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SustainX 2026 brings together distinguished scholars, institutional leaders, and domain experts whose collective knowledge anchors the intellectual rigour of the conference.
Distinguished Patrons
Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan
Director
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Conference Chief Patron
Prof. Rajnish Kumar
Head, School of Sustainability
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Patron
Organizing Committee
Dr. Sankha Karmakar
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Organizing Secretary
Dr. Nitin Muralidharan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Organizing Committee
Dr. Sreeram K Kalpathy
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Organizing Committee
Special Talk & Thematic Address
Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam
Dean, Alumni & Corporate Relations
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Special Address
Prof. Manu Santhanam
Dean, Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Special Address
Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri
Head of Energy Consortium & School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Thematic Address
Prof. Anbarasu Manivannan
Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Thematic Address
Plenary & Keynote Address
Prof. Sivaram Swaminathan
INSA Senior Scientist
IISER Pune, Maharashtra, India
Plenary Speaker
Prof. Madhavi Srinivasan
Executive Director, Energy Research Institute
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Sirshendu De
Professor & Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee
IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Keynote Speaker
Distinguished Speakers
Prof. Indumathi M. Nambi
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Mamata Mohapatra
Chief Scientist
CSIR – Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology
Bhubaneswar – 751 013, Odisha, India
Distinguished Speaker
Prof. Sirish Namilae
Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department
College of Engineering
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. R. Ratheesh
Director General, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
Pune – 411 008
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Vanchiappan Aravindan
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
Tirupati – 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India
Distinguished Speaker
Mr. Romit Sen
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
HSBC India
Distinguished Speaker
Invited Speakers
Dr. Ananth Govind Rajan
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru – 560012, Karnataka, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Mrinmoy Mondal
Sr. Scientist
CSIR – Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Bhavnagar – 364002, Gujarat, India
Invited Speaker
Prof. Manali Pal
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Remote Sensing & GIS Division
NIT Warangal, Telangana – 506004, India
Invited Speaker
Mr. KP Murthy
Founder – Clean Tech Clubs in Engg Colleges
Member, Governing Council, Bamboo Society of India
Former Sr. GM, BOSCH Limited
Invited Speaker
Prof. Anandhan Srinivasan
Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal
Mangaluru – 575 025, Karnataka, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Shilpi Kushwaha
Sr. Scientist
CSIR – Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Bhavnagar – 364002, Gujarat, India
Invited Speaker
Prof. Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan
Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai
Mumbai – 400076, Maharashtra, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Indrajit Chakraborty
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai
Mumbai – 400076, Maharashtra, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Sagar Sourav
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Invited Speaker
Dr Pankaj Pathak
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
SRM University, Neerukonda, Mangalagiri Mandal
Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh
Invited Speaker
Invited Speakers
AI in Circularity
Dr. Abhinav S. Raman
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Mudit Dixit
Senior Scientist
CSIR – Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
Energy Audit and Circularity in Energy Sector
Dr. Nitin Muralidharan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Sreeram K Kalpathy
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
Multiscale Modelling in Industrial Practices
Dr. Himanshu Goyal
Associate Professor
Radha and PK Narayanan Early Career Chair
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
Dr. Jayabrata Dhar
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
NIT Durgapur, West Bengal – 713209, India
Invited Speaker
Green Economy & Sustainable Engineering
Dr. Santosh Kumar Sahu
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600036, India
Invited Speaker
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Submit your research abstract by May 20, 2026 and present your work alongside these distinguished scholars at IIT Madras.