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09.00-10.00

Plenary Talk - 6

Speaker: Prof. Masaru Tomita (Distinguished Professor, Keio University President & CEO, Tsuruoka Science Park)

Title : Synthetic Protein Materials: Industrializing Circular Biomanufacturing for Apparel and Beyond

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)
10.00 - 11.00 - Break

Three Parallel Technical Sessions (11.00-13.00)

Session VII

Advanced Materials & Manufacturing


11.10 - 11.30

Keynote address

Prof. Giridhar Udapi Rao Kulkarni (Former President, JNCASR, Bengaluru)

Title : Unlocking Advanced Material Functionality for Product Realization

11.35-12.15

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

Shri Pawan Kumar Chandana (Co-founder and CEO, Skyroot Aerospace, Hyderabad)

Title : Elevating Aerospace: The Frontier of Advanced Composites and 3D Printing

Smt. Rajashri Teli (MD, HYT Inovative Projects Pvt Ltd, Pimpri)

Title : From blueprint to breakthrough: when precision becomes a national duty

Prof. T. Pradeep (IIT Madras, Chennai)

Title : Matter Dreams at Scale: Creating the Future of Materials

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Prof. B S Murty (Director, IIT Hyderabad)

Panelist:

Dr. Ramalingam Balamuralikrishnan (Director, DMRL-DRDO, Hyderabad)

Shri Subodh Pandey (Vice President, Technology & R&D, Tata Steel Ltd.)

Prof. Mandar Madhukar Deshmukh (TIFR, Mumbai)

Dr. Shailaja Donempudi (Distinguished Scientist and Head Business Development Group (BDG))

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)

Session VIII

Digital Communications


11.10 - 11.30

Keynote address

Prof. Kiran Kumar Kuchi (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad)

Title : “How to Realise the 6G Vision for Bharat” (Charting India’s roadmap towards next-generation wireless connectivity and innovation.)

11.30 - 12.15

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

Shri Ramu Srinivasaiah (Co-Founder & Director, Lekha Wires, Bengaluru)

Title : Private Networks Reimagined: ORAN’s Expanding Role in 6G Network Design

Dr. Kumar N. Sivarajan (Co-founder & CTO, Tejas Networks, Bengaluru)

Title : Making India a Global Telecom Sector Leader by 2030

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay (CEO, C-DOT, New Delhi)

Title : Taking Indigenous Technologies to the Next Level
Panelist:

Prof. Radhakrishna Ganti (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai)

Title : Extending the 5G Ecosystem in India and Preparing for 6G

Prof. Panganamala Vijay Kumar (Department of ECE, IISc, Bengaluru)

Title : Advancing Indigenous PNT through the NavIC L1 Signal and Beyond

Shri A. Robert Jerard Ravi (Chairman & MD, BSNL, Delhi)

Title : Indigenous Tech 2.0 — Operator Playbook

Dr. Parag Naik (Lead Scientist, EVP Tejas Networks , X-CEO Saankhya Labs)

Title : Building Indigenous disruptive technology stacks: From D2M to 6g
Venue :Audi-1 (Level 2)

Session IX

Space Technologies


11.10 - 11.30

Keynote address

Dr. V. Narayanan (Chairman ISRO, Bengaluru)

11.35 - 12.15

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

Smt. Jayanthi Bhagatha (CEO, JBI Aerospace, Bengaluru)

Title : Empowering India’s Space Ecosystem: The Role of Women-Led MSMEs and Emerging Entrepreneurs in Building the Supply Chain for Space Missions

Dr. Jhon Paul (Founder & CEO, Mysitech, Bengaluru)

Prof. Sanjay Mittal (Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur)

12.20 - 13.00

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Shri Shantanu Bhatawdekar (Senior Advisor, New Space India Ltd; Former Distinguished Scientist and Scientific Secretary, ISRO)

Panelist:

Shri A. Rajarajan (Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Trivandrum)

Shri Rajeev Jyoti (Director Technical, Dept of Space, Govt of India, Ahmedabad)

Shri Balaji N(General Manager (ASD), Aerospace Division, HAL)

Shri Karthik Govindhasamy(CO-FOUNDER & CTO, Antaris Space)

Venue :Audi-2 (Level 2)
13.00 - 14.30 - Lunch

14.30 - 15.30

Plenary Talk - 7

Speaker: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Indian Air Force and ISRO)

Title : India in Orbit: Human Spaceflight as a Catalyst for Viksit Bharat 2047

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)

Two Parallel Technical Sessions (15.30-17.30)

Session X

Emerging Agriculture Technologies

15.30 - 15.35

Session Chair: Dr. Mangi Lal Jat (Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR)


15.40 - 16.00

Keynote address

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra (Chairperson, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, New Delhi)

Title : India’s Agricultural Future: New Paradigms for a Sustainable Food System

16.05 - 16.45

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

Dr. Usha Barwale Zehr (Executive Director & Chairperson, Grow Indigo Pvt. Ltd., Jalna, Maharashtra)

Title: Innovation for sustainability in Agriculture

Shri Sachin Hegdekudgi (Founder & CEO, Roots Goods, Bengaluru)

Title: From Fields to Futures: India’s Global Digital OS for Food, Farmers, and Health (An Operating System for reimagining crop quality and food security)

Dr. Nachiket Kotwaliwale (Director, ICAR, CIPHET, Ludhiana)

Title: Automation and cognitive computing in Agricultural Production and Post-harvest sector: Precision for Progress and Prosperity

16.50 - 17.25

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Dr. Shyam Narayan Jha (Deputy Director General, Agricultural Engineering, ICAR, New Delhi)

Panelist:

Prof. K C Bansal (Adjunct Professor, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Haryana)

Title : Genome Editing for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Indian Agriculture: Fast-Tracking Viksit Bharat 2047

Dr. A Bandyopadhyaya (Former ADG & Director, NRCG, Junagadh)

Title : Precision Agriculture

Dr. Kesavan T.R (Group President, Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd., Chennai)

Title : Rethinking Farm Mechanization in India

Shri Abhilash Sethi (Investment Director, Omnivore, Bengaluru)

Title : Emerging technologies in agriculture: biotechnology, digital technologies, satellite, robotics, sensors & post-harvest technologies

Prof. Santanu Chaudhury (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi)

Title : AI for Prescriptive Agriculture: mitigating risks related to weather variability, pests, diseases, and market fluctuations, enhancing supply chain resilience

17.25 - 17.30

Concluding remarks and way forward of overall thematic session

(by session chair / thematic committee chair)

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)

Session XI

Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing

15.30 - 15.35

Session Chair: Dr. Samir V Kamat (Secretary, DDR&D and Chairman, DRDO)


15.40 - 16.00

Keynote address

Dr. Bobby Mitra (CIO and President of AI & Digital Transformation, Tata Electronics)

Title: AI-FIRST Software Defined Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 

16.05 - 16.45

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

Shri G. S. Madhusudan (Founder & CEO, Incore and Semiconductors, Chennai)

Title:  Creating a fabless semiconductor eco system in India

Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan (IISc, Bengaluru)

Title: Vision 2047: India’s GaN Ecosystem Based on India’s Own Indigenous GaN Materials-Devices and Systems Technology

Dr. Suraj Rengarajan (Managing Director & Head Semiconductor Products Group (SPG), Applied Materials India)

Title: Rise of Advanced Packaging

16.50 - 17.30

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Prof. Navakanta Bhat(Dean, Interdisciplinary Sciences Division, IISc, Bengaluru)

Panelist:

Smt. Suma Varughese (Director General MED, CoS&CS, DRDO, New Delhi)

Prof. Udayan Ganguly ( Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay)

Shri Amitesh Kumar Sinha (CEO, ISM, MeitY, New Delhi)

Dr. Vibhu Sharma (Chief Technology Officer, L&T Semicondutors & Technologies)

Venue :Audi-1 (Level 2)
17.30 - 18.00 - Break
18.00 - 19.30 - Valedictory Session

18:00 – 18:05

Welcome Address : Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DST


18:05 – 18:10

Remarks : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India


18:10 – 18:55

Presentation of Recommendations : Thematic Chair of each Thematic Session (Approx. 5 minutes each for 11 themes)


18:55 – 19:05

Prize Distribution : Poster Presenters


19:05 – 19:25

Address : Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences


19:25 – 19:30

Vote of Thanks : Dr Jyoti Sharma, Head, RDI Cell, DST

Venue :Plenary Hall (Level 3)