Schedule

Pre-Symposium Workshop

20-05-2025

Title

Duration

Instructor(s)

Parallel Session-I

Computational Metagenomics

10:00 am - 1:00 pm (3 hrs)

Dr. Ratna Prabha, ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research Institute

Machine Learning in Plant Genomics

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (3 hrs)

Dr. Sajitha S Lulu, Vellore Institute of Technology

Parallel Session-II

Genome Wide Association Studies

10:00 am - 1:00 pm (3 hrs)

Dr. Kuldeep Kumar, ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology

Transcriptomics: From Reads to Pathways

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (3 hrs)

Dr. Sarika Sahu, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

Symposium

21-05-2025

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Registration

10:00 am – 10.35 am

Inauguration – Online

10.35am- 10:50 am

Tea and Networking, Group Photo

Theme 1: Innovations in Genomics, Genome Editing, and Horti-Informatics

Chair:

Co-Chair:

10.50 am- 11.15 am

Lead Talk 1: Dr. Satendra K Mangrauthia, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad

11.15 am-11.40 am

Lead Talk 2: Dr. Rehena Augustine, Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara, Kerala

11:40am-12:05pm

Lead Talk 3: Dr. Ginny Antony, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod

12.05-1.00pm

6 Selected Oral Presentations (8 min presentation + 2 minute discussion)

1.00-1.30 pm

Industry Spotlight Session

1.30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch / Poster Session

Theme 2: From Expression to Ecosystem: Insights from Transcriptomics and Metagenomics

C Chair:

Co-Chair:

2:30 pm - 2:55 pm

Lead talk 1: Dr. Kalyani M Barbadikar, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research

2:55 pm -3:20 pm

Lead Talk 2: Dr. Jinu Jacob, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research

3:20 pm- 4:20 pm

6 Selected Oral Presentations (8 min presentation + 2 minute discussion)

4:20 pm - 4:40 pm

Industry Spotlight Session

4:40 pm-

5:30 pm

Tea / Poster Session / Poster Evaluation

Symposium Day2: 22-05-2025

Theme 3: Proteomics, Metabolomics and Nutrigenomics in Plant Science

Chair:

Co-Chair:

10:00 am-10:25 am

Lead Talk 1: Dr. Subramanian babu, Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology

10:25 am - 10.50 am

Lead Talk 2: Dr. Ahammed Shabeer T.P., Senior Scientist, NRC- Grapes, Maharashtra

10:50 am - 11:15 am

Lead Talk 3: Dr. Veda Krishnan, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Tea

11:30 am- 12:30 pm

6 Selected Oral Presentations (8 min presentation + 2 minute discussion)

12:30 pm- 1.30 pm

Industry Spotlight Session

1:30 pm-2:30 pm

Lunch

Theme 4: Artificial Intelligence and Computational Biology in Plant Research

Chair:

Co-Chair:

2:30 pm- 2:55 pm

Lead Talk 1: Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Staff Scientist IV, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi

2:55 pm- 3:20 pm

Lead Talk 2: Dr. Manu Madhavan,  Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam

3:20 pm- 4:20 pm

6 Selected Oral Presentations (8 min presentation + 2 minute discussion)

4:20 pm - 4:40 pm

Tea Break

4:40 pm- 5:15 pm

Valedictory Program