The 5th Annual Conference and Workshop of the Pediatric Urology Chapter of IAPS is scheduled to be held at Sri.Ramachandra University Porur, Chennai on the 17th and 18th November 2017.

The 13th National Annual Pediatric Endosurgeons of India Conference is scheduled to be held in Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi from 23rd to 25th February 2018.

Dear members, 

Greetings from SOS. We are pleased to present the first announcement for the forthcoming annual conference of SOS (2017). This year we are doing our surgical conference in collaboration with Pediatric Hematology Oncology (PHOCON) chapter of IAPS on 24th and 25th November in Kolkatta. The detailed academic programme shall be posted very soon and shall aim to discuss the advances in the management of childhood solid tumours. This conference shall provide us a unique opportunity to interact with our medical counterparts (medical oncologists). The link for the conference is www.phocon2017.com<http://www.phocon2017.com/>. The registration details are as follows:- 

Only Surgical Conference (24th & 25th November, 2017) 
Category Early Bird – 1st February to 31st August 2017 1st September to 31st October 2017 1st November 2017 onwards and On spot 
Faculty/Delegates INR 1500 INR 2000 INR 2500 
Students INR 500 INR 500 INR 1000 

Hoping to see you all in big numbers, 

Regards, 

Dr Archana Puri, 
puriarchana@hotmail.com

Pediatric Surgery Residents Handbook complied and written by Dr.Ramachandra C, Bangalore, has been uploaded in the Resource Material page in the Trainees area. It is a wonderful resource of day-to-day issues in caring for a pediatric surgical patient.

The latest edition of the JIAPS in now available online at