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Chief Patron

Dr. Ramdas M. Pai, Chancellor, MAHE Manipal

Patrons

Dr. H. S. Ballal, Pro-Chancellor, MAHE Manipal
Dr. Sharath Kumar Rao K., Vice-Chancellor, MAHE Manipal
Dr. Karunakar Kotegar, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Technology & Science, MAHE Manipal
Dr. P. Giridhar Kini, Registrar, MAHE Manipal
Dr. Chandrakala C. B., Incharge Director, MIT Manipal

 

Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairperson, Forbes Marshall
Mr. Farhad Forbes, Co-Chairperson, Forbes Marshall

 


Mr. Datta Kuvalekar, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Forbes Marshall
Mr. Satyadeo Purohit, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Forbes Marshall

Organizing Chairpersons

Dr. D. V. Kamath, Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal
Dr. Arunachala U Chandavar, Associate Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal
Dr. Chandrakant R. Kini, Associate Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal
Mr. Anant Karegaonkar, Technical Specialist (R&D), Forbes Marshall

Conveners

Dr. Dolfred Vijay Fernandes, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal
Mr. Anant Karegaonkar, Technical Specialist (R&D), Forbes Marshall

Co-Conveners

Dr. Madhwesh N., Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal
Dr. Arunkumar H. S., Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Manipal

Advisory Committee

Dr P K Vijayan, Consultant, School of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Dr Siddhartha P Duttagupta, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Dr. Raghunathan Rengasamy, Marti Mannarriah Gurunath Institute Chair Professor, Department of Data Science and AI, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Dr Pramod Kumar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Mr Pradyumna M, Technical Director, Forbes Marshall
Mr Mukund Deshpande, Key Account Management, Forbes Marshall
Mr Shripad Kulkarni, Principal Lead (R&D), Forbes Marshall
Mr Robert Giezendanner-Thoben, Country Manager (Switzerland) & Head of Technology Partnerships, Forbes Marshall

Technical committee (MIT Manipal)

Overall Lead: Dr Jitendra Kumar Katiyar
Track 1 Lead: Dr Anoop Kanjirakat
Track 2 Lead: Dr Shanmuga Priya
Track 3 Lead: Dr Shiva Kumar
Track 4 Lead: Dr Shivashankar Hiremath
Track 5 Lead: Dr Satish Rao U
Track 6 Lead: Dr Pramod Salunkhe

Technical committee (Forbes Marshall)

Overall Lead: Mr Anant Karegaonkar
Track 1 Lead: Dr Lathesh Madhavan
Track 2 Lead: Dr Priya Lokhande
Track 3 Lead: Dr Avijit Dhara
Track 4 Lead: Dr Anirban Roy
Track 5 Lead: Mr Pratik Satpute
Track 6 Lead: Dr Tropita Piplai