Bengaluru, 22 Nov 2021
Diamond Jubilee Conference of Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine will be held at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Bangalore from 25 to 27 November 2021. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Aerospace Medicine: Atmosphere and Beyond’.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari PVSM AVSM VM ADC, the Chief of the Air Staff, will inaugurate the conference. The conference will have Guest Orations, multiple scientific sessions and poster presentations. In the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic, conduct of the conference will be hybrid in nature. About 200 participants are expected to attend the conference online from various parts of the country and about 75 delegates from various Institutes will physically attend the conference.
The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine holds its 60th Annual Conference this year amidst an aerospace environment that has undergone an upheaval in Civil Aviationdue to Covid-19 pandemic. It has embarked on new journeys in Military Aircraft platforms and is poised for a leap into Space. The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine was established in 1952 by a group of Air Force Medical Officers stationed in Delhi who could foresee the medical support that could be required to meet the physiological and psychological challenges of flying. The first conference of the society was held in 1954 to deliberate the scientific meeting. Over the years the society has diligently and regularly conducted the scientific annual gatherings that have indeed helped find solutions to all aeromedical issues.This Diamond Jubilee year celebrates Aerospace Medicine’s finest hour in facing an unprecedented global challenge.
Distinguished professionals from the field of Aerospace Medicine, both military and civil, aircrew, members of the civil aviation industry and DRDO will attend the conference. The prestigious Subroto Mukerjee Memorial Oration will be delivered by Dr Quay C Synder, President, Aviation Medicine Advisory Service, on the topic ‘Pilot Physician’s Evolution to HIMS’. Mr Steve Roberts of Martin Baker Aircrafts Co. Ltd will deliver the Air Vice Marshal MM Srinagesh Memorial Oration on ‘Evolution of Escape Systems: A Safety Perspective’. Dr Pratima Murthy, Professor and Head, Dept of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) and Dr AK Ghosh, Scientist ‘H’, Project Director, Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore will deliver the guest lectures in the JHFManekshaw panel of the inaugural/ plenary session of the conference on 25 Nov 2021. They will discuss social media effects on safe flying and aeromedical issues related to 5th generation fighter aircrafts.
