Schedule India Science Festival 2026
Venues
Horizon Theater (Auditorium)
Curiosity Field
(Kho Kho Ground)
Cosmos Hall
(Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre)
Wonder Space (Amphitheatre)
EXPERT TALK
Nolita Coelho (Vice President - Product, Paperpal at Cactus)
GAMES
Experiments for kids (TIFR Mumbai)
PANEL DISCUSSION
Good Data, Great Stories: Bringing Research to Public Understanding
Dr. Smita Jain (Science Communication Expert)
Dr. Karishma Kaushik (Science Communication Expert)
Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya (Director, HBCSE)
Prof. GV Pavan Kumar (Professor, IISER Pune)
GAMES
Grand Show
Science Activity Centre, IISER Pune
EXPERT TALK
Prof. Arvind Gupta (Professor, University of Toronto)
EXPERT TALK
Dr. Thomas Barlow (Director, Barlow Advisory)
EXPERT TALK
Prof. Yashwant Gupta (Director, NCRA-TIFR)
EXPERT TALK
Udaya Kumar (Honorary Director, The Mythic Society)
EXPERT TALK
Prof. Maneesha Inamdar (Director, InStem)
PERFORMANCE
SparkX: Startup Pitching Event
Invention Engine
PANEL DISCUSSION
Systems That Think: Mathematical Insights meet AI Engineering
Prof. Nick Jones (Professor, Imperial College London)
Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Cornell University)
Dr. Srinath Sridhar (Assistant Professor, Brown University)
Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay (Institute Chair Professor, IIT Kharagpur)
Dr. Neil Gaikwad (Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina)
EXPERT TALK
Randomness in Computing: Why Do We Care and Where Can We Get It
Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Cornell University)
PANEL DISCUSSION
From Model to Market: Building Scalable AI Startups in India
Dr. Manish Gupta (Senior Director, Google Deepmind)
Saumil Shah (CTO, Haptik AI)
Anirudh Bhardwaj (CTO, Recur Club)
Maya Sherman (Head of Tech & Innovation, Embassy of Israel)
Shailendra Jha (Co-founder, Change Engine)
EXPERT TALK
Dr. Srinath Sridhar (Assistant Professor, Brown University)
FIRESIDE CHAT
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (CEO, ANRF)
Sheel Kapoor (CEO, FAST India)
EXPERT TALK
Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay (Institute Chair Professor, IIT Kharagpur)
PANEL DISCUSSION
Building India's Quantum Edge
Prof. Arun K. Pati (Director, QTECI)
Prof. Umakant D. Rapol (Professor, IISER Pune)
Dr. Bhaskar Kanseri (Associate Professor, IIT Delhi)
Dr. Kunj Tandon (CEO, I-Hub Quantum Technologies Foundation)
EXPERT TALK
Lt Gen Dr. Subrata Saha (Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff)
HIGHLIGHT
Shubhanshu Shukla (Group Captain and Test Pilot with IAF)
HIGHLIGHT
Inauguration of India Science Festival 2026
PANEL DISCUSSION
Rising Minds of India: A Dialogue on Excellence
Varun Aggarwal (Founder, FAST India)
Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya (Director, HBCSE)
Prof. Surhud More (Professor, IUCAA, Pune)
Ananya Ranade (TIFR Mumbai)
Rajit Gupta (IIT Bombay)
EXPERT TALK
The Search for Life Beyond the Solar System
Prof. Nikku Madhusudhan (Professor, University of Cambridge)
DEBATE
The World is an Illusion: A Quantum Perspective
Prof. Sourav Pal (Professor, Ashoka University)
Prof. Arun K. Pati (Director, QETCI)
Dr. Ashish Arora (Assistant Professor, IISER Pune)
EXPERT TALK
Dr. Anuj Gupta (Founder and CEO, Gradient Advisors)
PERFORMANCE
Portrait of Living Pictures: A Neuro-Aesthetic Dance Performance
Experience art with live display of audience's neuro-physiological data
ARISA Foundation
PANEL DISCUSSION
Operation Sindoor: Steering India's Defence Strategy with Science
Lt Gen Dr. Subrata Saha (Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff)
Ashok Atluri (Chairman & Managing Director, Zen Technologies)
Shiv Aroor (Managing Editor, NDTV)
EXPERT TALK
Dr. Manish Gupta (Senior Director, Google Deepmind)
EXPERT TALK
Vivek Wadhwa (CEO, Vionix Biosciences)
