Annual Meeting is conducted every year where there is free interaction and discussion of ideas. The meeting is divided into three parts. Most of the forenoon session is devoted to a symposium on one aspect of pediatric neurosurgery. The symposium topic for each meeting is chosen during the previous years meeting to give all sufficient time to prepare. The rest of the day is devoted to free paper and poster discussion sessions. The Dr S N Bhagwati Oration is also conducted during the annual meeting. A full session has been introduced for presentation by residents and post graduates. CME programmes in collaboration with the ISPN are also being held.
Prizes are awarded to encourage and maintain excellence and quality work. Prizes are awarded for oral presentations (two prizes) and poster presentation (one prize) in addition to awards for residents. Neurosurgeons are well known for their creativity. To encourage the creative instinct a prize is awarded for the most creative presentation using multimedia tools. A panel of judges chosen during the conference is responsible for deciding the winners.
Traveling Fellowships are awarded each year to encourage postgraduates to attend the meeting.
Dr S N Bhagwati Oration was instituted to honour the Founder President of the society, who has also served as the president of The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. The plans are to have the oration every other year. The chosen speaker will be a person who has the combination of the following qualities: international repute, renowned teacher, excellent research worker who has contributed to pediatric neurosurgery and above all a neurosurgeon par excellence. The first oration was delivered by Dr M Choux of France the second and third by Mr Sengupta of UK and Dr Harold Rekate of US. The other orators were Dr Di Rocco, Dr Oi and Dr Schijman.
