Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Mar 12: A one-day brain-storming meeting on “Still Birth, Congenital Malformations, and Infant Death among Newborns in Jammu and Kashmir Region” was conducted at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra.
The meeting was sponsored by J&K Science Technology and Innovation Council, Deptt of Science and Technology, Govt of J&K and was organized by the team of ICMR-CAR scientists and scholars led by Dr Girish, Dr Sonali, Minerva, Rajeshwar, and Dr Rakesh Kumar, the organizing secretary and principal coordinator of ICMR-CAR, SMVDU.
The meeting addressed the crucial issues related to still birth, congenital malformations, and infants’ death. Prof RNK Bamezai, former Vice-Chancellor of SMVDU and Ex-Dean Life Sciences JNU, chaired the meeting, and representatives of most institutes of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir attended the meeting. Various experts shed light on different aspects of stillbirth and congenital anomalies prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir. Prof Bamezai suggested identifying biomarkers for still birth, congenital malformations, and infants’ death.
Representative of majority of the institutes of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir attended the meeting. They included Sunita Razdan Dhar, Joint Director JKST⁣ Prof Ghansham Saini, Head Department of Paediatrics, GMC Jammu; Dr Rakesh Raina PHC, Akhnoor; Dr Dinesh Kumar, Dean academics, AIIMS Jammu; Dr Audesh Bhat, Central University of Jammu; Dr Javeed Iqbal, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine (ERS) SKIMS; Dr Renu Sharma, Dr Ritesh Kumar from AIIMS Jammu, Dr Anand Yelne, Consultant Pediatrician; Dr Sonia Nagyal, Consultant Pathologist; Dr Arunima, Consultant Gynae; Dr Kamaljeet Kaur, Consultant Paediatrician, of SMVDNH, Katra; Dr Anindya Goswami and Dr Mohd. Jamal Dar, Principal Scientists of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu; Pushpa Oraon, Associate Professor SMVDCON, Katra; Dr Ruchi Shah from University of Kashmir; Dr Ekta Rai from SMVDU. They threw light on different aspects of still birth and congenital anomalies prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Rakesh Kumar presented the vote of thanks.
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