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SUTRAM 2026

Our Mentors

The domain experts guiding shortlisted teams through the mentorship phase of SUTRAM 2026.

Our mentor panel comprises accomplished leaders from academia, industry, and technology — guiding shortlisted teams through problem refinement, prototype development, and final presentations at SUTRAM 2026.

Prof. (Dr.) Parag H. Rughani

Dean

National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar

Dr. Anup Giridhar

Industry Leader & Innovator

CEO, Sedulity Groups

Dr. Deepak Tomar

Professor

MANIT Bhopal

Dr. Bhoopesh Singh Bhati

Faculty

IIIT Sonepat

Dr. Chanchal Kumar

Faculty

IIIT Sonepat

Mr. R. K. Pillai

President

AIIPL Tech Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. Pankaj Kumar

Mentor

Academic / Technology Expert

Prof. Chandra Prakash

HoD, AI & ML

MNIT Jaipur

Dr. Aurobindo Kar

Associate Professor

Crypto Forensics Expert

PhD, IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Debabrata Nayak

Director, Cyber Security Division

PwC

Dr. Charu Gupta

Faculty

IGDTUW - IT Department

Ms. Priyanka

Software Engineer

Microsoft

Prof. Brijesh Kumar

Registrar

IGDTUW

Prof. A. K. Mohapatra

Chief Investigator, ISEA Project & HoD IT

IGDTUW

Prof. Vivekananda Jha

Professor, CSE

IGDTUW

Dr. Sudhir Singh

Co-PI, ISEA

IGDTUW

Prof. Arun Sharma

Professor, IT

IGDTUW

Prof. Kalpana Yadav

Professor, IT

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Nonita Sharma

Associate Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Deepak Sharma

Associate Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Rishabh Kaushal

Associate Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Ankita Singh

Associate Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Nidhi Arora

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Alongbar Wary

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Gaurav Indra

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Mohona Ghosh

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Bhawna Narwal

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Deepika Suhag

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Jyoti Shokeen

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Anjum Rathee

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW - IT Department

Dr. Shweta Jindal

Assistant Professor

IGDTUW – IT Department