South Zone

Dr. Muralidhar V Pai
Professor and H.O.D of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka


Dr. Muralidhar V Pai is an endoscopic surgeon and an expert in the field of infertility and endometriosis. He has 34 years of experience in teaching and clinical experience. He is the chairman of Medical Education Committee of SAFOG, Associate Member of RCOG UK, Governing Council Member of ICOG India, President of Manipal OBG Society (affiliated to FOGSI). He has undertaken several research projects and published over 100 research articles in National and International journals.

Ms. Akshatha Shetty

Project Assistant, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka

Ms. Akshatha Shetty has completed her Bachelors and Masters of Science with specialization in Microbiology. She has 5 years of experience in teaching at professional levels (undergraduate and postgraduate) with a year of experience in research. She has earlier worked in field of bioremediation. She has won several awards and accolades for Oral paper presentation at various events. Her work has been published in National and International indexed journals. She has a keen interest towards research and wishes to continue her academic career by completing her doctorate.

Dr. Bimal John

Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Credence Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr. Bimal John is a Senior Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon and specialist in Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) with over 12 years of clinical experience. He has obtained his fellowship in advanced endoscopic surgery from the renowned Clermont Ferrand University in France and underwent further training at the International School of Surgical Anatomy (ISSA) in Verona, Italy and the Kiel School of Gynecological Surgery, Germany. He is also a faculty and presenter at the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL) annual meetings since 2009. He is the reviewer for the prestigious Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG). He has contributed several research papers, reviews, book chapters and published several informative articles on gynaecological disorders. He won the Gold medal at the Asia Pacific International Hysteroscopy Congress 2018 for the best oral presentation. He is actively involved in Endometriosis research as well as in patient education, and runs the Facebook patient’s group Endometriosis India.

Ms. Sindhya Raju

Credence Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Ms Sindhya has completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biotechnology. She has research experience in cytogenetic molecular studies on mutation screening of FLT3 genes analysis associated with AML-M2 leukemic patients. She has also worked as Project Technician at ICMR-NIRT projects National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survery and National COVID serosurvey. She is a passionate life science researcher with interest in the field of human genetics.