Speakers at India Science Festival 2025
Prof. Payal Arora
Professor, Inclusive AI Cultures
Utrecht University
The Netherlands
Dr. Lav Varshney
Associate Professor, Autonomous Systems
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaigne
USA
Dr. Hayat Sindi
Founder, Diagnostics for All
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Jason D’Cruz
AI and Philosophy
University of Albany
USA
Ms. Laura Herman
AI Research
Adobe
UK
Dr. David-Cohen Tanugi
Venture Builder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA
Dr. Adriana Marais
Founder, Proudly Human
South Africa
Dr. Priyadarshi Panda
Founder, International Battery Company
USA
Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai
Professor, Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Canada
Dr. Sedat Gundogdu
Marine Biologist, Faculty of Fisheries
University of Cukurova
Turkey
Prof. Vidita Vaidya
Professor, Neuroscience
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
India
Dr. Thomas Barlow
R&D Strategist and Director, Barlow Advisory
Australia
Prof. Sumathi Rao
Professor, Condensed Matter Physics
Harish Chandra Research Institute
India
Prof. Ashish Garg
Professor, Sustainable Energy Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
India
Dr. Poonam Thakur
Assistant Professor, Parkinson’s Disease
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
India
Dr. Joao Antunes Pequenao
CERN Media Lab
Switzerland
Dr. Shubhendu Basin
Professor, Adaptive and Learning Control
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
India
Dr. K Thangaraj
J C Bose Fellow, Human origin, health and disease
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
India
Prof. S P Arun
Professor, Neuroscience
Indian Institute of Science
India
Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar
Director, Quantum Field Theory and String Theory
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
India
Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey
Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru
India
Prof. Shriya Srinivasan
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard
USA