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J&K SCIENCE CONGRESS 2026

SCIENCE, INNOVATIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE AND VIKSIT J&K
29 SEPTEMBER to 01 OCTOBER , 2026     IUST,Kashmir

Key Note Speakers

Professor Vinod Kumar Gaur
Former director of the NGRI and an Honorary emeritus scientist at CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute
Prof. Talat Ahmad
Senior Fellow, INSA; Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir (UoK) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)
Professor Dinesh Singh
Vice-Chairman (JKHEC), Former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
Prof. Shakeel Ahmad Romshoo
Vice-Chancellor, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST)
Professor Sourav Pal
Former- Director, IISER Kolkata and CSIR-NCL Pune, Former- Professor,IIT Bombay
Professor Srinivas Hotha
FRSC Professor (HAG) Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
Professor Rajni Kant
Vice-Chancellor of Usha Martin University in Ranchi

Invited Speakers

National and international invited speakers

Professor Zahoor A. Shah
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Online
Prof. Sriram Chellappan
Professor, Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, University of South Florida, USA
Online
Prof. Mohammad Nayeem Teli
Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Online
Prof. Kusum Deep
Emeritus Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Online
Professor Shalabh
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prof. Sasanka Deka
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Professor, Bhaskar Biswas
Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

Invited Speakers

Academicians, researchers and professionals

Prof. Syed Mudasir Andrabi
Head, Division of Animal Biotechnology, SKUAST-K
Professor Naseer Iqbal
Department of Physics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Shabir Ahmad Parah
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Professor Anzar Khuroo
Department of Botany, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Manzoor A.Malik
Department of Physics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Prof. Babar Ahmad
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Kowsar Majid
Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Alok K. Mishra
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur
Professor, Sandeep Arya
Department of Physics, University of Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir, India
Professor Riyaz Ahmad Mir
Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Online
Prof. Subhash Thota
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India
Prof. Mohammad Amin Sofi
Former Head Department of Mathematics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Ashutosh Yadav
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Rukhsan Ul Haq Wani
CEO, Chinar Quantum Technologies, Kashmir, India
Prof Ratul Baishya
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India
Prof. Vikas Sharma
Head Division of Soil Science and Agril Chemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J), India
Dr. Akhilesh Mishra
Scientist E, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, Technology Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Prof. Humayun Rashid
Professor of Practice, Department of Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change, (IUST), Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Javed Hussain Mir
Professor of Practice, Mantaqi Centre for Science & Society, (IUST), Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof Tariq Ahmad Shosha
Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, India
Prof. Manzoor Ahmad Mir
Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Prasenjit Ghosh
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Dr. Jugal Kishore Das
Department of Life Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR, India
Online
Prof. Ashfaq
Department of Anatomy, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Mohd Jamal Dar
Scientist-F, Pharmacology Division, CSIR–Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr Altaf Ahand Bhat
Coordinator CIRI, University of Kashmir
Dr. Goutam Kumar Dalapati
Chief Technology Officer / Hydrogen Innovation Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Online
Prof. Syed Zameer Hussain
Associate Director Research SKUAST-K
Professor Sunil Kumar Sharma
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
Prof. Mohd Shahnawaz Khan
Department of Biochemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Online
Dr Izhar Uddin
Department of Mathematics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Professor Ajaz Dar
Department of Chemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Veerla Swarnalatha
University of North Texas, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Denton, Texas, USA
Dr. Tariq Maqbool
Department of Nanotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Professor Shakeel Ahmed
Consultant, Islamic University of Science & Technology,Chief Scientist (Retrd), CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad
Dr. Suhail Rasool
Vice President/ Director Neurology and Neurodegenerative Diseases Division San Francisco CA USA
Prof. Parvez Ahmad Mir
Dean School of Business Studies, IUST
Prof. Kaisar Javeed
Controller Examination, Central University of Kashmir
Prof. Javaid Iqbal
Head Department of Computer Science, Kashmir University
Prof. Manish Kumar
Ph.D. (IIT-ISM Dhanbad), FIMA (UK) Professor Department of Mathematics
Prof. Mohd Sultan Bhat
Former Dean of Research at the University of Kashmir
Prof. Neelu Rohmetra
Professor Business School, Dean Research Studies, University of Jammu, J&K, India