Mysuru: The two-day International Conference on “Gut-Brain-Health: Connections” jointly organised by KSOU and CSIR-CFTRI recently, aimed to explore how gut micro-biota influences our mind, health and vice-versa.

This conference was organised as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of KSOU.

Prof. S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor, KSOU; Prof.Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, CFTRI; Dr. Prakash Halami, Chief Scientist & Professor-AcSIR Microbiology and Fermentation Technology Department, CSIR-CFTRI; Dr. S. Niranjan Raj, Director-CIQA, KSOU; Dr. Panduranga Narasimha Rao, Science Coordinator, KSOU, were present during the inauguration in the Assembly Hall of CFTRI.

Dr. Arun Sharma, Founder- Director, International Institute of Mahayoga & Natural Hygiene (IMANAH), USA and Prof. Srinivas Arka, Founder, Centre for Conscious Awareness (CCA), United Kingdom Arka Dhama Ayurved, delivered the keynote addresses. Several eminent speakers representing the academia, research and industry delivered talks during this conference. They are: Dr. Rama Chaudhry, MD, Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Prof. Diego Mora, Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, (DeFENS), University of Milan, Italy; Dr. M.V.S. Aparna, Senior Business Intelligence Developer, Health Plan of San Joaquin, California; Dr.Yogesh Souche, Scientist G, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune; Dr. Debanjan Banerjee, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, DM Geriatric Psychiatry NIMHANS, Bengaluru; Dr. V.S.T. Krishna, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College; Dr. Saravana Babu Chidambaram, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Coordinator, Centre for Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, JSS University; and experts from CFTRI and KSOU.

More than 200 participants from India and abroad had registered for this conference which was live streamed.  Poster and oral presentation was also arranged to encourage young minds interested in exploring this important area of resaearch.