Welcome to 41st DAE-SOHPM 2025
The 41st DAE Safety & Occupational Health Professional Meet (DAE-SOHPM) will be conducted at Institute For Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar from December 17-19, 2025. The Meet is being jointly organized by IPR & AERB.
📅 Dates
DECEMBER 17-19, 2025
📍 Venue
IPR, Gandhinagar
🤝 Organizers
IPR & AERB
About DAE SOHPM 2025
The 41st DAE Safety & Occupational Health Professional Meet (DAE-SOHPM) will be conducted at Institute For Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar from December 17-19, 2025. The Meet is being jointly organized by IPR & AERB.
- Dr.S.S.Ramaswamy Memorial Endowment Lecture on the theme of this Meet will be delivered by an eminent speaker.
- Invited talks will be delivered by experts & contributory papers will be presented from delegates related to the Theme of the Meet i.e. Recent Trends in Occupational Safety and Health Management.
- An exhibition of products by the suppliers and manufacturers of the personal protective equipment (PPE), safety appliances and medical services is also planned.
- Few Presentations are also planned by reputed & leading contractors and exhibitors in Field of Safety & Occupational health displaying their latest advanced products.
Conference Themes
"व्यावसायिक संरक्षा एवं स्वास्थ्य प्रबंधन में नई प्रवृत्तियाँ"
"Recent Trends in Occupational Safety and Health Management"
About IPR
Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) was established in 1986 as an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with a mandate to pursue research in Plasma Science and technology. The institute grew rapidly and came under the administrative umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 1995. Over the years, IPR has developed competence in advanced fields like Theoretical Plasma Physics, Computer Modeling and Simulation, Superconducting magnets and Cryogenics, Ultra High Vacuum technologies, sophisticated Plasma Diagnostic systems, RF and Neutral Beam Heating systems, High Voltage Engineering systems, Pulsed Power systems, Computer based Data Acquisition and Control systems besides, Industrial, Environmental and strategic plasma applications. FCIPT, ITER-India and CPP-IPR, located in Gandhinagar and Guwahati are three divisions under IPR.
Contributory Papers
Conference Themes
"व्यावसायिक संरक्षा एवं स्वास्थ्य प्रबंधन में नई प्रवृत्तियाँ"
"Recent Trends in Occupational Safety and Health Management"
Contributory papers based on following topics are hereby invited from DAE units:
(A) Topics for contributory papers on theme - Recent Trends in Occupational Safety and Health Management
For Industrial Safety
- Role of AI in occupational safety and security.
- IoT and Smart Monitoring Systems for Construction Site Safety.
- Advance tools in hazard identification.
- AR/VR-Based Safety Training and Simulation.
- Mobile Apps and Digital Tools for Safety Management.
- Use of robotics in disaster management / rescue (off shore/mining).
- Use of digital twins and simulations for crisis response.
- Recent trends in Chemical safety and PPE for new-age hazards.
- Key learning and preventive measure from recent Industrial accidents.
- Modern Lockout-Tagout (LOTO) practices.
For Occupational Health
- Recent tools for early detection of occupational diseases.
- Occupational Health hazards in health care.
- Integrating AI and IOT in Occupational Health.
- Digital health records and telemedicine in occupational health.
- Workplace mental health programs.
- Climate change and its impact on occupational health (heat stress, extreme weather).
- Challenges faced in pre and periodical medical examinations – case studies.
(B) Format Details:
Format for Contributory Papers Download [ PDF ] [ DOC ]
The technical and occupational health staff of your unit can submit soft copies of full text of the contributory papers on the below portal - Click Here New
The papers should be written in the format enclosed herewith.
It has been decided to upload the contributory papers on the web page dedicated for Meet on SOHPM 2025, IPR web site. The web page will be active for a month from the last date of the Meet. For More details please visit SOHPM 2025, IPR website.
It is requested to give wide publicity to this invitation in your unit and encourage personnel for participation. It is requested to send the soft copies of full text of the papers by email on or before November 5, 2025.
Nominations
Click Here New for nomination and paper submission on 41st DAE-SOHPM Portal.
Nominations are invited from all DAE units and aided institutions. All Unit heads are requested to nominate at least three participants* comprising of:
- One person from safety division of the unit
- One person from occupational health division of the unit
- One person from O&M / Construction staff
* Note: Bigger DAE Units may send more number of nominations as deemed appropriate.
DAE Safety and Health Professionals must avail this unique opportunity for information sharing and thereby ensure improvement in Industrial Safety and Occupational Health scenarios in the DAE installations and make this meet a grand success to achieve the goal.
To be submitted on or before November 5, 2025 New
Theme for meet
"व्यावसायिक संरक्षा एवं स्वास्थ्य प्रबंधन में नई प्रवृत्तियाँ"
"Recent Trends in Occupational Safety and Health Management"
Poster & Slogan Competitions (Guidelines)
As a part of the meet following safety competitions (Poster & Slogan) on the theme of the meet are being conducted for the employees of all DAE units. Entries should be original one.
1. Poster Competition
- Poster should be drawn based on the theme, on normal chart paper of size A2 (420mm * 594mm).
- The poster should be original and should be drawn with either coloured one or pencil sketch.
- The caption/title (if any) in the poster should not be more than 10 words.
2. Slogan Competition
- Slogan should be a phrase or a combination of words with rhyme (original phrase) based on the theme.
- Slogan must have educational or motivational potential.
- Number of words should not exceed TWENTY.
- Should be written in HINDI, GUJARATI or ENGLISH Languages. (Each participant can submit only one slogan per language)
- Slogan should be a phrase or a combination of words with rhyme (original phrase) based on the theme.
- Slogan must have educational or motivational potential.
- Number of words should not exceed TWENTY.
- Should be written in HINDI, GUJARATI or ENGLISH Languages. (Each participant can submit only one slogan per language)
Notes New
- All DAE units are requested to send their three best entries in each competition through the Head of the unit or through their authorized representative. Entries should be sent by email to dsohpm2025@ipr.res.in
- Prizes will be awarded to best three entries in each category of above mentioned competitions.
- Consolation prizes may also be awarded for each category depending upon the quality of entries received.
- Decision of evaluation committee will be final. No queries in this regard will be entertained.
- All entries should be submitted in PDF /JPEG/PNG (600-1200 dpi).
- Last date for receipt of entries: November 5, 2025.
| Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty | Chairman, AEC and Secretary, DAE |
| Shri Vivek Bhasin | Director, BARC |
| Shri Dinesh Kumar Shukla | Chairman, AERB |
| Dr. Tapas Ganguli, Director, IPR, Gandhinagar | Chairman |
| Shri S. B. Chafle, Executive Director (RO), AERB, Mumbai | Co-Chairman |
| Dr. Komal Kapoor, Chief Executive, NFC, Hyderabad | Member |
| Shri K. Mahapatra, Director, DCSEM, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Dheeraj Pande, Director, AMD, Hyderabad | Member |
| Shri S Satyakumar, Chief Executive, HWB, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Anurag Kumar, C&MD, ECIL, Hyderabad | Member |
| Shri S B Mohanty, C&MD (I/C), IREL, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Sunil Gadgil, Executive Director (HSE), NPCIL, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Allu Ananth, Director (Operations), BHAVINI, Kalpakkam | Member |
| Dr. Santosh Kumar Satpati, C&MD, UCIL, Jaduguda | Member |
| Shri. S. S. Prasad, Head Industrial Hygiene & Safety Section, BARC, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri R. Sahu, General Manager, ESSA/BRIT | Member |
| Prof. Gobinda Majumdar, Sr. Professor-I, TIFR, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Prateek Bhatnagar, SO/H & Head-F&S Section, RRCAT, Indore | Member |
| Dr. Akashrup Banerjee, In-charge, FRENA Accelerator Facility, SINP, Kolkata | Member |
| Dr. Vidhya Sundararajan, AD, SQ&RMG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam | Member |
| Dr. Khirod Chandra Patra, SO/D, IOP, Bhubaneshwar | Member |
| Shri Subrata Saha, Member Secretary, Safety Committee, VECC, Kolkata | Member |
| Shri J. Koley, Head, OPSD, AERB, Mumbai | Member |
| Shri Sekhar Bhattacharya, Section Head, IIFS, OPSD, AERB, Mumbai | Member |
| Ms. Pammy Goswami, SO/F, OPSD, AERB, Mumbai | Member |
| Dr. Paritosh Chaudhuri, Dean (R&D), IPR, Gandhinagar | Member Secretary |
| Shri Devendra Modi, SO/F, IPR, Gandhinagar | Permanent Invitee |
| Shri J. Koley, Head, OPSD, AERB | Chairman |
| Dr. Subroto Mukherjee, Dean (Admin.), IPR | Co-Chairman |
| Dr. Paritosh Chaudhuri, Dean (R&D), IPR | Member |
| Shri V. V. Mahesh Kumar, DCE (Safety, HPU, TLD & Trg), NFC, Hyderabad | Member |
| Shri J. R. Khatsuriya, CE (I&FS), NPCIL | Member |
| Dr. Nishith Ghosh, SO/E, IHSS, BSC, BARC | Member |
| Shri Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Head (IIFS), OPSD, AERB | Member |
| Shri D. K. Mishra, SO/E, HWB | Member |
| Shri V. Chandrasekhar, GM & Head, RETTP, IREL | Member |
| Shri P. K. Adhikari, Chief Superintendent, UCIL | Member |
| Ms. N. Kanagalakshmi, Head, Industrial Safety, BHAVINI | Member |
| Shri Prateek Bhatnagar, Head, Fire & Safety Section, RRCAT | Member |
| Dr. Diptendu Das, OPSD, AERB | Member |
| Dr. Rajesh Kumar, SO/H, IPR | Member |
| Shri Dinesh Kumar Gupta, SO/G, IPR | Member |
| Shri Devendra Modi, SO/F, IPR, Gandhinagar | Member Secretary |
| Dr. Subroto Mukherjee, Dean (Admin.) | Chairperson |
| Dr. Paritosh Chaudhuri, Dean (R&D) | Co-Chairperson |
| Shri Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Chairperson – Safety Committee | Member |
| Mrs. Supriya Nair Acting, Chief Admin. Officer | Member |
| Shri Prosenjit Santra, Scientific Officer-G | Member |
| Shri Sudhirsinh Vala, Scientific Officer-F | Member |
| Shri Ankit Gandhi, Scientific Officer-F | Member |
| Dr. Pintu Bandopadhyay, Associate Professor-F | Member |
| Shri Saroj Das, Scientific Officer-E | Member |
| Shri Prashant Kumar, Scientific Officer-E | Member |
| Shri Anuj Harvey, Administrative Officer – II | Member |
| Shri Harshad Chamunde, Administrative Officer – II | Member |
| Ms. Falguni Shah, Accounts Officer – II | Member |
| Dr. Sandhya Dave, Hindi Officer | Member |
| Shri Yogesh Dadheech, Dy. Officer (Stores) | Member |
| Shri Devendra Modi, Scientific Officer-F | Member |
| Mrs. Saifali Sharma, Scientific Officer-E | Member Secretary |
Under Construction
Important Dates
Contributory Papers: Last date of submission - November 5, 2025 New
Nominations Should be filled before November 5, 2025 New
Competitions: Last Date of submission of Slogan and Poster Competitions November 5, 2025 New