CII Innovation Awards | CII IP Awards | CII Women in STEM Awards
High-Tech & IP Exposition
Focus Areas
Advanced Material & Critical Minerals
Robotics & Automation
Deep Tech & AI
Quantum Technologies
Nuclear Technologies
Why Participate?
Gain Strategic Insights
Networking Opportunity
Access Global Best Practices
Collaborate for Growth
Explore IP Opportunities
Showcase Innovations
Shape Policy Dialogues
Speakers
Dr R A Mashelkar
ChaFormer DG, CSIR and
Founding Chairman, CII IP Initiatives
Dr Naushad Forbes
Chairman, CII National
Committee on Technology, Innovation, R&D &
Chairman, Forbes Marshall
Mr B Thiagarajan
Co-
Chairman, CII National Committee on
Technology, Innovation,
R&D
Professor Ashutosh Sharma
President, INSA,
Professor IIT Kanpur
Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, now
Professor, IIM Bangalore
Mr Sameer Gandhi
Chairman, CII National Task
Force on Robotics and MD, Omron Automation,
India
MS Vaishali Nigam Sinha
Chairperson, CII Women in STEM Initiatives and Chair,
ReNew Foundation
and Chief Sustainability and CSR Officer ReNew
Power
Mr Alok Nanda
Co- Chairman, CII National Committee on Technology,
Innovation, R&D and
CTO, GE Aerospace
Mr Vipin Sondhi
Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025 & Former
MD and CEO,
Ashok Leyland and JCB India
Mr Vivek Shah
Vice-Chairman, CII National Committee on IP, and CEO Meril
Life
Sciences
Mr Subhomoy Bhattacharya
Consulting Editor, Business Standard
Mr Harsh Vardhan
Head – Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres
Dr Saundarya Rajesh
Founder, AVTAR
R Saha
Senior Adviser, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
International Speakers
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Head of Section, Economics and Statistics Division, and co-editor of The Global Innovation Index (GII) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Ms Roberta Romano-Goetsch
Chief Sustainability Officer, European Patent Office (EPO)