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Invited Speaker Biographies 14 Davinder Parsad, MD, is currently working as Professor at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh and Hony Professor at University ā€œGā€ Marconi, Italy. His main area of research is vitiligo - pathogenesis and treatment both medical and surgical. He chaired/co-chaired, presented invited/guest lectures, papers at more than 100 International conferences/meetings. Received many travel award and fellowships (Fujita Health University, Nagoya, St George Hospital UK, Wake forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA and Bordeaux, France. He received the prestigious Ambady Oration of IADVL. Founder secretary of Asian Society for Pigment cell Research (ASPCR) and President of ASPCR (2011-2014). He is the president of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (Punjab, Chandigarh and HP)-2014.