SCAN Annual Symposium 2026
Neurodegenerative Disorders in India: Current Practices and Challenges
9th and 10thJanuary 2026 | IIT Bombay
Event Schedule
Day 1: 9th January 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Registration
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM – Opening Remarks, Prof. Samir K. Maji
9:05 AM – 9:25 AM – Inauguration by Prof. Shireesh B. Kedare, Director, IIT Bombay
9:25 AM – 9:40M – Prof. Upendra V. Bhandarkar, Dean – ACR (Alumni and Corporate Relations), IIT Bombay
9:40 AM – 9:55 AM – Prof. Sachin C. Patwardhan, Dean R&D (Research and Development), IIT Bombay
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM – Mr. Sharad Sanghi, Donor of SCAN
10:05 AM – 10:25 AM – Prof. Samir K. Maji, Professor-In-Charge of SCAN Introduction to SCAN
Session 1 Chair: Prof. Shamik Sen
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Dr. Hrishikesh Kumar, INK Kolkata (Gait Abnormalities in Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Dr. Pettarusp Wadia, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai (Atypical Parkinsonism – comprising PSP, MSA, and Corticobasal Syndrome)
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Prof. Samir K. Maji, IIT Bombay (Blood test development of Parkinson’s Disease)
Session 2 Chair: Prof. Ashutosh Kumar
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Dr. Supriyo Choudhury, INK Kolkata (Parkinson’s Disease Pharmacotherapy: Bridging the Basics with the Latest Advances)
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Dr. Prashanth LK, Movement Disorder Society of India (From Genes to Journeys: What GOPI-YOPD and PAIR-PSP Teach Us About
India’s Neurodegeneration Landscape)
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Dr. Sanjay Pandey, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad (Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism)
Session 3 Chair: Prof. Samir K. Maji
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM – Dr. Annu Aggarwal, Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai (Disorders of the cerebellum)
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Dr. Siddharth Kharkar, Nanavati Max Superspecialty Hospital, Mumbai (Medically resistant Epilepsy – Technical challenges in evaluation and treatment)
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Prof. Pradeep Singh, Silicon University, Bhubaneswar (Neurovascular Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Current
Therapies)
Day 2: 10th January 2026
Session 4 Chair: Prof. Samir K. Maji
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Dr. Neeraj Jain, KEM Hospital, Mumbai (New Biomarkers and Treatment Targets for Alzheimer’s Dementia)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Dr. Jahnavi Kedare, Nair Hospital, Mumbai (Dementia Care in India)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Dr. KVS Hari, Centre for Brain Research (CBR), IISc, Bangalore (An overview of Aging Brain Research at CBR)
Session 5 Chair: Prof. Roop Mallik
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Prof. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, IIT Madras (Cell-resolution imaging of whole human brains)
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Prof. Vidita Vaidya, TIFR, Mumbai (Nutritional supplementation: Can it delay the neuronal consequences of early adversity)
Session 6 Chair: Prof. Ranjith Padinhateeri
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Dr. K. Vijayan, Royal Care Hospital, Coimbatore (Armed with Technology – In brains, we trust focused ultrasound in the fight against
Neurodegeneration)
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Prof. Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, Banaras Hindu University (Drosophila: An excellent laboratory model for neurobiology and neurodegenerative disorders)
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Prof. Jai Rudra, Washington University in Saint Louis (Supramolecular Nanovaccines for Neurodegenerative Diseases)
Session 7 Chair: Prof. Irishi Namboothiri
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM – Prof. Biju Viswanath (Discovering the biology of neuropsychiatric illness)
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM – Prof. Kshitij Jadhav, KCDH, IIT Bombay (Indigenous AI-Driven Brain MRI Analysis for Early Dementia Detection)
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Prof. T. V. Sekher, IIPS Mumbai (Mental health and depression among Indian elderly population evidence from LASI)
Closing Keynotes
5:30 PM – Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks by Prof. Samir K. Maji