3rd

Announcement

44TH Annual Conference of

Indian Psychiatric Society - Central Zone

CIPCON 2023 Hybrid Mode (Offline & Online)

th th
6 - 7 October, 2023
Organised by
Himalayan Psychiatric Society, Uttarakhand

Theme :
Chronobiology
& Psychiatry

VENUE
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Welcome Message
It is a matter of great pride & pleasure to announce that Himalayan Psychiatric
Society, Uttarakhand (HPS-UK) is going to host annual Conference IPS Central
Zone i.e. CIPCON 2023, This time it is being held at All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Rishikesh from 6-7 October 2023.

We at HPS-UK are committed to enhance the scientific knowledge and

clinical expertise of the mental health professionals & to have the experience of
bonding with each other on this platform.

Please solicit your gracious presence to make this congress a big success.

Long Live IPS !!

With Kind Regards,

Organising Chairman Organising Co-Chairman Organising Secretary Organising Joint Secretary

Dr. Ravi Gupta Dr. J S Rana Dr. Priyaranjan Avinash Dr. Vishal Dhiman
Dr. Shobhit Garg Dr. Robin Victor
Dr. Sumit Mehta
Dr. Vinay Kumar Dr. Laxmikant Rathi Dr. Arbinda Brahma
President Vice President Hony. Secretary

Dr. M. Aleem Siddiqui Dr. Om Prakash Singh

Hony. Treasurer Editor

Dr. Vipul Singh Dr. Anil Nischal Dr. Ganesh Shanker

President Vice President Hony. Secretary

Dr. Saurabh Tandon Dr. Adarsh Tripathi Dr. Shrikant Srivastava

Hony. Treasurer Editor Chairperson CME

Dr. Ravi Gupta Dr. Shobhit Garg Dr. Priyaranjan Avinash

President Vice President Hony. Secretary

Dr. Sumit Mehta Dr. Mohan Dhyani Dr. Jaya Navani

Deputy Secretary Hony. Treasurer Editor
 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Dr. Rajat Ray Dr. (Maj.) Nand Kishore Dr. Maj. Gen. P. S. Valdiya Dr. S K Talukdar

Organising Chairman Organising Co-chairman Organising Secretary

Dr. Ravi Gupta Dr. J. S. Rana Dr. Priyaranjan Avinash
Dr. Shobit Garg

Joint Organising Secretaries Treasurer

Dr. Vishal Dhiman Dr. Mohan Dhiyani
Dr. Robin Victor
Dr. Sumit Mehta

Dr. Anindya Das Dr. Divya Ghai

Dr. Vineet Kumar Gupta Dr. Akhil Chopra
Dr. Vijay Krishnan Dr. Shamim Ahmad
Dr. Jaya Navani Dr. P K Gupta
Dr. Jitendra Rohilla

Dr. Vikram Singh Rawat Dr. (Maj.) Nandkishore

Dr. Eish K. Dalla Dr. J. S. Bisht
Dr. Dhruv Gupta Dr. Ankita Priyadarshini

Dr. Rupali Rohatgi Dr. Mohit Saini

Dr. Rajeev Ranjan Dr. Ravindra Navani
Dr. Rahul Neogi Dr. Kiran Gupta
Dr. Sucheta Saha Dr. Talha Ahmad
Dr. Vasundhra Dr. Piyush Verma
Dr. Sanjeebani Panigrahi Dr. Arvinder Pal Singh
Dr. Rohit Gondwal
 Lifetime Achievement Award
The ora on award is declared one year in advance at every annual conference of the Central Psychiatric Society-
Central Zone. The award is bestowed in recogni on of the applicant’s lifelong contribu ons to psychiatry in India

Rules:
1. The ora on award will be declared one year in advance at every annual conference of the society.

2. The nomina on for the award must be proposed and seconded by a Life Fellow of the Central Psychiatric
Society- Central Zone along with consent of the nominee and to be sent to the chairperson award commi ee.
The nominee should have a minimum of 25 years of professional standing and life fellow of central zone for at
least 10 years.

3. The proposal for the ora on shall be accompanied by declara on signed by the nominee that:
a. He is fellow member of Indian psychiatric society and member of the Central Zone
b. He has cleared dues of Indian psychiatric society and IPS-CZ ll date
c. He has not received life me achievement award in the past

4. The proposal for this award must be submi ed to the Chairperson, Awards Commi ee by a date
determined by the Execu ve Council of IPS-CZ and should be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae of
the nominee.

5. To be eligible for the award, the nomina on shall be assessed on the following criteria:
(a) Contribu on to the service and development of psychiatry in India- 30 marks
(b) Contribu on to the Indian Psychiatric Society- Central Zone - 30 marks
(c) Contribu on to teaching, training and research in Psychiatry - 20 marks
(d) Overall seniority in Psychiatry, recogni on, and standing amongst fellow Psychiatrists in
India- 20 marks

6. A panel of judges shall rate the nomina ons. The nomina on securing the highest total marks (out of 100)
shall win the award, subject to ra fica on by the awards commi ee and the execu ve council of the society.
In case of a e, the concerned nomina ons shall be re-assessed by another panel of judges. To win an award
not less than 50% of the full marks must be obtained by a nominee.

7. The ora on paper will become the property of the Indian Psychiatric Society- central Zone and shall be
published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial correc ons. The speaker
will pass on the ora on paper to the Editor, Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences within 4 weeks of the last
date of the annual conference for publica on in the journal.

8. The speaker can choose any topic for the ora on. He shall in mate the tle of the ora on to the chairperson
awards commi ee at least three months prior to the conference.

9. The speaker will be presented with cer ficate and memento.

Submission of Nominations/Paper for Awards to be sent to

drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com Last Date for submission : 10.09.2023
 B. B. Sethi Oration Award
B.B. Sethi Ora on award has been ins tuted in the memory of the late Dr. B.B Sethi, a senior Fellow of the Society.
This ora on will be delivered at each annual conference of the Central Psychiatric Society- Central Zone.

Rules:
1. The ora on award will be declared one year in advance at every annual conference of the society.

2. The nomina on must be proposed and seconded by a Life Fellow of the Central Psychiatric Society-
Central Zone along with consent of the nominee and to be sent to the chairperson award commi ee.

3. The proposal for the ora on shall be accompanied by declara on signed by the nominee that:

a. He is fellow member of Indian psychiatric society and member of the Central Zone
b. He has cleared dues of Indian psychiatric society and IPS-CZ ll date
c. He has not received B.B Sethi Ora on in the past

4. The proposal for this award must be submi ed to the Chairperson, Awards Commi ee by a date
determined by the Execu ve Council of IPS-CZ and should be accompanied by a detailed curriculum
vitae of the nominee under following headings:
Name; age; details of qualifica ons; details of posi on held and professional experience; complete list of
publica ons (lis ng the papers as is being done for references in Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences) with
the nominee name underlined; details of research done in the past or currently being done including the
sponsoring authority, if any; interest in the specific areas of psychiatry and work done in the par cular area;
zonal IPS conference a ended; details of foreign visits & its significance.

5. To be eligible for the award, the nomina on shall be assessed on the following criteria:
(a) Contribu on to the service and development of psychiatry in India- 30 marks
(b) Contribu on to the Indian Psychiatric Society- Central Zone - 30 marks
(c) Contribu on to teaching, training and research in Psychiatry - 20 marks
(d) Overall seniority in Psychiatry, recogni on, and standing amongst fellow Psychiatrists in India- 20
marks

6. A panel of judges shall rate the nomina ons. The nomina on securing the highest total marks (out of 100)
shall win the award, subject to ra fica on by the awards commi ee and the execu ve council of the society.
In case of a e, the concerned nomina ons shall be re-assessed by another panel of judges. To win an award
not less than 50% of the full marks must be obtained by a nominee.

7. The ora on paper will become the property of the Indian Psychiatric Society- central Zone and shall be
published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial correc ons. The speaker
will pass on the ora on paper to the Editor, Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences within 4 weeks of the last
date of the annual conference for publica on in the journal.

8. The speaker can choose any topic for the ora on. He shall in mate the tle of the ora on to the chairperson
awards commi ee at least three months prior to the conference.

9. The speaker will be awarded a cer ficate and memento.

Submission of Nominations/Paper for Awards to be sent to

drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com Last Date for submission : 10.09.2023
 Best Paper Award

The award will be given to the best paper presented by a member of the Central Psychiatric Society- Central Zone

Rules:
1. For the paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the author to e-mail the full paper to the
Chairperson, Awards Commi ee by a date to be determined by the Execu ve Council of the CPS-CZ. The
paper should be prepared in accordance with the "Instruc ons to contributors" published in the Indian
Journal of Behavioural Sciences. Abstract of the paper (not more than 200 words) shall be enclosed with the
paper.

2. To be eligible for the award the paper must fulfill each of the following criteria.
(a) It must be a research paper based on work done in India.
(b) It must not have been submi ed to, accepted for publica on, or published in a scien fic journal at the
me of submission of the award paper to IPS-CZ annual conference, nor presented at a na onal and
interna onal conference earlier.
(c) The principal author, the author presen ng the paper and atleast 50 percent of all authors must be
members of the Central Psychiatric Society - Central Zone at the me of closing date for the award.
Not more than two papers will be considered from any member, as the principal author, for the
Award.
(d) An author or co-author must not have won the best paper award in immediately preceding year.
(e) The award-winning paper will become the property of the Indian Psychiatric Society- central Zone and
shall be published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial
correc ons.An undertaking of the same has to be submi ed while applying for the award. Full paper
not submi ed to the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences shall not be awarded.
(f) It or a significantly similar paper must not have earlier received an Award of the IPS-CZ. A paper with
substan ally same content cannot compete in more than one category in the conference. A
declara on should also be submi ed.

3. A panel of judges shall rate the paper. The marks are assigned for prepara on, compila on and presenta on
of the paper. Paper securing highest total marks (out of 100) shall win the award subject to ra fica on by the
award commi ee and the execu ve council of the society. In case of a e, the concerned papers will be
declared the joint winners. Furthermore, the Award-winning paper must secure not less than 50 per cent of
the full marks.

4. All the authors of the award-winning paper(s) shall be considered to have won the award, will be issued
cer ficates and will be eligible for the award money. The prize money (Rs 11,000) shall be handed over to the
principal author for disbursement among the co-authors.

5. None of the judge appointed for this award shall be a contestant for this award. However, a judge is eligible to
contest for any other award.

6. The paper compe ng for Best Paper Award will have to be presented by principal i.e. first author. Paper
winning the Best Paper Award will be eligible to compete for Bombay Psychiatric Society Silver Jubilee Award
at Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society to be held the next year.

Submission of Nominations/Paper for Awards to be sent to

drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com Last Date for submission : 10.09.2023
 Tara Naidu Award

This award has been ins tuted out of an endowment received from Dr. Hemant Naidu in the memory of his late wife
Mrs. Tara Naidu, with a view to encourage research and research paper presenta ons at the CPS-CZ conference. The
award is given to the best paper presented by a member of the Central Psychiatric Society - Central Zone at the annual
conference.

Rules:
1. For the paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the author to e-mail the abstract to the
Chairperson, Awards Commi ee by a date to be determined by the Execu ve Council of the CPS-CZ. The
abstract should be structured and contain the aims/objec ves, methodology, results, discussion and
conclusion.

2. To be eligible for the award the paper must fulfill each of the following criteria.
(a) It must be a research paper based on work done in India.
(b) It must not have been submi ed to, accepted for publica on, or published in a scien fic journal at the
me of submission of the award paper to CPS-CZ annual conference, nor presented at a na onal and
interna onal conference earlier.
(c) The principal author, the author presen ng the paper and atleast 50 percent of all authors must be
members of the Central Psychiatric Society - Central Zone at the me of closing date for the award.
Not more than two papers will be considered from any member, as the principal author, for the
Award.
(d) An author or co-author must not have won the Tara Naidu award in immediately preceding year.
(e) The award-winning paper will become the property of the Central Psychiatric Society- central Zone
and shall be published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial
correc ons. An undertaking of the same has to be submi ed while applying for the award. Full paper
must be submi ed within 4 weeks of last date of conference. Full paper not submi ed to the Indian
Journal of Behavioural Sciences shall not be awarded.
(f) It or a significantly similar paper must not have earlier received an Award of the IPS-CZ. A paper with
substan ally same content cannot compete in more than one category in the conference. A
declara on should also be submi ed.

3. A panel of judges shall rate the paper. The marks are assigned for prepara on, compila on and presenta on
of the paper. Paper securing highest total marks (out of 100) shall win the award subject to ra fica on by the
award commi ee and the execu ve council of the society. In case of a e, the concerned papers will be
declared the joint winners. Furthermore, the Award-winning paper must secure not less than 50 per cent of
the full marks.

4. All the authors of the award-winning paper(s) shall be considered to have won the award, will be issued
cer ficates and will be eligible for the award money. The prize money (Rs 10,000) shall be handed over to the
principal author for disbursement among the co-authors.

5. None of the judge appointed for this award shall be a contestant for this award. However, a judge is eligible to
contest for any other award.

Submission of Nominations/Paper for Awards to be sent to

drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com Last Date for submission : 10.09.2023
 Best Poster Award

This award has been ins tuted for the best Poster Paper Presenta on based on the original work done in India in the
field of psychiatry by a member of CPS-CZ on any aspect of psychiatry.

Rules:
1. For a Poster paper to be considered for the award, it shall be necessary for the principal author to submit the
abstract [maximum 300 words] of the poster paper to the Chairperson, Awards Commi ee by a date
determined by the council of the CPS-CZ. The abstract should be structured and contain the aims/objec ves,
methodology, results, discussion and conclusion.

2. The principal author shall also in mate to the Chairperson, Awards Commi ee his membership status in the
society and membership numbers of all authors.

3. The principal author and at least 50% of all authors must be members of the IPS-CZ at the me of submission
of the poster paper/conference.

4. A panel of judges shall rate the poster papers at the me of the conference. The papers securing the highest
total marks (out of 100) shall win the award, subject to ra fica on by the award commi ee. There will be first,
second and third award. In case of a e, the concerned papers shall be declared the joint winners. To win an
award not less than 50% of the full marks must be obtained by a paper.

5. The manuscripts will be assessed as per guidelines laid down under the following headings
a) Topic, tle, its relevance and methodology 20 marks
b) Survey of literature, references, bibliography 20 marks
c) Presenta on of results and discussion 20 marks
d) Conclusions and how far they are substan ated by the study 20 marks
e) Clarity, lucidity, precision of language and overall elegance of the paper 20 marks

6. All the authors of the award-winning paper, shall be considered to have won the award and shall be issued the
cer ficate.

7. All papers received for the award fulfilling the above-men oned criteria will be eligible for compe ng for that
year’s award. However, a paper or substan ally the same paper cannot be submi ed to other awards of that
year, and if found to be so the member will be debarred to contest for any of the awards of that year. Also, the
paper or substan ally the same paper should not have won any of the IPS-CZ awards during any of the
previous years. The paper should not have been published in any of the journals. No more than two papers
where a par cular member appears as an author or co-author shall be submi ed for this award in a year.

8. Submissions without above informa on or structured abstract will not be considered for the award.

9. The award-winning paper will become the property of the Central Psychiatric Society- central Zone and shall
be published in the Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences with the necessary editorial correc ons. An
undertaking of the same has to be submi ed while applying for the award. Full paper must be submi ed
within 4 weeks of last date of conference. Full paper not submi ed to the Indian Journal of Behavioural
Sciences shall not be awarded.

10. None of the authors or co-authors shall be eligible to be a judge for this award.

11. The Organizing Secretary of the conference shall keep the principal author informed about the date, me,
place and modali es of the poster presenta on.

Submission of Nominations/Paper for Awards to be sent to

drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com Last Date for submission : 10.09.2023
 Abstract and Symposium
Guidelines
Free Paper and Poster
Submission for Free Paper and Poster will be as per the guidelines of
INDIAN PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY/ CENTRAL PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY

Last Date for Submission of Abstract for Free Paper and Poster will be : 15.09.2023

Submit your abstract on Email id : cipcon2023@gmail.com

Abstract Should not be more than 300 Words

Abstracts for Free Paper/Poster/Symposium should have following Headings :

1. Background
2. AIMS and Objectives
3. Methods
4. Results and Discussions
5. Conclusion

Symposium
Submission for Symposium to be sent to Email ID : cipcon2023@gmail.com
Last date for Submission of Symposiums Abstract will be 15.09.2023
The Maximum Word limit for the abstract will be 300 words
Note : - Symposium Topic should preferably be of Recent Advancement in the
Field of Psychiatry

There should be minimum 3 Authors/Presenters for Each Symposium

 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
CME Program | 6th October 2023 | Friday
Time Session Speaker
10:00 - 10:15 Address by CME Chairperson
10:15 -10:45 Biorhythms Dr. Vijay Krishnan
10:45-11:00 TEA
11:00-11:30 Chronobiology in Neurodevelopmental disorder Dr. Vivek Aggarwal
11:30-12:00 Chronobiology in Geriatric Psychiatry Dr. Shrikant Shrivastava
12:30-1:00 Chronobiology in management of bipolar disorder : IPSRT Dr. Aditya Somani
1:00-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-2:00 Chronobiology of Metabolic Disorders Dr. Bhaskar Mukherjee
2:00-3:00 UG QUIZ
3:00-4:00 INAUGURATION
4:00-4.30 HIGH TEA
4:30-5:30 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
5:30-6:30 AGBM

7th October 2023 | Saturday

Time Session Speaker
9:00-9:45 BB Sethi Oration
Best Paper Award
9:45-10:45
Tara Naidu Award
10:45-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-11:30 Addiction Psychiatry: Future Perspectives Dr. Rajat Ray
11:30-12:00 Forensic Psychiatry in India Dr. Suresh Bada Math
12:00-12:30 Future of Telepsychiatry Dr. Meenu Singh
HALL 1 HALL 2 HALL 3 HALL 4
12:30-1:30 FREE PAPERS & POSTERS
1:30-2:00 LUNCH
Workshop/ Hall 1 HALL 2 Hall 3
· rTMS (TMS Lab)
2:00-3:00 Symposium 1 Symposium 2
· Assessment of Child (Chitij Srivastava)
· Assessment of Cognitive Functions
3:00-4:00 PSG and Actigraphy (Sleep Lab) Symposium 3
(Raman Sharma)
4:00-5:00 Symposium 4 Symposium 5 Symposium 6
5:00-5:30 Valedictory

Major Changes:
o Date shifted from 5, 6 and 7 October to 6 and 7 October. o Workshops and lectures reduced.
o Inauguration and AGBM on Day 1 o Presidential Address on Day 1.
 REGISTRATION

30th September
1st - 15th 16th - 30th
onwards & Spot
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(Online Mode)

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6000/- 7000/- 10000/-

Note : In case the Online Mode is cancelled due to any unavoidable reason, Registration Fee of
online Delegates will be refunded.

Registration Payment Online through NEFT / RTGS / IMPS

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Bank Details
Bank Name : AXIS BANK LTD.
Account Name : M.M. EVENT & TRAVELS
Branch : SHAKTI NAGAR, DELHI-52
Account No. : 923020009295632
IFSC Code : UTIB0002194

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Dr. Priyaranjan Avinash
Office of Department of Psychiatry
Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences
Jolly Grant, Bhaniawala, Dehradun - 248140, Uttarakhand
Contact No. : +91 9435703524 | Email ID : cipcon2023@gmail.com
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