Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Symposium 2019
The “Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Symposium 2019” (ASRH Symposium 2019) organised by the ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Committee’ of the Asia Oceania Federation of Obstetrics &Gynaecology (AOFOG) in collaboration with The Bengal Obstetric &Gynaecological Society (BOGS), supported by The Federation of Obstetric &Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) and Indian College of Obstetricians &Gynaecologists (ICOG) was very successfully held on Sunday, 03 February 2019 at the beautiful water-bodied venue of ITC Sonar in Kolkata.
The theme of the symposium was “Adolescence – Making Growing Up Good”.
Being a ‘one day’ international scientific meeting focusing on ‘Adolescent Health’, the program was designed having one keynote lecture, four guest lectures, six symposium lectures and two panel discussions covering various aspects on this subject. The invited faculty included fellow gynaecologists from India and abroad along with a pediatrician, dermatologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, lawyer and community health specialists. This diverse mix of professionals brought about inclusivity to this important meeting. It was indeed very heartening to note that all the faculty members invited were present for their respective academic commitments. DrBhaskar Pal (Chair – Scientific Committee), Prof SkZinnatAraNasreen (Co-Chair – Scientific Committee) and DrBiswajyotiGuha (Clinical Secretary of BOGS) needs special mention for planning the contents of the interesting scientific program. The symposium attracted 175 delegate registrations.
The symposium was attended by Dr Ravi Chandran (President of AOFOG, Malaysia), DrNanditaPalshetkar (President of FOGSI, 2019), DrRohanaHaththotuwa, (Secretary General of AOFOG Colombo), DrJaydeep Tank (Deputy Secretary General of AOFOG, India & Secretary General of FOGSI), Prof RowshanAra Begum (Chair – SRH Committee of AOFOG, Bangladesh), Prof HiralalKonar (FOGSI Representative to AOFOG), DrGirish Mane (Chairman – Adolescent HealthCommittee of FOGSI), Dr S ShanthaKumari (National Coordinator of FOGSI, 2019 & Immediate Past Chairperson of ICOG), Prof SkZinnatAraNasreen (Member – SRH Committee of AOFOG, Bangladesh), Prof Laila ArjumandBanu (Immediate Past President of OGSB, Bangladesh), Prof Alokendu Chatterjee (Past President of FOGSI & SAFOG), Prof SudhirAdhikari (President of BOGS) amongst numerous others.
During the course of the scientific proceedings, there was beautiful yet crisp inauguration program conducted by DrBasab Mukherjee (Hony Secretary, BOGS). All the international and outstation faculty members were recognised and felicitated during the inauguration. The symposium ended with a wonderful valedictory program, which was followed by a lucky draw conducted by DrShyamal Sett (Vice President of BOGS) with attractive prizes won by the delegates.
Prof Krishnendu Gupta (Organising Secretary, ‘ASRH Symposium 2019’ & Member – SRH Committee of AOFOG) placed on record his deep appreciation to the office bearers of AOFOG for giving the opportunity to BOGS for conducting this scientific meeting, to the esteemed MC members of BOGS for agreeing to collaborate with AOFOG, to FOGSI and ICOG for supporting the meeting and to ICOG for awarding ‘5 ICOG Credit Points’ to the delegates attending the symposium. Prof Gupta placed his grateful thanks to the members of BOGS and the delegates for their participation and specially mentioned the kind assistance and generous support provided by the ten ‘Academic Partners’ from the pharmaceutical industry and to ‘Team ITC Sonar’, without whose help this symposium would not have been able to be conducted in the style befitting that has been showcased by BOGS for the past few years!!
