Scientific Program October 23, Saturday           08.00-09.00 Welcome           09.00-10.00 Chairpersons V Venkata Ratnam, M Chinnikrishnudu   APDF Tributes       Sam GP Moses A Sundaram Chennai   MMS Ahuja SV Madhu Delhi       10.00-10.20 Chairpersons Y Sadasiva Rao, Kandula Sai   VV Rama Kumar Guntur   Educating diabetics    10.30-10.50 Coffee           11.00-11.20 Chairpersons G Vijayakumar, SS Murthy   A Nanditha  Chennai   Prevention of diabetes mellitus         11.30-12.00 Chairpersons APDF Executives, N Sudhakar Rao   Viswanathan Oration       Nihal Thomas   Vellore   Diabetes in Rural India- from Field to Bench: delineating phenotypes          12.15-12.45 Chairpersons APDF Executives, N Sudhakar Rao   APDF Oration       Abdul H Zargar  Srinagar   Mortality in Diabetes Mellitus - subcontinental scenario 01.00-01.30 Lunch         02.00-02.20 Chairpersons H Vinaya Kumar, I. Anil Kumar Reddy   Shashank Joshi Mumbai   Newer Drugs for diabetes       02.30-02.50 Chairpersons Rakesh Sahay, Priscilla Chandran   SV Madhu   New Delhi   Glycated Hemoglobin: Role in diagnosis   03.00-03.20 HB Chandalia    Mumbai   Glycated Hemoglobin: Role in management    03.30-03.50 Tea         04.00-04.20 Chairpersons: GC Reddy, B. Vasanth Prasad   GR Sridhar   Visakhapatnam   Sleep, Obesity and Diabetes       04.30-04.50 Chairpersons: VR Srinivasan, M Ravi Sekhar 04.30-04.50 Kaumudi Joshipura Harvard   Periodontal Inflammation and Diabetes: a two way relationship 07.00 PM Banquet, Taj Deccan Lawns       October 24, Sunday     08.30-10.00 QUIZ       PGs from NIMS, Osmania, Gandhi, Kamineni     Diabetes: S Venkateswarulu, KJ Sai     Lipids: SN Narasingan     10.00-10.15 Coffee         10.15-11.00 Chairperson : Ch Vasanth Kumar   APDF Tributes       BB Tripathy AK Das  Puducherry   M Viswanathan,  SN Narasingan Chennai       Chairpersons: K Shankar, Y Nagarjuna Kumar 11.00-11.30 Viswanathan Vijay  Chennai   Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy : What is new? 11.40-12.10 AK Das    Puducherry   Glycosylation of Proteins     12.20-12.50 Shaukat Sadikot    Mumbai   Life Does Depend on the "Liver"   01.00-01.30 Lunch         02:00-05:00 DIABETES, OBSTETRICS AND PEDIATRICS     (DOP) SYMPOSIUM       Chairpersons: D Pratibha, E Prabhavathy, Mahesh Marda 02:00-02:30  V Seshaiah    Chennai   GDM – Basics and Beyond     02:40-03.10 V Balaji    Chennai   Management Issues     03:15-03:30 Tea           Chairpersons: G Radhika, P Balamba,  03.45-04.05 S Tarakeswari       Perinatal care of pregnant women   04.15-04.35 KAVR Neelima   Hyderabad   Short term implications of newborn   04.45-04.55 V Seshiah       Closing Remarks     05.00 PM APDF Felicitations   APDF Executives Welcome to Nellore