Organizers
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
IIT Kanpur is the host of the meeting for 2024.
Advisory Committee
Prof. Sanjib Senapati
Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras
Prof. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Department of Chemical Engineering, Jyoti & Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences & Technology, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Mitali Mukherji
Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, IIT Jodhpur
Prof. Shankar Subramaniam
Distinguished Professor, University of California at San Diego, USA
Prof. Dhirendra Katti
Director, IIT Goa
Prof. Sanjeev Shukla
Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Bhopal
Our Patrons
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Director, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Manindra Agrawal is an eminent Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He specializes in Computational Complexity Theory, Computational Number Theory and Algebra.
He created the AKS primality test, the first efficient and deterministic algorithm for testing if a number is prime. He is the recipient of the first Infosys Mathematics Prize for outstanding contributions in the broad field of mathematics.
He served as the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur (2017 – 2021) and joined as the Director of IIT Kanpur in 2024.
Mr. Rahul Mehta
Founder, Mehta Family Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA
Mr. Rahul Mehta, founded the Mehta Family Foundation, along with his siblings, in 1996. Since then, MFF has supported worldwide initiatives improving individuals’ quality of life and access to education.
He has a successful career in the technology industry. He founded his first software company at the University of Houston and later sold the firm to Platinum Technology. He later founded three more successful software companies, which were later sold to HP, Veritas, and Brocade.
He has served on the board of several nonprofit organizations, such as DePelchin Children’s Center, Ronald McDonald House, Bo’s Place, Krist Samaritan Center, and Methodist Hospital West in Houston, Texas.
Organizing Team
Convenor, Pan IIT meeting 2024
Prof. Ashok Kumar
Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur.
Director, IIT Kanpur-La Trobe University Research Academy.
President, Society of Biomaterials and Artificial organs, India.
Prof. Ashok and his lab focuses on the design and development of new smart polymeric biomaterials and supermacroporous matrices for biomedical applications.
Head of Department, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay
Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur.
Member, National Startup Advisory Council
Prof. Amitabha and his lab focuses on study differentiation and patterning in the context of vertebrate limb skeleton or appendicular skeleton. He has interest in development and commercialization of medical devices.
Co-convenor, Pan IIT meeting 2024
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Majhi
Assistant Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur.
DHR-HRD Fellow.
Dr. Rakesh and his lab develops novel therapeutic solutions against cancer and infected wound healing by targeting ion channels. His team focuses on NK cell based cancer immunotherapy and antimicrobial peptides.
Dr. Nitin Gupta
Associate Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Nitin and his lab focuses on understanding the brain mechanisms that determine an animal’s innate behavioral preferences to different smells. His lab also develops automated digital interventions for mental health problems, such as depression.
Primary Sponsor
The Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), Houston, Texas, USA
The Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), located in Houston, Texas, USA, was established by Nisha, Rahul, Jainesh and his wife Mamta, and Dharmesh and his wife Archana to honor their parents, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta, from Mumbai, India.
Over the last two decades MFF has supported several IITs to develop necessary infrastructure to facilitate high quality research, innovation and academics.