Speakers

GUEST OF HONOUR

Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State at Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Shri Rajeev Arora IAS , Additional Chief Secretary - Health at Govt of Haryana

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Smt. Sonika (IAS), Additional Secretary - Tourism , Endowment,Education , Health Mission Director of NHM, Uttarakhand (Health & Family Welfare)

This panel aims to foster important narratives on the role, significance and consequences of Iron Deficiency Anaemia during Pregnancy. We also study factors that influence iron absorption in pregnant women, and deliberate best practices and methods of iron supplementation in the diet. Differences between oral iron & parenteral iron, bio-availability of supplemental iron, prophylaxis and treatment of anemia under “Anemia Mukt Bharat” strategy, and anaemia management protocol for Pregnant women (Types & Levels of treatment) are the other areas our august speakers will aim to dissect and illuminate.

Speakers

Dr. Jagmeet Madan

National President at Indian Dietetic Association (IDA)

Abhilasha V

Manager and HOD - Clinical Nutrition at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals

NABANITA SAHA

Chief Clinical Dietitian - Nutrition & Dietetics at Manipal Hospital , Old Airport Road, Bangalore

Dr. Vijaya Sherbet

Consultant - Gynecology & Obstetrics at Cloumbia Asia Hospital

Exclusive interactions with diet specialists, celebrity nutritionists and other domain visionaries on sports nutrition, its significance in our life & society and the role, thereof, of dietary supplements. What’s fuelIng the sudden boost in the sector… a review of FIT INDIA Movement in this context… myths on dietary supplements & ‘right usage’… how India can lift its performance at global sporting platforms like the Olympics… a clarion call to parents, athletes, coaches & the state to usher change via policy, mindset & practice – everything goes under the hammer.

Speakers

Ryan Fernando

Founder of Qua Nutrition

Shonaalii Sabherwal

Macrobiotic Nutritionist, Founder of SoulfoodShonali

Ishi Khosla

Founder of IDK Healthcare

n this mission critical Panel, we take a look at the redoubtable potential of National community health worker (CHW) programmes as long-term investments for responsive and community-oriented health systems. We review the impact of UN’s Decade of Action on Nutrition. We seek our experts’ views on the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme (POSHAN) Abhiyaan in 2017 as a convergence mechanism for the country’s response to malnutrition. We think out loud whether there should be nutrition-specific budgets for the nation, states and cities. And we decode the effect of the pandemic on anaemia in women of reproductive age and exclusive breastfeeding.

Speakers

Arjan De Wagt

Chief - Nutrition Section at UNICEF, India

Mansharan Seth

Deputy Director-Nutrition & Water of Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.

Anant Arora

Senior Director, Product and Sustainability of Akshaya Patra Foundation

Dr. Smriti Sharma

Program Officer- Mother Infant and Young Child Nutrition at TATA Trusts

Dr. Supreet Kaur

Senior Policy Advisor at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Dr. Shubnum Singh

Principal Advisor-Healthcare at Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII)

A highly relevant panel for the Indian sub-continent, this is where we turn our focus on the role & significance of iron supplementation after delivery. Speakers also divide attention equally between other critical themes - such as methods available for iron supplementation, the role of calcium in maternal & foetal feeds, calcium and pregnancy-induced hypertension and herbal and pharmaceutical Galactagogues for Breast-Feeding and their comparisons.

Speakers

Dr. Radhamany K

Clinical Professor and Head , Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Amrita Hospitals,Kochi

Dr Amol Pawar

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital ,Mumbai

Dr Ashwini Annam

Senior Consultant - Gynecology & Obstetrics at Medicover Hospital , Hydrabad