | CSSD - Traceless Taskforce Targeting Microbial Threats |
Dr. Soumyabrata Nag Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Nagpur Member Secretary, CSSD |
1. Dr. Akshat Vij Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Officer, Medicover Hospital 2. Dr. Safaa Muneer HOD – Clinical Microbiology and Hospital Infection Control, Renova Group of Hospitals & Tenet Diagnostics 3. Dr. Vijendra Kawle Consultant Microbiologist, Rainbow Children’s Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana Secretary, IAMM TAPC State Chapter 4. Ms. Neeta Ghugare CSSD Manager, Wockhardt Hospital Limited, Mumbai Central 5. Mr. Shailesh Mehta Director, Medovation Inc. |
| 13 | From protocol to practice: Case based discussions with Multidisciplinary team in neutropenic patients |
Dr. Sonali Zadbuke Consultant Clinical Microbiologist & Infection Control Officer, National Cancer Institute, Nagpur |
To be announced |
| 14 | Next Generation Sequencing for Hospital Waste water Surveillance: From Pandemic preparedness to AMR detection |
Dr. Rajesh Karyakarte Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Govt. Medical College, Pune |
To be announced |
| 15 | Melioidosis |
Dr. Bijayini Behra Professor, Dept of Microbiology, AIIMS, Bhubhaneshwar In co-ordination with KMC MANIPAL |
To be announced |
| 16 | Syndromic Testing ( Biomeurix) | To be announced | To be announced |
| 17 | Microbiology Automation & AMR/AMS ( Biomeurix) | To be announced | To be announced |
| 18 | Workshop on Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices [WASP] - A Sting Operation on AMR |
Dr. Sumit Rai Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Microbiology, AIIMS, Mangalagiri |
Dr. Debabrata Dash Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology, AIIMS, Mangalagiri |
