Industry Day 2022, in its fourth annual edition, aims to harness and promote the power of Industry-Academia collaborations and showcase cutting edge technology development being conducted by our research community in the pursuit to deliver impactful techno-social and techno-commercial solutions with a global approach.
IIT Delhi is proud to be selected as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. We are the #1 Unicorn producer in India with a rich history of producing leaders, who have fueled innovation globally. We enjoy strong ties with our leading Industry partners, and our talented community is successfully working with over 200 corporates towards furnishing effective technical solutions our nation yearns and create an ecosystem to drive innovation from concept to masses. We are committed to continually blaze a more radical and transformational path towards a better future for all through continuous improvement to our learning model, active industry engagement, frugal innovation solutions, social inclusion and determination to create a positive change.
Lecture Hall Complex
IIT DELHI, Hauz Khas, Delhi, India.
0800 - 1830 Hrs
Saturday, 10th December, 2022
Professor, CBME, IIT Delhi
Professor, Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), IIT-Delhi
Dr. Anup Singh has been working as a faculty in the Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), IIT-Delhi since March 2014. He is also associated as a faculty with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has been actively involved in research, teaching, student supervision and administration activities. Currently, his group is pursuing multiple research projects on development of methodology of quantitative multi-parametric MRI and evaluating its potential applications to cancer (brain tumor, breast cancer and prostate cancer) diagnosis and treatment monitoring. His group uses conventional as well as Machine-Learning approaches for data processing and data analysis. His group also works on development of MRI protocols, MRI compatible devices and imaging phantom design and testing.
He has research collaborations with clinicians and researchers from AIIMS Delhi, Fortis Hospital Gurugram, Mahajan Imaging Centre Delhi, NIMHANS Hospital Bangalore, and University of Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Singh received a PhD degree from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) in 2008. Dr. Singh has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher (Aug 2008 – March 2013) in the Center for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging (CMROI), Department of Radiology at University of Pennsylvania(UPENN) and then as a Research Associate (April 2013 - March 2014) in the same Center. Dr. Singh has more than 60 peer reviewed publications (two in a high profile journal “Nature Medicine”) and more than 70 conference proceedings. He has three US patents on CEST-MRI related research work and filed one Indian patent on development of MR compatible knee joint loading device.
Co-founder – CitiusTech | Koita Foundation
Co-founder – CitiusTech, Co-founder – Koita Foundation
Mr. Rizwan Koita is an entrepreneur and philanthropist with a passion to leverage emerging technologies and business process innovation to have meaningful social impact. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay & a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT – ranked at the top in both programs.
After graduation, Mr. Koita joined McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm, and spent 5 years advising corporations on business strategy and operations. He left McKinsey in 1999 to cofound TransWorks, one of the first business process outsourcing (BPO) firms in India. In 2003, TransWorks was acquired by the Aditya Birla Group, when it was 1,800 professionals strong, becoming one of the first successful business exits in the Indian BPO industry.
In his second venture, Mr. Koita envisioned building a next generation healthcare technology company, which would leverage technology innovation to improve healthcare worldwide. He co-founded CitiusTech (www.citiustech.com) in 2005, and served as CitiusTech’s CEO till October 2021. He stepped down from his executive role to spend more time in not-for-profit initiatives. He continues to be a key shareholder and closely involved with CitiusTech.
Under his leadership, CitiusTech has become one of the fastest growing healthcare technology company, with over Rs. 3,300 Crores in revenues, over 7,500 technology professionals and serving more than 150 healthcare organizations worldwide. CitiusTech is recognized for its expertise in next-gen enterprise applications, interoperability, data, analytics and AI/ML. In 2019, Baring Private Equity Asia (www.bpeasia.com) invested in CitiusTech, valuing the company at over USD 1.0 Billion and making CitiusTech India’s first healthcare technology Unicorn and India’s 25th Unicorn. CitiusTech has been ranked by the Great Places to Work Institute as one of the top IT workplace for 10 years in a row (2012 - 2021).
Mr. Koita is actively associated with multiple social initiatives. His philanthropic venture, Koita Foundation (www.koitafoundation.org), focuses on 2 areas – Digital Health and NGOs Transformation. As part of its Digital Health focus, KF partners with leading academic institutions, hospitals, healthcare companies, and industry associations to drive Digital Health adoption in India. In 2021, KF partnered with IIT Bombay, India’s #1 academic institution, to establish the Koita Centre for Digital Health (www.kcdh.iitb.ac.in). KF has also partnered with the National Cancer Grid (NCG) and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in 2022 to form the Koita Centre for Digital Oncology under the aegis of NCG. Mr. Koita is on the board of NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers) and on the advisory board of many NGOs.
Mr. Koita is a winner of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Hall of Fame Award in 2022. Mr. Koita received the prestigious IIT Bombay’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019. He also received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year Award in 2013, and the Young Achievers Award for Business by the Indo-American Society in 2002.
Assoc. Professor, CSE, IIT Delhi
Assoc. Professor, CSE, IIT Delhi
Chetan Arora is an Associate Professor with Computer Science Department at IIT Delhi and a joint faculty with Yardi School of AI and ANSK School of Information Technology. He received Ph.D. in Computer Science and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, both from IIT Delhi in 2012 and 1999 respectively. He did his Post-Doctoral Research with Prof. Shmuel Peleg from 2012-2014 in Hebrew University, Israel. Prior to joining IIT Delhi, he was an Assistant Professor with IIIT Delhi.
Chetan’s expertise is in computer vision, and machine learning, and his research interests includes Trustworthy AI, Scene Understanding, and Medical Imaging. He has published more than 70 high quality peer-reviewed papers, with more than 40 in CORE A/A* ranked computer vision conferences. Prior to returning to academics, Chetan has spent over 10 years in industry, where he co-founded 3 startups, all working on computer vision products coming out of latest research ideas.
Chetan has served as an area chair at ICVGIP 2016, WACV 2022, program chair at NCVPRIPG 2017, ICVGIP 2020, ICVGIP 2021, Workshop on Assistive Vision held with ACCV 2016, and Workshop on Computer Vision Applications held with ICVGIP 2018. Apart from his academic research, he is also committed to applications of computer vision for persons with disabilities.
Sr. Delivery Head, Legato Health Technologies
Sr. Delivery Head, Legato Health Technologies
Amrish Kumar is currently working as Senior Delivery Head heading AI, EDS, AR/VR and innovation for Legato Health technologies.
Amrish brings over a decade of leadership experience in large-scale e-commerce systems, hybrid/cloud-based systems, AI/Machine learning, big data-based platforms, microservices, and delivering SaaS solutions including 15 years in the US.
Having worked with reputed conglomerates such as Priceline.com (Booking Holdings), Cerner Corporation (Oracle), and Cars24, Amrish has been a part of large and entrepreneurial setups across the US and India bringing immersive leadership experience in AI, machine learning, and enterprise data science, especially in travel, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and insurance domains.
He always wanted to come back to India to contribute in some way. So, he joined Ixigo as VP of Technology leading various verticals including Research/AI, Product Development, Digital & Mobile Platforms. Prior to joining Legato, he was with Cars24 as VP of Technology heading SE Asia as CTO for AI, Data, and Digital/Mobile platforms.
Amish’s academic qualifications - Earned his B.Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur, India and an MS from the State University of New York. Buffalo, NY, USA where he specialized in AI/AR/VR/Machine Learning. He also has an MS in Information Systems and Management from UC Berkley, USA, and an MBA from Welch College of Business, USA specializing in Finance, Product Management, and Digital Marketing. He has also published numerous papers in the IEEE Conference and the American Journal of Urology and has given various talks on AI/Machine learning.
Sr. VP & Board Director, IKP Knowledge Park
Sr. VP & Board Director, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Ambuj Chaturvedi is Senior Vice-President & Board Director, IKP Knowledge Park.
A clinician by training, Dr. Ambuj is a surgeon with hands-on experience across multiple specialties (General, Onco-surgery, and finally, Neuro-surgery) and diverse healthcare delivery settings (PHC, Government tertiary care, and Corporate hospitals). Post a 7-year clinical stint, Dr. Ambuj opted for postgraduate management education (MBA-Gold-Medallist, Goa Institute of Management) and then spent the next decade with the Med-Tech industry.
With roles across commercial functions at Johnson & Johnson Medical India, followed by leadership roles at Medtronic India (Medical Affairs, followed by R&D Head - Emerging Markets), Dr. Ambuj then transitioned into a senior leadership role at IKP Knowledge Park, heading healthcare initiatives. At IKP, Dr. Ambuj leads multiple verticals, including an accelerator fund, DEEP (D-Health Elite Enterprise Program) that mentors and provides bridge-funding for commercial-ready start-ups operating in the digital healthcare space. His latest engagement with the ecosystem involves leading industry and clinical partnerships for the Amrit Grand Challenge-Jan Care program, a nationwide initiative that aims to scout and groom promising innovations in the primary healthcare space by leveraging digital technologies.
Dr. Ambuj also sits on review committees for evaluation and mentoring at the Department of Biotechnology (GOI), T-Hub (State of Telangana),CII task force on Med-Tech, AIM centres and incubators across India as well as academic institutions like CCMB, IIT-H, and IIIT-H.
Donning multiple hats (clinician, marketer, medical affairs, business leader, technology evangelist and now, innovation head), Dr. Ambuj brings in a unique blend of insights and loves to share them with a wide range of audiences.
Head, Eaton Research Labs
Adnan Bohori leads the Eaton Research Labs, India - Eaton's Corporate R&D group at Eaton India Innovation Center, Pune. His team develops advanced technologies in domains of Distributed Energy Resource Management, Prognostics and Health Management, Electrical Machines, Polymer Nanocomposites and Advanced Metal Alloys. Prior to joining Eaton in 2021, Adnan worked at GE India Technology Center, Bangalore for 18 years. For major part of his tenure with GE, he was with GE's corporate R&D team where he led development of novel arc flash protection device, wireless power transfer system and linear electrical motor technology. He played various leadership roles at GE including Technology Manager at GE Corporate Research and Systems Engineering Manager at GE Healthcare.
Adnan holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has filed over 50 patents in various technology domains.
VP & Head, EV & Hybrids Development, Mercedes-Benz R&D India
Dr. Anshuman Awasthi is VP and Head for EV & Hybrids development at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), Bangalore. He also heads the Innovation program at MBRDI.
After studying Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1999, Anshuman moved to RWTH Aachen in Germany to pursue his PhD in Mechanical Engineering on a fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2004, he moved back to India and joined National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore to continue post-doctoral research work to study thermal non-equilibrium as well as supersonic-combustion ramjets.
Anshuman started his automotive career from General Motors Technical Centre India as a technical expert in the area of thermal management and safety and soon he was driving test cars all over India and testing them in some of the extreme conditions. Later he took the development responsibility of air-conditioning and engine cooling systems for all Chevrolet carlines in India. In November 2009, he joined MBRDI where he established and led teams on various functional evaluation topics. He has expertise in mathematical modelling of process, systems as well as functions and has led the development of various first-in-the-industry mathematical models for Mercedes-Benz.
As head of the R&D for EV and Hybrids, Anshuman is responsible for the software, functions, and EE development along with advanced data analytics/science for HV Batteries, eATS, Charging system, and Hybrids. Currently, his unit is busy developing various digital alternatives of hardware intensive development protocols as well. The unit also focuses on modeling various physical aspects of batteries, charging systems, and e-drives through collaborative research with the academia as well as industry-partners.
As head of Innovation at MBRDI, Anshuman has installed an industry leading innovation platform called Innovation Engine 4.0 targeted to create impactful innovations from India for the world. Under Anshuman’s leadership, MBRDI has won multiple innovation awards - NASSCOM Engineering Innovation Award 2021, CII Industrial Innovation Award 2021, ZINNOV Great Place to Innovate Award 2022, & ASSOCHAM IP Excellence award 2022 to name a few.
Often a keynote speaker in various automotive and innovation forums, Anshuman brings life to a discussion owing to extensive international research and development experience as well as his unique perspective on leadership, technology, and innovation.
President & Managing Director – MG Motor India
President & Managing Director – MG Motor India
Rajeev Chaba is the President and Managing Director of MG Motor India, the India unit of the iconic Morris Garages British brand. He has over three decades of industry experience. Mr. Chaba has been instrumental in driving the MG brand in the country in a start-up-like setting, which has disrupted the industry in a significant way.
In his role at MG Motor India, Mr. Chaba has nurtured a strong, organization- wide focus on technology, gender diversity, and community service as key differentiators. Under his leadership, the marquee brand has successfully introduced 4 products within 2.5 years of operations with its products focused on Connected, Electric, Shared & Autonomous (CASE).
Over the course of his career, Mr. Chaba has held various senior positions within the top global automotive brands such as Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel & Buick across multiple international markets. In 2005, he was the President & MD of GM in India. He has also served as the VP of Marketing & Sales at Shanghai-General Motors (SGM) in China and as the Chairman & MD for GM in North Africa & Egypt. Mr. Chaba started his career with Eicher Motors in 1990 after completing his Masters’ degree from IIM Bangalore.
Prior to joining MG Motor India, Mr. Chaba was the Global COO at Vanguard Logistics, Los Angeles (the USA) as part of Man Capital, UK, a PE firm. Mr. Chaba has also bagged several awards & recognitions during his illustrious career, including ‘Automotive Man of The Year’ by Autocar Professional 2019, ‘Editor’s Choice Award 2020’ by CSR Times, ‘Top 100 Marketing Leaders’, & Distinguished Alumni Awards from his Alma mater. Mr. Chaba is a regular speaker at various industry forums and business schools.
Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Santanu K. Mishra (S’00-M’04-SM’12) received a B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, in 1998, an M.Tech. degree in Energy Systems Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2006. He worked as a Staff Application Engineer with the International Rectifier Corporation in Rhode Island, USA, from 2004 to 2008. Currently, he is a professor of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is also a visiting professor at CART, IIT Delhi. His research interests include power converter design, implementation, control, and applications in rural scenario. He serves as an associate editor of several journals and their special sessions including IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (IPCC and IACC), IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IET Power Electronics, and IET Rapid Communication.
Pillay Chair Professor in EE, IIT Delhi
Pillay Chair Professor in EE, IIT Delhi
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao is currently the Pillay Chair Professor in EE and the immediate Past Director of IIT Delhi. Before joining IIT Delhi as the Director in April 2016, Dr. Rao served as a P. K. Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay. Prof. Rao's research contributions are mainly in the areas of Nanoelectronics & Sensors where he has published over 480 research papers and holds over 50 patents, which include 20 issued US patents. 15 of his patents have been licensed to industries for commercialization. Prof. Rao is a co-founder of two deep technology startups at IIT Bombay (Nanosniff & Soilsens) which have successful commercial products in the market. Besides his education and research activities, Prof. Rao is also well known for establishing major Nanoelectronics Programmes in the country. Dr. Rao is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). 52 Ph.D. students have graduated so far under his supervision and are working in leading academic institutions, semiconductor industries all over the world, including in India.
Director, (Board Member), C-DOT
Director, (Board Member), C-DOT
Ms Shikha Srivastava, Director, (Board Member), Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is working in C-DOT since 1993. C-DOT is a premier R&D Centre of Govt. of India set up in 1985 to develop indigenous telecom technology. She received her B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from IIT-BHU, Varanasi, and Masters in Research degree from IIT, Delhi. She is a gold medalist. She has hands on and supervisory experience in communication systems analysis, design, development and support. Her area of work includes Digital Switching, Fault Tolerant Systems, SS7, Fixed Line SMS, GSM Core Network elements, UMTS, VoIP, Chat protocol, Lawful Interception, Internal Navigation, Text analytics , Video Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Mobile App development, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
President, Aeris Communications India Private Ltd.
President, Aeris Communications India Private Ltd.
Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar is an International Speaker and Thought Leader in the Internet of Things and Digital Space. He has co-authored the book “Enterprise IoT” along with a team from Bosch. He is the recipient of the ET Now Business Leader of the Year 2019”, Voice&Data “Leadership Recognition Award” – India 2019, Indian ISV “IoT CEO of the Year 2018” and BTVI “Business Leader of the Year 2018”. Currently, as President of Aeris Communications India Private Ltd. (100 % subsidiary of the privately held, Silicon Valley headquartered Aeris Communications Inc., pioneers in the m2m/IoT business since 1992); Dr. Bhatnagar is leading the Aeris business in the Indian subcontinent, MEA and the APAC region.
Prior to joining Aeris, Dr. Bhatnagar worked with Tech Mahindra in various portfolios and served as the Global Head for Digital Enterprise Services in his last role. Dr. Bhatnagar did Global Program for Management Development from Michigan Ross School of Business, USA and holds Doctorate in Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering and Masters in Computer Applications.
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Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Prof Brejesh Lall is presently Professor of Electrical Engineering Department and has earlier served as the head of Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management at IITD, and as the coordinator of two centers of excellence, viz. Airtel IIT Delhi Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications and Ericsson IIT Delhi 5G Center of Excellence. Prof Lall has recently successfully completed his assignment as Co-PI for the Project “Building an end-to-end 5G Test Bed” funded by DoT. Prof Lall is currently IITD Principal Investigator for MeiTY’s 5G & Beyond project and is directing a research team of 6 faculty and 27 research scholars working in different domains including areas of Security, Low latency, Multi Access Computing, and Haptics. Other research domains include Haptics signal processing & analyses, Super resolution of Hyperspectral Imaging, Single-view depth estimation, Artificial video synthesis using Computer Vision and Semantic representation of objects in Media streams, AI/ML and IoT. He has mentored 5 startups, in the areas of Virtualization, Geo-fencing, UAV based solutions and recommendation and data mining. He actively participates in building and deploying technology. He also serves as expert in numerous government and private agencies in aspects related to signal processing. Prof Lall completed PhD in 1999 from IIT Delhi in the area of Multirate Signal Processing. He joined Hughes Software Systems in September 1997 and worked there for nearly 8 years in the Signal Processing group. He worked on Source Coding and PHY layer solutions for many communication technologies such as terrestrial wireless, GEO and LEO Satellite communication systems, Satellite broadband and others. Prof Lall returned to his alma mater and joined IIT Delhi as a faculty member in 2005. Since July 2005 he has been in the Electrical Engineering Department and has contributed to research & teaching in the general area of Signal Processing. The areas in which he has been publishing and doing sponsored research are centered on signal processing. The areas include, object representation, tracking and classification, odometry, depth map generation, representation, and rendering. He is also exploring Haptics signal processing & analysis.
Chairman of ICRA
Mr. Arun Duggal is Chairman of ICRA (A Subsidiary of Moody’s USA). He is on the Boards of Directors of ITC Limited (Chair Audit Committee). He is the founder of ‘Arun Duggal Centre of Excellence for Research in Climate Change and Air Pollution (CERCA- https://cerca.iitd.ac.in) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India and also a Founder of Centre for ESG Research at IIM, Ahmedabad (https://www.iima.ac.in/esgcri). Mr. Arun Duggal is a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he teaches a course on Venture Capital and Private Equity. He is an experienced international Banker and has advised companies and financial institutions on Financial Strategy, M & A and Capital Raising. A Mechanical Engineer from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (recipient of Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2019), Mr. Duggal holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award).
Professor of Practice, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Professor of Practice, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
R R Sonde, PhD, FNAE
Professor of Practice, Dept. of Chemical Engineering – IIT Delhi
(Formerly Executive Vice President, CTO and Member on Board of Executive Council, Thermax Ltd. Scientist H with Atomic Energy Commission India & Executive Director - NTPC Ltd)
- Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering
- Member, PAC, SERB, DST
- Adjunct Professor, IIT Jammu
- Chairman of Task Force constituted by Niti Aayog on Methanol
- Member of Apex Committee on Methanol Economy
- Member of CII Education Council/ IPR Committee / Sustainable Council
- Member of Apex Advisory Committee to the Board of UQIDAR
- Approved PhD Guide at Dept. of Technology, Pune University (SPPU)
- Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
- Member of Advisory Council - IIT Gandhinagar
- Member of Research Board, Ahmedabad University
Dr. Sonde started his early career working as a scientist in the country’s top research institution namely Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). He topped the entire batch of scientists and engineers and was awarded Dr. Homi Bhabha Gold Medal. In the formative part of his career, he was deeply involved in nuclear energy research, developing technology on Heavy Water Plants while interfacing with various scientific, academic and research institutions. He completed his PhD during his stint at Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in the field of isotope separation simulation sciences. He was awarded for his contribution to nuclear energy and science a Gold Medal during the Golden Jubilee award in the hands of then Prime Minister. Subsequently after 23 years of working in Atomic Energy, he was invited to join as Executive Director in the country’s premier power generator, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). During his stint there, he created a new institution “Energy Technologies” which is now rechristened as NETRA to develop technologies in the thermal coal sector. Technology platforms that were established included Efficiency Enhancement of the thermal power plant, Clean Coal technologies like IGCC, carbon capture and sequestration and hybridizing thermal power plant with solar energy.
In his assignment as Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive Council of Thermax, his main thrust of activities was to bring innovation and enhance knowledge in all the existing technologies within Thermax while also involved in the developing new technologies in the field of energy, environment and water.
The current thrust of his developments are on Fuel Cell, Battery, Hydrogen in Energy and CDI (Capacitive Deionization) in Water. He is working on how to meet the climate change challenge while meeting the energy security of India. Coal to methanol (as hydrogen carrier) and methanol on board reformer to fuel cell to generate power (in CHP mode) is the way for building a hydrogen economy for India. He is pursuing this pathway in his current assignment.
These technologies are developed collaboratively with number of academic research institutes in India and abroad using state-of-the-art facilities.
Efforts are underway to take them to the commercial scale by creating appropriate business scale models.
He is currently the Chairman of the Task Force constituted by Niti Aayog on Production of Methanol using High ash coal .
He is also Fellow of National Academy of Engineers (FNAE), member on the CII / FICCI Consortium for Power & Renewable Energy, member of DST Committee on Water and many other committees.
He has been awarded the Dr. M. Vishweswarayya Gold Medal for standing first in the University of Mysore, Dr Homi Bhabha Gold Medal during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of BARC in the year 2006 by Hon’ble Prime Minister for his outstanding contribution in the nuclear field, Dr. Doraswami IIChE Medal and Gold Medal from the Indian Nuclear Society (INS).
He has currently assumed his position as Fulltime Professor of Practice at IIT Delhi, Adjunct Professor IIT Jammu, Advisor CSIR-NEERI, Member CII committee on MSW, Chairman DST committee on CCUS and serves as member to many committees on energy and environment.
Current interests are in clean coal technologies via gasification, hydrogen from biomass, CCUS, sodium sulfur battery, fuel cells for stationary & mobility etc.
CEO, Re Sustainability Limited
CEO, Re Sustainability Limited
Masood is the CEO of Re Sustainability Limited (formerly Ramky Enviro). He has worked with leading global corporations, investors and financial institutions on large capital projects, M&A, risk management and sustainability issues, across four continents, for over 25 years. Masood has also advised the Government of India on environmental policy and legislation, including regulatory standards and the country's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Ligy Philip is Nita and KG Ganapathi Institute Chair Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras. She is a Fellow of National Academy of Engineers (FNAE) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). For more than two decades, Prof. Ligy Philip has been contributing significantly to advancing the knowledge in the area of Environmental Engineering, and for the betterment of society through teaching and field and industry-oriented projects. She has conducted high quality research on treatment of industrial effluents from highly polluting industries, bioremediation of contaminated soils and groundwater, novel processes for drinking water treatment, and sustainable management of waste. She has about 400 publications to her credit with more than 160 papers published in reputed international journals. She has carried out over 35 sponsored/research based industrial research projects, both national and international projects, worth more than 500 million INR and guided 28 Ph.D. students. She has been on the editorial board of many international journals and national journals. She has also done several online courses including NPTEL, MOOC, TEQIP etc. related to Environmental Engineering. Technologies developed and patented by her have been successfully utilized by several industries and have been adopted by organizations such as UNICEF. She has provided consulting services to a large number of industries in the area of pollution monitoring and control. Reputed international organizations such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation utilize her expertise in the area of sanitation. She has served as a member of many expert committees set up by National Green Tribunal, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and Kerala Pollution Control Board, and is member of several high-level, committees of DST, DBT etc. She was the Chairperson of BIS Water Purification Sub Committee. She is presently the Dean of Planning at IIT Madras and also heads the DST Center of Excellence, SUTRAM for EASY Water, which is an inter-institutional center involving nine institutes from all over India. She also has executed many socially relevant projects. Sustainable water and waste management projects are implemented in five villages. The technologies developed by her group were implemented in these villages.
Institute Chair Professor, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi
Institute Chair Professor, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi
Prof. Sagnik Dey is Institute Chair Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi. He received his M. Sc. in Applied Geoscience from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M. Tech. and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He worked as Postdoctoral Scientist at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA from Aug 2007 to Jul 2010. His research interests are to understand 'air quality, climate change and health nexus' and 'remote sensing of the Earth's climate system'. He has published more than 125 peer-reviewed research articles (h-index - 40 as per Scopus, 44 as per google scholar). He received INSA Young Scientist Medal in 2008, NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in 2012, Dr. Sudhansu Kumar Banerji MoES outstanding young faculty fellowship for the period 2011-2013, and Teaching Excellence Award from IIT Delhi in 2016. He is an international collaborator and science team member of NASA's MAIA satellite mission and served as an expert member of WHO "Global Platform on Air Quality and Health". He is a collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease Study and served as an expert in the India arm of the GBD Study. Prof. Dey has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professsional Excellence Fellowship for 2017-18. Prof. Dey is the coordinator of Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi and is an Associate Faculty of School of Public Policy and Transportation Research and Injury prevention Centre (TRIPC), IIT Delhi. He is a member of WHO Southeast Asia non-communicable diseases Regional Technical Advisory group. He is serving as Associate Editor of Atmospheric Environment (Elsevier journal) and is also Editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Earth System Dynamics (EGU).
Executive Director, Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Executive Director, Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Mr. Alok Sharma is Executive Director at Centre for High Technology under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a Chemical Engineer and is a M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has over 31 years of experience at IndianOil including R&D & Refinery including the areas of Process, Projects and Production. He has been instrumental in setting up Hydroprocessing, Gasification, Biofuels, Hydrogen and Fuel cell related facilities at IndianOil R&D. An expert in the Hydroprocessing, he has excellent knowledge of energy transition aspects. He received World Petroleum Congress Excellence Award 2008 and was selected for Prestigious Endeavour’s Awards in 2009 and went to CSIRO, Melbourne on Commonwealth Scholarship. He has over 30 granted patents in his name. Mr Sharma, has guided two PhD scholars and also successfully mentored two startups in the area of alternative energy. He is also a member of International Association of Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) and Treasurer of Hydrogen Association of India (HAI).
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
Dr. Harsha Kota is Assistant Professor at department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He received his PhD (Civil Engineering, 2014) specialized in Air Quality Modeling and Master of Science (Civil Engineering, 2009) from Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. His research interests are formation, transformation and chemical mechanisms of air pollutants near roadways, development of air quality models estimation of emission factors, source apportionment of air pollutants, regional air quality etc. He started his professional career as Graduate Research Assistant (2007-2014) Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA after that he worked as Assistant Professor at Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati (From August 2014 to May 2018). His achievements include Joyce & Don Dunlap’58 Scholarship II from Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA (2007). He was Guest Editor of Environmental Research (Elsevier Journal), Expert peer reviewer of Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment’s Health Canada’s Human Health Risk Assessment for Diesel Exhaust, and he was invited for talk in Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China (2018). He is actively engaged in research collaborations with scientists in India, US, Europe and China. He has authored more than thirty journal publications, and is currently involved in eight funded research projects.
| Event Details | Time |
|---|---|
| Registration | 0800-0900 |
| Inaugural Session | 0900-1000 |
| Theme Session 1 - Healthcare Technologies | 1000-1130 |
| Theme Session 2 - Electric Vehicle Research | 1130-1300 |
| Poster & Demo Session | 1300-1430 |
| Lunch | 1300-1430 |
| Theme Session 3 - Communication Technologies | 1430-1600 |
| Theme Session 4 - Sustainable Energy, Environment & Climate Changes | 1600-1745 |
| Closing Ceremony | 1745-1830 |
| Theme Session (1000-1130) | ||
| 1000 - 1015 | Welcome Note Prof. Anup Singh, Center for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi |
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| 1015 - 1035 | Talk Title: A Clinico-Commercial Perspective Dr Ambuj Chaturvedi – Board of Directors, IKP Knowledge Park |
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| 1035 - 1055 | Talk Title:- Digital Health: Emerging Opportunities in India Mr Rizwan Koita - Co-founder, CitiusTech & Koita Foundation |
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| 1055 - 1110 | Interactive QnA Theme speakers |
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| 1110 - 1125 | Sponsors Talk Legato Healthcare |
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| 1125 - 1130 | Felicitation to the Speakers and Concluding Note Prof. Chetan Arora, Department of Computer Science and Engineering , IIT Delhi |
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| Theme Session (1130-1300) | ||
| 1130 - 1145 | Welcome Note Prof. B.K Panigrahi, Head, Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology, IIT Delhi |
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| 1145 - 1205 | Talk Title Mr. Rajiv Chaba, President & Managing Director, MG Motor India Pvt. Ltd. |
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| 1205 - 1225 | On the way to EV adoption - Planning for impact on buildings and grid Mr. Adnan Bohori, R&D Head, Eaton Research Labs, Pune |
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| 1225 - 1245 | Innovation Opportunities in EV Space Dr. Anshuman Awasthi, Mercedes-Benz |
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| 1245 - 1300 | Felicitation to the Speakers and Concluding Note Prof. Santanu Kumar Mishra, Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology, IIT Delhi |
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| Theme Session (1430-1600) | ||
| 1430 - 1445 | Welcome Note Prof. Brejesh Lall, Department of Electrical Engineering and Bharti School of Telecommunication, IIT Delhi |
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| 1445 - 1555 | Panel Discussion on 5G and its role in Aatma Nirbhar Bharat initiative Ms. Shikha Srivastava, Director and Member in Project Board, CDOT (National Telecom R&D of Government of India) Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Communications India Private Limited Prof. Ramgopal Rao, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi Mr. Krishna Kumar Sirohi, Bharti School of Telecommunication, IIT Delhi |
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| 1555 - 1600 | Felicitation to the Speakers and Concluding Note Mr. Krishna Kumar Sirohi, Bharti School of Telecommunication, IIT Delhi |
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| Theme Session (1600-1745) | ||
| 1600 - 1605 | Welcome Note |
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| 1606 - 1614 | Mr. Pawan Mehndiratta, Head - Technology & Manufacturing, Hydrogen Business, L&T Green Energy |
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| 1614 - 1622 | Mr. Debashish Nanda, Director - Business Development, Coal India Ltd. |
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| 1622 - 1630 | Mr. Masood Mallick, CEO, Re Sustainability Limited |
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| 1630 - 1638 | Mr. Arun Duggal, Founder, Arun Duggal Centre of Excellence for Research in Climate Change and Air Pollution (CERCA), IIT Delhi |
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| 1638 - 1646 | Mr. Arvind Nautiyal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Member Secretary, Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas |
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| 1646 - 1654 | Mr. Alok Sharma, Executive Director - Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India |
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| 1654 - 1702 | Mr. Soumendra Banerjee, Director - Technical Sales, Honeywell |
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| 1702 - 1710 | Dr. Ligy Philip, Dean Planning, Nita and KG Ganapathi Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
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| 1710 - 1740 | Interactive Session with audience |
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| 1740 - 1745 | Felicitation to the Speakers and Concluding Note |
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| Thematic Agenda_Make in India | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1000 - 1010 | P.V.M. Rao, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. |
| Sensors, Instrument and IoT | |
| 1010 - 1040 | Ajit Manocha, President & CEO, SEMI |
| Subrat Kar, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | |
| Open Innovation and Make in India, Materials By Design | |
| 1040 - 1050 | Suneel TS, General Manager, Open Innovation, Tata Services |
| 1050 - 1100 | N. M. Anoop Krishnan, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| Smart and Additive Manufacturing | |
| 1100 - 1115 | Arvind Rao, Director, Strategic Collaboration, GE Aviation |
| Sunil Jha, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. | |
| Startup Pitch and Concluding Note | |
| 1115 - 1130 | Make In India Startup Pitches |
| Harsh Mishra, Dept. of Management Studies | |
| Theme Session 2 (1430-1600) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1430 - 1440 | Shuchi Sinha, Dept. of Management Studies |
| 1440 - 1505 | Presentation & Discussion |
| 1505 - 1525 | Rajeev Chaba, President & MD, MG Motor India |
| B. K. Panigrahi, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | |
| Defence | |
| 1525 - 1545 | Mh Rahman, JATC Director, IIT Delhi |
| Naresh Bhatnagar, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. | |
| Awards and Concluding Note |
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| 1545 - 1600 | Best Poster Presentation - Students |
| Sitikanta Roy, Dept. of Applied Mechanics | |
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