11th Congress of
Indian Cartilage Society


From Challenges to Breakthroughs -
Bridging Science and Clinical Practice in Cartilage Repair

12–13 September 2026 Jodhpur, India

Jodhpur Fort

11th Congress of the Indian Cartilage Society, 2026

Non-Residential Registration Packages
(Price + 18% GST)

Categories Till 15th May 2026 Till 15th July 2026 Till 31st Aug 2026 Spot
ICS Members 5000 + 18 % GST
= ₹5900
6500 + 18 % GST
= ₹7670
9000 + 18 % GST
= ₹10620
12000 + 18 % GST
= ₹14160
Non-Members 6500 + 18 % GST
= ₹7670
8000 + 18 % GST
= ₹9440
10500 + 18 %GST
= ₹12390
14000 + 18 % GST
= ₹16520
Residents 2500 + 18 % GST
= ₹2950
4000 + 18 % GST
= ₹4720
5000 + 18 % GST
= ₹5900
6000 + 18 % GST
= ₹7080
  • The registration fee includes access to the scientific halls and trade exhibits, lunch on 12th and 13th September and conference dinner on 12th.
  • Workshop registration is not included in the above fees. Workshop registration will be separate but will mandatorily require main conference registration. Workshops will be announced in due course and can be added to the conference registration.
  • Cancellations charges are as follows:
Date Cancellation charges
Before 15th May 2026 20% of registration fees
Before 15th July 2026 40% of registration fees
Before 15th August 2026 80% of registration fees

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ICS 2026 Highlights of the Programme

DAY 1

Taj Hari Mahal, Jodhpur | 12 Sept 2026

Time Programme
09:00 - 10:45 Session 1: The Significance of Bone Underneath
09:00 - 09:15 Relive/ Live Surgery 1: OCD Fixation
09:15 - 09:25 The Role SC Bone Plays in Cartilage Health
09:25 - 09:35 Bone Marrow Edema: What does it Tell Us?
09:35 - 09:45 Osteochondral Unit: The Crosstalk
09:45 - 09:55 TBD
09:55 - 10:05 Osteonecrosis: Types and Diagnoses.
10:05 - 10:15 Managing Osteonecrosis of Knee
10:15 - 10:16 Debate 1: Large Chondral Defect with Big Bone Loss
10:16 - 10:21 I Prefer to do the Overlay ACI Technique- an Autogenous Solution
10:21 - 10:26 I Rather to do an Allograft Transfer
10:26 - 10:30 Rebuttal
10:30 - 10:45 Panel discussion 1: Disease of Subchondral Bone and Cartilage Health
10:45 - 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 - 13:00 Session 2: The Technologies of Cartilage Repair
11:00 - 11:10 Marrow Stimulation Techniques: The End Game? (indications in current era)
11:10 - 11:20 The Sources of Cells in Cartilage Repair- Autogenous to Heterogenous
11:20 - 11:30 Types of Biomaterials Useful for Engineered Scaffolds
11:30 - 11:40 Role of bioscaffolds in creating Collagen Micro architecture
11:40 - 11:50 Augmentation of Cartilage Repair with Biomaterials- Membranes or BMAC
11:50 - 12:00 Nothing can Beat the Source Code- The MSCs
12:00 - 12:15 Relive/ Live Surgery 2: Minced Cartilage in Chondral Defect
12:15 - 12:25 Disease Modifying Injectable Options for OA Knee
12:25 - 12:35 The Current Cocepts on use of PRP in OA Knee
12:35 - 12:45 Role of Secretome vs. Hyaluronic Acid; Clinical Outcome in OA knee patients
12:45 - 13:00 Relive/ Live Surgery 3: Scaffold with BMAC/ PRP for Cartilage Defect
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: The Standards of Cartilage Care and Current Evidence
14:00 - 14:15 Relive/ Live surgery 4: Mosaicplasty/ OATS
14:15 - 14:25 Osteochondral Cylinder Autografts: Still Holding the Turf
14:25 - 14:35 ACI is a Gold Standard: The Evidence in 2026
14:35 - 14:45 Subchondral Remodelling: A Friend or a Foe after Microfracture
14:45 - 14:55 Cartilage repair with BMAC: Current indiactions and evidence
14:55 - 15:05 Minced Cartilage: Background Research and Evidence
15:05 - 15:15 Augmenting Marrow Stimulation: Current Evidence and Its Future
15:05 - 15:30 Panel discussion 2: The experts decide: Case based management of chondral defects
15:30 - 16:15 Session 4: Patellofemoral Joint
15:30 - 15:40 Conservative Management of CMP
15:40 - 15:50 Biomechanics of Patella Instability and Cartilage Repair
15:50 - 16:00 The Critical Patellofemoral Engagement Angle
16:00 - 16:15 Panel discussion 3: Case based management of Patellar Lesions
16:15 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 17:30 Session 5: Preferences in Knee Cartilage Repair: Let's Debate
16:30 - 16:31 Debate 2: OCD Femur
16:31 - 16:36 I Prefer to do an OCT technique in OCD
16:36 - 16:41 I Rather Prefer to fix OCD
16:41 - 16:45 Rebuttal
16:45 - 16:46 Debate 3: BMAC vs Autologous Chondrocytes
16:46 - 16:51 BMAC is versatile option
16:51 - 16:56 Live Autologous Chondrocytes are Here to Stay
16:56 - 17:00 Rebuttal
17:00 - 17:01 Debate 4: Osteochonral Chip Fracture of Patella
17:01 - 17:06 I Prefer to Fix OC fracture with Screws
17:06 - 17:11 I Rather to do a Trans-osseous Suture Fixation
17:11 - 17:15 Rebuttal
17:15 - 17:30 Relive/ Live surgery 5: Patellar Osteochondral Chip Fracture Fixation using Trans-Osseous Sutures
17:30 - 18:30 Session 6: Inaugural Session
17:30 - 17:32 Welcome Address
17:32 - 17:42 President's Address
17:42 - 17:57 Founder's Speech
17:57 - 18:12 Past president oration
18:12 - 18:22 Fellowship Reports
18:22 - 18:27 Felicitation
18:27 - 18:30 Vote of Thanks
18:30 - 19:30 General Body Meeting
19:30 - 00:00 Banquet and Welcome Dinnerr

DAY 2

Taj Hari Mahal, Jodhpur | 13 Sept 2026

Time Programme
09:00 - 10:30 Session 7: Regional Challenges in Cartilage Lesions
09:00 - 09:15 Relive/ Live surgery 6: Cartilage defect in shoulder
09:15 - 09:25 Talus: Managing OCD
09:25 - 09:35 Cartilage Defects with Instability in Shoulder: Current Concepts
09:35 - 09:45 Management of Osteochondral Fractures of Femoral Condyles: My Preference
09:45 - 09:55 AVN of shoulder: incidence and management options
09:55 - 10:05 Osteonecrosis in small joints: management strategies.
10:05 - 10:15 Hip: Osteonecrosis
10:15 - 10:30 Relive/ Live Surgery 7: Cell Based Surgery for AVN Hips
10:30 - 10:31 Debate 5: PRP Vs PRP + HA in OA knees
10:31 - 10:36 Best of Two Worlds: PRP + HA
10:36 - 10:41 Why complicate- PRP is good enough
10:41 - 10:45 Rebuttal
10:45 - 11:00 TBD
11:00 - 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 - 13:00 Session 8: The Ligaments and the Meniscus in Cartilage Health
11:15 - 11:25 Does Graft Choice Influence Cartilage Degeneration After ACL Reconstruction?
11:25 - 11:35 ACL Avulsions Extending to the Medial Tibial Plateau: Natural History and Management
11:35 - 11:45 Natural Progression of Chondral Injuries in Delayed ACL tears
11:45 - 11:55 Management of Chondral Injuries Concomitant with ACL tear
11:55 - 12:10 Relive/ Live Surgery 8: ACL with Cartilage Lesions
12:10 - 12:20 Natural History of Joint Health after Menisectomy
12:20 - 12:30 TBD
12:30 - 12:45 Panel discussion 4:
12:45 - 13:00 Relive/ Live surgery 9: Root repair with ACL
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:15 Session 9: Alignment: A Cornerstone of Joint Preservation
14:00 - 14:10 Natural History of Cartilage in a Varus Knee
14:10 - 14:25 Relive/ live surgery 10: HTO
14:25 - 14:35 Planning your HTO
14:35 - 14:45 Double level osteotomy: when and how
14:45 - 14:55 Effect of Slopes in Natural History of OA Knee Evolution
14:55 - 15:15 Panel discussion 5: the early degenerative knee -Case based Treatment options
15:15 - 16:00 Session 10: Orthobiologics in Cartilage Regeneration
16:00 - 16:10 Clincial Evidence and Significance of Orthobiologics in Conservative Management of Early OA
16:10 - 16:20 Pros and Cons of Using Orthobiologics in Intra/ Immediate Post-operative Cases
16:20 - 16:30 Blood Derived Products/ Cell-based Therapies and Extracellular Vesicles: Role in OA Knee
16:30 - 16:40 The Potential Application of Stem Cell Conditioned Medium Secretome in Knee Cartilage Regeneration: A Systematic Review
16:40 - 17:00 Valedictory
17:00 - 17:30 Tea and Depart
  1. Relive Surgery
  2. Cadaver Workshop
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Organizing Team

Dr. Deepak Goyal

ICS Founder

Dr. Rajat Jangir

ICS President

Dr. Navaladi Shankar

ICS Secretary

Dr. Abhay Elhence

Organising chairman

Dr Sumit Banerjee

Congress Secretary