Tuberculosis Forum - AAPI Global Health Summit 2027

TB Elimination: Innovations and Roadmap for India

Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Dr. Manoj Jain

Adjunct Faculty Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Former Consultant to WHO and World Bank.

Dr. Suvanand Sahu

Stop TB Partnership – Geneva

Dr. Vijay V. Yeldandi

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Digambar Behera

PGI Chandigarh

Salil Bhargava

MGM- Indore

Prof. (Mrs) Sindhu Nandini Tripathy

MD, FICOG. FIAO Emeritius Prof. OUHS, Dept of Obst/and Gynaecology., SCB Medical college Cuttack.

Dr. Sonali Kar

Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIIT University), Bhubaneswar.

National Trainer for Effective Vaccine Management

Dr. Sunil D. Khaparde

MD, Ph.D., FIAP, FIPHAPublic Health Specialist, Epidemiologist and Community Health Expert Advisor CDC -SHARE India TB project Former Deputy Director General (Tuberculosis) MOHFW, Govt of India Former Member of STAG (Tuberculosis) WHO Geneva Former Deputy Director General (National AIDS Control organization)

Prof Dr Narayan Mishra

MD;FIAB;FICAAI;FICS;FIRD;FIAMS;FNCCP(I); FRCP(Glasgo);FCCP (USA).

Professor Emeritus, Pulmonary Medicine, Odisha University of Health Sciences.
International Advisor to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Chief Consultant Pulmonologist- THE CHEST CLINIC, Berhampur
Former Prof & HOD Pulmonary Medicine, MKCG Medical College, Odisha
President Indian Chest Society 2011-12.
President National College of Chest Physicians(India)2015-16.
Past Governor Rotary International-RID-3262

TB ELIMINATION: INNOVATIONS AND ROADMAP FOR INDIA
Time	Session	Speakers
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	TB ELIMINATION: INNOVATIONS AND ROADMAP FOR INDIA
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Opening Remarks: The Case for TB Elimination	Dr. Amit Chakrabarty Dr. Manoranjan Pattnaik Dr. Manoj Jain (video message from CTD)
2:15 pm - 2:35 pm	Innovations in TB Care	Dr. Suvanand Sahu Stop TB Partnership - Geneva
2:35 pm - 2:48 pm	Innovations in high-risk communities.	Dr. Vijay Yeldandi Univ. Illinois, Chicago
2:48 pm - 3:00 pm	Innovations for Last-Mile TB Elimination	Dr. Digambar Behera PGI Chandigarh
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Innovations in AI and TB Elimination	Dr. Manoj Jain Emory, Atlanta
3:15 pm - 3:40 pm	Panel 1	Speakers + Salil Bhargava (MGM- Indore)
3:40 pm - 3:52 pm	Innovation Talk	Prof. Sindhu Nandini Tripathy SCB, Cuttack
3:53 pm - 4:05 pm	Tribal TB Project in Koraput	Sonali Kar KIMS
4:06 pm - 4:18 pm	Innovations in Infection Prevention and MDR TB	Sunil Kharparde Former DDG TB
4:18 pm - 4:30 pm	Healthcare Worker Safety and Training: Addressing the Frontline Challenges	Dr. Narayan Mishra (Odisha University)
4:30 pm - 4:55 pm	Panel 2	Speakers
4:55 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Q/A	All