UPHGCON 2026 IMS BHU • Varanasi
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM UPHGCON 2026
Date: 21 Feb 2026 • Saturday
21 Feb 2026 (Sat) 22 Feb 2026 (Sun)
📍 Venue: KN Udupa Auditorium, IMS BHU, Varanasi
  • 07:30 am – 08:15 am

    Registration

    WELCOME
  • 08:15 am – 08:35 am

    Evolving Frontiers in Hemoglobinopathy testing (from screening to precision diagnosis).

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Anil Handoo
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Bitan Naik
    Dr. Mahima Yadav
    Dr. Paramita Paul
  • 08:35 am – 08:40 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 09:00 am – 10:00 am

    INAUGURAL CEREMONY

    CEREMONY
  • 10:00 am – 10:30 am

    Breakfast

    BREAK
  • 10:30 am – 11:30 am

    Prof. A.K. Tripathi Oration: The Changing Landscape of Aplastic Anemia

    ORATION
    Moderator: Prof. S.P. Verma
    Speaker
    Dr. Soniya Nityanand
    Chairpersons
    Dr. V.P. Singh
    Dr. Tathagata Chatterjee
    Dr. Debdatta Basu
  • 11:30 am – 11:50 am

    Next Generation Sequencing: Role of Trans - Seq in ALL

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Neeraj Arora
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Royana Singh
    Dr. Akhtar Ali
    Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
  • 11:50 am – 11:55 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 11:55 am – 12:15 pm

    Potpourri of Interesting Hematological Cases

    TALK
    Speaker
    Brig (Prof) Tathagata Chatterjee
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Amrita Saraf
    Dr. Zachariah Chowdhury
    Dr. Ritu Chadha
  • 12:15 pm – 12:20 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm

    Thalassemia standard of care

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Nita Radhakrishnan
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal
    Dr. Nishant Verma
    Dr. Lalita Jyotsana P
  • 12:40 pm – 12:45 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 12:45 pm – 01:05 pm

    PNH – Unearthing the cryptonym

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Amrita Saraf
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Namrata Awasthi
    Dr. Neeraj Dhameja
    Dr. Arunima Singhal
  • 01:05 pm – 01:10 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 01:10 pm – 02:00 pm

    Lunch

    LUNCH
  • 01:30 pm – 02:00 pm

    Poster Evaluation

    POSTER
  • 02:00 pm – 02:20 pm

    Autoimmune cytopenias – Decoding difficult anaemia

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Nishant Verma
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Hema Goyal
    Dr. Anshita Bhardwaj
    Dr. Anubha Srivastava
  • 02:20 pm – 02:25 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 02:25 pm – 02:45 pm

    CBC

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Anil Handoo
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Ritu Chadha
    Dr. Vikas Shrivastava
    Dr. Sujata Raychaudhuri
  • 02:45 pm – 02:50 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 02:50 pm – 03:20 pm

    Driving changes in 1st Line DLBCL : Panel discussion

    DISCUSSION
    Speaker
    Dr. S.P. Verma
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Anil Singh
    Dr. Arunima Singhal
    Dr. Arvind Kumar Singh
    Dr. Kundan Mishra
  • 03:20 pm – 03:40 pm

    Current status of Autologous transplant in haematology

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Kundan Mishra
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Vineeta Gupta
    Dr. Neeraj Dhameja
    Dr. Raghwesh Ranjan
  • 03:40 pm – 03:45 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 03:45 pm – 04:05 pm

    Post stem cell transplant complication

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Vineeta Gupta
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Neeraj Dhameja
    Dr. Parichay Singh
    Dr. Kundan Mishra
  • 04:05 pm – 04:10 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 04:10 pm – 04:30 pm

    Case-based approach to diagnosis of inborn errors of immunity

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Ritu Chadha
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Usha
    Dr. Deepak K Gautam
    Dr. Anu Sharma
  • 04:30 pm – 04:35 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 04:35 pm Onwards

    EC Meeting (UPHG) – Important

    NOTICE
    • EC meeting of UPHG in Committee room, Director Office, IMS, BHU.
    • Tea for EC members will be served in the committee room.
    • Prof. Vijai Tilak to guide the EC members to the Committee room.
  • 04:35 pm – 05:00 pm

    Hi-Tea

    TEA
  • 05:00 pm – 05:20 pm

    Acquired Coagulopathy

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Sujata Raychaudhuri
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Debdatta Basu
    Dr. Amrita Saraf
    Dr. Amit Sinha
  • 05:20 pm – 05:25 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 05:25 pm – 06:00 pm

    Panel Discussion – Multiple Myeloma

    DISCUSSION
    Moderator: Dr. S.P. Verma
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Neeraj Dhameja
    Dr. Sana Shadab
    Dr. Anil Singh
    Dr. Ajit Singh
  • 06:00 pm – 06:20 pm

    Potpourri of pediatric marrow cases

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Savitri Singh
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Dnyaneshwar P. Upase
    Dr. Parichay Singh
    Dr. Surabhi
  • 06:20 pm – 06:25 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 06:25 pm – 06:50 pm

    Redefining haemophilia care with Concizumab : Mechanism, evidence & clinical impact

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Kundan Mishra
    Chairpersons
    Dr. S.P. Verma
    Dr. Amit Bhaskar
    Dr. Bipinesh Sansar
  • 06:50 pm – 06:55 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 08:00 pm Onwards

    Dinner

    DINNER
IMPORTANT NOTICE
EC MEETING
  • EC meeting of UPHG in Committee room, Director Office, IMS, BHU on 21/02/2026 from 4:35 PM .
  • ☕ Tea for EC members will be served in the committee room.
  • Prof. Vijai Tilak to guide the EC members to the Committee room.