Recent events

The 17th Broncocon was held jointly with the 4th Asia Pacific Congress on Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. This was in Jaipur between 19-Jan-2012 to 22-Jan-2012. The conference was superbly organized by Dr. S.K.Sarkar and his team. Over 450 delegates attended the conference, including 69 delegates from abroad. The distinguished speakers included  Dr. Udaya Prakash (USA), Dr. T. Fujisawa ( Chair APAB) and Dr. Gerard Silvestri 
(President AABIP). Dr. Hiroaki Osada (Chair WABIP), Dr. Micheal Simoff (USA), Dr. Henri Colt (USA) , Dr. Munnavvar (UK), and Dr. K. Yasufuku (Japan ) were also guest speakers. Dr. Daya Upadhyay (USA) spoke on Electromagnetic Navigation. A galaxy of other national speakers made the scientific session a rewarding learning experience. The M. Santosham oration was delivered by Dr. R. Narasimhan (Chennai) . Brain Storming Cultural programmes were also organized.

Past National Conferences of IAB

  Year Venue Organizing Secretary
17th National
Jointly with
4th APCB
Jan-2012 Jaipur Dr. S.K. Sarkar
16th  National Feb-2011 Chandigarh Dr. Dheeraj Gupta
15th National Feb-2010 Agra Dr. Pavan K Gupta
14th National Jan-2009 Aurangabad Dr. Masood Ahmed
13th National Feb-2008 Calicut Dr. Abdul Khader
12th National Jan-2007 Kolkata Dr. Ranjan Das 
11th National Jan-2006 Chennai Dr. R. Narasimhan
10th National Feb-2005 New Delhi Dr. Suninder Arora
9th National Feb-2004 Lucknow Dr. R.Prasad
8th National Feb-2003 Jalandhar Dr. H.J.Singh
7th National Dec-2001 Hyderabad Dr. Ajit Vigg
6th National Dec-2000 Jaipur Dr. S.K.Sarkar
5th National Oct-1999 New Delhi Dr. V.K.Arora
4th National Dec-1998 Chennai Dr. V.K.Vijayan
3rd National Sep-1997 Pune Dr. Amir Khoja
2nd National Mar-1996 Goa Dr. A.M.Mesquita
1st National Mar-1995 Calcutta Dr. Ranjan K.Das