Fertility 101 by Aansh IVF: a clinical evening for the doctors of Chandrapur

By Dr. Shweta Agarwal, MBBS, DGO Medically reviewed by Dr. Shweta Agarwal, MBBS, DGO · July 2026

In Chandrapur and rural Vidarbha, a couple struggling to conceive rarely walks into an IVF centre first. They walk into your clinic — the family physician, the Ayurvedic vaidya, the homoeopath, the physiotherapist. That first consultation is where risk factors get spotted, evaluation begins, and a timely referral can change the road ahead. Supporting it is what this evening is built for.

Aansh Hospital & IVF Center is hosting Fertility 101, a clinical evening that brings the doctors of every system of medicine in Chandrapur onto one platform — to talk about infertility openly, hear each system's perspective on reproductive wellness, and agree on one thing: when a couple needs advanced care, they should get there in time.

Event at a glance

Why a cross-specialty fertility evening?

The WHO estimates that about one in six people of reproductive age experience infertility at some point in their lives. In our experience across Vidarbha, most affected couples first consult a doctor outside the fertility specialty — and that doctor's advice sets the clock.

Clinical guidance is clear on timing. Infertility is generally defined as failure to conceive after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse; evaluation is advised after 6 months when the female partner is 35 or older. Certain findings — irregular cycles suggesting PCOS, known endometriosis, an abnormal semen report, prior pelvic surgery — justify referral even earlier, because female fertility declines steeply with age and later treatment cannot restore egg quality that has already been lost.

Clinicians across these disciplines meet couples seeking fertility guidance every week. The evening is not about replacing one system with another. It is about a shared referral compass: what to manage in your own clinic, what to watch, and when to say "it is time for advanced testing."

Faculty and talks

Four short talks, one from each clinical discipline:

1. Role of physiotherapy in infertility — Dr. Samrudhi N. Bele, Assistant Professor, Smt. Vimla Devi College of Physiotherapy, Chandrapur
2. Scope of homoeopathy in cases of infertility — Dr. Yashodhan Wadekar, MD Homoeopathy, Mumbai
3. Reproductive wellness through Ayurveda: a complementary approach to infertility — Dr. Namrata Barapatre, Professor, SVAMCH, Chandrapur; Consultant, Niramay Clinic, Chandrapur
4. Advanced infertility treatment and ART — Dr. Shweta Agarwal, MBBS, DGO; Fellowship in Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy, and IVF; Director, Aansh IVF

Chief Guest: Mr. Indersen Singh Ji, President, Smt. Vimladevi Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital. Chairpersons: Dr. Raju Tatewar and Dr. Gajendra Ganiger.

Programme

• 8:30 PM — Welcome and snacks
• 9:00 PM — Inauguration
• 9:00–10:00 PM — Scientific session (four faculty talks)
• 10:00 PM — Dinner

What the ART session will cover

The ART session is built for the treating physician, not the IVF specialist. It walks through:

• The thresholds that matter: evaluation after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse without pregnancy — after 6 months if the woman is 35 or older, and earlier when red flags are present.
• Evaluate both partners from day one — including the husband. Male factors contribute to nearly half of all cases, yet the male partner is often the last to be tested. A semen analysis is painless and low-cost, and belongs in the first-line work-up.
• Age is the clock. How egg quantity and quality change through the 20s, 30s, and 40s, and why "try for a few more years" can be costly advice for a woman in her mid-30s.
• A simple framework for the initial work-up: egg, sperm, an open tube, and a receptive womb — and the basic tests that assess each one.
• What modern ART looks like: IUI, IVF, and ICSI in plain terms, including where technology such as AI-assisted embryo assessment fits in.
• Red flags for early referral, and how a referring doctor stays the couple's primary physician throughout treatment.

About the host

Aansh Hospital & IVF Center is a government-registered Level-2 ART clinic in Chandrapur (Reg. No. MH/AC/2024/15441/L2/Chandrapur/132), with a full in-house embryology lab. It is led by Dr. Shweta Agarwal, MBBS, DGO, a gynaecologist and fertility specialist with more than 30 years of clinical experience and over 5,000 IVF babies. You can verify the centre's ART registrations here.

The clinic works with referring doctors across Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, and wider Vidarbha. Referred patients are evaluated with a structured work-up, and with the couple's consent, findings and treatment updates are shared back with the referring physician — the couple remains your patient.

How to register

Attendance is free. Seats at the venue are limited, so prior registration is appreciated:

• Call or WhatsApp: +91 80056 85160
• Contact person: Aayush Agarwal, Chief of Hospital Administration
• Venue on the day: Amritsar Haveli, Nagpur Road, Chandrapur — from 8:30 PM

This page describes a professional academic event for medical practitioners. It is educational and does not replace a consultation. If you are a couple looking for fertility guidance, start with a free second opinion at Aansh IVF.