Mr. Srini Srinivasan (Grand Jury Chairman)
Grand Jury Chairman & Senator
WDO
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Mr. Thomas Garvey (Grand Jury Co-Chairman)
Past President
WDO
Mr. T J Kim
Vice President
Digital Customer Experience at Coupang
Prof. Uday Kumar
Coin maker
IIT Guwahati
Mr. Eray Sertac Ersayin
President
President/VP, Industrial Designers Society of Turkey
Prof. G V Sreekumar
Professor and former Head
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
Prof. Dr Ken Nah
Professor
International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS), Hongik University
Prof. Peer Sathikh
Associate Chair (Academic)
Nanyang Technological University
Mr. Oliver Linn
President
Taiwan Design Research Institute
Mr. Vincenzo Iavicoli
Advisor
University of Tokyo
Prof. Vanita Ahuja
Professor
Amity University
Prof. Pier Paolo Peruccio
Architect and Associate Professor of Design Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Prof. Dhiraj Kumar
Director - Academics United World Institute of Design (UID)
Dr. Madhura Yadav
Dean
Manipal University
Mr. Vanja Garaj
Visiting Academic University of Cambridge
Mr. Prabhat Ranjan
Vice Chancellor
D Y Patil International University
Mr. Prasanna Liyanage
Professor
University of Moratuwa
Mr. Sithumini Rathnamalala
Lecturer
University of Moratuwa
Dr. Toolika Gupta
Director
Indian Institute of Craft and Design, Jaipur
Dr. Amitoj Singh
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Mr. Sumit Singh
Chief Design and Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President
Fenesta Building Systems.
Speakers for 26th CII Global Design Summit
Dr. Udayant Malhoutra
Chairman, CII National Committee on Design Innovation and CEO and Managing Director, Dynamatic Technologies
Ms. Revathi Kant
Executive Vice President and Chief Design Officer, Titan Company Limited and Co-Chair, CII National Committee on Design
Prof. Pradyumna Vyas
President, World Design Organization (WDO) And Senior Adviser, CII
Mr. Lutz Dietzold
Chief Executive Officer,
German Design Council
Mr. Ajay Jain
Head of Design (India),
TATA Motors
Ms. Akanksha Sethi
General Manager,
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Mr. Amod Gijare
Principal Designer,
Forbes Marshall
Mr. Andreas Kurbos
Founder & CEO,
StudioKurbos
Mr. Anuj Prasad
Founder & CEO,
Desmania Design Private Limited
Ms. Archana Surana
Founder & Director,
ARCH College of Design & Business
Dr. Arindam Das
Director, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Mr. Ashish Vijay
Technology Fellow (System Engineering), Collins Aerospace
Mr. Dhaval Joshi
Founder,
Simulabs Creative Media Tech
Dr. Gopal Meena
VP- Strategy Initiatives,
Chitkara Design School
Mr. Harjeet Gulati
Chairman,
Millipixels Interactive LLP
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Krzywinski
TU Dresden Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Co-Director, Department of Speculative Transformation, CIDS
Ms. Marin Grace
Managing Director,
Accenture
Mr. Michele Straniero
Vice President for International Business Development,
Blue Engineering Group
Prof. Milind Dhobley
Director,
DY Patil University of Design
Mr. Nalin Gagrani
CEO & MD,
Blue Pebble
Prof. Prakash Unakal
Dean, Business Design & Innovation S P Mandali's, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
Ms. Pratima Nikam
Design Head,
Creation Centre India, BASF
Mr. Premraj Keshyep
Chairman,
Conmat Group of Companies
Mr. Saurabh Singh
Sr Vice President,
Design & Modeling Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Ms. Sonia Manchanda
Board Member & Founding Partner, World Design Organization (WDO) & Spread and Innovation
Mr. Swaviman Das
Senior Director,
Space Matrix
Mr. Thomas DAL
Director - Dean,
Strate Bangalore
Mr. Vashikaran Rajendra Singh
Managing Director,
Bell Printers Pvt Ltd.
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Charles Owen Endowed Chair and Professor, Emeritus at the Institute of Design; University of Illinois
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