Prof. Hema A Murthy has been a faculty at IIT-Madras since 1992. She was also a student there, obtaining her PhD in 1992. She became a Fellow of INAE in 2017. Her research interests read as : speech processing & synthesis, computational brain research, any area that involves Machine Learning and Signal Processing. She has been honoured with several awards, notably the GE Innovation award and the first prize in research expo, Shaastraa 2013.
Prof. Jayanthi Sivaswamy is a Professor at IIIT Hyderabad (since 2001) and currently serves as Dean (Academics). She obtained her PhD from Syracuse University in Electrical Engineering. Her research interest started with understanding biological vision and later to medical image analysis. A major focus of her research has been on Computer Aided Diagnostics (CAD), for which she has collaborated with several hospitals in India and medical schools abroad. Her current interests include population-specific template and growth modelling for the Indian brain in collaboration with Sree Chitra Tirunal Inst. of Med Sc and Tech. She has chaired the biennial Medimage workshop series several times and has mentored startups.
Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, the "Rocket Woman" of India, is a scientist at ISRO. She has been associated with ISRO since 1997. She was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. She played a keyrole to conceptualize and execute the craft’s onward autonomy system, which operated the satellite’s functions and responded to malfunctions. She supervised the Chandrayaan 2 Mission as the Mission Director. She received the ISRO Young Scientist Award in 2007. She also presented at TED and TEDx events describing the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission.
Dr. Laxmi T Rao is a Professor of Neurophysiology at NIMHANS, Bangalore. She has been a faculty at NIMHANS since 2005. She obtained her PhD at the Neurophysiology Department at NIMHANS in 2000. She heads a lab at NIMHANS that studies the various behavioural assays for cognitive functions in animal models, polysomnographic studies to study sleep architecture, different stages of fear cognition and physiographs to study cardiovascular and respiratory physiology. She serves as an Editorial board member for various journals of repute.
Dr. Swati Meherishi is Senior Editor of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Springer. She holds degrees in Physics and Philosophy from the prestigious St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. At Springer, Swati manages a growing portfolio of journals, including both Springer-owned and key academic society journals, such as the Indian Geotechnical Journal, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals,and the Institution of Engineers (India) journals. Swati also publishes books across all domains of engineering and applied science. She has successfully launched several new book series, including a prestigious partnership series with the Infosys Science Foundation. She is a member of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Society of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
