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Building

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Establishing-Trends

Establishing
Trends

Thomas Garvey

Thomas Garvey (Grand Jury Chairman)

Board of Directors
World Design Organization 2019-2021 & Associate Professor (Director 2007-2017)
School of Industrial Design
Carleton University
Ottawa
Canada

Mr. Srini Srinivasan

Mr. Srini Srinivasan (Grand Jury Co-chairman)

Chair, Grand Jury, CII Design Excellence Awards & Senator, World Design Organization (WDO)

Bhaskar Bhat

Bhaskar Bhat

Managing Director of Titan Company Limited
Director, Tata Sons, Titan and Trent & Chairman of the Board of Rallis India & Tata SIA (Vistara)

David Kusuma

David Kusuma

President
World Design Organization (WDO)

Chi-Yi Chang

Chi-Yi Chang

President
Taiwan Design Research Institute
Taiwan

Eray Sertac Ersayin

Eray Sertac Ersayin

President
Industrial Designers Society of Turkey

Eunjoo Maing

Eunjoo Maing

Executive Managing Director
Korea Institute of Design Promotion
Korea

Hong Khai Seng

Hong Khai Seng

Vice President
Design Business chamber Singapore

Ken Nah

Ken Nah

Professor
International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS)
Hongik University
Korea

Lilian Gonzalez

Lilian Gonzalez

Academic Coordinator - Industrial Design
Anáhuac University of Mexico

Lorenzo Imbesi, PhD

Lorenzo Imbesi, PhD

Full Professor and Sapienza Design Research Director
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy

Michael Krohn

Michael Krohn

Board Member
Cumulus Association and Professor
Head of the Center for Sustainability
Zȗrich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Switzerland

Michele Straniero

Michele Straniero

Vice President International Operations
Sealence
Italy

Peer Sathikh

Peer Sathikh

Associate Chair (Academic) at School of Art
Design and Media
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Pier Paolo Peruccio

Pier Paolo Peruccio

Architect and Associate Professor of Design
Politecnico di Torino
Italy

Simona Maschi

Simona Maschi

Co-founder and CEO
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Denmark

Vanita Ahuja

Vanita Ahuja

Director
NID Kurukshetra

Vipin Kumar

Vipin Kumar

Director and Chief Innovation Officer
National Innovation Foundation-India

INDIA DESIGN SUMMIT SPEAKERS 2023

Shri S. Krishnan IAS

Shri S. Krishnan IAS

Secretary
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (IT) Government of India

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Formerly Joint Secretary,
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Government of India

Dr. Udayant Malhoutra

Dr. Udayant Malhoutra

Chairman, CII National Committee on Design Innovation, CEO and Managing Director, Dyanamtic Technologies Limited

Dr. Thomas Garvey

Dr. Thomas Garvey

President
World Design Organization (WDO)

Mr. Srini Srinivasan

Mr. Srini Srinivasan

Chair, Grand Jury,
CII Design Excellence Awards & Senator, World Design Organization (WDO)

Dr. GR Raghavender

Dr. GR Raghavender

Senior Consultant (IPR), CIPAM Former Joint Secretary, Govt of India Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

Shri Amitabh Nag

Shri Amitabh Nag

Chief Executive Officer
BHASHINI Digital India Bhashini Division Mission of Harnessing Digital Technologies (AI, ML, NLP, cloud etc.)

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas

President-elect, World Design Organisation, Senior Advisor, Confederation of Indian Industry Former, Director, National Institute of Design Former Member, Secretary- India Design Council

Mr. Salil Gupte

Mr. Salil Gupte

President
Boeing India

Mr. Rémi Maillard

Mr. Rémi Maillard

President
Airbus India & Head of South Asia region

Dr. Amitoj Singh

Dr. Amitoj Singh

Partner and Head of Design
BCG X

Ms. Revathi Kant

Ms. Revathi Kant

Chief Design Officer
Titan Company Ltd

Mr. Saurabh Singh

Mr. Saurabh Singh

Head of Design (GM)
Maruti Suzuki India

Prof. Aneesha Sharma

Prof. Aneesha Sharma

Head and Associate Professor
Department of Design IIT Delhi

Mr. Anuj Prasad

Mr. Anuj Prasad

Co-founder
Desmania

Prof. Hari Nair

Prof. Hari Nair

CEO, Design for Winning LLC, USA, Professor, Industrial Design and Design Management, SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design)

Mr. Sameer Sinha

Mr. Sameer Sinha

Director
Savvy Infrastructure Ltd

Ms. Aditi Srivastava

Ms. Aditi Srivastava

President
Pearl Academy

Ms. Sruthi Kannan

Ms. Sruthi Kannan

Head
Cisco for Startups and Business Development for Digital Native Enterprises

Prof. (Dr.) Madhura Yadav

Prof. (Dr.) Madhura Yadav

Dean
Faculty of Design Manipal University Jaipur

Ms. Megha Awasthy

Ms. Megha Awasthy

Director
A&D, APACM Steelcase

Dr. Ramesh Shankar

Dr. Ramesh Shankar

Senior Program Manager
Autodesk

Prof. Suresh Sethi, Ph.D.

Prof. Suresh Sethi, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Industrial Design School of Art & Design, University of Illinois, USA

Mr. Sumit Singh

Mr. Sumit Singh

Head of Customer Experience & Design
Havells India

Mr. Vivek Gopinath

Mr. Vivek Gopinath

UX Research & Design Lead
Worxwide Consulting

Mr. Gaurav Gurung

Mr. Gaurav Gurung

Senior Portfolio Manager
(Tech and Innovation) UK Research and Innovation (India) British High Commission, New Delhi

Prof. Dhiraj Kumar

Prof. Dhiraj Kumar

Director
National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh (NIDMP)

Dr. Sunil Shukla

Dr. Sunil Shukla

Director General
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad

Prof. Phani Tetali

Prof. Phani Tetali

Dean
UPES School of Design

Mr. Devesh Mistry

Mr. Devesh Mistry

Deputy General Manager - Design Lead
Godrej Interio

Prof. Vivek Kant

Prof. Vivek Kant

Associate Professor
IIT Kanpur

Design Initiatives 2023 - Key Partners