Invited Speakers



Dr. Alo Nag

Delhi University, South Campus.






Dr. Altaf Bhat

University of Kashmir







Dr. Anjan Banerjee

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,Pune

Tata Innovation Fellowship, FNASc, FASc





Dr. Annapoorni Rangarajan

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

National Bio-science Award





Dr. Arun Sreekumar

Baylor college of Medicine, USA

Director Center for Translational Metabolism and Health Disparities





Dr. B. Anand

Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati

NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award





Dr. Bappaditya Dey

National Institute of Animal Biotechnology






Dr. Beena Pillai

CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology

FASc, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Binoy Kumar Saikia

CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology

Bhatnagar Award Winner





Dr. Debashis Mukhopadhyay

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata





Dr. Debasis Dash

Director, DBT-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar






Dr. Deepa Subramanyam

National Centre for Cell Science

Wellcome Trust – DBT Award





Dr. Deepak T. Nair

Regional Centre for Biotechnology

Bhatnagar Award Winner, FASc





Dr. Dipankar Nandi

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Guha Research Conference-member







Dr. Farah Ishtiaq

Tata Institute for Genetics and Society

Wellcome Trust –DBT Award





Dr. Geeta K Vemuganti

University of Hyderabad

MD, DNB, FAMS, FICP

President, Indian Society of Ophthalmic Pathology.





Dr. Geetanjali Sachdeva

Director, ICMR - National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health





Dr. Girdhar K Pandey

University of Delhi South Campus

FNASc, National Bio-science Awardee





Dr. Jomon Joseph

National Centre for Cell Science

Guha Research Conference-member





Dr. Kakoli Bose

Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer

National Bio-science Award





Dr. Koustubh Panda

University of Calcutta








Dr. Koyeli Mapa

Shiv Nadar University

IYBA-DBT





Dr. Krishnaveni Mishra

University of Hyderabad







Dr. Manidipa Banerjee

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi






Dr. N. S. Punekar

Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad





Dr. Nagasuma Chandra

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

FASc, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Neelanjana Sengupta

Indian Institute Of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.





Dr. Nishith Gupta

Birla Institute Of Technology And Science, Pilani - Hyderabad

Wellcome Trust – DBT Award





Dr. Niti Kumar

CSIR – Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Swarnajayanti Fellow, IYBA-DBT





Dr. Raghunand R. Tirumalai

The Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology





Dr. Ramandeep Singh

Translational Health Science and Technology Institute

Wellcome Trust –DBT Award





Dr. Saman Habib

CSIR – Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

FASc, FNASc





Dr. Sandeep M. Eswarappa

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Swarnajayanti Fellow, EMBO Global Investigator





Dr. Sandhya P. Koushika

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.





Dr. Sangita Mukhopadhyay

Director, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

FNASc, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Sanjeev Das

National Institute of Immunology

Bhatnagar Award Winner, FNASc, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Sanjeev Khosla

Institute of Microbial Technology

FNASc





Dr. Sathees C. Raghavan

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Bhatnagar Award Winner, FASc, FNASc, FNA, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Shailja Singh

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

IYBA-DBT, National Bio-science Award





Dr. Shweta Tyagi

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Wellcome Trust –DBT Award, IYBA-DBT





Dr. Sib Sankar Roy

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

FNASc





Dr. Siddhartha P. Sarma

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.





Dr. Subeer S. Majumdar

Director General, Gujarat Biotechnology University.

FNA, FASC, FNASc, J.C. Bose Fellow





Dr. Subhra Chakraborty

Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research.

FNA, FASc, FNASc, J. C. Bose Fellow





Dr. Syed Shams Yazdani

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.






Dr. Thomas Pucadyil

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

Bhatnagar Award Winner, FNA, FASc, Wellcome Trust –DBT Award





Dr. Trayambak Basak

Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi,





Dr. Usha Vijayraghavan

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

FNA, FASc, FNASc, J. C. Bose Fellow, National Bio-science Award, Wellcome Trust –DBT Award





Dr. Vineeta Bal

IISER Pune

Former member of the Prime Minister's task force for Women in Science under the Ministry of Science and Technology