Technical Program:

It will consist of parallel sessions to have discussions on technical challenges ahead of the country. The program includes addresses by four eminent keynote speakers, three pre-dinner talks by distinguished experts and 21 talks by young, dynamic researchers, faculty members, scientists and engineers spreading over all four thematic areas.

Keynote Speakers:

1. Prof J Mukhopadhyay, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
2. Prof S A Soman, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay,
3. Prof Rudra Pratap, Mechanical Engineering, IISC Bangalore.
4. Prof M Parida, Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee

Pre-Dinner Talks:

1. Shri R N Nayak, Ex CMD, POWERGRID

2. Dr Manish Gupta, Co-founder and CEO, VideoKen

THEME SPEAKERS: (Visit theme page for more details and abstract)

• AR & VR - Healthcare, Education, Industrial Application and Infotainment:

1. Dr. Partha Pratim Roy, Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee
2. Mr. Soumyadeep Dey, Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd.
3. Dr. Pratik Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, IIT BHU
4. Prof. Uttama Lahiri, Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar
5. Dr. Debi Prosad Dogra, Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar

• Smart-grind - Energy Management Systems, Security:

1. Dr. Gurunath Gurrala, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISC, Bangalore
2. Dr. Sachin Srivastava, Principal Engineer in Power Grid Automation R&D at ABB Ability innovation Centre in Bangalore
3. Dr. Trapti Jain, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore
4. Prof. S. A. Soman, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay
5. Dr. Jagabondhu Hazra, Chief Scientist and Program Lead for Energy & Agribusiness, IBM Research India
6. Mr. Narayankumar Sreekumar, electrical engineer
7. Dr S. R. Samantaray, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar

• Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology, surface engineering and other sub-domains:

1. Dr. Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
2. Mr. L. Rama Krishna, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder, Hyderabad
3. Dr. R. S. Mulik, Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
4. Dr. Indrani Sen, Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
5. Dr. Animesh Mandal, Associate Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
6. Dr. Benudhar Sahoo, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Koraput, RCMA (Koraput), CEMILAC, Sunabeda

• Next Generation Transportation Systems, Smart traffic management, Urban Parking System:

1. Dr. A. Gowri, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Tirupati.
2. Dr. P. P. Dey, Assistance Professor, IIT Bhubaneshwar.
3. Dr Akhilesh Kumar Maurya, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati.
4. Dr S.Padma, Faculty in Academy CSIR (ACSIR).