Chief Guest



Dr. Venkatesh R

Dr. Venkatesh R

Chief Scientist
TCS Mumbai

Dr. Nilesh has worked as DBT fellow in epilepsy surgery at AIIMS. He has received various fellowships like AASAN ambassador, Sherry Apple Resident, Travel fellowship etc. He has received various research paper awards. He is a life member of Indian Epilepsy Society, Neurosurgical society of India, and Trauma Society of India.

Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Guest Of Honor



Prof. Dr Unnat P Pandit

Prof. Dr. Unnat P. Pandit

Controller General of Patents
Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM),
New Delhi

Prof Pandit is appointed as the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) by the Govt of India. Prof Pandit previously served as Program Director of Atal Innovation Mission at NITI Aayog-GoI.

Emerging Research Opportunities in Healthcare Technology
Dr. Nilesh

Dr. Nilesh Kurwale

Epilepsy Surgeon,
Coordinator for Bajaj Allianz Centre for Epilepsy,
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune
Director for Bajaj Neuroscience Laboratory.

Dr. Nilesh has worked as DBT fellow in epilepsy surgery at AIIMS. He has received various fellowships like AASAN ambassador, Sherry Apple Resident, Travel fellowship etc. He has received various research paper awards. He is a life member of Indian Epilepsy Society, Neurosurgical society of India, and Trauma Society of India.

Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Plenary Speakers

Blockchain based Federated Learning

Mr. Kaushal Sharma

Dr. Rajesh Ingle

Professor, Dean (Academics) & HOD CSE
IIIT Naya Raipur

Dr. Rajesh Ingle is a distinguished professional serving as the Dean (Academics), Head of the Department (CSE), and Professor at IIIT-NR. Dr. Ingle was honored with the 2014 IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor Award from IEEE, USA, and the 2019 IEEE Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award for his exceptional contributions and services to IEEE Pune Section and IEEE Region 10.

Role of AI in Metaverse
Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras
Gamification- AI- Metaverse
Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Leveraging recent advances in AI for Sustainable Smart Cities
Mr. Shyam Kerkar

Mr. Shyam Kerkar

Head- India, Analytics and Insigths Tata Consultancy Services, Pune

25+ years of diverse experience in TCS, leading service line, strategy, marketing and solutions across Data, Technology applications, IT Infrastructure and Business Processes

Agriculture and AI
Dr. Vahida Attar

Dr. Vahida Attar

Dean, School of Computational Sciences COEP Technological University

Dr. Vahida Z. Attar is Dean, School of Computational Sciences at COEP Technological University and Head, Center of Excellence for Data Science and Machine Learning. She has more than 25 years of teaching and 10 years of industry and research experience, handling academic and administrative responsibilities. She is the Senior Member of IEEE, member of IET and Life Member of IE, ISTE, and CSI. Currently working on DST and Govt. of Maharashtra, research Projects of AI in Agriculture domain.

Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.

Tutorial Speakers

AI for Psychological Assessments
Dr. Shivnarayan Khandre

Dr. Shivnarayan Khandre

Founder & Director
Divine Life Counseling Clinic, Pune
Clinical and Senior Psychologist @ Inamdar Multispecialty Hospital.
Expert in psychological, neurological assessments, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Dr. Shivnarayan Khandre is an avid learner with an impressive skill set. He offers individual and group counseling, psychological and neurological assessments, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He is a motivational speaker and spiritual guide to help his clients achieve their goals. Worked as senior psychologist at Nityanand Psychiatric & Addiction Rehabilitation Centre.

Epilepsy Myths and Facts
Dr Sujit Jagtap

Dr. Sujit Jagtap

MD (Pediatrics), DM (Neurology)
Fellowship in Epilepsy (SCTIMST)
WFS-certified consultant in Sleep Medicine
Consultant Pediatric and Adult Neurologist and Epileptologist
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune.

His areas of interest are Epilepsy, Movement Disorder and autoimmune encephalitis.He completed IAN-AINA Fellowship in 2019 and San Servo Epilepsy fellowship in 2019.He was awarded 1st Prize for best paper on Epilepsy at National Conference of Indian Academy of Neurology. He has over 50 publications in national and international journals.


Ayurveda practices
harish

Dr. Harish Patankar

Ayurvedacharya, Nadee Tadnya Keshayurved Hair & Skin Care Pvt.Ltd.

Dr. Harish Patankar is a well-known Ayurveda practitioner in Russia and India. Chief Consultant at Aarogyavardhini Chikitsalaya,Pune. Renowned Nadee Tadnya, Well known Yoga Teacher, Well versed Sanskrit Teacher.







Mr. Kaushal Sharma

Mr. Kaushal Sharma

Joint Director, C-DAC Pune

Mr. Kaushal Sharma​ Joint Director @C-DAC Pune | Chief Investigator-UAS / Drone Project| Member of the BIS panel "LITDC/P 8 Metaverse“ Currently serving as Joint Director at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), which is a scientific society operating under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology of the Government of India.



Mr. Aaditya Dilip Khapare

Mr. Aaditya Dilip Khapare

Project Engineer @C-DAC Pune
Research & development-UAS/ Drone Project and IoT Certified

Mr. Aaditya Khapare​ Project Engineer @C-DAC Pune | Research & development-UAS/ Drone Project and Microsoft IoT Certified | Currently serving as Project Engineer at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), which is a scientific society operating under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology of the Government of India.

 Mr. Nikhil Warge

Mr. Nikhil Warge

IoT and Python developer at TCS Pune

Nikhil Warge is working as an IoT developer on Nissan driverless car project Japan. He has delivered many hands-on sessions in the workshops and AICTE approved ATAL FDPs in engineering colleges.







AI in Education
kulkarni

Dr. P. J. Kulkarni

Former Deputy Director and Professor in CSE at Walchand College Of Engineering, Sangli

He completed his PhD in Electronics Engineering. He worked as Chairman, Member of various Board of Studies (BoS) and I/C Dean of Faculty of Engineering at Shivaji University Kolhapur. He received various research grants from AICTE, DST and Shivaji University for setting up research facilities at WCE. He is a recipient of “Best Teacher Award” of Government of Maharashtra for the year 2011-12.


Blockchain Basics

Mr. Kamlesh Nagavare

Mr. Kamlesh Nagavare

Co-Founder FSV Capital

Mr. Kamlesh is a TEDx speaker and Co-founder of FSV Capital. He is also among the top 30 Influencers of Blockchain in India and serve as the Hyperledger India Co-Chair, as well as a member of the Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee (TSC 2021-22) which drives the technical direction of the Hyperledger Foundation, the Linux Foundation enterprise blockchain project.






Generative AI

Mr. Kaustubh Anwekar

Mr. Kaustubh Anwekar

Director LTIMindtree

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) professional with 15+ years' experience in building Web, Database and Machine Learning / Deep Learning applications.






Internet of Things

Mr. Jayesh Purohit

Mr. Jayesh Purohit

Data Engineer at Whirlpool Corporation | AWS | GCP | IBM Cloud | Azure | Python | Data Science | ETL

Cloud Data Engineer with 3+ Years of experience at Whirlpool in building end to end Data Engineering Solutions on AWS, GCP, Azure & IBM Cloud Platforms.






Internet of Things

Mr. Ankit Shrivastava

Mr. Ankit Shrivastava

IOT Data Engineer at Whirlpool Corporation - AWS | Ex- ZS, Fiserv

Data Engineer having experience in Core Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence Projects, Support in Banking Domain






Mr. Nibu John Thomas

Dr. Nibu John Thomas

IIT Madras | Gamification- AI- Metaverse | Trainer- Researcher- Consultant

Dr. Nibu John Thomas is a passionate professional who works at the intersection of Technology, Management, and Psychology, focusing on Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, and Human-Computer Interactions. He also received the esteemed ‘Academy of Management Award’ in 2022. He is also a trainer for multiple programs at IIT Madras and IITM Research Park.