Inaugurated the 1st edition of Robocon on a dedicated a Robotic surgeons conference at the  PSG Medical College, Coimbatore. Nice to have met friend and a  gem of a surgeon an international figure in laparoscopic surgery Dr. Palanivelu and it was a real honour to the felicitated by none other than Dr. Palanivelu and the Dean of the University Dr. ..... 
Thanks Dr. K.S. Rajkumar for the invitation and my sincere thanks to the chief and the Robotic Onco-surgeon Dr. K.S. Rajkumar for the invitation. It was also took an opportunity to offer the travel expenses under the  ARIS, RCS Edinburgh fellowship scheme to the  2nd award winner Dr. Shrutii Nanjundappan in the 1st Batch of fellowship under Association Robotic Innovative Surgeons last year.