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

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