Fueling innovation in networking at the nexus of universities, industry, government, and startups

Parimal Parag is currently an associate professor in the department of electrical communication engineering at Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore. He was working as senior systems engineer in R&D at ASSIA Inc. from October 2011 to November 2014. He received his B. Tech. and M. Tech. degrees from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in fall 2004; and the PhD degree from Texas A&M University in fall 2011. He was at Stanford University and Los Alamos National Laboratory , in autumn of 2010 and summer of 2007, respectively. His research interests include the design and analysis of large scale networked systems. He was a co-author of the 2018 IEEE ISIT Student Best Paper, and a recipient of the 2017 Early Career Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board.

Amit is a Research Scientist and Manager, leading the Signals, Algorithms & Systems Lab in Intel Labs, India. Prior to Intel, he worked for about 10 years in the medical device research and development, driving the design of several critical-care medical electronics systems. After joining Intel Labs in 2005, he focused on ultra-low-power sensing systems, flexible wearable electronics platforms, embedded/IoT/wireless sensor networks, signal processing & analytics. His research led to digital/wearable health systems such as, Lifephone+ – a personal wearable health product launched in India and Flexible Bio-patch – a cuffless, continuous Blood Pressure sensing platform. Since last 5 years, he has been driving research in time-critical Edge Robotics and Automation Control Systems, with focus on end-to-end system architecture, co-design and co-optimization. He has filed 30+ patents and has 10+ peer-reviewed publications. He holds a Masters degree in Digital Design and Embedded Systems (Manipal University, India) with Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering (Mumbai University).

Chetan Kumar S is Sr. Director of Engineering Mavenir System, building products for 5G technology. Before Mavenir, Chetan was Co-Founder and C.E.O at AiKaan Labs, which Ather Energy acquired. At AiKaan labs, Chetan and his team were building a machine intelligence-driven application orchestration and device management for edge computing. Chetan is a tech blogger, author, and global speaker. Chetan has over 20 years of experience working at networking giants like Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, and startups. He was one of the lead investigators in Cisco’s pioneer award-winning encrypted traffic analytics. Chetan obtained master's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, and bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Mysore. Has (co-)authored 8 papers published in various international conferences and proceedings, and proposed two internet drafts to a standards body. Has four patents in voice-over IP, Netflow, and Edge computing. Co-Principle investigator, ISDR Project, an MHRD, Government of India Funded Project, N.I.T Rourkela, Odisha. Business Advisor to Aham Robotics, ART Park, Indian Institute of Science Member of Cyber Security committee, Bangalore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCIC). Areas of interest include 5G communications, Edge & Cloud Computing networks, IoT, Hyper-Local Content distributions, data analytics & machine learning in systems & networks

Rajesh Kumar Pathak has done Masters in Technology and has more than 37 years of experience in senior position at Government of India. Mr Pathak is recognized for his exceptional contributions to indigenous manufacturing, technological innovation, and global collaboration. Instrumental in setting up of the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI), driving technology standards and innovation. Mr. Pathak's strategic insight extends to nurturing Indian start-ups and the "Make In India" campaign, fostering innovation. Prior to Director General position in Bharat 6G Alliance, he was Bharat 6G Mission Head in the Government and instrumental in framing Bharat 6G Vision statement. Leading the Bharat 6G Alliance with his forward-looking approach, he continues shaping India's telecom landscape, inspiring innovation, collaboration, and progress.

Kishor is Technology Advisor, Mentor, Design Strategist & Architect in Electrical, Electronics & ICT with over 46 years of professional experience in education, research, design and consulting running an Independent Design House – NARNIX since 1981. Over 36 years of hardcore Research and Design Development Experience in Solutions, Systems, Products, Hardware, Software & Firmware (Embedded Software) across diverse technology & application domains, He has over 350 Research & Design Mentees in the Electronics, ICT & STI Ecosystems. Currently, mentoring many Deep Tech & Disruptive Tech Start-ups. For the last 15 years, deeply involved in standardization in the Smart Grid, smart Cities, Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security domains. With focus on ubiquity & comprehensive interoperability in Digital Infrastructures, he has been pursuing applied research in last Mile Communication and 5G Communication Architectures developing some unique approaches resulting in National & Global Standards. Proactively contributing to IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE & BIS along with various industry consortia… He is Chair IEEE P2784, Vice Chair Strategy, IEC SyC Smart Cities, Project Leader – IEC 63188:2022 (Smart Cities Reference Architecture Methodology - SCRAM) & IEC/ISO 63205 ED1 (Smart Cities Reference architecture). Project Leader – X.cs-ra (Cyber Security Reference Architecture), and Co-Editor – X.arch-design (Architecture Design Principles for Cyber Security) in ITU-T SG 17 – Security. Founding Chair, LITD 28, Smart Infrastructure Sectional Committee in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the Indian National Standards Body.