Welcome Address by Prof. N.K.Ganguly

Inaugural Address By Dr. R.A Badwe

Book Release: Probiotic Foods in Health and Disease

Keynote Address by Prof. Philip M Sherman : Probiotics as a Public Health Intervention For Intestinal Disease in Children

Dr. Philip Abraham: Evidence for Probiotic Use in Gastrointestinal Disorders

Dr. G Balakrish Nair : Why Probiotics in Diarrhoea in Low and Middle Income Countries

Dr. A.K.Srivastava: Probiotic Formulations and Delivery in Dairy Foods- Establishing in Vivo Functionality

Dr. Masanobu Nanno: Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota : Benefits Based on Long History's Usage

Prof. Yuichiro Yamashiro: Role of Probiotics in Changing Structure of World Population

Dr. B.S.Ramakrishna: FAO/WHO Criteria to Assess Probiotic Efficacy for Human Consumption- Would They Suffice?

Dr. Shinjini Bhatnagar: Challenges in Protocol Design of Clinical Trials for Substantiation of Health Claims for Probiotics

Dr R.Hemalatha : Probiotics and Bacterial Vaginosis

Dr Gianfranco Grompone : Reshaping in vitro tests for probiotics: increasing predictability by a multi-dimentional approach

Dr S.V.Chiplunkar: Probiotics- Their Role in Immune Modulation and Prevention of Cancer

Panel discussion