By Our Reporter
Shillong, Sep 14: The Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong is organising an international conference on ‘Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders’ under the aegis of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurochemistry, India (SNCI) from Thursday to Saturday.
The international conference was inaugurated by Prof PS Shukla, Vice Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong and chief guest Dr Geeta Jotwani, Deputy Director General and Scientist, ICMR, as guest of honor, Prof MK Thakur, president, SNCI, Prof Prakash Babu, Secretary General (HQs), SNCI, Prof Iftekhar Hussain, Dean, SoT, NEHU, Dr Dinesh Bhatia and Shyamal Mandal, organising secretary and joint organising secretary respectively of the 37th Annual Meeting of SNCI along with other faculty members and staff of the University.
More than 100 invited delegates, speakers, academicians, scientists and participants from all parts of the country, from abroad and our neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh along with few selected local participants are attending this International Conference on different upcoming areas of Neuroscience with practical demonstration and hands-on-sessions.
The aim of the conference is to provide participants with extensive knowledge with regards to the recent advancements in the field of neuroscience research and how to translate research from laboratory to market to make the products customised and affordable.
The key features of the conference lay emphasis on open scientific discussion with experts from academia, research organisations, scientists and industry professionals, providing hands on laboratory training session with presentation. Several awards in different categories are being presented to selected winners chosen by a panel of experts based on laid down parameters for evaluation and scientific merit.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Bhatia, enlightened the participants about the objectives of the International Conference and 37th SNCI Annual Meeting and how it would be beneficial for the participants with emerging new technologies which are impacting all sectors especially the healthcare arena. Prof. Hussain apprised participants about the applications of artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning in healthcare. He emphasized how they are changing the landscape in development of smart and affordable medical devices that could revolutionize the field of healthcare.
Prof PS Shukla congratulated the event organisers for arranging such capacity building programmes on regular basis that would help the participants to develop their advanced skills thereby allowing dissemination of new knowledge and technological know-how to train working professionals and young minds.