Keynote Speakers
Keynote Talk 1
Date & Time: 10th December- 6:00PM-6:45PM
Venue : Jibaben Patel Auditorium
Prof. Josephine Thinwa
University of Texas Southwestern
Keynote Talk 2
Date & Time: 11th December- 11:15AM-12:00PM
Venue : Jibaben Patel Auditorium
Prof. Ambarish Ghosh
IISC Bangalore
Session 2A: Industry-relevant healthcare research
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR
Prof. Suveen Kumar
NIPER Ahmedabad
Prof. Akshay Srivastava
NIPER Ahmedabad
Prof. Saravanan m
IIT Kanpur
Prof. Pramod A
PGIMR Chandigarh
Prof. Pandey Shyam Sudhir
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Session 2B: Industry-relevant healthcare research
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 11:15 AM- 12:45 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR:
Prof. Ankit Rai
Gujarat Biotechnology University
Prof. Krishna Rajan
University at Buffalo
Prof. Sachidanand Singh
PDEU
Prof. Ashutosh Kumar
Ahmedabad University
Session 3A: Frontiers in Plant sciences and agriculture
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Archana Kumari
Gujarat Biotechnology University
Prof. Subramanian S
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Sangram Lenka
Gujarat Biotechnology University
Prof. Bhuvaneshvari
Ahmedabad University
Prof.
Chandrasekhar Mootapally
Ahmedabad University
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 5:00 PM-5:50 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR:
Dr. Raghu Solanki
IIT Gandhinagar
Dr. Balaji Raju
Saveetha Medical College
Kiranshinh Rajput
GU
Appan Roychaudhary
GBU
Session 3B: Frontiers in Technology for Healthcare
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Karla P. Mercado-Shekhar
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Apoorba Das
IIT Indore
Prof. Rohit Kumar Sharma
Panjab University
Prof. Suchetan Pal
IIT Bhillai
Date: 10/12/2025
Time: 5:30 PM- 6:30 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR:
Prof. Sharmistha Majumdar
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Ashish Warghane
GTU
Prof. Ashish Mathur
UPES
Prof. Raju Khan
CSIR AMPRI
Prof. Saurabh Kumar
NIPER Guwahati
Session 4A: New Biomaterials and applications to diseases
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya
NIPER Ahmedabad
Prof. Sharad Gupta
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Deepak Nair
CNS, IISC Bangalore
Prof. Sushil Kumar
IIT Bombay
Session 4B: New Biomaterials and applications to diseases
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
Prof. Rohini Nair
GBU
Prof. Vishal Nanavati
Gujarat University
Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
CCSU Meerut
Prof. Sarat Kumar Dalai
Nirma University
Prof. Sanjay P Chauhan
GTU-School of Pharmacy
Session 5A: Student and Industry Talks
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 12:00 PM- 12:45 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR:
Prof. Saurabh Kumar
NIPER Guwahati
Dhwani Jhala
GBRC
Stanford University
Dr. Kaushal M Gaundaliya
GTU-SET
Rohini Kumari
IIT BHU
Dr. Navneet Chaudhary
Umea University, Sweden
Prof. Jignesh S. Bhatt
IIIT Surat
Session 5B: Student and Industry Talks
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR:
Dr. Pankaj Yadav
PDEU
Prof. Nital Nirmal
SS Engineering College
Bhumika Chaudhary
IIIT Delhi
Amlanjyoti Dutta
TIFR
Dr. Ritesh Kumar
IIIT Surat
Session 6A: AI in Healthcare
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR
Prof. Vaibhav Bhatt
GTU
Prof. Arjun Ray
IIIT Delhi
Prof. Santanu Acharjee
Gauhati University
Prof. Yogesh Meena
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Prachi Thareja
IIT Gandhinagar
Session 6B: Active Matter in Biology
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR
Prof. Gautam Makwana
GTU
Prof. Krishna Kanti Dey
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Sameer Dalvi
IIT Gandhinagar
Dr Damini Verma
IIT Roorkee
Prof. Tosha Pandya
L.J. Institute of Pharmacy
Session 7A: Core Technologies in Healthcare
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 4:45 PM- 6:15 PM
Venue: Surendra Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR
Dr. Kamal Mandal
GBU
Prof. Amit Jaiswal
IIT Mandi
Prof. Tatini Rakshit
Shiv Nadar University
Prof. Rakesh Rawal
Gujarat Biotechnology University
Rakhi Barmon
IIT Kanpur
Session 7B: Futuristic Smart Materials
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 5:15 PM: 6:30 PM
Venue: Jayshree Seth Auditorium
SESSION CHAIR
Prof. Gaurav Jerath
GBU
Prof. Neeraj Jain
CHARUSAT
Prof. Daulat Singh Zala
GTU
Prof. V. V. Raghavendra Sai
IIT Madras
Prof. Bhavin Parekh
Gujarat University
Session 8A: Advanced Technologies in Healthcare
Date: 12/12/2025
Time: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Venue: GTU
SESSION CHAIR
Dr. Damini Verma, IIT Roorkee
Prof. Vineet Vashistha
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Moutosi Manna
CSIR Bhavnagar
Prof. Tulika Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Date: 12/12/2025
Time: 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM
Venue: GTU
SESSION CHAIR
Dr. Amit K Yadav
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Mukesh Dhanka
IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Mudasir Syyed
SKAUST Srinagar
Prof. Vaibhav Bhatt
GTU
Prof. Trivima Sharma
Ganpat University
Date: 12/12/2025
Time: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Venue: GTU
Prof. Saumya Patel
Gujarat University
Prof. D K Acharya
Gandhinagar University
Session 8B: Emerging trends in Biomedical sciences
Date: 12/12/2025
Time: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Venue: GTU
SESSION CHAIR
Prof. Amit Pandey NIPER Ahmedabad
Prof. Sriram Seshadri
Nirma University
Prof. Hitesh Kulhari
Central University of Gujarat
Prof. Ankona Datta
TIFR Bombay
Prof. Sunita Patel
Central University of Gujarat
Date: 12/12/2025
Time: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Venue: GTU
SESSION CHAIR
Dr. NVS Praneeth
NIPER Ahmedabad
Prof. Anil Kumar
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
Prof. Nishima Wangoo
Panjab University, Chandigarh
Dr Raghu Solanki
IIT Gandhinagar
Dr. Unnati Modi
IAR Gandhinagar