Inaugural Panel Discussion
Varun Aggarwal (Moderator),
Lewis Hou (Founder, Science Ceilidh), Annapurni Subramaniam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), Alan Harvey (University of Western Australia)

Talk

Why should we explore space?

Annapurni Subramaniam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)

Fireside Chat

Uses of nuclear power for industry and healthcare

M Krishnamurthy (TIFR Hyderabad), Smitha Manohar (BARC, Mumbai)

Aditi Tandon (Moderator; Mongabay)

Talk

From Science to Siri: Decoding the journey of Artificial Intelligence

Tapan Gandhi (IIT Delhi)

Tangram competition

by Science Activity Center, IISER Pune

Talk

Why Does Music Exist? Unraveling The Science Behind It

Alan Harvey (University of Western Australia)

Talk

Computer Vision and Graphics

P J Narayanan (IIIT Hyderabad)

Talk

Navigating the Maze of Higher Education

Thomas Barlow (Barlow Advisory, Australia)

Performance

Water Show

David Price, Science Made Simple, UK

Talks

Revolutionizing Lives: AI’s Role in the Future of Material Science

Vineeth Venugopal (MIT, USA)

Debate

AI is a threat to India’s Social and Economic Growth

Dr TV Venkateswaran (Vigyan Prasar) , Prof Nisheeth Srivastava (IIT Kanpur)

Thomas Barlow (Moderator; Barlow Advisory)

Fireside Chat

S&T In India- Past, Present & Future

LS Shashidhara (NCBS, Bengauluru)

Sarita Ahlawat (Moderator; MD & Co-Founder, BotLab Dynamics)

ISF Book Talk

Women in the Wild — Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists

Anita Mani (Author), Raza Kazmi (Conservationist)

Sayantan Datta (Krea University; Moderator)

Talk 

STEM Cells and the Future of
Medicine

Maneesha Inamdar

Panel Discussion

Chandrayaan-3 : To the Moon and Back

Annapurni Subramaniam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), Maneck Behramkamdin (Godrej Aerospace), Somak Raychaudhury (Ashoka University)

Debdutta Paul (Moderator; ICTS)

Talk

Discovering Futures: Navigating Varied Paths in Science

Sudip Parikh (American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA)

The “Inquizitive” Science Quiz

Quizmaster: Abhishek Unnam, SHL

Panel Discussion

How will we win: Making universities the fulcrum of Innovation

P J Narayanan (IIIT Hyderabad), Sunil Bhagwat (IISER Pune) and K Vijay Raghavan (Former PSA. Govt of India, Moderator)

Talk

How to design brain inspired computers?

Bivas Saha (JNCASR, Bengaluru)

Talk

Tinkering with genes: Life’s legos

Mayuri Rege (HBCSE TIFR, Mumbai)

Performance

Water Show

David Price (Science Made Simple, UK)

Talk

The Incredible Human Brain: From Molecules to Minds

Narender Ramnani (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)

Fireside Chat

AI for Social Good

Sriram Rajamani (Microsoft Research India), Lavanya Marla (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Aditi Agrawal (Moderator; Hindustan Times)

Talk

Why PhD: Breaking the Myths and Presenting the Path Towards Scientific Leadership to Deep Tech Entrepreneurship

Mayank Shrivastava (IISc,  Co-founder at AGNIT Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd.)

Panel Discussion

IndiaGPT: What should be India’s AI strategy?

Siddharth Garg (NYU), Nikhil Malhotra (Tech Mahindra), Ganesh Ramakrishnan (IIT Bombay)

Leslie D’Monte (Mint Author; Moderator)

Talk

Going to Space to see the Sky

Somak Raychaudhury (Ashoka University)

Talk

Science Edutainment in the Internet Age

Tim Blaise (Acapella Science, Canada)

Performance

Superbugs: preparing for the next pandemic

Mugdha Belwalkar, Mayuri Rege, Swarali Talegankar, Shruti Desai, and Shrushti Patil

Kris Gopalakrishnan
(Co-Founder, Infosys)

21st JANUARY

Panel Discussion

Vision for Indian Science in Next 10 Years

Soumya Swaminathan (Former Chief Scientist, WHO), K VijayRaghavan (Former PSA to the GOI), Thomas Barlow (Director, Barlow Advisory)

TV Venkateswaran (Moderator; Vigyan Prasar)

Talk

The Incredible Human Brain:
From Molecules to Minds

Narender Ramnani (Royal
Holloway, University of
London)

Panel Discussion

India HardwareTech: Doing a hardware startup in World’s IT capital!

Sarita Ahlawat (MD & Co-Founder, BotLab Dynamics), Rohan M Ganapathy (CEO and Founder, Bellatrix Aerospace), Mayank Shrivastava (Associate Professor, IISc; Co-founder at AGNIT Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd.), Gagandeep Reehal (Co-Founder, CEO & CTO, Minus Zero) and Vishesh Rajaram (Moderator; Special Invest)

Talk

Navigating emotional challenges: A scientist’s view

Rashmi Gupta (IIT Bombay)

Performance

Chemical Carnival: Fun, Masti & Everyday Science Adventures!

Harsha Atri and Adil Shaikh (ScienceUtsav)

Panel Discussion

Role of Young Scientists in shaping Science

Vineeth Venugopal (MIT, USA), Abinaya Sampath (IIT Gandhinagar), Mayuri Rege (HBCSE, TIFR, Mumbai), Kaneenika Sinha (IISER Pune)

Karishma S. Kaushik, IndiaBioscience (Moderator)

Talk

Rethinking Health by asking
What’s in the Kitchen?

Soumya Swaminathan (Former
Chief Scientist, WHO)

Fireside Chat

Decoding the Symphony of Genes – A Journey into the World of Epigenetics

Sanjeev Galande (Shiv Nadar University) with Renu Vyas (MIT School of Bioengineering Sciences & Research; Moderator)

ISF Book Talk

Phantom Plague – How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Vidya Krishnan (Journalist and Author) with Manjot Kaur (Moderator; World Bank)

Talk

From science to entrepreneurship: My journey and learnings

Samir Mitragotri (Harvard University, USA)

Panel Discussion

Turning Pages, Inspiring Minds
A discussion with India Science Book Fellows

Ganesh Bagler (IIIT Delhi), Sarthak Parikh (IIT Delhi), Upasana Sarraju (Freelance Science Communicator), Smita Jain (Cactus Communication) and Karthik Venkatesh (Penguin Random House; moderator)

Talk

Can Fossils Forecast the Next
Mass Extinction?

Jahnavi Punekar (IIT Bombay)

Performance

Water Show

David Price (Science Made Simple, UK)

Talk

Artificial Life Unveiled: What
Does It Teach Us About Human
Evolution?

Soumya Swaminathan (DMSSRF, Chennai)

Talk

How will drones revolutionize healthcare and transportation?

Lavanya Marla (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Talk

How to speak to everyone about your science?

Lewis Hou (Sceince Ceilidh)

Panel Discussion

Neurodiversity unveiled: Decoding the Brain for Evolutionary Success

Nandini C Singh (UNESCO MGIEP), Sheffali Gupta (AIIMS New Delhi), Chetana Sachidanandan (CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology), Noopur Jhunjhunwala (Changeinkk; moderator)

Talk

How the brain learns to read

Nandini Chatterjee Singh (UNESCO MGIEP)

Panel Discussion

Arts, Media and Entertainment: How are Indians Celebrating Science

Nilanjan P. Choudhury (Writer and Theatre professional), Pranav Radhakrishnan (Founder, Science is Dope YT channel)
Lewis Hou (Moderator)

Talk

Did Ancient Indians Know Chemistry?: 3000 BC to now!

B N Jagatap (IIT Bombay)

Jokes & Joules: Science in Just A Minute

Host: Suchita Champak, Founder Sci-Rio

Judges: Somdatta Karak (CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad)
Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)

Fireside Chat

Innovating for India’s Green H2 future: Blume’s Green Hydrogen BLUprint and discussion

Sonisha Kukreja (Blume Ventures), Suruchi Rao (Ossus Biorenewables), Satyajit Phadke (Hydrovert Energy), Mudit Narain (Moderator; Blume Ventures)

Performance

A Capella Science Live!

Tim Blais, A Capella Science, Canada

Talk and demo

Understanding Maths through rhythm – a demonstration of Bharatnatyam and Mridangam

Manohar Balachandirani and Anjana Seshadri

Performance

Water Show

David Price (Science Made Simple)

Fireside Chat

Science of Pain

Alan Harvey (University of Western Australia), Sushma Bhatnagar (Dept. of Onco-Anaethaesia and Palliative Care, AIIMS)

Rashmi Gupta (Moderator)

Talk

Is AI ready for the real world?

Balaram Ravindran (IIT Madras)

Science Pictionary

Host: Janet Orlene, Science Communicator

Artist: Sinduri VM, PhD Scholar, NCL Pune

An exciting showcase of science through stunning photography, science fiction stories, and dynamic presentations

Hosted by Rannvijay Singha