The Schedule

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 10:00 (TOOFS 1) (Theory) Tissue Optics I [Prof. Sujatha N., IIT Madras]

10:00 - 10:30 Inauguration

Session Chair: Prof. Naveen Kumar, Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram

10:45 - 12:00 (TOOFS 2) (Perspective) Towards Manufacturing and Translating Healthcare Devices and Systems [Prof. Hardik J. Pandya, IISc Bangalore]

12:00 - 13:00 (TOOFS 3) (Theory) Fundamentals in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Session I [Dr. Lakshmi Priya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 (TOOFS 4) (Theory) Optical Fiber Sensing [Prof. Balaji Srinivasan, IIT Madras]

15:15 - 16:15 (TOOFS 5) (Theory) Phototheranostics: Listening and Treating with Light [Dr. JayaPrakash, IISc Bangalore]

16:30 - 17:30 (Experimental) Hands-on Session by a group of faculties from IIITDM Kancheepuram*

08:30 - 09:30 (SP1) (Application) Application of Biomedical Optical Imaging [Prof. Rongguang Liang, Arizona State Univeristy, USA] [Online]

Session Chair: Prof. Tapas Sil, Associate Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram

09:30 - 10:30 (SP 2) (Theory) Spectroscopy Methods in Life Sciences I [Prof. Nilesh Jayanthilal Vasa, IIT Madras]

10:45 - 11:45 (SP 3) Selected Talks from WiSBO 2025 Participants. 

12:00 - 13:00 (SP 4) (Theory) (Perspective) Introduction to Spectrometer and acquisition of diffuse reflectance spectra. UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer, Fluorescent spectrometer, Raman Spectrometer. [Mr. Jayakumar Sambasivan, COMTEK]

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 (SP 5) (Experimental) Calibrating a Spectrometer and acquisition of diffuse reflectance spectra. UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer, Fluorescent spectrometer, Raman Spectrometer. [Mr. Jayakumar Sambasivan, COMTEK]

16:30 - 17:30 (SP 6) (Experimental) Hands-on Session by a group of faculties from IIITDM Kancheepuram*

Session Chair: Dr. Srijith K, Assistant Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram

09:00 - 10:30 (TIBIP 1) (Theory) Tissue Imaging I [Prof. Hari Varma, IIT Bombay] 

11:00 - 12:00 (TIBIP 2) (Theory) Fundamental of Biostatsitiscs in Clinical Diagnosis [Prof. Sreekumar Nair, JIPMER Puducherry]

12:00 - 13:00 (TIBIP 3) (Perspective) Challenges faced by doctors in early detection and management of cancer. Can technology aid? [Dr. Arpitha Anantharaju, JIPMER Puducherry]

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 (TIBIP 4) (Perspective) Overview of Medical Device Regulation in India [Dr. Deepak Gupta, Regulatory Consultant]

15:15 - 17:00 (TIBIP 5) (Theory and Hands-on) Optical Biosensors (U-bent fiber optic probes) [Prof. Raghavendra Sai V V, IIT Madras] 

17:00 - 18:00 (TIBIP 6) (Demonstration) Light transport in tissue with Monte Carlo Simulations using MCML Code (https://omlc.org/software/mc/) [Prof. Tapas Sil, IIITDM Kancheepuram]

Session Chair: Dr. Monisha M, Assistant Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram

09:00 - 10:15 (MI 1) (Theory) Tutorial on Microscopy for Clinical Applications: Recent Advances [Prof. Renu John, IIT Hyderabad]

10:30 - 11:30 (MI 2) (Theory) Microscopic Imaging I [Prof. Srivathsan Vasudevan, IIT Indore]

12:00 - 13:00 (MI 3) (Theory) Quantitative multi-modal volumetric imaging of cancer cells within 3D engineered microenvironments. [Dr. Shantanu Pradhan, IIT Madras]

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 (MI 5) (Talk) Fluorescence microscopy and nanoscopy [Dr. Sebastian Raja, Leica Microsystems]

15:00 - 16:30 (MI 6) (Experimental) Bright field, phase contrast microscopy [Dr. Sebastian Raja, Leica Microsystems]

16:30 - 17:30 (MI 7) Hands-on Session by a group of faculties from IIITDM Kancheepuram*

Session Chair: Dr. Gowri A, Assistant Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram

09:00 - 10:15 (OB&AI1) (Theory) Introduction to NIR-MIR spectroscopy [Prof. Ramya Selvaraj, NIT Raipur]

10:30 - 11:45 (OB&AI 2) (Perspective) Point-of-care cancer diagnostics [Dr. Murugan Nandagopal, LifeCell International Pvt. Ltd.]

12:00 - 13:00 (OB&AI 3)  Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Session II [Dr. Priyanka Kokil, IIITDM Kancheepuram]

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 (OB&AI4) Hands-on Session by a group of faculties from IIITDM Kancheepuram*

15:00 - 16:00 (OB&AI5) Modelling Optical Systems using COMSOL Multiphysics [Dr. Uttam M. Pal, IIITDM Kancheepuram]

16:00 - 17:00 (OB&AI6) Clinical Challenges in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology [Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy, Adyar Cancer Institute (WIA)]

17:00 - 17.30 Concluding Remarks and Certificate Distribution

* List of Hands-on experiments planned throughout the school:

Confirmed:

1. Characterization of fiber optic components and devices [Dr. Srijith K., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

2. OpenCV for AI-assisted machine vision imaging, using Raspberry Pi v4/5 for high-resolution cameras [Dr. Uttam M. Pal, IIITDM Kancheepuram] 

3. Development of phantom tissue for testing optical experiments (Tissue Optics) [Dr. Uttam M. Pal, IIITDM Kancheepuram]

4. Biosensing using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy [Dr. Gowri A., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

5. Imaging cancer cells using Fluorescent Probes(Microscopy) [Dr. Monisha M., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

6. Light transport in tissue with Monte Carlo Simulations using MCML Code [Prof. Tapas Sil, IIITDM Kancheepuram]

7. Modeling Optical Systems using COMSOL Multiphysics ® [Dr. Uttam M. Pal]

If time permits:

8. Evaluation of carbon dots for biomedical imaging of cancer cells (Microscopy) [Dr. Monisha M., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

9. Hands-on training on fiber splicing machine (Optical fiber sensing) [Dr. Srijith K., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

10. Characterization of passive optical components (Optical fiber sensing) [Dr. Srijith K., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

11. Testing and characterization of Fiber Bragg grating sensor (Optical fiber sensing) [Dr. Srijith K., IIITDM Kancheepuram]

12. Modeling of Radiative Trasport Equation (RTE) using COMSOL Multiphysics & Monte Carlo Techniques [Dr. Uttam M. Pal, IIITDM Kancheepuram]