SCIENTIFIC THEMES
Drug Design & Computational Approaches
Drug Design & Computational Approaches
Experimental Drug Discovery Strategies
Emerging Therapeutic Modalities
Translational & Preclinical Science
Precision Medicine & Clinical Interface
Innovation, Industry, and Regulation
International Symposium cum Workshop on
Translational Research in AI & Computational Frontiers in Healthcare
14-18 December 2026
TRAICFH-2026 is a multidisciplinary symposium focused on emerging applications of Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Precision Medicine, Drug Discovery, and Biomedical Data Science in healthcare. The symposium aims to bring together researchers, academicians, clinicians, and technology experts to share innovative ideas, recent discoveries, and computational approaches for understanding diseases, discovering biomarkers, developing therapeutics, and advancing personalized healthcare.
Last Date for Registration
Abstract Submission Deadline
Pondicherry University
Pondicherry University is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in October 1985. It is an affiliating University with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territory of Puducherry, Lakshwadeep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The University’s objectives are to disseminate and advance knowledge by offering teaching and research facilities, to make provisions for studies in French and integrated courses in Humanities and the Sciences, and to promote interdisciplinary studies and research.
The University’s motto is ‘Vers la lumière’ meaning ‘towards the light’. The main campus is located at Kalapet, 10 kms from the town of Puducherry, in a serene and beautiful campus of 800 acres adjoining the scenic Bay of Bengal.
The University also has campuses at Karaikal and Port Blair which currently offer P.G. and Doctoral programmes.
The University has entered into MoUs with a good number of reputed International Institutions in India and abroad for collaboration and faculty development.
Department of Bioinformatics
The Department of Bioinformatics was started as distributed information sub-centre funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India in the year 1991 and was upgraded to a full fledge Centre in 2001. It was conferred Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Govt. of India in 2007. The Centre is elevated to the level of Department from August 2021. The department offers B.S (Hons), M.Sc & Ph.D programmes in Bioinformatics and M.Tech Computational Biology with the support of Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. The department received funds under UGC-SAP and DST-FIST programs.
Inaugural address:
Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke Arturo Falaschi Emeritus Scientist (AFES),Former Director,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.