Overview
- Indocleftcon 2026 opened at the AIISH campus in Mysuru with Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao urging early diagnosis and specialised care for children with cleft conditions.
- Rao called on frontline health workers to identify cases during field visits so families reach the right hospitals sooner.
- The minister highlighted work with Smile Train to expand services in Mysuru, noting the nonprofit has supported more than 750,000 cleft surgeries in India.
- Across three days, about 400 delegates will share 150 papers under the theme “Connect, Communicate, Collaborate” to strengthen coordinated care across surgery, dentistry and speech therapy.
- Organisers said cleft conditions affect roughly 1 in 700 births in India, and the society plans an open‑access textbook as it marks 25 years of multidisciplinary work.