Morning Session (08:00 – 10:30 IST)

08:00 – 08:20             Opening Remarks & Participant Instructions Dr. Aseem Ansari (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)

08:20 – 09:00             Keynote Address Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao (BITS Pilani)

09:00 – 10:30             Industry & Startup Showcase (S1)

09:00 – 09:15             Dr. Samragni Banerjee (Tata Consultancy Services)

09:15 – 09:30             TBD

09:30 – 09:45             TBD

09:45 – 10:30             Q & A and Panel Discussion

Evening Session (19:30 – 23:30 IST)

19:30 – 20:45              Leading & Emerging Universities Showcase (S2)

19:30 – 19:45              Ahmedabad University

19:45 – 20:00              IIIT Hyderabad

20:00 – 20:15              Gitam University

20:15 – 20:45              Q & A and Panel Discussion

20:45 – 21:15              Keynote Address Dr. L.S. Shashidhara (NCBS)

21:15 – 21:45              Networking & Participant Introductions

21:45 – 23:30              Voices from Indian Academia (S3)

21:45 – 22:00              Dr. Devesh Bhimsaria (IIT Roorkee)

22:00 – 22:15              Dr. Sanu Shameer (IISER Thiruvananthapuram)

22:15 – 22:30              Dr. Piyush Behari Lal (MAHE)

22:30 – 23:30              Q & A and Panel Discussion

Morning Session (08:00 – 10:30 IST)

08:00 – 08:45               Beyond Academia: Alternative Career Pathways (S4)

08:00 – 08:15               Dr. Tathagata Mukherjee (Gennova.bio)

08:15 – 08:30               Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee (Wiley)

08:30 – 08:45               Dr. Malini S Pillai (NCBS-TIFR)

08:45 – 09:10               Q & A and Panel Discussion

09:10 – 09:55               Startup session

09:10 – 09:25               Dr. Jagadeesh Gandla (IIT Bombay)

09:25 – 09:40               TBD

09:40 – 09:55               Q & A and Panel Discussion

09:55 – 10:30               Keynote Address TBA (25 min talk + 10 min Q&A)

Evening Session (19:30 – 23:30 IST)

19:30 – 20:45               Leading & Emerging Universities Showcase (S5)

19:30 – 19:45               Rishihood University

19:45 – 20:00               Yenepoya University

20:00 – 20:15               SRMIST

20:15 – 20:45               Q & A and Panel Discussion

20:45 – 21:45               Networking & Participant Introductions

21:45 – 23:20               Voices from Indian Academia (S6)

21:45 – 22:00               Dr. Rohil Jain (IIT Gandhinagar)

22:00 – 22:15               Dr. Somnath Biswas (TIFR)

22:15 – 22:30               Dr. Tuhin Roy (IIT Bombay)

22:30 – 23:20               Q & A and Panel Discussion

23:20 – 23:30               Closing Remarks and instructions for upcoming Networking and Peer-mentoring event Dr. Aseem Ansari