The Oral Pathology Department of the Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences (KIDS) here conducted a two-day seminar and hands-on workshop on Immunohistochemistry, IHC-TECH-2014 on August 22 and 23. The event, which was first of its kind to be conducted by any dental college in the State, was inaugurated by KIIT University Vice-Chancellor Prof PP Mathur in the presence of Director of School of Medicine at KIIT University Prof Dr BC Das, KIDS Principal Prof Dr RC Das, organizing Chairman Prof Dr A Banerjee and Secretary Dr Harish Kumar.
The first day featured case discussions by oral pathologists Dr Rudrayya Shivanand Puranik from PMNM Dental College and Hospital in Karnataka and Dr Jyoti Dilip Bhavtankar from the Government Dental College in Aurangabad. The second day included hands-on workshop on Immunohistochemistry techniques, where participants performed the entire procedure of IHC supervised by the faculties of Oral Pathology department at KIDS and technical professionals from Biogenex. A total of 150 delegates, including post-graduate students, faculties and interns from different dental colleges of the State as well as from Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Pondicherry and Bagalkot attended the seminar.