Prof. Suman Chakraborty

is Institute Chair Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, Director at IIT Kharagpur and Sir J. C. Bose National Fellow as bestowed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has been the Head of the School of Medical Science and Technology and the Dean of Research and Development of the Institute. His current areas of research include microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro-nano scale transport, with particular focus on biomedical applications including novel diagnostic technologies for affordable healthcare. Prof. Chakraborty is a recent winner of the National Award for Teachers presented by the Honourable President of India, and prestigious international accolades including the UNESCO-TWAS Award bestowed by the World Academy of Science in the domain of Engineering & Computer Science, Freeman Scholar Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the coveted Infosys Prize (in category of Engineering & Computer Science). Based on his outstanding research contributions, he has also featured in the list of top 100 Researchers across all disciplines in Asia in 2024 by the Asian Scientist Magazine and the top-ranked researcher in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in India as per research.com. He has been the recipient of the Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in the year 2013, which is among the highest Scientific Awards from the Government of India. He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the ASME – 3 of the leading International Academic Bodies. He is also a Fellow of all the Indian National Academies of Science and Engineering. He has been the recipient of the G. D Birla Award for Scientific Research, National Academy of Sciences India – Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research, Rajib Goyal Prize for Young Scientists, Indo-US Research Fellowship, Scopus Young Scientist Award given by Elsevier for high citation of his research in scientific/technical Journals, and Young Scientist/ Young Engineer Awards from various National Academies of Science and Engineering, and recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has also been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and a visiting Professor at various leading Universities abroad. He has a large volume of impactful publications in top International Journals (570+) with high citations (18000+) as well as patents/ licensed technologies and a unique expertise in technology development for the under-served population and community health-care.

Prof. Jaime Lloret

Prof. Jaime Lloret is a Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Chair of IGIC since 2017. He holds degrees in Physics, Electronic Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering. He is a Cisco Certified Instructor, network expert, and founder of the "Communications and Networks" research group.

He has authored 15 books, 800+ research papers (400+ in JCR), and holds four patents. He has led over 15 national and European projects and chaired IEEE 1907.1 (2013–2018). Listed among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford since 2019, he is an IEEE Senior Member, ACM Senior Member, IARIA Fellow, and EAI Fellow.

Prof. Sanjay Kumar Pandey

Prof Sanjay Kumar Pandey is a professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Indian Indtitute of Technology ( Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India. He has also served as the Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He was a student of Patna Science College all through his college and university life except Ph D which he earned from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. His expertise lies in mathematical modelling, biomechanics, fluid mechanics, digital image processing and graph theory. His key findings in biomechanics include discovery of dilation of peristaltic waves to create high pressure in the distal oesophagus, introduction of an intermediate layer of higher viscosity between the core and mucous layers to overcome constipation etc. His research group also discovered some interesting and fundamental characteristics of atmospheric whirl-winds. His Iove for mathematical modelling is clearly reflected in all of his research papers which are application oriented. He teaches many other courses including those of computer science, which form a part of the curriculum of IDD (B Tech + M Tech) in mathematics and computing offered by his department. He has a large number of publications in top journals of international repute. He also serves as editorial board member of some research journals, and is the Executive editor (mathematics) of Journal of International Academy of Physical Sciences, Allahabad. He has also run research projects of various organisations as PI and Co-PI. He has successfully guided several Ph D (9 awarded and several other ongoing) and over three dozens of master's dissertations. He is the Executive Editor (Mathematic) of the Journal of International Academy of Physical Sciences, also in the editorial boards of some other journals. He has served in several National level committees in various capacities and academic committees of several universities and institutes. His love for languages and literature made him a poet, literateur, a vocal senator, an editor of the newsletter of his Institute etc.

Prof. Her-Terng Yau

Prof. Her-Terng Yai received the B.S. degree from National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, in 1994. Then, he obtained the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Now, he is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan. His research interests include intelligent fault diagnosis, Smart sensing, nonlinear system analysis and control, and signal processing. He has published more than 100 SCI/SCIE journal papers in the areas of his research. Back in his own university, he received the President’s Award for Outstanding Research from 2010 to 2018, and Special support for outstanding scholars, awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, R.O.C., 2010-2018. From 2018, he obtained the honor of IET(IEE) Fellow and IEEE Senior member. He is now a Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechanics.

Prof. Hiroshige Kikura

Dr. Hiroshige Kikura is currently an Associate Professor of the Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy at the Institute of Science Tokyo in Japan, which was formerly known as Tokyo Institute of Technology until October 2024. Prior to joining Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1999, he worked at Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland, from 1993 to 1999. His research includes nuclear safety, thermal hydrodynamics, process instrumentation, transportation of radioactive materials, vitrified waste storage, deep geological repository, solar energy systems, solar power systems, and robotic measurement, as well as revitalizics. He has authored or co-authored more than 1000 publications (165 technical journals, 5 books, 360 international conferences, 575 national conferences) and holds 20 patents. He is a member or chair of several committees at the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ), the Visualization Society of Japan (VSJ), the Japan Society for Multiphase Flow (JSMF), among others. In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of several journals.

Prof. Saiful Anwar Che Ghani

Saiful Anwar Che Ghani holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the School of Engineering, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, under the supervision of Professor Kai Cheng in the Department of Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering (AMEE). He earned his undergraduate degree in Mechatronics and Microsystem Engineering from Heilbronn University, Germany, in 2007. Dr. Saiful is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Malaysia. In addition to his academic role, he actively contributes to university-level strategic management in research, innovation, and commercialisation. He plays a key role in facilitating technology and know-how transfer from university-based research to industry and community partners, both locally and internationally. His research interests span robotics technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. He has completed a research attachment as a visiting scholar at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), The University of Sydney, Australia, focusing on intelligent transport systems (ITS).