Chief Guest: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Dr. Jitendra Singh, is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and
Technology, Minister of state (Independent Charge) ministry of earth science, Minister of State
for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic
Energy and Department of Space. He has an M.B.B.S. degree from Stanley Medical College, Chennai
and M.D. from Government Medical College, Jammu and was a professor of diabetes and
endocrinology, a consultant, clinical practitioner and author of several books. He is the
ex-chairman for the National Scientific Committee Diabetes and the Research Society for the
Study of Diabetes in India.
Vice Chancellor
Prof. R.K. Sinha is a Padma Shri awarded Indian biologist and environmentalist. Currently, he is
Vice-Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University and he is famous for his efforts for the
conservation of Gangetic Dolphins, he is popularly known as the "Dolphin Man of India". His
scientific research and relentless conservation campaign for the last 4 decades have been
crucial to the efforts of saving the Ganga River dolphin from extinction. In response to the
awareness of the urgency of protecting the Ganga River dolphin raised by Sinha, the Government
of India designated this Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal of India in 2009.
Dr. Manoj Singh Gaur
Director, IIT Jammu
Dr. Shrinivasa Reddy
Director, CSIR-IIIM Jammu
Dr. Sharada M. Potukuchi
Dean Academic Affairs, SMVDU
Prof. Ashok Pandey
Director, Chief Mentor BRSI, CSIR IITR Lucknow
Dr. Indu Bhushan
SoBT, SMVDU
Dr. Asha Chaubey
CSIR-IIIM Jammu
Dr. Jayaramulu Kolleboyina
IIT Jammu
Dr. Shafaq Rasool
Assistant Professor, SoBT, SMVDU
Dr. Vinod Singh
Assistant Professor, SoBT, SMVDU
Mr Parvez Singh Slathia
Assistant Professor, SoBT, SMVDU
Dr. Ratna Chandra
SoBT, SMVDU
Mr. Arving Kumar
SoBT, SMVDU
Prof. Byong Hun Jeon
Dept. of Earth Resources and Environment Engineering, Hanyang University, Seol.
Dr. Yen WahTong
Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Dr Mayur Kurade
Research Associate Professor, Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering.
Prof Guillermo R. Castro
Senior Professor, Nanomedicine Nucleus, Universidad Federal de Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
Prof Héctor A. Ruiz
Senior Professor, Nanomedicine Nucleus, Universidad Federal de Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
Biorefinery Group, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico.
Prof. Meisam Tabatabaei
Professor of Environmental Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.
Prof. Ana M. Gagneten
Head Ecotoxicology Lab., Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Prof. Athanasios A. Koutinas
Professor of Food Chemistry & Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology Group, Department of Chemistry,
University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
Dr. Siming You
Senior Lecturer, Systems Power & Energy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Prof. Samir Khanal
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA
Dr. Bui Xuan Thanh
Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, VNU-HCM Key Laboratory of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology (Head)
Faculty of Environment & Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT),
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM) Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Prof Benjamas Cheirsilp
Professor, International Program in Biotechnology, Center of Excellence in Innovative Biotechnology for
Sustainable Utilization of Bioresources (CoE-InnoBio),
Faculty of Agro-Industry,
Prince of Songkla University
Hatyai, 90110 THAILAND
Dr. Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil
Indian ecologist, academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the Centre for Ecological Sciences.
DR. Madhusudhan Choudhary
Indian ecologist, academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the Centre for Ecological Sciences
Professor, Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University.
Prof Kurunthachalam Kannan
Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University.
Prof. Umesh R. Desai,
Chair Professor, School of Pharmacy - Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Prof. Ram B. Gupta
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs, Professor of Chemical & Life Science Engineering Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
Dr. Manoj Kumar
Senior Scientist, Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Prof Chennupati Jagadish
Distinguished Professor, Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University
Prof Roland Fischer
Department of Chemistry, Technical University Palacky University, Czech Republic Munich, Germany
Prof. Michal Otyepka
Head of CATRIN-RCPTM, Palacky University, Czech Republic
Prof. CNR Rao
Linus Pauling Research Professor & Honorary President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Prof. Sanjeev Jain
Vice- Chancellor, Central University of Jammu
Prof. Umesh Rai
Vice- Chancellor, University of Jammu
Prof. Nilofer Khan
Vice- Chancellor, University of Kashmir
Prof. Manoj K Dhar
Ex-Vice- Chancellor, University of Jammu
Prof. Bijender Kumar Bajaj
Head, Department of Botany, University of Jammu
Prof. Yash Pal Sharma
Head, Department of Botany, University of Jammu
Prof. Brijmohan Singh Bhau
Head, Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Jammu
Prof. Shilpi Sharma
Professor, Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dr. Sanjay Kumar
Assistant Professor, School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Dr Vinod Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab
Dr. Raj Kamal
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University
Prof. Vikas Sharma
Head, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
Prof. Parmeet Singh
Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
Prof. Sandeep Sharma
Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Lovely Professional University
Prof. Vinod K. Singh
Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Prof. T Pradeep
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana
Department of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Prof R Uma Shaankar
Senior Professor,Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
Prof Rakesh Singhai
Senior Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
Prof C Mallareddy
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata
Prof B S Murthy
Professor, Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Prof. Subji J George
Professor and Chair, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Prof D S Pandey
Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
