Topics of Scientific Session
Key Note Speaker
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Dr. Shrinivasa Acharya Hejmadi

Professor Emeritus, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)
New Delhi, India
Dr. Vishweshwaraiah Prakash

"Padma Shri", Bhatnagar and Rajyotsava "Awardee, Former Director" of CFTRI andDistinguished Scientist of CSIR-India
Mysore, India
Topic: The Science of Traditional Foods (Ahaara Vijnana) and Personalised Nutrition in Understanding Autoimmune Disorder Management.
Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan

Distinguished Scientist & Former Vice Chairman, UGC
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Topic: Bridging Contemporary Immunology and Ayurveda through Integrative Research.
Dr. Jorge Luis Berra

Physician and director of Fundacion de Salud Ayurveda Prema
Argentina
Topic: The Microbiome as One Dimension of Agni: A Translational Model for Intestinal Permeability and Autoimmune Pathogenesis.
Dr. Rammanohar Puthiyedath

Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, Amrita School of Ayurveda, Clappana PO, Vallikkavu, Kollam,
Kollam, Kerala, India
Topic: Translational Research in Immunology and Ayurveda.
Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi

professor & Head, Department Of Kayachikitsa State Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Lucknow, India
Lucknow, India
Topic: Ayurvedic Insights into the Pathogenesis of Immune Dysregulation and Autoimmunity w.s.r to Rheumatology
Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth

Professor, Medicine and Medical Superintendent at Dr TMA Pai Hospital Udupi, MMMC, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Udupi, Karnataka, India
Topic: When Tolerance Fails: Recent Advances in Diagnosing Autoimmune Disease, with a Live Decision-Support Demonstration
Dr. Christian Kessler, MA, MSc

Department of Integrative Health Care and Prevention University of Augsburg & University Hospital Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
Topic: Ayurveda and Autoimmunity: A European Academic Perspective
Dr. Yogesh Bendale

Senior Ayurvedic Physician & Researcher
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Topic: Autoimmune Disorders through the Lens of Rasashastra: Evidence-Based Innovative Rasayanas.
Dr. Kishore Kumar

Senior Consultant, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Bengaluru, India
Topic: Integrative approaches in Neuroimmunological disorders: Perspectives from a tertiary Neuropsychiatry centre.
Dr. Antonio Morandi

Scientific Director of the ICAM 2016 Chairman & Director, Ayurvedic Point, Milan, Italy President, Italian Scientific Society for Ayurvedic Medicine.
Milan, Italy
Topic: Beyond Integration: A Collaborative Medicine and Science Approach to Autoimmune Disorders Through Ayurveda and Modern Medicine.
Dr. Anita Karilio Arkas

President of ARIA, Ayurveda Russia – India Association.
Russia
Topic: Scope of Ayurveda in the management of Corhn's disease.
Dr. Prashanth A S

Principal, Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya Hubballi, Karnataka
Karnataka, India
Topic: Evidence-Based Evaluation of Ayurvedic Shodhana Therapies in Autoimmunity.