Speakers
GICITE-2026 is organized by World Research Union and London College of Applied Research and Education (LCARE, UK) with the motive to penetrate insightful dialogues between Europe and Asia. GICITE-2026 particularly focuses on Germany and India. Following are our panellists.
Dr. Zoran Markovic,
Managing Secretary, World Research Union, Serbia
Mr. Volker Friedrich
GBP Consultancy, Germany
A/Prof. Zdeňka KONEČNÁ
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Dr. Maria Cristina TOADER
National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Moderator - TBC
Panel 1: Bridging European Research and Policy: Connecting Academic Researchers with Policymakers and EU Institutions
Moderator: TBC
Prof. Kai Rommel
Professor, ISM, Germany
Ms. Mandy Mok
Founder, AppliedHE, Singapore
Dr. Raghu Chaliganti
Professor, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany
Moderator - TBC
Panel 2: Advancing Research and Innovation in Asia: Building Strategic Academic and Industry Collaborations
Moderator: TBC
Prof. Dr. Sara Ramzani
Vice President (Academics), GISMA Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany
WRU Key Talks (Virtual)
Dr. Anahita Ghanad — Veritas University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Harshavardhan Peddireddy — Platform Architect, Meijer Inc, United States
Dr. Princy Randhawa — Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, India
Vishwanath Hiremath — Principal Systems/Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Sayan Bishnu — Akamai Technologies LLC, United States
Siva Prasad Nandi — Director of Software Development, Oracle America Inc, United States
Dr. I Wayan Budi Sentana — Politeknik Negeri Bali, Indonesia
Maulik Bhatt — Senior Software Engineer, Amazon, United States
Utpal Kumar Das — Senior IT Technical Lead, KnitWell Group, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Dr. Balamurugan Balusamy — Professor and Chairperson, SOEIT, MAHE Dubai, UAE
Devyendar Maganti — Independent Researcher and Enterprise AI Architect, United States
Karan Radadiya — Micro Labs Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Sesha Kiran Gonaboyina — Senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Systems Architecture, IEEE, United States
Vamsi Krishna Bhavana — O'Neal Industries, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (reported professional affiliation; verify with author)
Dr. Shilpa Bade-Gite — University of York, Mumbai, India
Nikhil Kassetty — Chief Financial Officer, AiGLO / MIT, United States
Bhagath Siddi — Senior Manager, 7-Eleven, United States
Sagar Gupta — Computer Scientist, Independent Research Scientist, United States
Yasir Mohammad Alvi — Pathways Operations Manager, University of Chicago, United States; Amazon, United States
Dr. Mostafa Mohamad — Associate Professor of Digital Innovation & Analytics, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates; The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sandeep Shivam — Associate Director – Product Management, Tavant Technologies, United States
Jatin Yadav — IBM Consulting, United States
Dr. Pratikshya Bhandari — Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Thailand
Riaz Ahmed Mohammed Sait — Principal Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Nikhil Kassetty — Chief Financial Officer, AiGLO / MIT, United States
Dr. Neyara Radwan — Liwa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE / Suez Canal University, Egypt
Vijayakumar Reddy Yeddula — Researcher – Mechanical Product Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Engineering, United States
Vamshi Vanaparthi — Sr. UX Designer, Randstad, United States
Vishal Nayan — Duck Creek Technologies, United States
Dr. Regiane Relva Romano — Facens & VIP-Systems, São Paulo, Brazil
Sri Sai Harish Anumala — City University of New York, United States
Shailesh Sayarmal Chaudhary — Amazon, United States
Sai Rohit Jonnada — Sr Software Engineer, UPS Healthcare Supply Chain Solutions, United States
Chandra Shekar Reddy Avula — Verizon, United States
Sidharth Gopakumar — Affiliation not publicly verified
Krishna Ravichandran — Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU), USA (based on institutional email domain)
Assoc. Prof. Rashad Abaszade — Turan International Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
Dr. Jyoti Ganesh Mante — Program Coordinator CSE and AI DS, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Pune, India
Aaron John C. Alegre — Instructor 4, National University, Philippines
Tamara Zhukabayeva — Professor, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Faheem Ahmad Reegu — Assistant Professor, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Abhijit Kumar Ghosh — Lecturer, European University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Antony Sheela Anmary — Deputy Dean - School of Education, Malaysia
Md Nuruzzaman Pranto — Health Information Systems Analyst, International American University, United States
Bouhrim Hafsa — Professor, Higher National School of Mines Rabat, Morocco
Yassine Aitamar — ERSC Team, EMI, UM5R, Morocco
Fathima Musfira Ameer — Senior Lecturer Gr. II, Department of ICT, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Abdelbasset Boukdir — Associate Professor, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate (FPO), Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
Hanem Ellethy — Casual Academic, University of Queensland / University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Yahia Ali — Assistant Professor, Southeast University, China
Great Allan Ong — Program Chair, National University, Philippines
Kishore Subramanya Hebbar — Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Avinash Ranganath — Lead Technical Account Manager, Amazon Web Services, United States
WRU Invited Talks (Virtual)
Dr. Meghna Parikh — Assistant Professor, LJK University, India
Hari Krishna Pokala — Technology Researcher – Cloud, Kubernetes & Agentic AI, Independent Researcher, United States
Dr. Tamara Zhukabayeva — Professor, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Adarsh Mittal — Senior Engineer, NVIDIA Corporation, United States
Siva Prasad Nandi — Director of Software Development, Oracle America Inc, United States
Dr. Sujatha Balakrishna — Nilai University, Malaysia
Nithesh Gudipuri — Associate Director – Technology, Raymond James Financial, Independent Researcher, United States
Sagar Gupta — Computer Scientist, Independent Research Scientist, United States
Deepak Singh — Principal Solution Architect, Gainwell Technologies, United States
Dr. Gargi Bhide — Dean Research, G H Raisoni International Skill Tech University Pune, India
Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi — Professional Software Engineer, Broadridge Financial Solutions, United States
Sameena Begam Savukath Ali — Principal Software Engineer, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Plano, Texas, United States
Dr. Faheem Ahmad Reegu — Assistant Professor, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Manaliben Amin — CQV Kneat System Specialist Lead, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Naveen Kumar Puppala — Lead Software Engineer, Optum (UnitedHealth Group), United States
Milan Parikh — Lead Enterprise Data Architect, Cytel, United States
Assoc. Prof. Rashad Abaszade — Turan International Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
Vivek Kumar Polurouthu — Senior Software Developer, PBF Energy, United States
Chandrashekhar Medicherla — Lead Software Engineer, Salesforce, Inc., United States
Vidisha Vijay — Senior Data Scientist, Independent AI Researcher (CVS Health), United States
Siddhant Bapusaheb Tanpure — Senior Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Ankit Jain — Senior Software Engineer, Independent Researcher, United States
Rajesh Purushothaman — Principal Software Engineer, Zscaler, Inc., United States
Chaitanya Kulkarni — Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle America, Inc., United States
Mahesh Soni — Senior Solution Architect, Nassau Financial Group, United States
Dr. Smita Nirkhi — Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Deepu Komati — Lead Engineer, HCL America, Inc., United States
Ranjit Kumar Reddy Ponugoti — Enterprise Application Architect, Expedia Group, United States
Anuj Ashok Potdar — Senior Software Engineer, KAYAK, United States
Jobinesh Purushothaman — Senior Principal Software Engineer, Oracle Corporation, United States
Sourav Saha — Senior Software Engineer (Assistant Vice President), U.S. Bank, United States
Vijayachandar Sanikal — Thermal Simulation Integration Engineer, General Motors, United States
Swapnil Gaikwad — Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE), Amazon, United States
Asker Shariff Subahan — Enterprise Support Manager – Generative AI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States
Koundanya Rajan Kesani — Senior AI/ML Engineer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., United States
Sarath Kumar Kallayil Sreedharan — Enterprise Support Lead / Senior Technical Account Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States
Karthik Mani — Director, Digital & Technology, Independent Researcher, United States
Syed Abdul Aziz Syed Barey — Senior Manager, Operations Support, Western Governors University, United States
Bhargav Krishna Korrapati — Senior Software Engineer – Platform, George Mason University, United States
Swathi Suddala — Data Analyst, SP Teks Inc., United States
Sandeep Vattikuti — Principal Software Engineer, BITS Pilani, United States
Balu Chavan — Lead Technical Product Manager, Independent Researcher, United States
Arun Ganapathi — Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Oracle Corporation, United States
Sai Sukesh Reddy Tummuri — Engineering Analyst III, Google LLC, United States
Venkata Suresh Babu Kamma — Senior Oracle ERP Cloud PPM, Grants Management & AI Governance Solution Architect, Oracle Corporation, Austin, Texas, United States
Faisal Moin Patel — Independent Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Age Engineering PLLC, New York City, United States
Sudheer Karanam — Security Architect, Snap Finance LLC, Arizona, United States
Carl Amekudzi — Independent Researcher, Ohio University, Colorado, United States
Srinivas Neelam — ITCrats Inc., United States
Nikhil Eatalapaka — Insight Global LLC, United States
Nagendra Aswath Panduranga — Mphasis, United States
Bhagath Siddi — Sr. Manager, 7-Eleven, United States
Sesha Kiran Gonaboyina — Sr. SME - Systems Architecture, IEEE, United States
Yasir Mohammad Alvi — Pathways Operations Manager, University of Chicago, United States
Darsana Usha Devi — Senior Manager Product Management, Walmart, Bentonville, United States
Sesank Vardhan Arepalli — Software Development Engineer in Test, Amazon, United States
Vamsi Viswanath Bethamsetty — Independent Researcher, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
Dr. Jyoti Ganesh Mante — Program Coordinator CSE and AI DS, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Pune, India
Dr. Great Allan Ong — Program Chair, National University, Philippines
Assoc. Prof. Maksym Stetsenko — Turan International Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
Prof. Ibrakhimali Normatov — National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Assoc. Prof. Sevda Rzayeva — Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, Baku, Azerbaijan
Dr. Fargan Asadov — Turan International Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
Dr. Faheem Ahmad Reegu — Assistant Professor, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Krishna Kishor Tirupati — Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, United States
Tejas Pravinbhai Patel — Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon, United States
Rajya Lakshmi Kollipara — Technology Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation, United States
Naga Satya Praveen Kumar Yadati — Senior Software Engineer, Meta Platforms, Inc., United States
Siva Rama Krishna Varma Bayyavarapu — Lead Engineer, DocuSign, Inc., United States
Chirag Devendrakumar Parikh — Individual Contributor, California State University, Fullerton, United States
Darsana Usha Devi — Senior Manager Product Management, Walmart, Bentonville, United States
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