DIGNITARIES

Shri D. K. Shivakumar

Shri D. K. Shivakumar

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka

Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS

Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS

Honorary Chairman, VGNT, Govt. of Karnataka, National Research Professor & Linus Pauling Research Professor, Honorary President, JNCASR, Bengaluru

Dr. G. Parameshwara

Dr. G. Parameshwara

Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister & Minister for Revenue & Sports, Govt. of Karnataka

Shri Priyank Kharge

Shri Priyank Kharge

Hon'ble Minister for Home, Electronics, IT & Bt, and e-Governance, Govt. of Karnataka

Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS

Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka

Shri Rangesh Raghavan

Shri Rangesh Raghavan

Managing Director, Lam Research India

Shri Rizwan Arshad

Shri Rizwan Arshad

Hon’ble Member of the Legislative Assembly, Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency, Govt. of Karnataka

Prof. Navakanta Bhat

Prof. Navakanta Bhat

Chair, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, Govt. of Karnataka, Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Professor, CeNSE, IISc, Bengaluru

Prof. P. S. Anil Kumar

Prof. P. S. Anil Kumar

Chair, CEC - Bengaluru INDIA NANO 2026; Dean, Administration & Finance, Professor, Dept. of Physics, IISc, Bengaluru

Dr. N. Manjula, IAS

Dr. N. Manjula, IAS

Secretary to Government, Dept. of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka

Shri Bharath S, IAS

Shri Bharath S, IAS

Director, Department of Science and Technology and Managing Director, KSTePS, Govt. of Karnataka

SPEAKERS

Prof. Abhishek Kumar Singh

Prof. Abhishek Kumar Singh

Professor, Materials Theory and Simulation Lab, MRC, IISc, India

Dr. Ajay Mehta

Dr. Ajay Mehta

VP, Research and Innovation, Shell, India

Prof. Akshay Rao

Prof. Akshay Rao

Dept. of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK

Prof. Alex James

Prof. Alex James

Professor, Electronics Engineering, Digital University Kerala, India

Prof. Anand Srivastava

Prof. Anand Srivastava

Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Anandi Iyer

Anandi Iyer

Director, Fraunhofer Office India

Anne Cremers

Anne Cremers

Deputy Consul General, The Kingdom of the Netherlands in South India

Prof. Arghya Bhowmik

Prof. Arghya Bhowmik

Dept. of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Prof. Arup Dasgupta

Prof. Arup Dasgupta

Senior Scientist and Head, SAMS, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), India

Prof. Ashwin A. Seshia

Prof. Ashwin A. Seshia

Dept. of Electrical Enginnering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India

Prof. Awanish Pandey

Prof. Awanish Pandey

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India

Dr. B. L. V. Prasad

Dr. B. L. V. Prasad

Chief Scientist, Physical/Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), India

Bhavaneesh Athikary

Bhavaneesh Athikary

Vice President – Technology & Business Development (Indo-Pacific & GCC), Detroit Engineered Products, India

Dr. Biswarup Pathak

Dr. Biswarup Pathak

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, India

Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana

Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana

Professor, JNCASR, India

Dr. Charan Gurumurthy

Dr. Charan Gurumurthy

Senior Vice President, TATA Electronics Private Limited, USA

Prof. Chennupati Jagadish

Prof. Chennupati Jagadish

Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia

Prof. Deepa Khushalani

Prof. Deepa Khushalani

Chair Dept. Of Chemical Sciences, Professor in Materials Chemistry at TIFR, India

Gadhadar Reddy

Gadhadar Reddy

Founder & CEO, NoPo Nanotechnologies India

Greeshma Girijakumari

Greeshma Girijakumari

Global Innovation Leader, Schneider

Joel Stafford

Joel Stafford

Innovation & Trade Advisor, Tech, Deeptech & Digital Health, Consulate General of Denmark, Bangalore, India

Prof. K S Narayan

Prof. K S Narayan

Professor and Sir J. C. Bose National Fellow, JNCASR, India

Dr. K S Subramanian

Dr. K S Subramanian

Former Director of Research & Founder Head, Center for Agricultural Nanotechnology, TNAU, Coimbatore, India

Dr. Kapila Wadumesthrige

Dr. Kapila Wadumesthrige

GM, R&D, Agratas, USA

Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee

Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee

Professor & Chair, Dept. of Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Prof. Kavya Dashora

Prof. Kavya Dashora

Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India

Dr. Krishnan Venkateswaran

Dr. Krishnan Venkateswaran

Head – Technology & Innovations, VISTA Autocare

Louis Abord de Chatillon

Louis Abord de Chatillon

Economic Attaché, French Consulate, Bangalore, India

Dr. Manjunath R V

Dr. Manjunath R V

VP, Quantum Hardware & Research QPiAI, India

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Director of Innovation, STMicrolectronics

Dr. Mithun Parambath

Dr. Mithun Parambath

Co-Founder & CEO, Nanomatter Tech, India

Naga Satish Godavarthi

Naga Satish Godavarthi

PMTS, RF Product Development, GlobalFoundries, India

Dr. Paramita Kar Choudhury

Dr. Paramita Kar Choudhury

Senior Scientist, Embedded Devices and Intelligent Systems (EDIS), TCS Research, India

Pradeep Ramachandran

Pradeep Ramachandran

Senior Director and Head of Research at Advanced Computing Lab, KLA, Chennai, India

Dr. Prakriti Tayalia

Dr. Prakriti Tayalia

Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India

Prof. Prasad Shastri

Prof. Prasad Shastri

Biofunctional Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany

Prof. Praveen Ramamurthy

Prof. Praveen Ramamurthy

Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Prof. Prosenjit Sen

Prof. Prosenjit Sen

Associate Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Dr. Pushplata Singh

Dr. Pushplata Singh

Director and Senior Fellow, TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre (TDNBC), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India

Prof. Radha Boya

Prof. Radha Boya

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK

Rajeev Nair

Rajeev Nair

Manager India, CEA-List

Prof. Sanket Goel

Prof. Sanket Goel

Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Hyderabad Campus, India

Prof. Satheesh Krishnamurthy

Prof. Satheesh Krishnamurthy

Professor and the Director of The Surrey Ion Beam Centre, University of Surrey, UK

Prof. Saurabh Chandorkar

Prof. Saurabh Chandorkar

Associate Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Prof. Shankar Kumar Selvaraja

Prof. Shankar Kumar Selvaraja

Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Prof. Sreetosh Goswami

Prof. Sreetosh Goswami

Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan

Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan

Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Dr. Subra Herle

Dr. Subra Herle

CTO, Elevated Materials, USA

Dr. Sudip Roy

Dr. Sudip Roy

Co-founder, Prescience In silico

Dr. Suraj Rengarajan

Dr. Suraj Rengarajan

Managing Director & Principal Technologist, Applied Materials, India

Prof. Umesh V. Waghmare

Prof. Umesh V. Waghmare

Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

Vamsi Sreepada

Vamsi Sreepada

Application Engineer, NX Filtration

Prof. Veeresh Deshpande

Prof. Veeresh Deshpande

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India

Prof. Vijayamohanan K Pillai

Prof. Vijayamohanan K Pillai

Professor, IISER Tirupati, India

Dr. Vishal Katariya

Dr. Vishal Katariya

Deep Science Tech Investing, Ankur Capital, India