The IET Future Tech Panel is guided by a Global Advisory Board:
- Sir Robin Saxby, Founder and Ex-CEO, ARM Holdings
- Dr Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group Inc
- Prof Jeremy Watson, Professor and Vice Dean, Engineering Sciences, University College London
- Jim Morrish, Founder, Transforma Insights
- Luis Jorge Romero, DG, ETSI.
National Advisory consists of:
- TV Ramachandran, Co-Founder & President, Broadband India Forum and Founder & CEO, Advisory@TVR
- Dr Gopichand Katragadda, Founder and CEO, Myelin Foundry
- Vijay Karia, Chairman, Ravin Group
- Aruna Sundararajan, Ex-Secretary, Department of Telecommunications and Chairman, Telecom Commission
- Indra Menon, Director, Laksola
- Sivasailam N, Ex-Special Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
The Core Committee members include:
- Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, Chairman, IET Future Tech; President, Aeris Communications
- Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head and Director, IET India
- Ravi Pagar, Group COO, Managing Director, DTDS Technology Pte Ltd
- Ajay Gupta, Partner and Head Digital & Technology, Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare, KPMG India
- Anil Kadam, General Manager, Schneider Electric
- Arvind Tiwary, Chair, TiE IoT Forum and Founder, SangEnnovate
- Digvijay Choudhari, CEO and MD, Sobus Insight Forum
- Indrajit Chatterjee, MIET- IIT Kgp B Tech 1970; Board Member- Wheels Global Foundation-India
- Dinesh Chand Sharma, Director, Standards Public Policy, EU Project SESEI
- Dr Kumudhini Ravindra, Principal - Strategic Innovation & Research, Innomantra Consulting Private Limited and CSO and Co-founder, Inytu Inc
- Monika Gupta, Vice President, Capgemini, Global 5G Engineering Lead
- Prof Dr Pradeep Srivastava, ED, TIFAC
- Prashant Tripathi, Head-IoT technology, Pentair Water India
- Dr Purnendu Sinha, Technology Leader, Group Innovation, Tata Sons
- Ravi Ramaswamy, CEO, RV Consultants
- Sushil Kumar, DDG - IoT , Telecom Engineering Centre, DoT
- Vijay Parihar, National Logistics Head, Signify Innovations India Limited
- Vijay Kumar, Ex-Senior VP, Tech Mahindra
- Vivek Singh, CEO, Innovant and Director, Saraswati Seva Foundation
- Dr Vikram Venkateswaran, Founder, Healthcare India
- Thilak Ramanna, Country Head - India and ANZ, The Qt Company
- Sunil David, Advisor to IOT and AI Startups, Ex- Regional Director (IOT)- AT&T
- Himanshu Kumar, CEO and Founder, Tax4Wealth
- Debashish Bhattacharya, Sr. Deputy Director General, Broadband India Forum.
Tech experts
AI
- Sameer Dhanrajani, CEO, AIQRATE
- Anusha Rammohan, Senior Director, Myelin Foundry
Robotics
- Sanjay Ahuja, Founder and CEO, Cionlabs Private Limited
Blockchain
- Sharat Chandra, Blockchain & Emerging Tech Evangelist, Advisor EarthID
- Pankaj Diwan, Founder, IdealabsFutureTech Ventures, Co-founder, India Blockchain Forum
- Deepankar Roy, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Bank Management
- Purushottam Anand, Founder, Crypto Legal
- Sai Prasad Raut, Chief Technology Advisor - Crypto Strategy & Web 3 | Co-Chair Technical Steering & Product Committee Hedera Hashgraph
Open Digital Innovation
- VSR, Chairman & Managing Director, BT&BT
The Future Tech working groups
The Future Tech Panel currently has 16 working groups – Cyber Security, Digital Communication, Water, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Skill Development, Smart Cities, Social Impact, Standards, Legal and Regulatory, BFSI, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Robotics and Open Digital Innovation
Each working group is headed by a Chairperson who along with a team of experts works towards taking the agenda and charter of the sector forward.
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