UPHGCON 2026 IMS BHU • Varanasi
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM UPHGCON 2026
Date: 22 Feb 2026 • Sunday
21 Feb 2026 (Sat) 22 Feb 2026 (Sun)
📍 Venue: KN Udupa Auditorium, IMS BHU, Varanasi
  • 08:30 am – 09:15 am

    Pathologically inquisitive - a fun quiz based on serious trivia

    QUIZ
    Speaker
    Dr. Debdatta Basu
  • 09:15 am – 09:35 am

    Navigating coagulation changes in pregnancy

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Rashmi Kushwaha
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Jasmina Ahluwalia
    Dr. Shikha Sachan
    Dr. Soumyashree Padhan
  • 09:35 am – 09:40 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 09:40 am – 10:00 am

    Slides to sequencing: How Molecular Diagnostics reframe Hematopathology Reporting

    LECTURE
    Speaker
    Dr. Prakhar Gupta
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Ashutosh Singh
    Dr. Mohammad Frayez
    Dr. Nidhi Johri
  • 10:00 am – 10:05 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 10:05 am – 10:25 am

    Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance? Everything significant?

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. A.K. Tripathi
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Abhishek Abhinay
    Dr. Varun Kumar Singh
    Dr. Abdullah
  • 10:25 am – 10:30 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 10:30 am – 11:00 am

    Breakfast

    BREAK
  • 11:00 am – 11:20 am

    The plot thickens: Role of WBC scatterplots in Leukemias

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Naveen Kakkar
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Neeraj Dhameja
    Dr. Arvind Kumar Singh
    Dr. Shobhit Aggarwal
  • 11:20 am – 11:25 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 11:25 am – 11:45 am

    Approach to Platelet Disorders

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Jasmina Ahluwalia
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Rashmi Kushwaha
    Dr. Anubha Srivastava
    Dr. S.P. Mishra
  • 11:45 am – 11:50 am

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 11:50 am – 12:10 pm

    Approach to flow cytometric immunophenotyping of Acute Leukemia

    TALK
    Speaker
    Dr. Namrata Awasthi
    Chairpersons
    Dr. Savitri Singh
    Dr. Vikas Kailashiya
    Dr. Ritu Chadha
  • 12:10 pm – 12:15 pm

    Discussion

    DISCUSSION
  • 12:15 pm – 01:15 pm

    Prof. Ashutosh Kumar Oration - Walking the Hematpath- Blood, marrow & beyond …

    ORATION
    Moderator: Dr. Rashmi Kushwaha
    Speaker
    Dr. Debdatta Basu
    Chairpersons
    Dr. A.K. Tripathi
    Dr. Naveen Kakkar
    Dr. Jasmina Ahluwalia
  • 01:15 pm – 01:30 pm

    Prize distribution

    CEREMONY
  • 01:30 pm – 02:00 pm

    Valedictory

    CEREMONY
  • 02:00 pm Onwards

    Lunch

    LUNCH