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Ashtalakshmi - Technical Sessions

Technical Sessions &
Round Table Investment

Unlocking opportunities For Growth and Leadership in North East India

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Towards Prosperity: Catalysing North East’s Progress for a Viksit Bharat

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Shri. Sanjay Pugalia (Convenor)	CEO & Editor-in-Chief, AMG Media Network
2	Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia	Hon’ble’ Union Minister and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
3	Shri Pema Khandu	Hon’ble’ CM of Arunachal Pradesh
4	Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma	Hon’ble’ CM of Assam
5	Shri Conrad K. Sangma	Hon’ble’ CM of Meghalaya
6	Shri Prem Singh Tamang (P.S. Golay)	Hon’ble’ CM of Sikkim
7	Shri Manik Saha	Hon’ble’ CM of Tripura

Building Strong Foundations: Women’s Leadership in North East for Resilient and Sustainable Future

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Dr. Sriparna B. Baruah (Convenor)	Advisor, North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC), Former Head, CIE and Director i/c, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
2	Prof. Rakhee Kalita Moral	Professor, Cotton university & Head Gender studies
3	Smt. Suranjana Dutta	CGM & Head (Strategic Training Unit), State Bank of India
4	Smt. Patricia Mukhim (Padma Shri)	Editor in Chief, The Shillong Times
5	Sonali Ghosh, IFS	Field Director of Kaziranga National Park (KNP)
6	Smt. Jarjum Ete	Former Chairperson of Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women
7	Dr. Sanjukta Parashar	Inspector General of Police

Information Technology: Promoting Technology Adoption and Digital Transformation across various sectors to improve productivity

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Shri Ramesh Srivatsava Arunachalam (Convenor)	AI Strategist/Researcher, Artificial Intelligence/Technology
2	Prof. Gautam Barua	Former Director IIT Guwahati and IIIT Guwahati
3	Prof. Amarendra Kumar Das	Professor and Former Head, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati. Former Director, IIIT Manipur
4	Shri. Anjan Pathak	Co-Founder & CTO, Vantage Circle
5	Shri Umedsingh Shekhawat	Vice President, SSB Digital Pvt. Ltd. , IoT and Blockchain Technology Specialist
6	Shri Abhishek Singh	Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
7	Shri. Nilaya Varma	Co-Founder & CEO, Primus Partners

Healthcare and Education: Strengthening public health delivery in North East

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Dr. Jeet Patwari (Convenor)	Managing Partner, Pinnacle Healthcare Consultants and Partner & Strategist, APEX Healthcare Academy
2	Prof. (Dr.) Nalin Mehta	Director, NEIGRIHMS Meghalaya, Shillong
3	Dr. Kh. Palin	Chairman and Managing Director, Shija Hospitals and Research Institute (SHRI)
4	Dr. Kishore Das	Medical Officer-Ayush, Directorate of AYUSH, Assam
5	Dr. Tankeswar Boruah	Professor, Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir M. College & Safdarjung Hospital Delhi
6	Dr. Bamin Tada	Secretary, Association of NE India, Former Medical Secretary, CBC, NEI
7	Ms Radhika Chakraborty	Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment

Power: Potential for diversification of energy mix for Power Generation and Transmission across the region

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Dr. Arup Kumar Misra (Convenor)	Former Director of Assam Science Technology & Environment Council (ASTEC) and Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA)
2	Shri Debendra Chandra Baruah	Professor, Department of Energy, Tezpur University
3	Shri S. K Barua	CEO North East Gas Distribution Company Ltd, Former Managing Director Numaligarh Refinery Ltd & Past Chairman CII, NE Council India
4	Shri Mrinal Krishna Chaudhary	Former Director, Assam Energy Development Agency
5	Shri S.S. Adhikari	Executive Director, NEEPCO
6	Shri Raj Kumar Chaudhary	Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC Ltd.
7	Shri. Arun Mahesh Babu M.S., IAS	Managing Director, Gujarat Power Corporation Limited

Sports: North East, its sports culture and potential as a major sports hub

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Shri. Mrinal Talukdar (Convenor)	Senior journalist, Former Sports Journalist, Author, Award winning documentary filmmaker
2	Professor Usha S. Nair	Vice-Chancellor of the National Sports University (NSU), Manipur
3	Shri. Abhijit Bhattacharya	Founder, Brahmaputra Volleyball League Former Captain of the Indian Volleyball Team
4	Ms. Mary Kom	Indian Olympic Boxer
5	Lalnghinglova Hmar	Honble’ Minister of State, Mizoram LESDE; Sports & Youth; Excise & Narcotics
6	Shri V.Baskaran	Olympian
7	Dr. Tarundeep Rai (Padma Shri)	Indian Olympic Archer
8	Ngangom Bala Devi	Indian Women's National Football Team Player

Art: Strategically leveraging the arts, crafts, music and festivals of North East India, to unlock opportunities for economic growth and cultural revitalization

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Shri Swapnanil Barua (Convenor)	IAS (Retired), Former Commissioner, Industries and Commerce Department, Govt. of Assam
2	Dr. Arshiya Sethi	Dance Critic, Founder, Kri Foundation and Creative -Head, India Habitat Centre
3	Dr. Theyiesinuo Keditsu	Cultural Scholar, Indigenous Textiles Advocate (Naga Textile), and Poet-Storyteller (@mekhalamama) Featured in Vogue India
4	Dr. Toolika Gupta	Director, Indian Institute of Crafts and Design
5	Dr Vanadana Bhandari	Member of the executive committee of Delhi Crafts Council, Former Dean Academics at National Institute of Fashion Technology, (NIFT)
6	Dr. Nisa Lyndem	Cultural Textile Researcher and Educator
7	Dr. J. P. Sampath Kumar	Director, National Institute of Design Assam

Culture: Culture, Materiality, Lifeworld: North East India in Contemporary Times

S.No.	Panel Members	Designation
1	Dr. Manjeet Baruah (Convenor)	Faculty, Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2	Dr. G. Kanato Chophi	Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Assam (Specialisation: Ethnography, Tribal studies, Historical anthropology, Anthropology of religion, Anthropology of North-East India)
3	Dr. Hemjyoti Medhi	Faculty, Department of English, Tezpur University, Assam
4	Prof. Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri	Department of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh (Specialisation: Social-Cultural Anthropology)
5	Prof. Urmimala Sarkar Munshi (Retd.)	School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi(Specialisation: Gender and performance, documentation of living traditions, and performance as politics)
6	Dr. Solony Bareh	Faculty, Department of Culture and Creative Studies, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya(Specialisation: Folk Literature, Culture and Folklore, Traditional Knowledge)
7	Dr. Rashi Bhargava	Faculty, Department of Sociology, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya(Specialisation: Sociology of North East India, sociology of visual culture)