Teaching

CME, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, other academic activities conducted during 2009-2010 (in chronological order)

Presentations during Conferences/Seminars/Workshops :

Outside Country :

Details of Presentations :
S.No.	Title of the Paper Presented/Session Chaired or Organized	Name of the Presenter	Venue	Dates
1.	Attended a Ministerial Meeting on “Global Tuberculosis Control and Patient Care”	Dr. D. Behera	Beijing, China	1^st to 3^rd April 2009
2.	Facilitated Training Programme organised by World Lung Foundation, WHO in Myanmar and delivered talk on “Stop TB Strategy, DOTS Strategy, Gold Standard for TB Control, ISTC” and also participated in the panel discussion	Dr. R. Sarin	Yangoon, Myanmar	27^th to 31^st May 2009
3.	Participated as Additional Expert (Tuberculosis) from India in workshop organized by EUCO-NET for the development of future work programmes under FP7, or separate funding programmes	Dr. R. Singla	Stellenb-osch, South Africa	23^rd to 25^th July 2009

Presentations during Conferences/Seminars/Workshops :

Within Country:

Details of Presentations :
S.No.	Title of the Paper Presented/Session Chaired or Organised	Name of the Presenter	Venue	Dates
1.	Delivered lecture on “Challenge of MDR/XDR Tuberculosis in India” in the Annual Day Function	Dr. D. Behera	National JALMA Institute of Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra	17^th April 2009
2.	Attended Biennial Annual Conference of the Society (NALCON-2009) as the President of the Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer	Dr. D. Behera	Shimla	24^th to 26^th April 2009
3.	Attended Zonal Task Force of East Zone as Resource Person	Dr. D. Behera	Bubhaneshwar	20^th to 21^st July 2009
4.	Attended Zonal Task Force of West Zone as Resource Person	Dr. D. Behera	Udaipur	07^th to 08^th August 2009
5.	Attended Zonal Task Force of South Zone as Resource Person	Dr. D. Behera	Puducherry	27^th to 28^th August 2009
6.	Attended Zonal Task Force of East Zone as Resource Person	Dr. D. Behera	Tripura	10^th to 11^th September 2009
7.	Delivered lecture in two days workshop in Indian Institute of Public Health organized by DFID	Dr. D. Behera	Hyderabad	17^th September 2009
8.	Delivered a Guest Lecture on “COPD- Beyond Airway Obstruction” at a CME organized by the Chest Department	Dr. D. Behera	Medical College, Kolkata	19^th September 2009
9.	Attended NAPCON 2009, 11^th Joint Conference of Indian Chest Society and National College of Chest Physicians (India) and delivered Indian Chest Society Oration-2009 “Respiratory Medicine in India in the 21^st Century with special reference to Tuberculosis Control” and lecture on “Epidemiology of Lung Cancer”	Dr. D. Behera	Calicut (Kerala)	5^th to 8^th November 2009
10.	Delivered Guest Lecture on “Metastatic NSCLC: Current trends in first line treatment”	Dr. D. Behera	Lucknow	12^th December 2009
11.	Attended APICON-2010 and delivered a talk on “Novel screening tools for latent tuberculosis” in the CME	Dr. D. Behera	Jaipur	7^th to10^th January 2010
12.	Delivered a talk on “Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis” in 6^th Annual Conference organized by Orissa Chest Society	Dr. D. Behera	Puri	30^th to 31^st January 2010
13.	Attended BRONCOCON 2010 as Chief Guest organized by Indian Association for Bronchology	Dr. D. Behera	Agra	05^th February 2010
14.	Delivered a lecture on “TB in the 21^st Century-Is the approach any different” and took part in Panel Discussion on “Pyrexia and Pulmonary Patches” in the CRITICON	Dr. D. Behera	Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre Mumbai	6^th to 7^th February 2010
15.	Delivered a lecture on “MDR & XDR TB-RNTCP Response” in 9^th RJCON 2010	Dr. D. Behera	Udaipur	13^th March 2010
16.	Delivered lectures on Airborne Infection Control, HIV-TB and RNTCP	Dr. Rohit Sarin	LRS Institute	12^th to 14^th October 2009
17.	Delivered a Guest Lecture on “MDR-TB” in the CME Programme	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Baroda	4^th October 2009
18.	Deliverd a guest lecture on “Airborne Infection Control in Tuberculosis”.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Calicut	5^th to 8^th November 2009
19.	Delivered a talk on “Infection Control” in the Research Dissemination Workshop	Dr. Rohit Sarin	TRC, Chennai.	9^th to 10^th December 2009
20.	Delivered a guest lecture on “Airborne Infection Control in Tuberculosis”	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Kolkata	26^th to 29^th December 2009
21.	Participated in Joint Monitoring Mission for review of the progress of Revised National TB Control Programme made in India being undertaken in 2009 along with Mid Term Review Mission of the World Bank	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Ahmedabad	15^th to 28^th April 2009
22.	Facilitated in “National Capacity Building Workshop on Airborne Infection Control in India– 2009”	Dr. Rohit Sarin	LRS Institute	20^th to 24^th October 2009
23.	Chaired a session on Anaphylaxis, angioedema and atopic dermatitis in Conference “ICAAICON”	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Chandigarh	01^st to 3^rd October 2009
24.	Presented a talk “LRS Experience with DOTS Plus” at “Research Dissemination Workshop” organised jointly by World Health Organization and TRC, Chennai	Dr. R. Singla	Chennai	10th December, 2009.
25.	Participated in a panel discussion on “”MDR TB: Challenges and solutions” at “Research Dissemination Workshop” organised jointly by World Health Organization and TRC, Chennai	Dr. R. Singla	Chennai	10th December, 2009.
26.	Presented a guest lecture “MDR & XDR TB management issues” at 11^th NAPCON 2009	Dr. R. Singla	Calicut, Kerala	8^th November 2009
27.	Presented a talk “Outcomes of DOTS Plus: national and International experience” at training programme on “Training of Trainers of doctors on MDR-TB” in collaboration with Indian Medical Association	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	12^th to 14^th October 2009
28.	Presented a talk “Drug toxicities of second line anti-TB drugs” at training programme on “Training of Trainers of doctors on MDR-TB” in collaboration with Indian Medical association	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	12^th to 14^th October 2009
29.	Presented a talk “Treatment of Genital TB with DOTS” at CME organised by Deptt. Of Gynaecology & Obstetrics	Dr. R. Singla	Lady Harding Medical College, Delhi	12^th October, 2009
30.	Member of the Joint Monitoring Mission for review of progress of Revised National TB control Programme in India jointly organized by Govt. of India and World Health Organization	Dr. R. Singla		15^th to 28^th April 2009
31.	Delivered lectures on “Clinical diagnosis, management and prevention of MDR / XDR-TB” as National trainer for Regional training on Tropical Diseases of Public Health Importance for a core group of International Experts from SEAR countries	Dr. R. Singla	NICD, Delhi	23^rd April 2009
32.	Participated as national trainer in a training programme on “Training of Trainers of Nurses” in collaboration with International Council of Nurses	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	11^thto 14^th May 2009
33.	Participated as national trainer in a training programme on “Training of Trainers of Nurses in MDR-TB” in collaboration with International Council of Nurses	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	22^nd to 25^th September 2009
34.	Participated as national trainer in a training programme on “Training of Trainers of doctors on MDR-TB” in collaboration with Indian Medical association	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	12^th to 14^th October 2009
35.	Participated as national trainer in “National Capacity building workshop on National Airborne Infection Control in India” in collaboration with Central TB Division	Dr. R. Singla	LRS, Delhi	20^th to 24^th October 2009
36.	Participated as Facilitator in “State level capacity building workshop on Airborne Infection Control”	Dr. R. Singla	Ahmedabad, Gujrat	9^th to 12^th March 2010
37.	Deliverd an invited Guest Lecture on “Cough Mixtures : How Useful?” in Mixed Bag Session, PEDICON 2010	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Hyderabad	8^th January 2010
38.	Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Paediatric TB Management “at Ambedkar Hospital organized by TB Alert India in association with Lilly MDR-TB Partnership	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	New Delhi	17^th March 2010
39.	Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Management of MDR-TB in children” at Ambedkar Hospital organized by TB Alert India with Lilly MDR-TB Partnership	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	New Delhi	17^th March 2010
40.	Facilitator of Workshop on Paediatric TB for Private Practitioners organized by TB Alert India with Lilly MDR TB Partnership	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	New Delhi	17^th March 2010
41.	Invited as Visiting Faculty to teach and interact with under-graduate and post-graduate students (Paediatrics) and delivered a lecture on “Paediatric Tuberculosis” in Teaching Session for Undergraduate & Post Graduates in Paediatrics and also interacted with Faculty.	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa	19^th to 20^th March 2010.
42.	Delivered a Guest lecture on “Pragmatic issues in paediatric practice – TB in children” in Conference of IAP, Delhi & North Zone of India	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Delhi	25^th to 27^th September 2010
43.	Delivered a Guest lecture on “MDR TB in children”& participated in panel discussion in 3^rd National Summer CME on Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Update	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Kolkatta	25^th to 26^th April 2009
44.	Participated as faculty in “Formulation of DOTS Plus Guidelines for Children” conducted by Central TB Division, MOHFW	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Delhi
45.	Delivered a lecture on “Newer Development in ATT in NATCON-2009”	Dr. S. K. Munjal	Kolkatta	28^th December 2009
46.	Delivered a lecture on “Pre test and Post test Counselling”	Dr. S. K. Munjal	Jamia Milia Islamia University (Psychology Deptt.)	22^nd April 2009 & 25^th May 2009
47.	Delivered a lecture on “Counselling Issues in HIV-TB”	Dr. S. K. Munjal	Jamia Milia Islamia University (Sociology Dept.)	23^rd April 2009 & 26^th May 2009
48.	Delivered a lecture on “Clinical Risk Assessment in HIV”	Dr. S. K. Munjal	ITBP HQ Delhi	27^th April 2009
49.	Delivered a lecture on “HIV TB coordination”	Dr. S. K. Munjal	Delhi State AIDS Control Society (DSAC)	19^th April 2009
50.	Delivered a guest Lecture on “Pneumonectomy for inflammatory lung disease” in a Post Graduate CME program conducted Jointly by the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Asian society of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons and the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons. Also participated in panel discussion on “”Airway Fistula” and chaired a session on Thoracic Surgery during this meet	Dr. R. K. Dewan	CTCOMCON-2010, New Delhi	26^th February to 1^st March 2010
51.	Delivered a guest Lecture “Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis” at the CT-CME (Thoracic)-2009	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Mammalipuram, Chennai	19^th to 20^th December 2009
52.	Conducted a Workshop on Video-assisted thoracic surgery and management of pleural diseases at the NATCON. Also delivered a guest lecture “Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis” on 27^th December 2009	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Kolkata	26^th to 27^th December 2009
53.	Delivered the N.L. Bordia Oration lecture on “Congenital Lung Lesions encountered in Thoracic Surgical practice” at the 69^th Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India. Also chaired two sessions in the same meet on 29^th December 2009	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Coimbatore	28^th to 29^th December 2009
54.	Delivered a guest lecture on “Penetrating Chest Injury-Management Protocol” in the mid term CME of the Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi	12^th September 2009
55.	Delivered a lecture on “Surgical Experience of Lung Cancer at LRS Institute at 3^rd Biennial NALCCON-2009	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Shimla	25^th to 26^th April 2009
56.	Delivered a lecture on “Management of Lung Cancer in Developing Countries” at 3^rd Biennial NALCCON-2009	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	Shimla	26^th April 2009
57.	Delivered a lecture on “Rational use of antibiotic in pneumonia” in Seminar on Pneumonia at VPCI	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	Delhi University	13^th February 2010
58.	Delivered a lecture on “Management of Lung Cancer – An Experience at LRS Institute” at Monthly Clinical Meet of NCCP	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	Delhi	13^th April 2009
59.	Delivered a lecture on “Newer anti-TB drugs” at IMA and WMA Conference	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	LRS, New Delhi	12^th to 14^th October 2009
60.	Delivered a lecture on “ISTC-The Stop TB Strategy” at IMA and WMA Conference	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	LRS, New Delhi	12^th to 14^th October 2009
61.	Delivered a lecture on “The Chennai Consensus Statement” at IMA and WMA Conference	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	LRS, New Delhi	12^th to14^th October 2009
62.	Delivered a lecture on “Bronchial-transbronchial biopsies” at Diagnostic Interventional Bronchoscopy Workshop	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi	8^th to 9^th August 2009
63.	Participated as a Panelist on “MDR TB Management Issues”	Dr. Anand Jaiswal	St. Stephens Hospital, New Delhi	13^th April 2009
64.	Participated as expert in the development of manual titled ‘TB/HIV Module for ART Centre Staff	Dr Upasna Agarwal	National AIDS Control Organization and CTD, Ministry of H & FW, New Delhi	January 2010
65.	Delivered a lecture on “Awareness regarding tuberculosis among patients attending general dispensaries in South Delhi’ at NATCON 2009	Dr. U. K. Khalid	Kolkata	26^th to 29^th December 2009
66.	Presented a paper on “Experience of Empyema Management at LRS Institute” in 9^th RJCON 2010	Dr. Anula Sisodia	Udaipur	13^th March 2010
67.	Chaired a session on Thoracic Surgery - Free Papers	Dr. Anula Sisodia	CTCOMCON-2010, New Delhi	27^th February 2010
68.	Presented a paper on “Double disc diffusion for identification of ESBL”	Dr. Ajay Kumar Verma	India Habitat Centre, Delhi	13^th March 2010
69.	Presented a paper on “Use of Cefoxitin disc for MRSA detection” in 2^nd Annual Conference IAMM, Delhi Chapter	Dr. Ajay Kumar Verma	Delhi	13^th March 2010
70.	Presented a paper on “Antimicrobial resistance pattern of P. Aeruginosa in UTI patients”	Dr. Ajay Kumar Verma	Delhi	13^th March 2010
71.	Delivered a guest lecture on “Double lumen tube and other equipments used in thoracic anaesthesia for one lung ventilation” in Examination Oriented Refresher Course For Anaesthesia For Anaesthesia Post Graduate Students (EORCAPS) 2009	Dr. Prakash Sharma	UCMS & GTB Hospital, New Delhi	12^th September 2009
72.	Presented a DNB thesis paper on “Sleep disordered breathing in obese Indian subjects” in Conference on Sleep Disorders	Dr Deepak Kumar	Chennai	4^th April 2009

Conference /Workshop/Seminar/Training attended :

Outside Country :

Details of Conference/Workshop/Seminar/ Training attended:
S.No	Name of the Participant	Name of Conference/Workshop/Seminar/ Training attended	Venue	Dates (From - to)
	Dr. D. Behera	Visited General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia under Integrated Long Term Programme (ILTP) of cooperation in Science and Technology between India and Russia	Moscow, Russia	25^th to 30^th November 2009
	Dr. D. Behera	Attended the Union World Conference on Lung Health	Cancun, Mexico	3^rd to 6^th December 2009
	Dr. D. Behera	Attended AIDS International Training and Research Programme (AITRP)	New York Univ. School of Medicine, New York	27^thto 30^th July 2009
	Dr. D. Behera	Attended 13^th World Conference on Lung Cancer	San Francisco, California, USA	31^st July to 4^th August 2009
	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Undertaken Technical Assistance Mission to assist with the planning and preparation for the programmatic management and patients with MDR-TB	Sri Lanka	22^nd to 30^th June 2009
	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Undertaken Technical Assistance on the revision of TB Control Guidelines for Sri Lanka and Training Materials	Sri Lanka.	23^rd to 30^th Nov. 2009
	Dr. R. Singla	Attended 5^th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference 2009	Cape Town	19^th to 22^nd July 2009
	Dr. R. K. Dewan	Visited General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia under Integrated Long term Programme (ILTP) of cooperation in Science and Technology between India and Russia	Moscow, Russia	25^thto 30^th November 2009
	Dr. Jyoti Arora	Laboratory training on Detection, Identification and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.	Bangkok, Thailand	11^th to 12^th January 2010
	Dr. M.M. Puri	Completed training in “Clinical Management of HIV & TB patients” under AIDS international training and Research Program (AITRP) of Fogarty International Centre(FIC) at the National Institute of Health (NIH)	New York	September to November 2009

Conference /Workshop/Seminar/Training attended :

Within Country:

Details of Conference/Workshop/Seminar/ Training attended:
S.No	Name of the Participant	Name of Conference/Workshop/Seminar/ Training attended	Venue	Dates (From - to)
1.	Dr. D. Behera	Attended Research Dissemination Workshop	Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai	10^th December 2009
2.	Dr. D. Behera	Attended “North Zone Workshop” regarding OR Projects	PGIMER, Chandigarh	06^th to 07^th June 2009
3.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended the Training of Trainers Workshop organised by IMA on “Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)	LRS Institute	12^th to 14^th October 2009
4.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended Workshop for the preparation of Technical and Operational Guidelines on Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL)	Trivandrum	21^st to 22^nd October 2009
5.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended the 11^th NAPCON 2009	Calicut	05th to 08th Nov. 2009
6.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended the Workshop “Partnership for Tuberculosis Care and Control in India”	LRS Institute	23^rd December 2009
7.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended Meeting on “Airborne Infection Control” conducted by Central TB Division	LRS Institute	24^th December 2009
8.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended NATCON 2009	Kolkata	26th to 29th December 2009
9.	Dr. Rohit Sarin	Attended the workshop at State level capacity building on Airborne Infection Control as a Facilitator	Kolkata, West Bengal	02^nd to 05^th March 2010
10.	Dr. Rupak Singla	Attended “Third National Airborne Infection Control Committee” meeting	LRS, Delhi	24^th December 2009
11.	Dr. Rupak Singla	Attended “Research Dissemination Workshop” organised jointly by World Health Organization and TRC, Chennai	Chennai	9^th to 10th December 2009
12.	Dr. Rupak Singla	Attended 11^th NAPCON 2009	Calicut, Kerala	5^th to 8^th November 2009
13.	Dr. R.K. Dewan	Attended Annual Winter Workshop and Cardiology Summit of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery held at Medanta, The Medicity	Gurgaon	11^th to 13^th December 2009
14.	Dr. R.K. Dewan	Attended 3^rd Biennial NALCCON-2009	Shimla	25^th to 26^th April 2009
15.	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Attended PEDICON 2010	Hyderabad	7^th to 10^th January 2010
16.	Dr. Sangeeta Sharma	Attended a Conference of IAP, Delhi & North Zone of India at Indian Habitat Centre	Delhi	25^th to 27^th September 2010
17.	Dr. Anita Yadav	Attended 63^rd Annual Congress(IRIA)	Ahmedabad, Gujrat	23^rd to 26^th January 2010
18.	Dr. Anita Yadav	Attended Delhi Imaging Update 2010	Safdarjung Hospital & VMMC, Delhi	27^th to 28^th February 2010
19.	Dr. Rajnish Gupta	Attended International conference on Sleep Disorders and the pre conference workshop on Polysomnography	Chennai	3^rd to 5^th April 2009
20.	Dr.Rajnish Gupta	Attended Seminar on “Implementation of successful technologies/ Policies for clean and green environment on the occasion of World Environment Day	Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate, Delhi	5^th June 2009
21.	Dr.Rajnish Gupta	Attended 11^th NAPCON 2009	Calicut, kerala	5^th to 8^th November 2009
22.	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Attended IATP,3^rd National Conference Tropical Parasitology	PGI, Chandigarh	18^th to 19^th November 2009
23.	Dr. Jyoti Arora	Attended Conference-IAMM Delhi Chapter	India Habitat Centre	11^th to 12^th March 2010
24.	Dr. Manpreet Bhalla	Attended IAMM Delhi Chapter Quarterly meeting	Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi	5^th December 2009
25.	Dr. Manpreet Bhalla	Attended IAMM Delhi Annual Chapter	India Habitat Centre, Delhi	13^th March 2010
26.	Dr. Manpreet Bhalla	Attended Meeting of Hospital Infection Society of India	India Habitat Centre, Delhi	27^th March 2010
27.	Dr Upasna Agarwal	Attended 11^th NAPCON 2009	Calicut, Kerala	5^th to 8^th November 2009
28.	Dr. Anula Sisodia	Attended Annual Winter Workshop and Cardiology Summit of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery held at Medanta, The Medicity	Gurgaon	11^th to 13^th December 2009
29.	Dr Devesh Chauhan	Attended 63^rd Annual Congress of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association	Ahmedabad, Gujrat	23^rd to 26^th January 2010
30.	Dr. U.K. Khalid	Attended NATCON 2009	Kolkata	26^th to 29^th December 2009
31.	Dr J.K.Saini	Attended 11^th NAPCON 2009	Calicut, Kerala	5^th to 8^th November 2009
32.	Dr Prakash Sharma	47^th Annual Conference of Anaesthesiologists (Delhi Branch)	New Delhi	5^th to 6^th April 2009
33.	Dr Prakash Sharma	Annual National Conference of Research Society of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology	New Delhi	9^th to 11^th October 2009
34.	36 Staff Nurses	Underwent HIV/AIDS Training at Regional & Peripheral level under GFATM Round-7, Project in different sessions at RAK College of Nursing	New Delhi

CME, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, other academic activities conducted during 2008-2009 (in chronological order)

LRS Institute faculty participated as national trainers in a training programme on “Training of Trainers of Nurses” in collaboration with International Council of Nurses from 11^{th
to 14th}May 2009 held at LRS Institute of Tb & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi.

Dr Rupak Singla and Dr Rohit Sarin participated as members of the Joint Monitoring Mission for review of progress of Revised National TB control Programme in India jointly organized by Govt. of India and World Health Organization between 15^th April and 28^th April 2009.

LRS Institute faculty participated as technical member in Indian Medical Professional Associations Coalition against TB (IMPACT) held on 5^th April 2009 in New Delhi.

LRS Institute faculty Coordinated the MDR XDR subcommittee meetings for review of national DOTS Plus guidelines held at LRS institute on 20^th December 2008 & 20^th February 2009.

LRS Institute faculty organised a Satellite workshop on “Management of MDR/XDR-TB” at LRS Institute of TB & Respiratory Diseases during first International conference of SEAR-NATCON, 2008 on 7^th September, 2008. Dr Rupak Singla coordinated this workshop and LRS Institute faculty delivered talks on various subjects.

Dr Rupak Singla delivered a talk on “Diagnosis & management of Pediatric Tuberculosis under RNTCP” in CME organized by Dept. of Pediatrics at Maulana Azad Medical College on 22^nd August 2008.

Dr. M. M. Puri, Chest Physician (Specialist Grade I) delivered FACULTY LECTURE “Role of Lasers in tuberculosis” in the Annual Conference of North America Association of Laser therapy (NAALT-2008) held at Hotel Marriott, West Palm Beach gardens, Florida, USA from June 12 to14 June , 2008

Dr. M. M. Puri, Chest Physician (Specialist Grade I) delivered LECTURE ” Clinical presentation of MDR/ XDR-TB” in pre conference workshop of 62^ndNational Conference of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, SEAR NATCON 2008, held at New Delhi from 7-9 th September 2008.

Dr. M. M. Puri, Chest Physician (Specialist Grade I) delivered LECTURE “COPD –Early Diagnosis” in 10^th Joint conference of National College of Chest Physicians of India and Indian Chest society, held at Lucknow from 6-9 th November 2008.