XXXI Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India February 23rd - 25th, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
AND
XXXI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN SOCIETY OF INDIA
(EMSI 2006)
AT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION, ICMR, HYDERABAD-500 007
(February 23-25, 2006)

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Time Programme Speaker
From To
THURSDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY 2006
0845 hrs 0930 hrs Registration
0930 hrs 1035 hrs Inaugural Function
0930 hrs 0935 hrs Welcome by Chairperson, Organising Committee Dr. L. Singotamu OIC,NIN
0935 hrs 0950 hrs About the Symposium and Annual Conference Dr. B. Sesikeran Co-Chairperson, Organising Committee
0950 hrs 1000 hrs Report of Secretary, EMSI Dr. Y. Shukla
1000 hrs 1015 hrs Remarks by President, EMSI Dr. P. K. Seth
1015 hrs 1030 hrs Inaugural Address Shri Vinod Agarwal, IAS
1030 hrs 1035 hrs Vote of Thanks Dr. Kalpagam Polasa Organising Secretary
1035 hrs 1045 hrs Group Photograph
1045 hrs 1100 hrs
Tea
KEY-NOTE LECTURE
Chairpersons : Dr. Kamala Krishnaswamy / Dr. P. S. Chauhan
Rapporteur : Dr. P. Uday Kumar
1100 hrs 1145 hrs Cancer Genomics and Proteomics : A Pathologist’s Perceptions Dr. S. Sriramachari India
PLENARY LECTURE - 1
Chairpersons : Dr. P. K. Seth / Dr. T. Kumaravel
Rapporteur : Dr. S. Vasanthi
1145 hrs 1220 hrs Chemoprevention, Targets, Agents and Strategies Dr. Sanjay Jain, USA
SESSION – 1 : ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN AND CARCINOGEN IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Chairpersons : Dr. K. Vijayaraghavan / Dr. G. N. V. Brahmam
Rapporteur : Dr. B.Dinesh Kumar
1220 hrs 1245 hrs Influence of pharmacogenomics on adverse reaction to drugs Dr. Adithan ,India
1245 hrs 1310 hrs Role of synbiotics as antimutagens and anticarcinogens Dr. Rajiv Shah, India
1310 hrs 1400 hrs
Lunch
1400 hrs 1600 hrs
FREE COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION I
Chairpersons : Dr. Y. R. Ahuja / Dr. Kalpagam
Polasa Rapporteur : Mr. S. Kalyanasundaram
1600 hrs 1615 hrs
Tea
1615 hrs 1830 hrs
POSTER SESSION
(Simultaneously Executive Committee Meeting of EMSI)
1930 hrs  
Dinner
FRIDAY, 24th FEBRUARY 2006
PLENARY LECTURE – 2
Chairpersons : Dr. Veena Shatrugna / Dr. Y. Shukla
Rapporteur : Dr. B. A. Ramalakshmi
0900 hrs 0930 hrs Mechanism of micronucleus formation : Implications in genetic toxicology Dr. T. Kumaravel, UK
SESSION – 2 : PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF GENETIC ILL-HEALTH
Chairpersons : Dr. Ghafoorunissa / Dr. K.V.Rameshwar Sarma
Rapporteur : Dr. R.Hemalatha
0930 hrs 0955 hrs Molecular studies in cancer cervix patients through radiation therapy Dr. B. Nagarajan India
0955 hrs 1020 hrs Monitoring of human genotoxicity in Indian population using comet assay Dr. Alok Dhawan India
1020 hrs 1035 hrs
Tea
PLENARY LECTURE 3
Chairpersons : Dr. K. Rajyalakshmi / Dr. P. Balakrishna Murthy
Rapporteur : Dr. M. Shivprakash
1035 hrs 1105 hrs Neutraceuticals – A new hope for antimutagenic agents Dr.Yogeshwar Shukla India
1105 hrs 1305 hrs
FREE COMMUNCIATIONS – SESSION II
Chairpersons : Dr. Sudhir Srivastava / Dr. Nagarajan
Rapporteur : Dr. J. Jagjeevan Babu
1305 hrs 1340 hrs
Lunch
SESSION 3 : MUTAGENICITY TESTING IN THE POST GENOMIC ERA
Chairpersons : Dr. Sanjay Jain / Dr. M. Siddiqui
Rapporteur : Dr. M. Vishnuvardhan Rao
1340 hrs 1405 hrs Clinical Implications of Pesticide Exposure in Humans Dr. Kaiser Jamil, India
1405 hrs 1430 hrs Environmental Mutagenesis Studies using Stem Cells Dr. Y. R. Ahuja, India
PLENARY LECTURE 4
Chairpersons : Dr. M. S. Bamji / Dr. B. Sesikeran
Rapporteur : Dr. K. Madhavan Nair
1430 hrs 1500 hrs To eat or not to eat : A ‘GM Foods’ perspective Dr. Arjula,
R. Reddy, India
1500 hrs 1515 hrs
Tea
SESSION 4 : REGULATORY PROCESS AND GENETIC TOXICOLOGY
Chairpersons : Dr. B.Sivakumar / Dr. Nasreen Z Ethesham
Rapporteur : Dr. V. Sudarshan Rao
1515 hrs 1540 hrs Safety of GM foods and recombinant products Dr.P.Balakrishna Murthy, India
1540 hrs 1605 hrs Genetic toxicology and regulatory aspects Dr.Sudhir Srivastava, India
1605 hrs 1805 hrs
PANEL DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Chairpersons : Dr. R. S. Ratnakar / Dr.Sanjay Jain
Rapporteur: Dr. M. P. Rajendra Prasad
1805 hrs 1905 hrs General Body Meeting of EMSI
1930 hrs
Dinner
SATURDAY, 25th FEBRUARY 2006
PLENARY LECTURE 5
Chairpersons : Dr. Rajiv Shah / Dr. Alok Dawan
Rapporteur :Dr. Arjun Khandare
0900 hrs 0930 hrs Arecanut and tobacco chewing and health effects – A critical appraisal Dr. Sunil Kumar India
SESSION 5 : DIET AS A SOURCE OF ANTIMUTAGENS/ANTICARCINOGENS
Chairpersons : Prof. G. M. Reddy / Dr. Sneha Gogte
Rapporteur : Dr. Bharathi Kulkarni
0930 hrs 0955 hrs Role of curcumin and tea extracts in protecting arsenic induced DNA damage Dr. M. Siddiqui, India
0955 hrs 1020 hrs How safe are edible oils when used repeatedly for frying foodstuffs Dr. Mukul Das, India
1020 hrs 1045 hrs Genetic variants responsible for health effects and genetic damage in the population exposed to arsenic through drinking water Dr. Ashok Giri, India
1045 hrs 1110 hrs Vitamin restriction modulates cisplatin induced apoptosis in rat intestinal epithelial cells Dr. M. Raghunath, India
1110 hrs 1130 hrs
Tea
1130 hrs 1330 hrs
FREE COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 3
Chairpersons : Dr. Javed Mussarat / Dr. A Vajreswari.
Rapporteur :Dr. K. V. Radha Krishna
1330 hrs 1430 hrs
Lunch
1430 hrs 1600 hrs
VALEDICTORY SESSION
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