Padmashri
Prof. Dr Balram Bhargava

Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR)

Dr. Jitendra Kumar

Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)

Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Prof. Ramgopal Rao

Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS) Pilani

Dr. Premila Mohan (TBC)

Program Director, Partnerships for Accelerated
Innovation and Research (PAIR) at Anusandhan
National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Dr. Sindura Ganapathi

Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal
IAS(Retd)

Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
Uttar Pradesh

Ms. Shilpa Nag (IAS)

Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagar district,
Karnataka

Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee

MD, Wadhwani Foundation

Dr. Vijay Chandru

Co-founder and Chairman,CrisprBits

Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran

Executive Director and Practice Head, LKS

Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India
Representative

Dr.Ashish lele

Director, CSIR-NCL

Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay

Chairman & Managing Director, IKP Knowledge Park.

Dr. Radha Rangarajan

Director, CSIR-CDRI

Dr. Vinay Nandicoori

Director, CSIR-CCMB

Dr. G. Karthikeyan

Executive Director, THSTI

Dr. Satya Prakash Dash

Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
President of Strategy, Partnerships & Acceleration,
Bigtech; Founding and Former Head of Strategy,
BIRAC

Dr. Anant Bhan

Senior Advisor, Blockchain For Impact (BFI);
Global Health Researcher and Adjunct Professor
at Yenepoya, Deemed to be University

Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director, Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)

Dr. Nikhil Agarwal

Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and
Technology Transfer (FITT)

Dr. Premnath Venugopalan

Founding Director, Venture Center

Dr. Geetha Manjunath

CEO and CTO, Niramai Health Analytix

Dr. Anand Anandkumar

CEO and Managing Director, Bugworks

Mr. Neeraj Jain

Country Director – India, Director Growth
Operations – Asia, Middle East & Europe, PATH

Ms. Laina Emmanuel

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
BrainSightAI

Dr. Souvik Maiti

Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi

Prof. Sunil Bhand

Senior Professor, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus

Dr. Anil Wali

CEO, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation

Dr. R K Shandil

Director, FNDR

Prof Deepu Philip

Professor in Charge, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur

Sh. Piyush Mishra

Chief Operating Officer, Startup Incubation and
Innovation Centre, IIT – Kanpur

Dr. Nalam Madhusudhana Rao

CEO, Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB)

Dr. Ramjee Pallela

Chief Operating Officer, AIC-CCMB

Dr.Sanjay Sarin

CEO, IKP Knowledge Park.

Dr. Sridhar Ramanathan

CEO, IKP EDEN & Senior Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park

Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla

Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park

Mr. Ankit Saxena

Director, DS Centre of Entrepreneurship
Foundation for Innovation and Technology
Transfer (FITT)

Ms. Shilpy Kochhar

Head Business Development & Communication,
BIRAC

Ms. Shivanshi Kapoor

Program Manager – Strategy, Partnerships and
Communications, PATH

Ms. Shreya Malik

Program Head – Life Sciences, Wadhwani
Innovation Network, Wadhwani Foundation

Dr. Manbeena Chawla

Executive Editor, BioSpectrum India & Asia

Ms. Naghma Saher

Senior Consulting Editor, NDTV

Mr. Amitabh Sinha

Deputy Editor, The Indian Express

Mr. Pallava Bagla

Science editor, NDTV

Dr. Nidhi Thakur

Team Lead- One Health Mission PMU, Office of
the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government
of India