IRIS 2026: NITI Aayog member, IIM Ahmedabad director, BITS Pilani VC among speakers at research summit
Team Careers360 | September 7, 2026 | 06:31 PM IST | 1 min read
Careers360's India Research & Impact Summit 2026 will celebrate India's top researchers and see panel discussions on research in India and its impact
Careers360 will host the India Research & Impact Summit 2026 on October 1, bringing together researchers, faculty members and academic institutions to discuss key issues shaping India’s research ecosystem. The summit will honour India’s best researchers across 27 domains, with each awardee receiving an award and a Rs 50,000 cash prize.
The summit will also recognise institutions that have demonstrated excellence in research across 12 domains. The event will bring together researchers, faculty members, academic leaders and institutions to discuss key challenges and emerging opportunities in India’s research ecosystem.
The discussions at the summit will focus on issues including quantity versus quality in research, industry sponsorships, artificial intelligence (AI) and research, brain drain and research ethics.
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India Research & Impact Summit 2026 speakers
Several prominent academics, university leaders and education industry professionals have confirmed their participation in the summit. A NITI Aayog member, the director of IIM Ahmedabad and the vice-chancellor of BITS Pilani are among the speakers to address the summit. The confirmed speakers include
|
Name |
Designation / Organisation |
|
Abhay Karandikar |
Member, NITI Aayog |
|
Pramath Raj Sinha |
Founder, Ashoka University |
|
V. Ramgopal Rao |
Group VC, BITS Pilani |
|
C. Raj Kumar |
VC, O.P. Jindal Global University |
|
Atul Chauhan |
Chancellor, Amity University |
|
Bharat Bhasker |
Director, IIM Ahmedabad |
|
Sekar Viswanathan |
VP, VIT Vellore |
|
GD Yadav |
Emeritus Prof. of Eminence, ICT Mumbai |
|
C Srinivasa Raju |
Indian Entrepreneur, Founder Sricity |
|
Ananya Mukherjee |
VC, Shiv Nadar IoE |
|
B. Suresh |
Pro Chancellor, JSS University |
|
Dishan Kamdar |
VC, FLAME University |
|
Rishikesha T. Krishnan |
VC, Ashoka University |
|
Rudra Pratap |
VC, Plaksha University |
|
Ramesh Loganathan |
Prof. & Co-innovations, IIIT-H |
|
Suresh Ramanathan |
CEO, IMI |
|
Hemant Sahal |
Founder & CEO, Digii |
|
Satya Narayanan R |
Chairman and Executive Director, Career Launcher |
|
Dhruv Galgotia |
CEO, Galgotias University |
|
Onkar Bagaria |
CEO, VGU, Jaipur |
|
Atish Chattopadhyay |
Director, IMT Ghaziabad |
|
Madhu Veeraraghavan
|
Pro Vice Chancellor, MAHE IoE
|
| S Vaitheeswaran | Chairperson, Manipal University Jaipur |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | CEO, Paytm |
The detailed agenda, including the list of speakers and specific topics, is expected to be released ahead of the summit.
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