Program Highlights

High Resolution Endoscopy: Seeing More, Missing Less and Redefining Diagnosis
Barrett's Esophagus and Early Esophageal Neoplasia: What to Look For?
Early Gastric Cancer: Diagnosis in Upper GI Endoscopy
Crohn's or TB? How Far Can Endoscopy Take You
EUS in Biliary Disease: Diagnosis, Decisions and Clinical Impact
EUS-ERCP Interface
Management of Refractory Variceal Bleeding

Mastering Colonoscopy: Insertion, Navigation and Reliable Cecal Intubation
When Colonoscopy Gets Difficult: Loop Reduction, Position Change and Rescue Maneuvers
Polypectomy Masterclass: Choosing the Right Snare, Strategy and Resection Technique
Difficult Papilla and Failed Cannulation: First-Line Rescue Strategies
Palliative Treatment of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Variceal Band Ligation: Step by Step Technique and Common Pitfalls
EUS of Solid Pancreatic Neoplasms: Practical Diagnostic Approach

B J Vakil Oration
Do Not Just See — Feel Endoscopy: The Art Beyond the Image
H G Desai Oration
Presidential Oration

How to Perform a High-Quality Systematic Upper GI Endoscopy: Practical Techniques
Learning Tools for the Endoscopist: Books, Notes and Journals
Learning Tools for the Endoscopist: Media, Net and Digital Platforms
Scope Cleaning, Disinfection and Maintenance: What Every Endoscopist Must Know
Photo Documentation and Reporting: Clinical Quality Standards
Upper GI Lesion Recognition: How Experts Avoid Missing Early Disease
Endoscopy in Difficult and High Risk Situations: Altered Anatomy and Situs Inversus
Difficult Foreign Body Removal in Upper GI: Practical Basics
Choosing the Right Scope in Pediatric Endoscopy: Selection and Practical Use

Therapeutic Endoscopy in Infants and Small Children: Foreign Body Removal, PEG, Hemostasis
EUS in Younger Children
H. Pylori and Gastric Biopsy Strategy in Routine Practice
GERD and NERD: Endoscopic Relevance in Daily Practice
Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Motility Disorders: Endoscopic Clues
Esophageal Dilatation: Techniques, Tips and Complications
Corrosive Stricture Esophagus: Short and Long Term Management
Benign Gastric Outlet Obstruction: Endoscopic Options and Decision-Making
How to Identify the Papilla and Orient Yourself in the Duodenum

Point of Care Ultrasound for Gastroenterologists: First 10 Minutes
Basic Hemostatic Tools: Injection, Thermal Therapy and Clips
Over-the-Scope Clip (OTSC): Basics of Placement and Indications
Non-Variceal Bleeding: Forrest Classification and Real-Time Bedside Decisions
Rebleeding After Endoscopy: Recognition and Re-Endoscopy Decision-Making
Junctional Varices: Practical Basics and First-Line Management
Fundal Varices: Glue Injection Basics in Endoscopy
Portal Hypertension Management — TIPS, BARTO and Endotherapy
Balloon Tamponade in 2026: Sengstaken Tube, Rescue Role and Safe Use

Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Management in Endoscopy
The Emergency Crash Cart in GI Bleeding
The Withdrawal Phase Wins Colonoscopy: Detection Tricks and Photo Proof
Optical Diagnosis: Paris, Pit Pattern, NICE and LST Explained
Bad Prep, Bad Colonoscopy: Rescue Strategies That Work
Post-Polypectomy Bleeding and Perforation: Immediate Management
Cold Snare Polypectomy: Technique, Pitfalls and Current Evidence
Unsedated Colonoscopy: Practical Tricks from High Volume Indian Practice
Consent, Records and Medicolegal Basics in Endoscopy

When EUS Must Come Before ERCP: Cases Where It Changes Everything
Colonic Perforation: First Response and Decision-Making
Reaching the Duodenum with a Side-Viewer: Scope Insertion and Positioning
The Papilla Decoded: Ampullary Anatomy for Successful ERCP
Guidewire vs Contrast Cannulation: When to Use Which Approach
Stone Extraction Made Simple: Balloons, Baskets and Basic Tactics
Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: Risk Factors and Prevention
Post-ERCP Bleeding: Risk Factors and Prevention
Post-ERCP Perforation: Risk Factors, Recognition and Prevention

ERCP Consent Done Right: Explaining Risk, Benefits and Alternatives
Post-ERCP Cholangitis: Risk Factors, Prevention and Early Management
Introduction to EUS: When and How to Start Your Career in EUS
Contrast-Enhanced EUS: Clinical Applications
EUS of the Common Bile Duct: How to Do
EUS of Rectum
EUS in Gallbladder Diseases
EUS of the Pancreatic Duct: How to Do
EUS in Acute Pancreatitis: When and Why
EUS in Chronic Pancreatitis: Why It Matters
EUS-Guided FNA — Needle Choice and Getting a Good Sample
ERCP in Younger Children

Training the Endoscopy Fellow: Aggressive Hands-On Approach
Training the Endoscopy Fellow: Stepwise Conservative Approach
Discussion / Rebuttal
Complete Bile Duct Injury: Exhaust the Non-Surgical Options
Complete Bile Duct Injury: Surgical Options is the First Step
Discussion / Rebuttal
EUS-Guided Pancreatic Fluid Collection Drainage: Pseudocysts and Walled-Off Necrosis
Endoscopic Management of Iatrogenic Perforations: Clips, Suturing and OTSC
How to Train Fellows for ERCP

Step by Step Approach to Upper GI ESD: From Marking to Closure
Endoscopy suturing and Full-Layer Closure: Current device and when to use them
Third-Space Endoscopy Beyond POEM: G-POEM and Submucosal Tunnelling Techniques

EUS of liver segment
EUS-Guided Biliary Access as the First Line of Rescue
Where Endoscopist Needs Surgeon
When Surgeon Needs Endoscopist
POEM, G-POEM and Submucosal Tunnelling: A Decade of Third-Space Learning
Gut-Brain Connection: Who is Really in Charge?
Panel Discussion: Advertisement, YouTube, Podcast in Endoscopic Practice

Starting an ESD Program: Training Pathway, Team Building and Safe Case Selection
Entering the Submucosal World in POEM: Why the First Incision Matters
Entering the Submucosal World in ESD: Why the First Incision Matters
Submucosal Fibrosis in the Esophagus: When Dissection Meets Resistance
Submucosal Fibrosis in the Stomach: When Dissection Meets Resistance
Dissection Without Bleeding: Vessel Recognition, Pre-Coagulation and Safe Cutting
Dissection Without Perforation: Prevention, Early Recognition and Real-Time Rescue
When ESD Is Curative and When Surgery Is Needed: Practical Decision-Making

Should We Stop Doing Sphincterotomy + Balloon Dilatation in the Same Sitting
Post-Polypectomy Bleeding and Perforation: Prevention and Management
Complications of Underwater EMR and Defect Closure
Colorectal ESD Complications: Prevention and Real-Time Management
Large Rectal Lesions: Avoiding Errors When Choosing EMR vs ESD
EUS in Lung Cancer: Nodes, Adrenal and Tissue Diagnosis
Complications of EUS-FNA/FNB: Prevention, Recognition and Management
Complications of EUS-Guided Cystogastrostomy: Prevention and Rescue
Complications of EUS-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy: Prevention and Rescue
Complications of EUS-Guided Vascular Interventions: Bleeding and Safety Strategies

Precut Sphincterotomy and Needle Knife Fistulotomy: When and How
Push Enteroscopy Is Dead — Myth or Reality
Transpancreatic Septotomy: Role, Safety and Technique
Management of Difficult CBD Stones
Metal Stents: Choosing the Right Stent and Managing Recurrent Obstruction
Benign Biliary Strictures: Long Term Endoscopic Strategy
Post Liver Transplant Biliary Complications: Endoscopic Approach
Cholangioscopy in 2026: Indications, Technique and Emerging Evidence
Endoscopic Ampullectomy: When to Attempt and How to Do It Safely
Basket Impaction and Device Entrapment: Rescue Techniques
When ERCP Fails: EUS-Guided Biliary Access, PTBD or Surgery?
Pancreatic Stenting for Prophylaxis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Post-Operative Bile Duct Injury: Recognition and Endoscopic Repair
ERCP in Altered Anatomy: Roux-en-Y, Whipple and Bariatric Patients
IPMN: Endoscopic Suervelliance and Intervention Strategy
DBE in 2026: Indications, Yield and Real-World Outcomes
Early GI Cancer Detection in India: Dream, Necessity, or Emerging Reality?
Complications of ESG
Endoscopic Stenting for Leaks and Fistulae: Upper GI and Colorectal
Managing Adverse Events in the Endoscopy Suite: When to Call the Surgeon

SBE vs DBE: Does the Second Balloon Really Matter?
Managing Bleeding Varices in Pregnant Women with Cirrhosis or EHPVO
Endoscopic Management of GI Strictures: Dilatation, Stenting and Incision Therapy
Endoscopy in ICU Patients
Parasites in Pancreatico-Biliary Disease
Building a High-Performance Endoscopy Unit
Therapeutic Endoscopy in IBD: From Stricture to Dysplasia
EUS in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer: Locoregional Staging and Clinical Impact
How I Do EUS-Elastography
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: Role of EUS in Evaluation and Treatment
Therapeutic EUS in Children
EUS Applied Anatomy of Pancreas

Pancreatic Duct Access: Leaks, Disruptions and DPDS
EUS-Guided Gallbladder Drainage: Technique, Stents and Outcomes
EUS-Guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis and Block: Technique and Outcomes
Artefacts in EUS
Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation vs Surgery for Crohn's Strictures
Managing IBD-Associated Dysplasia Endoscopically: EMR, ESD or Refer?
EUS of Renal & Supra Renal Glands
Post-Surgical Recurrence in Crohn's: Role of Endoscopic Therapy?
Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Perianal Crohn's Disease
AI, Chromoendoscopy and Advanced Imaging in IBD Surveillance

Can India Innovate in Endoscopy, or Only Adopt?
AI Assisted Polyp Detection
Robotic Endoscopy and Artificial Intelligence: What Is Real, What Is Hype?
Therapeutic EUS — The New Dimensions
LECS and the Hybrid Frontier: Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Cooperation
ESD, Full-Thickness Resection and Endoscopic Ampullectomy: Pushing the Limits or a lecture by Paolo
CBD Cleared, Gallbladder Still In: Not to Stent --
CBD Cleared, Gallbladder Still In: To Stent
Discussion / Rebuttal and closing ceremony

Arrangement of the Table for Routine Upper GI Endoscopy
Arrangement of the Table for Emergency Upper GI Bleeding
Sterility, Documentation, and Technician Responsibility in Endoscopy Practice
Arrangement of the Table for Simple ERCP
Arrangement of the Table for Routine EUS
Arrangement of the Table for Therapeutic EUS

How to Anticipate the Next Instrument Before the Endoscopist Asks
Technician's Role During Difficult Cannulation in ERCP
Assisting During Large Bile Duct Stone Removal
Assisting During Therapeutic EUS Procedures
Technician's Role in Scope Looping, Patient Turning, and Position Changes
Communication in the Endoscopy Room: How to Stay Calm During Complex Cases
Reaction to Bleeding During ERCP
Recognising Early Signs of Perforation During ERCP
Recognising Trouble Early in Upper GI Endoscopy
Recognising Trouble Early in Colonoscopy
What to Do During Sudden Desaturation
What to Do During Cardiac Arrest in the Endoscopy Room

Basic Resuscitation Tools Every Endoscopy Technician Must Know
Crash Cart Familiarity for the Endoscopy Room
Monitoring Sedation and Recognising Over-Sedation
Should an Endoscopy Technician Know Basic Airway and Intubation Support?
Oxygen, Suction, Ambu Bag, and Airway Readiness
Handling Dirty Linen and Blood-Soiled Material After a Bleeding Case
What to Do After an Accidental Needle Prick (HBV / HCV / HIV Risk)
What to Do if Glue Accidentally Splashes into the Eye
How to Reduce Exposure in Immunocompromised and High-Risk Infectious Cases
Scope Reprocessing: Common Mistakes That Endanger Patients
Reuse of Accessories: Which Ones, How, and for How Long?
Arrangement of the Table for Colonoscopy