St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS) is a prestigious Institute, well known for excellent medical education and patient care teamed with high ethical values. St. John’s Medical College (SJMC) has been a truly National Medical College drawing faculty and students from across the country. The institution is an apex body of the catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) which is the largest non-governmental contributor to health care in India (with> 3500 member institutions throughout India).

The founders of this institution had intended the college to train competent and compassionate doctors to serve the underserved population of our country. Coupled with a purely merit-based selection policy, it has distinguished itself by providing its students the best faculty, an eclectic learning experience and opportunities to understand the social significance of a medical career. For the last ten years, SJMC has consistently been ranked among the top 10 medical college in the country. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, a Review Committee of the University Grants Commission, has recognised the excellence of St. John’s Medical College and Hospital and accorded it with a 5-star grading.

On behalf of all the staff of Department of Biochemistry, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, it is with immense pleasure that we welcome you to AMBICON 2022, 29 th Annual Conference of Association of Medical Biochemists of India Chapter to be held on 21 st July 2022 to 23 rd July 2022.

Theme of the conference is Building Tomorrow’s Leader by The Young Generation. Pre- conference Hands-on workshop as conceptualised by Dr V Govindaraju and Dr Shanthi Naidu of Association of Medical Biochemists of India has been designed to ensure that fellow postgraduates and faculty would be prepared to handle the basic & advanced molecular techniques and cutting edge molecular diagnostics. St. John’s Medical College and Hospital is co-hosting ‘Flow Cytometry’ Hands-on workshop in this national conference.

We are delighted to host this Annual conference with Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI).

Best wishes
Department of Biochemistry
St. John’s Medical College
Bengaluru