Date: 1 March, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Auditorium
Name Designation Affiliation
Dr. Nagahanumaiah Director Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bengaluru
Prof. Asim Tiwari Professor IIT Bombay
Prof. Ramesh Babu Professor IIT Madras
Vinamra Mishra Director (GA & TP) Ministry of MSME
Ramagopal Sarepaka President R & D Optics & Allied Engg.Pvt Ltd
Dinesh Kangaraj Founder Fabheads Automation
Dasari Ramakrishna Managing Director Efftronics
Himannii Singhee Director AGP Ventures

Moderated by: T V Jayan from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 1 March, 2025   |   Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM and 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Auditorium
Name Designation Affiliation
Mr. S Krishnan Secretary Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Dr. Aravindan Raghuveer Principal Engineer, Google DeepMind
Adjunct Faculty, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras
Google DeepMind,
Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras
Dr. Amith Singhee Director, IBM Research India
Chief Technology Officer of IBM India/South Asia
IBM Research India, IBM India/South Asia
Dr. Pradeep Gulipalli Co-founder & CEO - India Tiger Analytics
Dr. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai Department of Data Science and AI IIT Madras
Dr. M.J. Shankar Raman Chief Executive Officer IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation

Moderated by: Shubashree Desikan from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 28 February, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Hall 2
Name Designation Affiliation
Nidhi Bansal Director, Directorate of Technology Development Fund (DTDF) DRDO
Sam Dayala Dev Professor of Practice, Aerospace Eng. & Ex Distinguished Scientist, ISRO IIT Madras
Lt Col V S Velan Founder & Chief Technology Officer Elena Geo Systems
Prof. A M Pradeep Professor IIT Bombay
L. C. Mangal Director General of Technology Management DRDO
Lt. Gen P R Shankar(retd.) Professor IIT Madras
Umamaheswari K Senior Director Engg AgniKul Cosmos Private Ltd
Dr. Nikunj Rathi Founder Rathi Aerospace Labs Pvt. Ltd

Moderated by: Sweta Akundi from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 28 February, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Hall 3
Name Designation Affiliation
S A Sundaresan Vice President EV and eMobility Business Ashok Leyland
Ravichandran Purushothaman President Danfoss
Dr. Sebastian C Peter Professor Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Janani Mittal Director Innovation and R&D Technip Energies
R Lakshmanan Senior Partner MCA Gulf
Hari Prasad Konka Head - Eaton Research Labs Eaton India Innovation Center, Eaton
Dr. Karthick Athmanathan Professor of Practice IIT Madras
Rahul Wagh Senior Engineering Manager, Innovation, Research & Technology Baker Hughes

Moderated by: Manupriya from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 28 February, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Hall 1
Name Designation Affiliation
Dr. M. Ravichandran Secretary Ministry of Earth Science
Prof. Balaji Ramakrishnan Director National Institute of Ocean Technology
Atul B Killedar GM (Design) Larsen & Toubro
Dr. VBS Ayyangar Member Secretary Naval Research Board, DRDO
Capt Sansarchandra Chaube Vice President Ambuja Shipping Services Limited
Captain Madan Mohan Thummala Chief Operating Officer Adani Ports
Bala MS Cofounder - Turbostart & Chairman - Southern Reg Committee of AICTE Turbostart, AICTE
Dr. P. Krisnankutty Professor Cochin University of Science and Technology

Moderated by: Richa Malhotra from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 28 February, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Auditorium
Name Designation Affiliation
Dr. T. S. Suryanarayanan Director VINSTROM (A Research Unit of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith)
Prof. Suman Chakraborty Professor IIT Kharagpur
Kumar Sankaran Chief Executive Officer Leucine Rich Bio
Vasan Sambandamurthy Senior Vice President - Global Strategy & Operations Bugworks Research Inc.
Dr. Malathi Srinivasan Pfizer Healthcare India Ltd
Prof. Debjani Paul Professor IIT Bombay
Himannii Singhee Director Amana Global Partners
Padmaja Ruparel Co-founder & Senior Managing Partner Indian Angel Network

Moderated by: Gauri Kamath from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 1 March, 2025   |   Time: 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Hall 2
Name Designation Affiliation
Prabhakar Lingareddy Executive Vice President and Head- Social Investments ITC
Dr. Abijith Deshpande Professor IIT Madras
Dr. Debapriya Dutta Former Head SEED DST, Adjunct Professor Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Sreenivas Chigullapalli Manager India Climate Collaborative
Prakarsh Mishra Senior Manager Invest India
Dr. Ketaki Bapat Former Scientist G Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser
Naveen Thekumani Founder Finclus
Dr. S Senthil Vinayagam CEO, a-IDEA & Head, ESM Division ICAR-NAARM Hyderabad
Viswalingam Manickam Head of Operations HCL Foundation

Moderated by: Rekha Dixit from IIT Madras Shaastra

Date: 1 March, 2025   |   Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM and 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM   |   Location: IC&SR Hall 2
Name Designation Affiliation
Anshul Mishra IAS Managing Director Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board
Raj Cherubal Chief Development Goals Specialist SDG Coordination Center
Prof. Ravi Sinha Professor IIT Bombay
K E Seetharam Senior Consulting Specialist Asian Development Bank Institute
Moinak Banerjee Co-Founder Solinas Integrity Pvt. Ltd.
Rajan Aiyer Managing Director Trimble Navigation
Padmaja Ruparel Co-founder & Senior Managing Partner Indian Angel Networks

Moderated by: Hari Pulakkat from IIT Madras Shaastra