An accomplished Intellectual Property Attorney with over 19 years of extensive experience in IP Law, Mr. Lalit Ambastha has made significant contributions to the field, particularly in IP Prosecution, Licensing, Valuation, and Technology Transfer. He is recognized as a thought leader and speaker under the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, and serves as guest faculty at esteemed institutions, including the University of Strasbourg, IIT-Guwahati, NIFT, NIT-Patna, IIT-Bhilai, and Jamia Hamdard.
His expertise lies in IP Prosecution, Licensing, Valuation, and Technology Transfer, where he has successfully navigated patents across diverse fields for both Indian and international clients. Lalit’s clientele includes major names such as DMRC, GMR, Honda, IITs, Novartis, Viber, IKEA, DBT, and more, with specialized focus on General Utility, Chemical, Medical, Immunological, Biochemical, Herbal, Agricultural, Biotechnological, Pharmaceuticals, Mechanicals, IT, and Electronics patents.
Mr. Sivasakthi Ekambaram is a Ph. D holder in the area of footwear sizing and specializes in Leather Science and Footwear Design. Passion for education brought him to join NIFT in the year 1994 at NIFT, Delhi. He has worked in the industry and has been an academician now for 27 years. He specializes in Leather Science, Footwear Design, Design Representation, Anthropometry, Footwear sizing and Ergonomics. He has several publications in the area of Footwear sizing, Future of leather and the sector, Fashion education in national and international journals.
Dr. Amitabh Dutta is a Senior Anaesthesiology Expert for over three decades. He is a long-term fellow of ICMR-NIH (Fogarty Medical Centre, Bethesda, USA), Bioethics, since December 2008.He revels in clinical practice of Anaesthesia- in anaesthetizing over 1000 cases and extending additional supportive/intensive care to patients. He maintains a keen interest in Clinical Research, especially when it is borne out of dedicated and hi-fidelity anaesthesia administration practices. He developed deep interest in Human Rights and Bioethics to work forward on a context he gave a ‘new’ term, i.e.,
“Suspended Anaesthesiation” – a suspended life state when patient is made to sleep during general anaesthesia.
He considers philosophy as a back-bone of progressive clinical practice/research, ethics, and care pertaining to Medicine/Anaesthesiology. His above-mentioned interest led him to learn more about research methodology, system creation and integration, and, best practices development and implementation. He has over 100 publications in reputed International Journals on topics ranging from Clinical Anaesthesiology, Ethics, Surgery, and Public Health; with over 800 citations and an h-index of 15. He looks forward to work further on context enhancement with deconstruction-restructuration methodology duly enriched afresh with new philosophical insights.
Mr. Anirudh has experience of over 35 years of diverse leadership experience spanning industries and startup ecosystems worldwide. He combines strategic vision, financial acumen, and operational excellence, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills, analytical thinking, and a solution-oriented approach. His expertise covers Finance, Commercial Strategy, ERP & CRM Design
and Deployment, as well as Supply Chain & Operations Management—enabling him to consistently drive business growth and transformation.
Anirudh’s career began at a Fortune 5 multinational, Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau, Linz, where he spent 14 years leading its Commercial Project Management Division. He successfully delivered large-scale steelmaking and technology transfer projects across the U.S., U.K., South Africa, the West Indies, South Korea, and the Gulf.
He later transitioned into organized retail during a stint in Hong Kong and subsequently brought this expertise back to India. He was instrumental in establishing and scaling the now-iconic women’s fashion brand “W” (TCNS), which he exited after raising Private Equity. Also a member of the initial founding team of Fashionandyou.com, one of India’s earliest flash-sale platforms, where he is widely recognized as an early thought leader in the consumer internet space.
He went on to launch and lead his own digital ventures, including Truckingexchange.com and Gobazaar.com.
In parallel with his entrepreneurial pursuits, he has held senior leadership roles overseeing finance, manufacturing, and supply chain functions at leading organizations such as TCNS Ltd (W), Karbonn Mobiles, Panasonic, and Gionee.
Mr. Naveen Kumar is a seasoned technopreneur with over 22 years of expertise in electronics product design, embedded systems training, international trade, and manpower consultancy. An MTech graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from YMCAUST, Faridabad, he founded EMTECH FOUNDATION in 2006 to bridge the gap between industry and academia, transforming it into one of India’s most trusted electronics skill development brands.
Under his leadership, EMTECH trained thousands of students, many of whom won national and international competitions such as Elecrama, eYantra, and the Texas Instruments Design Contest. He notably represented India in WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 and WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, the global “Skill Olympics,” and supported NSDC in aligning electronics training with WorldSkills standards.
Mr. Kumar is a certified trainer and assessor with affiliations to NIESBUD, IFC, Microchip Technology Inc., Robhatah Singapore, ESSCI, and NSDC. He has conducted workshops across premier institutions like IITs, NITs, NSIT, and Amity University, and mentored academic research for MTech and Ph.D. scholars.
Post-COVID, his focus shifted to R&D and electronics manufacturing, serving OEMs across medical, automotive, industrial, and consumer sectors. He is Director at Touch LCD Displays and Emtech Foundation International Ltd., Hong Kong, and a leading sales partner for Beijing DWIN Technology in India. His recent milestone includes a patent for a Vaccine Carrier System (2024) and securing international trade contracts worth over $10 million with Russian clients.
An active IET member, Mr. Kumar continues to drive innovation, skill development, and global collaboration in electronics.
Dr. Geetika Srivastava, Associate Professor at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electronics. With 18+ years of academic and research experience, she specializes in machine learning, neural networks, biomedical signal processing, and System-on-Chip (SoC) design. She is a Regular Associate at ICTP, Italy, and has completed prestigious training programs across ICTP, IAEA, IIT Indore, and the University of Washington.
Her research portfolio includes multiple funded projects, notably a ₹35.17 lakh ASEAN-India R&D grant for diabetic neuropathy classification and a ₹16.08 lakh quantum-dot cellular automata project. She has supervised 3 awarded Ph.D. theses and mentors 8 ongoing scholars in AI-driven biomedical applications.
Dr. Srivastava has authored over 30 SCOPUS-indexed publications, contributed to five books, and holds a provisional patent on tumor metastasis detection. Her Google Scholar metrics include an h-index of 11 and 443 citations. She serves as Editorial Secretary for the Journal of International Academy of Physical Sciences and reviews for several Scopus-indexed journals.
Her accolades include the International Best Project Presentation Award (IAEA & ICTP, 2021), Elsevier Author Award (2020), IISF Women Scientist of Innovation and Grit (2018), and a State Teachers Award for NEP-2020 implementation. She has delivered 18 invited talks globally and chaired sessions at leading conferences.
A life member of IETE, IAPS, and OWSD, Dr. Srivastava’s career reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary innovation, academic leadership, and societal impact through technology-driven healthcare research.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi, a practicing physiotherapist with over 15 years of clinical excellence, Dr. Tripathi has touched thousands of lives—restoring mobility, dignity, and hope. Dr. Tripathi’s journey as a physiotherapist has taken him to various renowned organizations in Delhi, where he has served as Ex. Sr. Consultant at OPTM Health Care New Delhi and Ex. Sr. Consultant at KRV Physiotherapy. He currently holds the position of Senior Consultant Physiotherapist at Ariston Multispeciality Hospital CR Park (since 2016) and Podiatry Rehabilitation Specialist at Soigner Centre for Foot and Ankle (since 2019). He has extensive experience in treating a wide range of conditions, including orthopaedic, cardio, neurological, and sports injuries, and has successfully prevented over 4000 surgeries as well as treated more than 7000 postsurgical patients throughout his career.
Dr. Shuvendu Prosad Roy is a renowned Orthopaedic and Specialist Foot & Ankle Surgeon of New Delhi, who has a very keen interest as well as in depth knowledge of the Foot and Ankle issues specially in preventive diabetic foot care. He completed his MS Orthopaedic Degree from PGIMER Chandigarh in 2004 and then got extensive training in Joint Replacement & Orthopaedic from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Here he had enormous experience of more than 1000 Knee & Hip Joint Replacement Surgeries both as Assistant as well as Primary Surgeon. After that he moved to Singapore for further training in Foot and Ankle Reconstruction under one-year exhaustive Fellowship training program of National University Hospital, Singapore (One of the best Hospital in Asia). To make his arsenal further stronger Dr. Shuvendu did extensive workshop on Foot and Ankle Reconstruction under Dr. Rajiv Shah, the father of Foot & Ankle surgery in India. Foot and ankle Reconstruction is his key skill and primary area of interest. He also has Keen interest in research works. Few of his research works have been published and appreciated in different National and International Journals.