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Events and announcements connected with his work, newest first.
| Sep 28, 2026 | Ideas & Innovation Award: Six finalists will present in the Jagannath Kamath Award session at ISSHCON 2026, the 49th annual conference of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand, at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, on Friday 2 October 2026. The winner of the Prof. B. Jagannath Kamath Ideas & Innovation Award will be announced at the conference. Finalists |
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| Sep 13, 2026 | Memorial oration: Dr. Mukund R. Thatte, Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Bombay Hospital and a past president of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand, gave the Dr. B. Jagannath Kamath Memorial Oration at KMC Mangalore. The day also included a Hand CME, the PG Quiz on Hand Surgery and a hands-on workshop on scaphoid and distal radius fixation. Programme |
| Oct 06, 2024 | Ideas & Innovation Award: The first Prof. B. Jagannath Kamath Ideas & Innovation Award of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand was presented at ISSHCON 2024, Bengaluru. It was won by Dr. Joseph Thomas, Manipal, for an electro-mechanical bionic prosthesis for trans-radial amputees. Details |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Memorial oration: The first Dr. B. Jagannath Kamath Memorial Oration was held at KMC Mangalore, organised by the Canara Orthopaedic Society and the Department of Orthopaedics. Prof. M. Shantharam Shetty gave the oration, and Dr. B. Unnikrishnan, Dean of KMC Mangalore, was chief guest. The programme also included a Hand CME with case discussions and the finals of the PG Quiz. KMC Mangalore report · Oration 2024 |
| Jul 02, 2024 | Patent grant: The Patent Office, Government of India, granted a patent for the ulnar neuropathy device developed by KMC Mangalore and NITK Surathkal. It is the third patent from this collaboration, after the automated Ilizarov apparatus (November 2023) and the nerve trimming kit (December 2023). KMC Mangalore announcement · Patents |
| Nov 06, 2023 | In Memoriam: The Journal of Hand Surgery (Asian-Pacific Volume) published an In Memoriam titled “Prof. Bantwal Jagannath Kamath (1959–2023)”. Read it |