The Professor Dr. Praveen Aggarwal National CME
The Voice of India is The Pride of India
25th August 2023

The Professor Dr. Praveen Aggarwal National CME honors the life and legacy of India’s First Academic Emergency Medicine Professor and Head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Emergency Medicine who played a monumental role in developing academic Emergency Medicine in India.

“The Voice of India is the Pride of India” is the decorated Theme of The Professor Dr. Praveen Aggarwal National CME.

Distinguished Academic Leaders and Celebrities are selected to deliver state of the art talks at The Professor Dr. Praveen Aggarwal National CME.

The selected speakers are well accomplished and phenomenally inspiring.

The Professor Dr. Praveen Aggarwal National CME is an annual fixture at EMINDIA – The All India Academic Conclave of Emergency Medicine.


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Ajay Ambalakkatte
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India

Dr Ajay is a faculty in Emergency Medicine at the prestigious AIIMS Nagpur. He is residency trained and holds a MCI recognized MD in Emergency Medicine from Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala

Experienced in setting up academic emergency medicine departments across three medical colleges he has extensive skills and interest in advancing rural emergency medicine.

Dr. Ajay will speak on his experiences and how they impact his quest for excellence today.


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Tanushka Melwani Mansukhani, BDS, MBA, CPMCP

Dr. Tanushka Melwani Mansukhani is a multi-hyphenate and her co-ordinates go as dentist-hospital administrator-writer-editor-author saying it with flowers enthusiast-investor-founder of The Conscious Code- Certified conscious parenting coach practitioner-mom of two.

Her most coveted career path is that of a certified Conscious Parenting Coach Practitioner (Conscious Parenting Methodology coaching program-CPMCP) which has put her as a sought-after coach and mentor globally with Clients in APAC, South Asia, and EMEA.

She is passionate about teaching how to become CONNECTED and wholesome within all our relationships.. Most importantly the one with ourselves.

She is a global citizen and has lived in India, Spain, the Philippines, and now in KL, Malaysia for the last 8 years.

She is an international coach advocating for and empowering Parents, Schools, Colleges, and Corporates to raise the collective consciousness through conscious communication, and unleashing the most wholesome versions of ourselves so that we get seen and heard while seeing and listening.

Making a Conscious Connection Crossing Cultures and Continents has been her mission.

Read her latest Book: https://mailchi.mp/c4a80d452e70/7-steps-to-win-win-communications

More at: www.drtanushkamelwani.com


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Indrani Sardesai
Fellow of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
Governing Council Member of the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India

Dr. Indrani Sardesai is an emergency medicine specialty doctor working in an NHS hospital in England. She embarked on her non-traditional emergency medicine journey from Mumbai, and was successfully selected to work in the UK through a Health Education England initiative. She has since completed her FRCEM by examinations.

She is faculty on the advanced life support (ALS) and advanced trauma life support (ATLS) courses, and co-director of the local acute illness management (AIM) course. She also features amongst the faculty for EM Gurukul. With her keen interest in art in medical education, you will frequently find her partaking in FOAMEd (free open access medical education) through her social media platforms and sharing her artwork through various educational engagements.

With a keen interest in art and design in medical education, you will frequently find her partaking in FOAMEd (free open access medical education) through her social media platforms and sharing her artwork through various educational engagements.

Dr. Sardesai will demonstrate the use of designing skills in medicine for quality improvement in delivery of healthcare services.


Distinguished Speaker

AR. MS. PRATIMA JOSHI
Founder-Executive Director, Shelter Associates

Architect Pratima Joshi founded the NGO Shelter Associates (SA) after completing Masters-in-Architecture from London-based Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning. SA designs interventions in Sanitation and Social Housing for urban slum dwellers and has impacted more than 5 lakh individuals since 1994.

SA’s core sanitation project, the ‘One Home One Toilet’ has facilitated home toilets to 1.5 lakh individuals by following a data-driven model involving communities and Urban Local Bodies. It also creates awareness around solid waste segregation and eco-friendly menstrual hygiene.

Through a multi-stakeholder process, she provides well-designed homes to poor urban families. Pratima has pioneered the use of spatial data for slum development and has innovated to give unique digital locational addresses to slum households improving their access to basic services.

An Ashoka fellow, Google Earth Hero, she is recognized as an eminent social architect by BBC and as one of the most powerful women by Forbes India.

She will be speaking on how quality built-in environment can improve the health and well-being of the urban poor.

Read more about her inspiring work here – https://shelter-associates.org/


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. S. Venkataramanaiah, PhD
Professor of Operations Management, Supply Chain Strategist and Specialist in Healthcare Process Development at IIM, Lucknow, India

Professor Dr. S Venkataramanaiah (S. Venkat) has an academic career spanning over 20 years with extensive engagement as an Educator and as a Researcher.

His solid background is decorated with a PhD from Anna University in Chennai and a Post-Doc from MIT Affiliate Nanyang School of Business in Singapore.

His academic career boasts of faculty roles at Institutes of National Importance in India namely IIT Madras, IIT Indore & IIT Kozikode.

Dr. S. Venkat has published over 130 Research papers in International Reputed Journals and has a career focused on Operations Management, Supply Chains and Health care delivery.

His Book Titled ” Managing Social organizations: Lessons learned from World’s Largest Pilgrimage Center” is focused on the High Efficiency Successful Model practiced 24/7 at The Tirupati Balaji Temple in India.
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Over the past two decades Dr. Venkat has trained over 700 MBA students and was the recipient of the Fulbright scholarship in 2009 at WP Carey Business School at Arizona State University, USA.

Certified in Lean Healthcare, he won the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award in addition to the Jagtik Ayurvigyan Samman by INDUSEM.

“When it comes to saving Patient lives…..It is all about Efficiency.. & Efficiency is the Core of Sustainability” This Dictum has the Venkat Validation !


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, MBBS, MS
Ophthalmologist, Public Health Leader, Ex-Officio World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Nayar superannuated as the Regional Adviser, DPR, World Health Organization, in the South East Asia region.

He spearheaded, WHO initiatives on Injury prevention, Emergency and Trauma management ; Road Safety, and Drowning across 11 countries of the SE Asia Region.

Dr. Nayar was immensely successful in bringing multiple stakeholders together across 11 nations to promote the concept of *“Integrated Emergency and Trauma services”* which supported the implementation of Integrated Emergency services in many of the countries of the SEA region, and States of India – Kerala, UP, Arunachal, Goa, and Rajasthan.

Due to his efforts WHO SEARO along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India was able to provide increased focus on Drowning Prevention; Injuries in general including injuries of the aged; burns; and strengthening the relevant registries.

Dr. Nayar worked tirelessly and his efforts were able to bring synergies amongst the WHO Collaborating Centres (Khon Kaen Thailand, and JPN Apex Trauma Centre – India), and INDUSEM, to build a critical number of experts in the field of Emergency Care and Management.

Working together equals Winning Together is the Nayar Niche !


Distinguished Speaker

Professor. Archana Vaze
Computer Engineer, Lawyer, Business Management Leader, Academician & Public Insurance Expert
Professor Vaze is an Academic Faculty at the prestigious Insurance Institute of India.

She heads the content development team at the Institute.

She obtained her MBA from IIT Madras, and is a qualified Computer Science Engineer as well as a lawyer.

Professor Vaze is a Fellow Member of the Insurance Institute of India.

Prof. Vaze’s has extensive experience at policy development and has worked with various insurance companies on issues related to Insurance business strategy and underwriting in the Corporate and SME lines.

Her research experience includes analysing the efficacy of All risks policy, challenges in Mutuals, Co-operatives and Community-based Insurance (MCCOs), Challenges in insuring flood-prone areas, and Insurance needs of the Housing and Logistics industry.

Health Insurance and The Assurance of Insurance are Issues which drive her to develop better models for health sustainability … This applies to the challenge of Universal Emergency Care Today !


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Remant Kumar
Emergency Physician and Executive Business Consultant
Dr Remant is a polymath and a thinker.

After practicing emergency medicine for over five years, he pursued an MBA in Sustainable Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow and graduated with the coveted IIM Gold Medal.

To quench his thirst for knowledge, he is currently pursuing his PhD in Finance as he continues to work with a leading consulting firm where he advises executive business leaders on developing sustainable business models.

Impeccable academics, diverse experience, and a vast knowledge base makes Dr Remant an inspiring thought leader.

Following his passion and the habit of challenging his own status quo are adrenaline kicks for him.

He firmly believes in having a holistic approach rather than transactional one in all his dealings with life !


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Vimal Krishnan Surendran Pillai
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Karnataka, India
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
Governing Council Member of the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India

Dr. Vimal Krishnan S, is one of the first Residency trained, Government of India (GOI) approved, Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized MD Emergency Medicine Specialists in India. He accomplished his MD in Emergency Medicine with a First Rank under Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). He was the Founding Principal Secretary of The Emergency Medicine Association and serves as an Academic Faculty in Emergency Medicine at MAHE, Manipal.

His career is studded with numerous accomplishments in medical education, innovative research and academic leadership. He has received multiple recognitions and awards including the INDUSEM “Saksham Chathra Paritoshik” in 2015.

He is also an alumnus of the International Faculty Incubator program “ALiEM Facubator program” for Medical Educators and is also a FAIMER Fellow.

We are now moving into an era where interprofessionals will have to work in teams for bettering outcomes in critically ill and injured patients.

Teamwork makes Dreams Work is what Dr. Vimal wants to share with one and all !


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Manu Ayyan
Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER)
Puducherry, India
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
EMA Presidential Officer on Special Duty for WACEM Relations

Dr. Manu Ayyan , is one of the first Residency trained, Government of India (GOI) approved, Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized MD Emergency Medicine Specialists in India from Pariyaram Medical College, India.

As Career academician Dr. Ayyan serves on the board of studies of emergency medicine department at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Rishikesh and KMC Manipal.

INDUSEM recognized his academic leadership by awarding him with a special leadership award in 2017.

He is one of the founding members of the SONOCHAKRAVYUH GAMES which is the national POCUS Competition for emergency medicine residency programs in India conducted under the aegis of INDUSEM-WACEM certified International Network for Critical Ultrasound (INCUS).

Gamification is Important in Education.

Dr. Ayyan wants to unlock the secrets of Gamification in enhancing clinical skills, teamwork, and decision-making abilities!


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Hasmukhkumar Jain
Dr. Hasmukhkumar Jain aka H.K.J. is romantic at heart.

He is a script writer as well as a poet.

In addition to being a Clinical Thyroid Specialist, he is also an entrepreneur.

He is a pioneer in launching free standing Nuclear therapy centres in India.

His multifaceted personality also includes administrative and operational management skills which are in use as he occupies the C-suite as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a reputed healthcare corporation.

H.K.J always believes that life is nothing but a Nuclear Chain Reaction !!!


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Vivek Chauhan
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
Governing Council Member of the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India

Trained as an Internist Dr. Vivek Chauhan is a career academician who has worked at prestigious medical schools in Shimla and Tanda in Himachal Pradesh.

He is the member of the Governing Council of The Academic College of Emergency Experts in India as well as Fellow of the college.

INDUSEM awarded him the Prestigious “Jan Suraksha Paritoshik” in 2015 for his work in the arena of Injury Prevention in the Himachal valley.

He heads the PUBMED Indexed Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock as the Assistant Editor. His academic career is studded with research studies in cardiac emergencies and tropical medicine which have resulted in landmark publications listed in PubMed.

Dr. Vivek is very Tech Savvy and wants to share his experience in using technology to save lives.


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Shirshendu Dhar
Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, Tripura, India
Fellow of Academic College of Emergency Experts
Regional Secretary of The Emergency Medicine Association for North Eastern Region of India

Dr Dhar is heading the prestigious Emergency Department at Government Medical College of Agartala , the Capital City of Tripura located in the transforming region of north-eastern India.

He is residency trained and holds a MCI recognized MD in Emergency Medicine from prestigious JIPMER, Puducherry where he graduated with a first rank in Emergency Medicine.

An accomplished leader Dr. Dhar has been heading efforts to establish emergency services in Tripura.

INDUSEM recognized his passion and awarded him the distinguished “Saksham Chatra Paritoshik” in 2021.

Choosing Emergency Medicine continues to be a dilemma for aspiring post graduate students of medicine across India. An acclaimed alumni of EM Gurukul Dr. Dhar is actively involved in mentoring future emergency medicine specialists.

Dr. Dhar will refresh pages of his student years which he calls “Medicina de emergencia adecuada”


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Shreyas Patel
Parul Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Baroda, Gujarat.
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
Regional Secretary of The Emergency Medicine Association for Western Region of India

Dr Patel is heading the prestigious Emergency Department at Parul University in Gujarat. He is a graduate of Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University in Gujarat from where he holds both an MBBS and MD in Emergency Medicine which are MCI / NMC Recognized Qualifications in India.

A career academician Dr. Patel was the first Emergency Medicine Degree Holding Academic Faculty at the Baroda Government Medical College from where he moved on to establish and lead the Parul University Department of Emergency Medicine.

An inspiring student leader Dr. Patel was Senator for Faculty of Medicine at MS University Gujarat and currently heads the Emergency Medicine Association in the Western Region of India as a regional secretary.

For his achievements INDUSEM awarded him the “Jan Suraksha Paritoshik” in 2022.

Dr. Patel will speaking on Failing Failures in Emergency Medicine because Failure is not an option when lives are at stake….


Distinguished Speaker

Professor Dr. Prerna Batra
University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India
Governing Council Member of the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India

Professor Dr. Batra is a graduate of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University, Kashi, India which she trained both as a medical student and as a resident in paediatrics and child care.

One of the top leaders of INDUSEM, Professor Batra has played a defining role in developing and advancing academic Paediatric Emergency Medicine in India.

Professor Batra is a vibrant researcher and has published several papers, within and beyond areas of infants with fever, neonatal emergencies and simulation.

Well known as a humble educator she is also an eloquent speaker.

Professor Batra will share lessons learnt from her journey to becoming India’s foremost academic expert in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.


Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Ankit Kumar Sahu
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Fellow of The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India

Dr. Ankit Kumar Sahu is an enthusiastic clinician and a passionate young researcher in emergency medicine.

Trained at India’s premier healthcare institute AIIMS New Delhi, he has been working to develop emergency medicine research in the country. He has a keen research aptitude and has published over 45 articles in peer-reviewed journals during his residency. He has also been involved in teaching programs at the department and community levels. His research interests include systematic review and meta-analysis in resuscitation science and community-based CPR initiative.

He has written two grants during his residency, which have been lauded with financial support from ICMR; he is leading the ICMR-AIIMS school CPR project intending to train 15000 school students. He plans to acquire skills and learn the science of artificial intelligence for its implementation in Emergency medicine.

Dr Ankit holds the prestigious Fellowship of The Academic College of Emergency Experts in India.

Dr. Sahu will be speaking about his journey from an untrained undergrad student to an enthusiastic emergency medicine researcher.

For Ankit …It is all about the Inquisitive Mind ….