CHIEF SCIENTIST AND HEAD, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION, CSIR-NEERI

Dr. George has over 27 years experience in the field of environmental engineering. He has carried out environmental impact assessments of industries, iron ore companies, refineries etc. as well as air quality studies, dispersion modeling of thermal power plants and natural resource accounting among others. He has published extensively in national and international journals. He…

DIRECTOR, INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION (ICMR-NIN)

Dr. Hemalatha, a nutrition researcher with a medical background, specializes in the critical field of maternal and child health and nutrition. Her extensive work, comprising clinical and fundamental studies, has yielded valuable insights into the pivotal role of nutrition and gut bacteria in growth and development, endotoxemia, inflammation, insulin resistance, and lipid profiles. One of…

CHIEF ECONOMIST, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Dr. Park is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Director General of its Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. He is chief spokesperson on economic and development trends and leads the production of ADB’s flagship knowledge products and support for regional cooperation fora. Dr. Park has more than 2 decades of experience…

CHAIRPERSON, M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Soumya Swaminathan currently serves as the Chairperson of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai. She was most recently WHO’s Chief Scientist and before that, Deputy Director-General for Programmes. As WHO’s inaugural Chief Scientist, Dr Swaminathan built the Science division with a focus on research, quality assurance of norms and standards and digital…

CHAIR & DISTINGUISHED FELLOW, PAHLE INDIA FOUNDATION AND FORMER CEO, AYUSHMAN BHARAT

Dr Indu Bhushan is a former Indian bureaucrat and economist. He was the first CEO of Ayushman Bharat, an Indian government agency providing national healthcare coverage to the low-income population of the country. His career spans over 40 years and across a multitude of sectors. He received his B.Tech from IIT-BHU and his Postgraduate Diploma…