ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - OCCUCON 2016

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - OCCUCON 2016 NATIONAL PRESIDENT Dr. G. V. Prabhu CONFERENCE DIRECTORS Dr. M.V. Sreenivasan Resources & Finance Dr. Vivek Chandra Rao Public Sector Undertakings Dr. P. Shishodiya Mining Industry Dr. Shyam Pingle Dr. Chaitanya Gulvady Govt. Organizations & Corporates Dr. A.G.Harshe Govt. Organizations & Corporates Dr. Dharmesh Parekh Dr. Hiren Desai Dr. Hitesh Shingala Dr. Jain P.C. Dr. Kanaka Rao Logistics Committee Dr. Bagepalli Dr. Deepthi N Shanbhag Dr. EVV Gupta Dr. B.Ramakrishna Goud Dr. Shashi Kumar Dr. Siddharth Khandhar CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN Dr. Bobby Joseph Dr. R. Rajesh Dr. Kishore Madhwani Dr. Kishore Parekh Dr. Maheshwari G.D. Dr. Mishra S.K. Dr. Mishra T TREASURERS Dr. Aravind Kumar M Dr. Sarangadharan Reception Committee Dr. Avita Johnson Dr. Bakhtiar Choudhary Dr. Bhavesh Khodadiya Dr. KV Girish Dr. Rajmohan Dr. Siddharth Khandhar Dr. Shrutin Ulman Dr. Swati Chakravarthy Registration Committee Dr. Deepa KH Dr. Farah N Fathima Dr. MG Prasanth Dr. HK Srinivasa Dr. Twinkle Agrawal Resource Committee Dr. Naidu Chandra Babu Dr. Nanda Kishore Dr. Nandini De Dr. Parthasarathy T Dr. GS Palaksha Hotel Accommodation & Transport Committee Dr. Krishna Kumar Dr. Suman Dr. Suhas Chakraborty Dr. Vikram Rajpoot ORGANISING SECRETARIES Dr. Naveen Ramesh Dr. Vijay Rao Committee Dr. Arvind Kasthuri Dr. (Maj) Bishwadeep Paul Dr. Dileep Andhare Dr. Divyang Shah Dr. Gautham M Sukumar Dr. Nikunj Desai Dr. Rajnarayan Tiwari Mr. G.S. Swaminathan Souvenir Committee Dr. Anantha Subramanya Dr. Girish Baindur Dr. Pretesh R Kiran Dr. Ravikiran Dr. Sidram Raut Dr. Suhas Gurlhosur Dr. Raghuraman Dr. Sandeep Sharma Dr. Sikdar Barun Dr. Sujay K.T. Dr. Vidya Shankar Cultural & Ladies Program Committee Dr. Jaysuriya Dr. T Sulekha Dr. Shailaja Dr. Vandana Shinde Dr. Arya Rakesh Dr. Bhatiker Navnath Dr. Chandrasekharan NK Dr. Das Arjun G. Dr. Gadgeel M.L. Dr. Gururaj Dr. Abhirup Maulik Dr. Aditya Paliwal Dr. Ahuja S.P. Dr. Ajay Sood Dr. Ajay Sati Dr. Ananthan V.S. Dr. Arun Kale Dr. Arvind Patel Dr. Bhatnagar S.K. Dr. Brenda Pinto Dr. Chakradhar Ch. Dr. (Mrs.) Chandra Tripathy Dr. Das Sukumar Conference Co-ordinator Dr. Sidram Kerappa Raut National Advisory Committee Dr. Jain Rajiv Kumar Dr. Paralikar Jagdish Dr. Jayaraj G. Dr. Parekh K.J. Dr. Lele D.V. Dr. Parihar Yogindra Dr. Mohanrao P. Dr. Rajnarayan K. R. Dr. Nag P.K. Dr. Ramteke V.K. Dr. Pradeep Padwal Dr. Ranga Rao T.V. Zonal / Regional Co-ordinators Dr. Dayanand Babar Dr. Manu Saxena Dr. Dharmesh Parekh Dr. Modi P.R. Dr. Gambhir Solanki Dr. Mrunal Roy Choudhary Dr. Ghanashyam Dulera Dr. Nanda P.K. Dr. Girish M. Purohit Dr. Parth Patel Dr. Govinda Narke Dr. Ramesh Bhalerao Dr. Hemant Haldavnekar Dr. Ramvilas Malani Dr. Jagdish Kamat Dr. Samir Vora Dr. Jagdish Shah Dr. Sanjay Rothitor Dr. Kishore Parekh Dr. Sanjiv Saraf Dr. Luthra J.K. Dr. Santanu Baishya Dr. Malhotra Y.P. Dr. Santosh Datar Dr. Manohar Gemawat Dr. Sarkar S Dr. Bobby Joseph 09900163821 Dr. Vijay Rao J 09849256689 Dr. Rajesh R 07738178888 Dr. Sreenivasan M.V. 09845629188 Dr. Naveen Ramesh 09448927400 Dr. Gautham M.S. 09632244780 Dr. Prabhu G.V. 09823072558 Dr. Saxena R.C. Dr. Shetty C.G. Dr. Sunder S. Dr. Sunilkumar Dr. Swaminathan V. Dr. Xivanand Priolcar Dr. Satpathy.R Dr. Sharma N Dr. Smruti Desai Dr. Sudip Gupta Dr. Suhas Kanitkar Dr. Sujatha Mohan Dr. Sukumar Das Dr. Sumit De Dr. Sunder S Dr. Sunil Kakodkar Dr. M Thyagaraju Dr. Uday Barua 2 3

Indian Association of Occupational Health (IAOH) Nodal non-governmental organization committed to attain highest standards of occupational health in India by enabling stakeholders, influencing policy makers and creating community consciousness. Mission Statement IAOH is committed to enable occupational health professionals to make India's workplace healthy, safe and green-free from the ill effect of hazards, by evolving effective solutions. Goals IAOH has over 3000 occupational health physicians, Industrial hygienists, Safety professionals, Social workers and counsellors to realize our future vision. In addition to strengthening our current activities, we plan to expand our scope to address the following broad objectives. Create awareness about health, safety and environmental hazards of industrial process among the public, workmen and the management of the industry particularly in the unorganized and hazardous sectors. Prepare time-bound projects for designing and implementing Occupational health, safety and Environmental protection in industry. Assist industries in design and implementation of Occupational Health Services within their workplaces to improve the quality of healthcare in general and in occupational diseases in particular. Start formal and informal training courses in Occupational health, Safety and Environment. Publish scientific journals, periodicals, books, literature and produce films, videos and computer software relevant to the field of Occupational health, Safety and Environment. Carry out research in Occupational health, Safety and Environment, independently and in collaboration with other agencies with similar aims and objects. Provide expertise in establishing Occupational Health Centres in and around industrial zones and in creating relevant protocols for health screening and for standards of fitness for work. Liaise with the government and statutory agencies in drafting legislations in the matters of Health, Safety and Environment and its implementation. Prepare a National Registry of Occupational health, Safety and Environment Experts in collaboration with other agencies and provide such services to the industry. Prepare software for Medical Records for Occupational health, Safety and Environment to provide management information. Collaborate with International agencies active in the field of Occupational health for cross-border transfer of technology with reference to best practices in Occupational health. 4 OCCUCON 2016: Theme OH in India: Now and the future - Integration and Synergy is the Key Indian Association of Occupational Health is the leading non-governmental professional association of occupational health and allied professionals in India. It is active in the development and promotion of occupational health with 3000 members across 23 branches. It is organizing national conferences on occupational health every year. The 66th annual, national conference on occupational health, OCCUCON 2016, is being organized at Bangalore from 18th to 20th February 2016 and PDC on 17th February 2016 India contributes 17% of global population and is the third economy in the world (GDP by PPP) and given the fact that India s contribution is set to further increase, the current situation and future of occupational health in India is very relevant to the future of occupational health in the world. The theme of the conference focuses on the current status and the future of occupational health in India. It also underlines that integration & synergy with occupational safety & hygiene, environment and collaboration with various allied organizations and international agencies is the key to securing sustainable future of occupational health in the country. This conference would incorporate multiple sub themes including but not limited to: Collaborations, networking and partnerships Integrated approach to occupational health, hygiene, safety and environment Integration of quality with OHSE: Integrated management systems Integration of occupational health with workplace wellness programs, Quality of Life and life style issues. Integration of occupational health with primary health care Safety Culture, Behaviour based safety and accident prevention Legislative aspects of OHSE Promotion of mental health including work life balance Ergonomics Women at work Occupational cancer Developing linkages from research to practice Occupational health nursing Learning from best practices OH and CSR Disaster Management and Emergency preparedness etc. 5

10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM Tentative Programme OCCUCON 2016 Wednesday February 17, 2016 Thursday February 18, 2016 Friday February 19, 2016 Saturday February 20, 2016 Seminar Hall Lecture Hall Time Auditorium Hall 2 Auditorium Hall 2 Auditorium Hall 2 Registration 08.00 onwards Registration Registration Receipt Collection 1st 8.30-10.00 Free Paper Session 1 Free Paper Session 2 Central Session 17 Council Meeting PDC 1: Approach to management of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) and Alcohol use disorders in work places. 10.15-11.00 ADM Oration CKR Oration 11.00-11.15 T e a / C o f f e e 11.15-12.15 Theme Symposium L&T Oration Mumbai OHSF Oration Session - 18 12.15-13.00 Session 1 Session 2 Session 11 Session 12 1.00 PM to 2.00 PM L u n c h 13.00-14.00 L u n c h & P o s t e r S e s s i o n Farewell Lunch 14.00-14.45 Session 3 Session 4 Session 13 Session 14 14.45-15.30 Free Paper Session 5 Session 6 Session 15 Session 3 15.30-15.45 T e a / C o f f e e PDC 2: Injury prevention in workplaces. 15.45-16.30 Free Paper Session 7 Session 8 Session 16 PDC 3: Making Sense of occupational health data- Research Perspective. 3rd Central Council Meeting Department of Epidemiology Centre for Public Health Dr. MV Govindaswamy Centre NIMHANS Campus Bangalore 560029. 16.30-17.15 Session 9 Session 10 Conference 17.30-19.00 Inauguration 19.00 Cultural Evening followed by Dinner Session 4 Occupational Health Quiz Annual General Body Meeting Banquet Valedictory function Call for papers Papers are invited from occupational health, safety and environment professionals. Papers should be relevant and preferably deal with original work or practice experience and not reviews from journals or text books. Topics chosen could be clinical, case studies, clinical trials, surveys or interesting cases. Several prizes and cash awards will be given to deserving papers. Papers should be submitted to the Chairmen, Committee on or before 28th November, 2015. Please submit a soft copy of the paper as a MS Word document by e-mail to the Chairmen, Committee at the following e-mail id: occucon2016scientific@yahoo.in. Ensure that the presenting author s address, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses are mentioned in the e-mail. Committee will be happy to advise you in preparing your Paper and final computer slide presentation, if selected. There will be excellent audiovisual facilities for presentations, Viz. LCD computer projection and video projection. Poster presentations may also be presented in the standard size of 4 feet (Height) X 3 feet (Width). Poster should be in English. Charts, Drawings and Illustration must have self explanatory notes. Font size should be readable from 1.5 meter distance. Author should remain present at the poster site for discussion for his/her work at the scheduled time for exhibition at the conference. Time for each Paper presentation will be restricted to 7 minutes, with additional 3 minutes for Q&A. Registration: The presenting author must have registered for the conference having paid the registration fee. Otherwise the paper will not be included in the programme. Please E-mail your abstracts and/or full paper to occucon2016scientific@yahoo.in 6 7

Registration for Paper / Poster Presentation Registration Form OCCUCON 2016 Registration for paper / poster presentation should be done in the format given below and must be sent to the Chairmen, Committee by e-mail before 28 th November, 2015. Submitted for: Oral Presentation / Poster Title: Name of authors with their Designation and name of the Institution: Name of the Presenting Author: Name and contact details of author to whom the communication to be sent:... Email address:... Telephone No.: Office :... Mobile No... 8 9

PAYMENT DETAILS: Payment can be made through NEFT (or) Demand Draft Details for payment through NEFT Bank: Syndicate Bank Branch: Koramangala, 3rd block behind BDA Complect Branch Address: Bangalore. PIN Code: 560 034. Account Name/ Name of the Beneficiary: IAOH, India Account Number: 72113030000109 IFSC code: SYNB0000456, MICR code: 560025020 Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of IAOH India payable at Bangalore. DD No. Date Bank Name Branch Name Cheque should be drawn in favour of IAOH India payable at multicity (subject to realization) Note: PGs to attach a letter from the HOD/Dean/Principal of the institution. Conference Secretariat (for all communications) Dr. Naveen. R. Associate Professor Department of Community Health St. John s Medical College Bangalore 560034, Karnataka. India. Email: iaohoccucon2016@gmail.com Phone: +91 78299 79490 10 Registration Charges Till 31st 1st November to 31st 1st January to 10th 10th February 2016 October, 2015 December, 2015 February, 2016 onwards and Spot Indian Rupees (INR) IAOH Members 4000 5000 6500 7500 Non IAOH Members 5000 6000 7000 8000 Accompanying Person 2500 3000 3500 4000 Retired IAOH Members 2000 3000 3500 4000 Post Graduates 2000 3000 3500 4000 United States Dollars (USD) SAARC Countries (per person) 300 300 400 450 Non SAARC Countries (per person) 400 400 450 500 Conference Registration Fee covers: Attendance to all Sessions, Delegate Kit, Entrance to the Exhibition, Lunches, Dinners and Tea/Coffee as indicated in the program. Accompanying Person Fee covers: Admission to Inaugural Ceremony and Welcome Dinner, Cultural Evening Program, Banquet and Lunches. All fees are non-refundable. However, change in delegate name is acceptable. Delegate Kit is not guaranteed for Spot Registrants. Pre-Conference Professional Development Course 17th February, 2016 (only for registered participants) at Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, Dr. MV Govindaswamy Centre, NIMHANS Campus, Bangalore 560029. Karnataka. India Topics : PDC 1: Approach to management of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) and Alcohol use disorders in work places PDC 2: Injury prevention in workplaces PDC 3: Making Sense of occupational health data-research Perspective Till 31st October, 2015 1st November to 31st December, 2015 1st January till 10th February, 2016 11th - 15th February, 2016 Indian Rupees (INR) IAOH Members 1000 1000 1500 2000 Non IAOH Members 1000 1000 1500 2000 Accompanying Person 1000 1000 1500 2000 Retired IAOH Members 1000 1000 1500 2000 Post Graduates 1000 1000 1500 2000 Registration restricted to 100 delegates for the PDC on first come first served basis. Please register in advance to avoid disappointment. Registration is open only to delegates who have registered to the main conference. There will be no Spot Registration for the PDCs. 11

Conference Venue & Places of interest Conference Hall, NIMHANS Philomena Church, Mysore Bangalore Palace Sravana Belagola Lalbagh Garden 12 Mysore Palace