Organizing Committees

Organizing Structure

• Honorary Convenor:

• - Prof. N.K. Ambasht

• Convenors

• - Prof. V. Narayana Reddy

• - Dr. Pedarattaiah Gadde

• Co-Convenors:

• - Dr. Ananda Gandikota

• - Prof. Bartholomew C. Dean

• - Prof. Barnabas Danborno

Committees and Respective Co-Chairs

• Steering Committee:

• - Prof. V. Narayana Reddy                                                           

• - Prof. Bartholomew C. Dean

• - Prof. Ravindranath Duggirala

• Finance Committee:

• - Prof. V. Narayana Reddy

• - Prof. Rector Arya

• - Dr. Pedarattaiah Gadde

• Program Proceedings and Publication Committee:

• - Prof. Anil Kishore Sinha

• - Prof. P. D. Satyapal Kumar

• - Dr. Pedarattaiah Gadde

• Outreach and Communications Committee:

• - Prof. Barnabas Danborno

• - Prof. Sumathi Rajesh

• - Dr. Uday Kumar Doraboina

• - Dr. Priyanka Airi Goyal

• Hospitality and Logistics Committee:

• - Prof. Ajay Kumar Sahoo

• - Dr. Praveen Hoogar

• - Dr. B.N. Rao

WAAC-2026 Steering Committee

Co-Chairs:

• Prof. V. Narayana Reddy

• Prof. Ravindranath Duggirala

• Prof. Bartholomew C. Dean

Members:

1. Dr. Pedarattaiah Gadde

2. Dr. Padmaja Ravula

3. Prof. Barnabas Dan Borno

4. Prof. P. D. Satya Pal Kumar

5. C. S. Reddy

6. Prof. S. B. Roy

7. Ms. Sharada Kalavapudi

8. Mr. Yarlagadda Harish Chandra Prasad

9.  Mr. Aditya Pundir

10. Prof. K. Anil Kumar

11. Prof. Amitabh Pande

12. Prof. A. Gangagni Rao

13. Prof. Gopala Krishna Darbha

14. Assoc. Prof. Hari Charan Behera

15. Prof. Rama Krishna Nemani

16. Prof. Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

17. Prof. K. Venkata Reddy

WAAC-2026 Advisory Committee

1. Prof. Arjun Appadurai

2. Prof. P. Venkata Rao

3. Prof. K. K. Mishra

4. Prof. Nawal Kishore Ambasht

5. Prof. A. Papa Rao

6. Prof. Vijoy S. Sahay

7. Prof. Subhadra Mitra Channa

8. Prof. V. R. Rao

9. Prof. P. Vijaya Prakash

10. Prof. P. Sudhakara Reddy

11. Prof. Pradip Kumar Bhowmick

12. Dr. S.M. Sirajuddin

13. Mr. G. Narottam Reddy