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09.00 - 10.00

Plenary Talk - 4

Speaker: Prof. Hidetoshi Katori (The University of Tokyo Team Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics)

Title : From Precision Time Measurement to Spacetime Engineering

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)
10.00 - 11.00 - Break and Visit to Posters and Start-ups stalls

10:00 AM - 16:00 PM

Panel Discussion (Round Table): विकसित भारत में VAIBHAV का दृष्टिकोण

NIDHI PitchX - A Platform Where Innovation Meets Investment - Multi-Purpose Hall - (Level 3) - Close Door Parallel Session

Three Parallel Technical Sessions (11.00-13.00)

Session I

Quantum Science & Technology

11.00 - 11.05

Session Chair: Prof. Govindan Rangarajan (Director, IISc Bengaluru)


11.10 - 11.30

Keynote address

Prof. Anil Prabhakar (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Madras)

Title : Digital security through Quantum Secure Communications

11.35 - 12.15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Prof. Rajamani Vijayaraghavan (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)

Title : Quantum computers based on superconducting electrical circuits

Dr. Gayathri Honnenahalli Niranjanamurthy (CEO, Quan2D Technologies Pvt limited, Bengaluru)

Title : Building Quantum Hardware for India’s Future: An Entrepreneurial Journey in Deep-Tech Innovation

Prof. Aditi Sen De (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj)

Title : Quantum Networks

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Prof. Urbasi Sinha (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru)

Title : Building India's Quantum Edge
Panelist:

Dr. Sunil Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO, QuNu Labs Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru)

Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja (CEO & Chair, QPI AI, Bengaluru)

Prof. Kasturi Saha (Department of Electric Engineering, IIT Bombay)

Dr. Somna Mahajan (Scientist-G, Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO)

Venue :Audi-1 (Level 2)

Session II

Bio-Manufacturing

11.00 - 11.05

Session Chair: Dr. Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale (Secretary, DBT)


11:10 – 11:30

Keynote address

Dr. Kallam Satish Reddy (Chairman, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad)

Title : Biomanufacturing and India as a Bioeconomy

11:35 – 12:15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Dr. Ashvini Shete (Prominent Scientist, Praj Industries, Pune)

Prof. Rekha Satishchandra Singhal (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai)

Title :  Transforming Food Production and Processing through Biomanufacturing towards ‘NetNegative’

Dr. Vijay Singh (Executive Director, Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana)

Title :  Food from Air – Innovative Bioprocessing Technology

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Jitendra Kumar (MD, BIRAC, New Delhi)

Panelist:

Dr. Vedam Ramprasad (CEO, MedGenome Labs Ltd, Bengaluru)

Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava (Executive Director, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd, Mumbai)

Dr. Arun Harish (Chief Strategy Officer, CPI, UK)

Smt. Supriya Kashikar (CEO, GeNext Genomics Pvt Ltd., Nagpur)

Venue :Audi-2 (Level 2)

Session III

Energy, Environment & Climate

11.00 - 11.05

Session Chair: Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty (Secretary, DAE)


11:10 – 11:30

Keynote address

Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog, New Delhi)

11:35 – 12:15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Smt. Rhea Mazumdar Singhal (Founder of Ecoware Solutions, New Delhi)

Title : Innovation that Builds a Resilient Bharat

Shri Anuj Sharma (CEO, Waaree Clean Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai)

Title : Green Hydrogen - The Key Link Between Clean Energy, Environment and Climate

Dr. Dave Smith (National Technology Adviser (NTA) UK)

Title : From Innovation to Impact: UK-India Collaboration

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Shri B. C. Pathak(CMD, NPCIL)

Panelist:

Shri Gurdeep Singh (Chairman & MD, NTPC, Delhi)

Shri. Amit Sharma (MD & CEO, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., Mumbai)

Dr. Ashish Lele (Director, CSIR-NCL, Pune)

Shri Ajay Talegaonkar (Technical Member, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL))

Shri Ashish Bhandari (Managing Director & CEO, Thermax Limited )

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)

11.00-13.00

Panel Discussion (Round Table): विकसित भारत में VAIBHAV का दृष्टिकोण

Chair : Hon’ble S&T Minister (120 mins) – Close Door Parallel Session

Venue :MR - 19 (Level 1)
13.00 - 14.30 - Lunch

14.30 - 15.30

Plenary Talk - 5

Speaker: Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan (IIT Bombay)

Title : Artificial General Intelligence and Sovereign Capability

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)
15.30 - 16.00 - Break and Visit to Posters and Start-ups stalls

Three Parallel Technical Sessions (16:00 - 18:00)

Session IV

Artificial Intelligence

16.00 - 16.05

Session Chair: Shri S. Krishnan (Secretary, MeitY)


16.10 - 16.30

Keynote address

Dr. Sridhar Vembu (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zoho Corporation, Chennai)

16.35 - 17.15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Dr. Geetha Manjunath (Founder, CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix, Bengaluru)

Dr. Sriram Raghavan (Vice President, IBM Research for AI, USA)

Prof. Amit Sheth (NCR Chair, Founding Director, Al Institute of South Carolina)

17.20 - 18.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati (Co-founder, DeepTech for Bharat Foundation & Former CEO,Prasar Bharati)

Panelist:

Dr. Harrick Mayank Vin (CTO, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai)

Prof. Balaraman Ravindran (Head, Department of DSAI, IIT Madras)

Shri Abhishek Singh (Director General, National Informatics Centre and Additional Secretary, MeitY, New Delhi)

Dr. Rimjhim Agrawal (Co- Founder & CTO, BrainSightAI, Bengaluru)

Smt. Debjani Ghosh (Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog, New Delhi, and Former President NASSCOM, Noida)

Prof. P. Venkat Rangan (Vice Chancellor Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritanagar PO, Coimbatore )

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)

Session V

Blue Economy

16.00 - 16.05

Session Chair: Dr. M. Ravichandran (Secretary, MoES)


16.10 - 16.30

Keynote address

Dr. Shailesh Nayak (Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc, Bengaluru)

Title : Towards Ocean Science-led Blue Economy

16.35 - 17.15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Dr. Ratheesh Kumar Raveendran (Sr. Scientist, ICAR CMFRI, Kochi)

Title : The role of the fisheries sector in advancing India's blue economy

Dr. Ganesh Kamath (Director, Organica Biotech Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai)

Title : Innovation-Driven Biotechnological Solutions for a Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economy

Smt. Minushri Madhumita (Co-Founder & Director, ThinkRaw Innovative Solutions Pvt Ltd, Kalahandi)

Title : ThinkRaw Innovative Solutions: Catalysing DhivaraMitra for a Sustainable Blue Economy Revolution

17.20 - 18.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Balakrishnan Nair (Director, INCOIS, Hyderabad)

Panelist:

Dr. Seshagiri Raghukumar (MD, Myko Tech Private Limited, Dona Paula)

Shri Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia (Chair, FICCI Taskforce on Blue Economy and Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House)

Shri Niroj Kr. Mohanty (MD & CEO, Core CarbonX Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad)

Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad (Nautical Advisor cum Additional DG, Mumbai)

Venue :Audi-1 (Level 2)

Session VI

Health & Medical Technologies

16.00 - 16.05

Session Chair: Dr. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha (Secretary, M/o Ayush)
Co-Chair: Dr. Rajiv Bahl (Secretary, DHR & DG, ICMR)


16.10 - 16.30

Keynote address

Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin (Director, The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi)

Title : Fatty Liver Disease Demands Engineering Healthcare

16.35 - 17.15

Talks by Start-up CEO / Woman Entrepreneur / S&T Leader

Prof. Gagandeep Kang (Executive Director, The Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, New Delhi)

Title : Developing point of care diagnostics for public health use

Prof. Tanuja Nesari (Director, ITRA, Jamnagar)

Title : Integration of Ayush with Technology: Way for HEALTHY AND WEALTHY nation by 2047

C. V. Muraleedharan (Scientist G (SG) & Associate Head, Biomedical Technology Wing, SCTIMST, Trivandrum)

17.20 - 18.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Jitendra Sharma (MD & Founder CEO, Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone, Visakhapatnam)

Panelist:

Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan (National Research Professor, Ministry of AYUSH, Pune)

Prof. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam (Director, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC) and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Madras)

Prof. Rahul Purwar (Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Bombay)

Dr. Puthiyedath Ram Manohar (Research Director, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Ayurveda), Kerala)

Shri Rizwan Koita (Chairman - NABH, Director - Koita Foundation)

Venue :Audi-2 (Level 2)
18.00 - 19.00 - Break and Visit to Posters and Start-ups stalls

19.00 - 20.00

Cultural Programme – Musical – Dr. Ricky Kej and Team

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)
20.00 - Onwards Dinner