WELCOME ADDRESS
Dr. S.R. Rao
Senior Advisor, DBT
- Lamp Lighting Ceremony & flower bouquet giving to dignitaries
OPENING
Dr. Renu Swarup
Secretary, DBT
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Hon'ble Minister
Shri Tarun Shridhar
Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Dr. Purvi Mehta
Head - Asia, Agriculture
Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation (BMGF)
Dr. Glen Gifford
Chargé de Mission , Science and New Technologies Department, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Deputy Directior General of Programmes (DDP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Vote of thanks
Dr. S.M. Byregowda
Director, IAHVB
Brucellosis
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Henry Walke
Director, Div of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, CDC, USA
Prof. G. Arunkumar
Head of the Manipal Centre for Virus Research, Manipal University
Human Brucellosis – experiences from a hospital based surveillance of acute febrile illness in India
Prof. S. Nagarathna
Head of Neuromicrobiology, NIMHANS
Dr. Pallab Chaudhuri
Principal Scientist, IVRI
One Health Control Strategy for Brucellosis: Challenges to Therapeutic & Prophylactic Intervention
Anthrax
Dr. H.R. Khanna
Assistant Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries(DAHDF)
Prevention and Control of Anthrax in animals – Challenges & Opportunities
Dr. Mohan Papanna
Public Health Specialist,CDC–India Office,
Risk Assessment for Anthrax Control Gaps, Needs and Opportunities
Dr. Johanna Salzer
Vet Med Officer, Div of High-Consequence Pathogens & Pathology, NCEZID, CDC, USA
Prof. Joram Buza
Nelson Mandela-African Institute of Science and Technology, Tanzania
Biosafety & Security
Dr. Atanu Basu
Deputy Director and Head, Electron Microscopy and Pathology Group, NIV
Dr. Mala Chhabra
Microbiology Consultant, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
Dr. Daniel Garcia
Senior Health Scientist Advisor, Div of Global Health Protection, CDC-India