Dr. Anwesha Khasnobish has completed Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2015. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Defitech Chair in Brain Machine Interface Lab, EPFL, Switzerland on Swiss Govt. Excellence Fellowship 2017-18. Currently she is working as a Scientist at TCS Research, Kolkata. Her area of interest includes physiological sensing, bioinstrumentation, brain computer interface, haptics, sensors, embedded systems, bio-signal and image processing. Currently she is working on the applications of microwave and mm-wave for human sensing and monitoring.

Dr. Abhishek Appaji is working as R&D Head and Associate Professor at B.M.S. College of Engineering, India. He is also serving as Guest faculty at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. His Ph.D. was in Mental Health and Neurosciences from Maastricht University, the Netherlands which received the best thesis award. Abhishek is a Senior Member of IEEE. He is serving in various volunteering positions in Bangalore Section, Region 10. Abhishek has received various grants from Indian agencies like DST, DBT, BIRAC, and from abroad. He has more than 50 publications and conferences to his credit and has been a part of more than 150+ Invited talks. He has renowned national and global laurels including from IEEE.

Dr. Sangeeta Singh is a member of CEC, IEEE Sensors Council, and Chair of IEEE Sensors Council Hyderabad Section Chapter. She works as Head, Professional Societies and Assistant Professor in the Dept. of ECE Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad. She has 19 years of teaching experience and is an active researcher. Her area of research includes hardware security, on-chip VLSI interconnects, and high-performance Arithmetic Circuits. She received the "Outstanding Women in Engineering and Leadership Award" in 2020 from IEEE Hyderabad Section and "Outstanding WIE Professional Volunteer award" in 2022 from IEEE India Council.

Dr. Parikshit Sahatiya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Dr. Sahatiya’s research is very interdisciplinary which include 2D materials based flexible and wearable nanoelectronic devices and sensors, transport of complex heterostructure (including monolayer 2D vdW vertical heterostructure), resistive memory for neuromorphic, analog computing and neuromorphic tactile sensing. Dr. Sahatiya has published more than 120 Journal articles, 5 patents and have delivered talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Sahatiya serves as an Associate Editor for Nature Scientific Reports, Microelectronic Engineering Journal, IEEE Access, Chip, Materials Today: Electronics and Springer Nature Graphene and 2D Materials and Junior Editorial board member of IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. Dr. Sahatiya has received Young Scientist and Medal Lecture at ICLED 2023, Singapore. Dr. Sahatiya has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University and Tufts University, USA. Dr. Sahatiya is a technical member of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and also Materials Research Society.

Chirasree RoyChaudhuri holds a B.E.E, M.E.E. and Ph.D. (India) and is a senior member of IEEE and NASI(National Academy of Science, India). She has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. Currently she is working as an Associate Professor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India .Her fields of interest include Biological and Chemical sensors and signal processing for healthcare and environmental monitoring. She has published over 100 papers in different international journals and conference proceedings, written seven book chapters and has four patents published/accepted and is the Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors journal.

Sayan Kanungo is presently working as an Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. He is also associated with the Materials Center for Sustainable Energy & Environment and Centre for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technology at BITS-Pilani.

He received his Ph.D. degree from the IIEST, Shibpur, in 2017. To date, he has authored more than 60 publications in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include computational study of two-dimensional semiconductors for sensing, and energy storage applications; as well as design and modelling of post-CMOS devices for gas and bio-sensing applications.

Dr Jagannath Nayak received M.Sc(Engg.) and Ph.D. in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He started his career in Defence R&D Organization (DRDO) in 1992 and served DRDO Laboratory Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Hyderabad for many years. As an outstanding DRDO Scientist, currently he is Director of the Centre for High Energy System and Sciences (CHESS) of DRDO in Hyderabad. He is a recognized expert with more than 33 years of experience in field of Navigation System, Laser Systems and  Fiber Optics Sensors.  He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academics of Engineering (INAE), Associate Fellow of Royal Institute of Navigation (AFRIN) UK, Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) India, Senior Member of IEEE, Vice-President of Sensors Research Society (SRS), India, and Vice-President of Optical society of India (OSI).

Sayan Kanungo is presently working as an Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. He is also associated with the Materials Center for Sustainable Energy & Environment and Centre for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technology at BITS-Pilani.

He received his Ph.D. degree from the IIEST, Shibpur, in 2017. To date, he has authored more than 60 publications in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include computational study of two-dimensional semiconductors for sensing, and energy storage applications; as well as design and modelling of post-CMOS devices for gas and bio-sensing applications.

Dr. Rajul Patkar is a pioneering innovator in agricultural technology with over 20 years of experience in reconfigurable computing, embedded systems, VLSI chip design, FPGA, MEMS/NEMS fabrication, and bio-sensing. Holding M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Bombay, she has developed low-cost sensor devices for point-of-care applications in agriculture, revolutionizing soil testing technology. Her contributions have earned her prestigious awards, including the BIRAC SPARSH Award and the Social Alpha-Krishi Mangal Award. Featured in BetterIndia, Dr. Patkar also received the Women Entrepreneur Award by SheThePeople. She is currently the CEO of the promising startup Proximal Soilsens, inspiring many with her leadership and innovation.

Sachin Arya is a higher education specialist with 17+ years of experience in university functions. He is currently the CEO, Incubation & Entrepreneurship, managing 4 technology incubators at BITS campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. He has been responsible for many policies and programs, including the BITS Innovation and Start-up Policy that allows students to take a year off for pursuing entrepreneurship, faculty entrepreneurship policy, a PhD program with focus on enabling deep tech entrepreneurship, amongst others.

Sachin is passionate about creating and strengthening innovation ecosystem in tertiary education for student entrepreneurs. His personal interest include understanding and enabling creation of deep-tech startups.

Dr. Saakshi Dhanekar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India. She is co-founder and Director of ‘Sensekriti Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd’. Her current research includes the fabrication to prototype development of sensors for social causes. She has more than 40 research papers, total six Indian and US patents filed of which five patents have been granted. She is on Editorial Board of the IEEE Sensors Letters, Senior Member IEEE and Member- at- Large, IEEE Sensors Council. Also, she is chairing an IEEE Sensors chapter jointly with Delhi and Rajasthan.

Mousmi Ajay Chaurasia is working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves in different capacities in the IEEE section, region, and global level. She is a recipient of the 2020 Significant Volunteer Award from the IEEE Hyderabad Section. She has five patents and 28 research publications to her name. She has worked in South Korea and Saudi Arabia and handled various projects funded by respective governments. She has been part of several IEEE flagship International Conferences and Workshops. Her research interests are in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Geoscience. 

Amit Ved is working as an associate professor in the Department of Electrical  Engineering at Marwadi University, Rajkot. He is volunteering as vice chair of the joint chapter of IAS-IES-PELS Societies of  IEEE Gujarat Section and is also a member of MDC, IEEE R10.  He has five IPRs and 18 research publications to his name. He has worked as an organizing co-chair for IEEE R10 HTC conference organized by IEEE Gujarat Section. His  research interests are in  power electronics interface for renewable energy sources , IOT and Embedded systems, Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle, Application of AI/ ML for power system and PE.

Changzhi Li is a Professor at Texas Tech University. His research interests are microwave/millimeter-wave sensing for healthcare, security, energy efficiency, structural monitoring, and human-machine interface. He is an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. He was the General Chair of the 2024 IEEE Radio Wireless Week (RWW) in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Li is a Fellow of the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Ashok Kumar Pandey is a Professor and the Head of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. Before joining the Institute, he completed PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Postdoctoral research from Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, Haifa. His primary area includes frequency and damping tuning of MEMS cantilever, MEMS Inertial sensors based on linear and nonlinear vibration. He is the recipient of best teaching award at IIT Hyderabad and Hetenyi Award 2010 by the Society of Experimental Mechanics, USA.

Vamsi Krishna Jadala is currently the Director of Economic Development at World Trade Center Shamshabad & Visakhapatnam which leads global initiatives for economic growth. With a strong background in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vamsi has excelled in program management, technology validation, and leadership since the last decade. He played key roles at Startup Village Kerala and stuMagz, leading to Forbes Asia 30 under 30 recognition in 2018. At TiE Hyderabad as Associate Director for 5 years, he educated startups and entrepreneurs. His accolades include the 2019 MGA Young Professional Achievement Award and the 2020 IEEE India Council Young Professional Award.

Saikumar Tara, Senior IEEE member, Gold Medal recipient from JNTUH's Ex VC, Dr. D N Reddy, for his B.Tech degree in Academics on Feb 28, 2008, and University Topper for M.Tech degree from Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (KITS Warangal), Kakatiya University Warangal in 2010. He is an experienced IEEE Transaction Reviewer on Fuzzy Systems (TFS) and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, USA. He is an active volunteer in IEEE Hyderabad Section severing as SAC Chairman for IEEE Hyderabad Section, Secretary, and past served Secretary/Treasurer for IEEE Education Society and Excom member of IEEE CIS/GRSS Jt chapter Societies of IEEE Hyderabad Section and also MC member of Computer Society of India, Hyderabad Chapter. He delivered around 50+ plus talks at various places. He is an International Workshop Advisory Group, IEEE Conference, and Publisher for several indexed Scopus journals. He has 70 plus articles in International Journals, Book Chapters, and conferences and 20 plus papers indexed in Scopus. To his name, he holds nine patents.

Starting in 2010 Saikumar Tara, Served as Associate Professor, I / C Head ECE, and Chief, Centre for Signal and Image Processing at CMR Technical Campus, Hyderabad. Presently joined in Dept., of ECE, at BVRIT Hyderabad College of Engineering for Women, Hyderabad. He is a member of Senior IEEE, CSI, ACM, IE(I), ISTE, etc.,