Associate Dean | Zita Zoltay Paprika - Chair Professor |Course5i Chair
Professor| Professor & Area Chair - Analytics Department, Woxsen University|
ATL Mentor of Change
Commercialization and Innovation Strategist – AI Research Centre
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Tarun Kotagiri
Commercialization and Innovation Strategist – AI Research Centre
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Advisory Board Members
Ravindra Barlingay
Vice President - AI, IoT & Robotics
Brane Enterprises
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Ravindra Barlingay
Vice President - AI, IoT & Robotics
Brane Enterprises
Ravindra Barlingay is a strategic and visionary leader with an exceptional track
record of driving research and development (R&D) initiatives and end-to-end
business operations. With expertise in creating disruptive and highly
differentiated solutions, Ravindra has made significant contributions to the
fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT).
With extensive experience in P&L ownership, sales and marketing, key account
management, and people leadership, Ravindra has consistently demonstrated his
strategic technology leadership, driving product evolution and the development
of new platform products. Ravindra has successfully set up new businesses and
led global teams of over 250 R&D engineers. Their expertise spans across AI/ML,
digital transformation, IoT development, industrial automation, Industry 4.0,
cyber-physical systems, digital applications, cyber security, and industrial
communication protocols. They have played a pivotal role in shaping the future
of various industries, including electric vehicles, ADAS, e-Mobility, autonomous
driving, BMS, robotics, drone technologies, computer vision, and smart
spectacles for the visually impaired. Recognized for his expertise and
contributions, Ravindra was invited as a special guest by the Ministry of
Defence, Government of India, for Innovation in Defence Excellence (iDEX). He
holds the position of Vice Chair for IEEE P2994, focusing on security
assessments and technology frameworks for IoT deployments. Ravindra has also
published articles in reputable publications such as Business Week and
Telematics Wire and has authored multiple patents and publications in national
and international forums. In addition to his technical expertise, Ravindra
actively contributes to industry bodies and organizations. He serves as a
NASSCOM Mentor in the Deep Tech Club & IoT CoE and sits on the Advisory Boards
for IoT & IIOT. He is also an ExeCom Member of IEEE and have been invited as a
keynote speaker at prestigious events. His thought leadership and strategic
insights have been invaluable in driving strategy development and execution,
global R&D leadership, connected systems, emerging technologies, digital
transformation, and product development and management. In his recent role as
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, IoT & Robotics at Brane Enterprises,
He is leading the Business unit with a focus on disruptive product development
and future business opportunities. He has set up operations for the Digital &
Smart and Connected Factory of the Future as the Head of AI Products & Factory.
His expertise in autonomous driving, connected car ecosystems, drones, quadruped
robots, and smart spectacles for the visually impaired has been instrumental in
driving transformational change through cutting-edge technology, data, and
connectivity. Previously, as Vice President of R&D - Electronics, Advanced
Engineering & eMobility at Endurance Technologies, Ravindra has executed the
corporate vision and mission, leading the development of Advanced Driver
Assisted Systems (ADAS) and Active Safety Systems. He conceptualized and
developed new product roadmaps based on governmental regulations, market trends,
and customer requirements, contributing to the Industry 4.0 and IIoT for digital
transformation and culture transformation. At Schneider Electric's Global
Technology Organization, He worked as the Global Head of Connected Products &
IoT. He led the R&D team responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge
products, including electric vehicle charging systems and connectivity systems.
Their contributions spanned multiple business units and included leading the
connected car ecosystem, IoT gateways and bridges, and digital transformation
initiatives for smart and digital factories. Throughout his career, Ravindra has
consistently demonstrated his ability to drive innovation, lead global teams,
and deliver exceptional results. His passion for staying at the forefront of
technology, coupled with their strategic vision and thought leadership, makes
him a highly sought-after expert in the fields of AI and IoT.
Professor Abejide Ade-Ibijola ("Jide" for short, and pronounced "Gee-Day")
holds a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from the University of
the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is currently a Full Professor of Artificial
Intelligence and Applications at the Johannesburg Business School (JBS),
University of Johannesburg (UJ), and the Founder/Lead of the Research Group on
Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Innovations for Digital Transformation.
Jide is rated by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, and
mainly interested in problems and algorithms in AI, innovations for driving the
4th Industrial Revolution, the applications of formal grammars (string or
picture grammars) in synthetic data generation, serious games, programs
(analysis, comprehension, and/or synthesis), AI-driven digital transformation,
and theoretical computing. He has won over R12 million rands in research,
innovation and development grants, mostly in the last five years. He was the
pioneer head of the Technopreneurship Centre at UJ. In his 15 years of
experience in Academia and the Software Industry (across domains such as
financial markets, serious games in public health and education, and technology
consulting), he has left a trail of 100+ awards and recognitions, 80+
publications, and an incredible record of top-notch delivery of algorithmic and
innovative solutions — creating many innovations and securing over R5 million
rands (in students’ annual salary) worth of jobs for his students from 2018 till
date. Jide is the recipient of the UJ CBE Dean's Top Senior Lecturer Award 2018
(in a faculty of 338 academics), SA Department of Public Service (DPSA) Ignite
Hack Innovation Award 2018, the UJ Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Award for the
Innovation of the Year 2019 (Valued at R500,000.00), SA Department of
Communications Living 4IR Hackathon Overall Best Innovation of 2019, Two SA
State IT Agency (SITA) Public Service Innovation Awards of 2019, and the
Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Award for Teacher Excellence of the Year 2020
(Valued at R150,000.00). In 2020, he secured software licenses for the entire UJ
community, worth over $1.5 Billion US Dollars. In 2021, he was inducted as a
member of the prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers of the University of
Johannesburg. He is passionate about computer science theories, their industrial
applications and training young people in the science of computation,
algorithmic problem solving, technological innovations for business and social
good
Chairman & Managing Director
Brandscapes Worldwide, Mumbai
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Mr. Pranesh Misra
Chairman & Managing Director
Brandscapes Worldwide, Mumbai
Chairman & Managing Director | Brandscapes Worldwide
Founded Brandscapes Worldwide, a global brand & insight consulting company,
after a career spanning 30 years in marketing, marketing research and
advertising. Striving to build Brandscapes into a respected global player in
this space.
Founder & Chief Editor Data Phoenix | DevOps Architect at Grid Dynamics
Cloud computing expert and Data Science evangelist. specializes in
infrastructure and Data Science solutions for business, as well as in the
application of HPC for faster and more cost-efficient ML model training.
Responsible for running Data Science Digest, Dmitry participates in Open Data
Science community, increases awareness about AI & ML, and organizes a variety of
tech events and meetups in Odesa.
Entrepreneur with more than 10 years of experience in developing outsourcing and
product companies with the focus on Web, Cloud, HPC, and AI/ML technologies.
Product management experience with expertise in product development, product
strategy, requirements gathering, solution architecture, roadmap planning, task
prioritization, community management, online marketing, and customer analytics.
Personal commitment to the development of the Ukraine IT ecosystem by organizing
technical conferences about Open Source Software, Data Science, AI, Big Data,
HPC as well as a speaker at technical conferences in Ukraine, Europe, and the
USA. Actively developing an Open Source Software, Data Science and
High-Performance Computing community in Ukraine.
Professor and Chair - Department of Software Engineering
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Manjeet Rege
Professor and Chair
Professor and Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Data
Science; Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Manjeet Rege is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Software
Engineering and Data Science; and Director of the Center for Applied Artificial
Intelligence at the University of St. Thomas. Dr. Rege is an author, mentor,
thought leader, and a frequent public speaker on Big Data, Machine Learning, and
Artificial Intelligence technologies.
He is also the co-host of the "All Things Data" podcast that brings together
leading data scientists, technologists, business model experts and futurists to
discuss strategies to utilize, harness and deploy data science, data-driven
strategies and enable digital transformation. Apart from being engaged in
research, Dr. Rege regularly consults with various organizations to provide
expert guidance for building Big Data and AI practice, and applying innovative
data science approaches. He has published in various peer-reviewed reputed
venues such as IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Data Mining
& Knowledge Discovery Journal, IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, and
the World Wide Web Conference. He is on the editorial review board of Journal of
Computer Information Systems and regularly serves on the program committees of
various international conferences.
Has four decades of experience in building businesses around Banking, Managed
Services, Cyber Security, Higher Education, and HealthTech. Billa has strong
recognition in the International Biometrics and Cyber Security communities and
served on Electronic Crime Taskforce Committee of the USA and is recipient of
USSS (United States Secret Services) achievement award. In 2016, Billa
associated with Alex (a Japanese engineer) who was developing a Wearable
Healthcare Device.
Over the last few years Billa provided guidance to make it market ready, small,
and non-intrusive wearable device - VitalsTrakTM. In 2019, Dubai Future
Accelerator under the guidance of Dubai Health Authority selected VitalsTrakTM
for incubation. After several years of R&D, market research and pilots; in May
2020 Billa and Alex co-founded VitalProbe Inc. which is a Delaware, USA based
company. We are proud to say that we operate in USA, Japan, Sri Lanka, India,
and Dubai without any office. We were ahead of Covid-19. In the Education
Sector, Billa has been engaged with universities and institutes including
Institute of Life Sciences, India as a Strategy and Vision Consultant. From 2011
till 2013, Billa consulted with Indian School of Business and was responsible
for building their state of the art paperless and workflow driven campus in
Mohali, India. In 2012, Billa consulted with six new IIMs (Indian Institutes of
Management) in India as an advisor. Billa often addresses graduating students
around the globe on Intellectual Property, Startups, IoT, Biometrics, Risk
Management and Governance. In 2014, Billa was engaged by an enterprise in Dubai,
UAE to build and launch an accredited institute for Fashion and Design
Education. As COO and co-investor, Billa was responsible for its launch in
January 2017 as The College of Fashion & Design. Billa eventually took
additional responsibility as Advisor – Board of Trustees and became responsible
for all operations. Billa founded Geneva School of Public Policy, Geneva in July
2017. While building Geneva School of Public Policy, Billa and his associates
also initiated the process to acquire Geneva School of Diplomacy in January
2018. From 2001 till 2010 Billa had spent his time in building Akoura Biometrics
and GoSecure – both focused on enterprise information security. During this time
Billa had developed 1024-bit proprietary encryption and steganography
algorithms. During this decade Billa had worked extensively with Homeland
Security, USSS and US Electronic Crime Taskforce. Prior to this Billa had spent
a decade as an Investment Banker with JP Morgan, Credit Lyonnais, and State
Street Bank in five continents.
Business Head | Nash Tech Labs | IIM A (MBA) | TEDx
Vinay brings 20+ years of extensive experience encompassing business
development, strategic planning, partnerships, and technology management in
diverse domains such as Digital Transformation, AI, IoT, Wi-Fi, FinTech, and
Trading technologies. Vinay has established himself as a seasoned leader while
starting and scaling up Napino Digital Solutions focused on digital products.
Currently, he is the Business Head at NASH Industries, a leading manufacturing
services provider in India. During his tenure at esteemed organizations like
Lenovo, Airtel, Goldman Sachs, and TCS, his leadership journey spans various
industries including PC, Telecom, Investment Banking, and IT. He holds an MBA
from IIM Ahmedabad and an MS in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton, USA.
Vinay is the founder of the world's third largest IoT community, IoT-NCR,
boasting a membership of over 8000 individuals. He also oversees an exclusive
senior IoT Global Think Tank. His profound insights have earned him global
recognition as a top 20 thought leader in IoT and analytics by Thinkers 360, and
he's acknowledged as a top 20 IIoT thought leader by CBT, USA. As a TEDx speaker
and as an angel investor, Vinay maintains an influential presence in the IoT
realm. He is an esteemed member of NASSCOM and DoT TEC, and he contributes
articles to internationally renowned platforms including Your-Story, EFY, and
IoT Central.
Metaverse Expert & Founder, metaverse911
Rrahul Sethi, Metaverse Expert & Founder, Metaverse911 is among the 'Top 100
Metaverse Tech Influencers' in India with a community of 27,000+ professionals
on LinkedIn. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with his experience spanning over 20+
countries. Rrahul advises BIG5 & Corporates on Metaverse roadmap for large-scale
implementations.
He has coached more than 3500+ professionals on Web3 & Metaverse along with
extending Metaverse Masterclasses in Big5, Global Insurance and Technology firms
like Deloitte, Allianz, Continental, Unilever, Starbucks, Times Now etc. He has
been a keynote speaker and panelist at NASSCOM Annual Technology Conference,
BRICS Alliance Summit, VRAR Global Summit EU, World Tech Conclave, CII
International Tech Summit, MINT CIO Summit, and other prestigious summits.
IT Project / HR Management, Electric/ Autonomous Vehicle
A seasoned professional with 24 years of diverse expertise, I am a
forward-thinking Intrapreneur and leader recognized for shaping IT policies and
strategies across various sectors. Armed with an M.Tech degree from IIT Indore
and a wealth of experience, I have consistently demonstrated my abilities in IT
and Surveillance Project Management, Operations oversight, and leading
cross-functional teams. My journey began at the prestigious National Defence
Academy, Pune, where I laid the foundation for a distinguished career in the
military.
Over the years, I have honed my skills in IT and Telecommunication, Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Language, and Electric Vehicle Technology, excelling in
IT infrastructure redesign, and procurement of hardware, software, and services.
My commitment to continuous learning is evident in my completion of an advanced
program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at BITS, Pilani and
M.Tech from IIT, Indore. As a Subject Matter Expert in Robotic Platforms and
Simulation Technologies, I have played a pivotal role in evaluating cutting-edge
technologies for the Indian Army. My contributions extend beyond the military
domain, including substantial knowledge in Electric Vehicles and Intelligent
Connected Transport Systems. During my tenure as Chief Technology Officer at
Infantry School Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, I spearheaded IT procurement, project
management, and infrastructure development. Noteworthy achievements include the
successful reconfiguration and upgrade of the largest training establishment's
server infrastructure, minimizing losses by 15%, and executing security projects
worth INR 11 Cr for high-value military targets. As Chief Technical Training &
Operations Manager at Infantry Clerks Training Wing, Infantry School, Mhow, I
conceptualized and restructured training methodologies, identified Subject
Matter Experts, and played a crucial role in an Evaluation project. My diverse
experience also includes serving as Project Manager and Subject Matter Expert at
the Simulator Development Division in Hyderabad, where I managed complex
simulation projects worth INR 75 Cr and significantly reduced project runtimes.
Additionally, as an Associate Director in Jammu, I led a battalion through a
challenging Counter Insurgency Scenario, receiving accolades for operational
excellence during the J&K floods of 2014. In my role as Joint Director at the
Directorate General Info Systems, Army HQ, New Delhi, I vetted IT firms for
empanelment, formulated business cases for emerging technology projects, and
initiated the revision of the Defence Procurement Manual 2009. My commitment to
continuous improvement is further demonstrated through various courses and
training programs, culminating in the publication of a research paper on double
perovskite solar cells. As a visionary leader with a proven track record, I
bring a unique blend of strategic vision, operational excellence, and technical
expertise to any organization or project.
Advisor to the Chancellor at VIT University, Vellore
Dwarkadas Prahladadas Kothari (born 7 October 1944) is an educationist and
professor who has held leadership positions at engineering institutions in India
including IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and
VIT University, Vellore. Currently, He is with Electrical Engineering Department
as Hon. Adjunct Professor. As a recognition of his contributions to engineering
education, he was honoured as an IEEE Fellow. Previously he was Vice-Chancellor
at VIT University.
Founder & Director, Sleep Therapeutics Interventional Pulmonologist & Sleep
specialist
Position & Achievements : As Founder of Sleep Therapeutics, Advanced centre for
Sleep Medicine, my vision is to provide integrated and holistic treatment
approach to sleep disorder patients. Along with treating patients, we are keen
on research and education in Sleep Medicine. As an Interventional Pulmonologist,
I treat patients with lung related issues and perform high end procedures like
Bronchoscopy, EBUS, airways stents and many more interventions related to lungs
As a sleep specialist, I am committed to perform quality level 1 and level 2
sleep studies, interpret reports and give quality care to patients with sleep
related issues. I performed a procedure named EBUS for the first time in
Warangal for the diagnosis of lung cancer and gave a spot diagnosis in 2023. I
am a speaker and faculty in multiple state and national level conferences I
presented 3 national level papers, 2 posters and 1 paper in MAR Pulmonology, an
international indexed journal I am governing body member in Thirumala
educational society and Joint secretary for SVS Group of Institutions, Warangal.
I am a member of various national and international scientific organizations
like European Respiratory Society, American Academy of Chest Physicians,
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Malaysian Association of Bronchology and
Interventional Pulmonology, National College of Chest Physicians, Indian Chest
Society and European Academy of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. I
received Hi9 Healthcare award from Former Chief Justice of India, Shri NV Ramana
on 16/9/2023 and HMTV Top 10 Pulmonologist award from Former Health Minister of
Telangana, Shri T.Harish Rao on 26/8/2023. Educational Qualification : MBBS, MD
(Respiratory Medicine) Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology. Observership in
Interventional Pulmonology in Serdang Hospital, Malaysia under the guidance of
Dr.Jamalul Azizi. Second level master in Interventional Pulmonology in
University of Florence, Italy under the guidance of Prof.Dr.Lorenzo Corbetta.
Fellowship in Sleep Medicine in Academy of Sleep Wake Science under the guidance
of Dr.Tripatdeep Singh.
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