| Admiral Pradeep Chauhan |
Chair Moderator |
Director-General, National Maritime Foundation |
Brief Bio |
| Amb Dr Acquino Vimal |
Chair Moderator |
Joint Secretary,United Nations Economic and Social (UNES), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
Brief Bio |
| Amb Sanjay Verma |
Chair Moderator |
Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Former Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
Brief Bio |
| Ambassador Pankaj Saran |
Former Deputy NSA |
Convenor, NatStrat and President, LIGHTS |
Brief Bio |
| Ambassador Pooja Kapur |
Panelist |
Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
Brief Bio |
| Ambassador Sibi George |
Guest of Honour Address |
Secretary, West, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
Brief Bio |
| Camilla Brekke |
Panelist |
Director, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) |
Brief Bio |
| Commodore S Muthu Krishnan |
Panelist |
Dean,Faculty of Studies, Naval War College |
Brief Bio |
| Commodore S Muthu Krishnan |
Expert Observations |
Dean, Faculty of Studies, Naval War College |
Brief Bio |
| Dr V S Prasad |
Panelist |
Director, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMWRF) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr A. Suryachandra Rao |
Plenary |
Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Anilkumar P |
Panelist |
Joint Director (Marketing), Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Cochi |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Anu Gopinath |
Panelist |
Professor, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Aparna Shukla |
Panelist |
Scientist F, Ministry of Earth Sciences |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Archana Singh |
Panelist |
Scientist D,National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Avinash Kumar |
Moderator |
Scientist E,National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr B Meenakumari |
Fmr Chairperson |
National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Geetha Sasikumar |
Panelist |
Principal Scientist,Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Grinson George |
Panelist |
Director, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr K V George |
Chief Scientist |
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Kenichi Matsuoka |
Panelist |
Senior Research Scientist, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Lekshmi Devi P |
Panelist |
Asst Prof Grade II - Marine Science, Jain University |
Brief Bio |
| Dr M A Atmanand |
Chair Moderator |
Guest Professor, IIT Madras and Visiting Professor, NIT, Calicut;
and Former Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)
|
Brief Bio |
| Dr M Ravichandran |
Chief Guest Address |
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr M Sudhakar |
Expert Observations |
Former Director Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Manish Tiwari |
Panelist |
Scientist F, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra |
Panelist |
Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Mukul Das |
Director |
Shriram Institute for Industrial Research |
Brief Bio |
| Dr O P Mishra |
Panelist |
Director, National Centre for Seismology (NCS) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr PS Goel |
Honorary Distinguished Professor |
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Headquarters; Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru |
Brief Bio |
| Dr R S Maheskumar |
Chair Moderator |
Director, Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Rasik Ravindra |
Panelist |
Former Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr S C Shenoy |
Panelist |
Former Director, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Sarat Chandra Tripathy |
Panelist |
Scientist F, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) (TBC) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Sasmit Patra |
Panelist |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Shailesh Nayak |
Director |
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Shailesh Nayak |
Chair Moderator |
Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Stuti Banerjee |
Panelist |
Senior Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs
|
Brief Bio |
| Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay |
Vote of Thanks |
President, Science and Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic (SaGAA),
Convenor SaGAA VIII 2025 |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay |
Summary of Proceedings |
Convenor SaGAA |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Swati Basu |
Expert Observations |
Fmr Secretary, Principal Scientific Advisor and Fmr Director NCMRWF |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Uttam Sinha |
Panelist |
Senior Fellow,Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Vijay Kumar |
Expert Observations |
Scientist G, Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Vikram Goel |
Panelist |
Scientist D,National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr VM Tiwari |
Panelist |
Director, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology |
Brief Bio |
| Dr Waliur Rahaman |
Plenary |
Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr. Thamban Meloth |
Panelist |
Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr. Thamban Meloth |
Panelist |
Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) |
Brief Bio |
| Dr. V. Narayanan |
Message |
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bengaluru |
Brief Bio |
| H.E. May-Elin Stener |
Panelist |
Ambassador, Embassy of Norway to India |
Brief Bio |
| H.E. Mr. Benedikt Höskuldsson |
Panelist |
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland to India |
Brief Bio |
| Milap Chand Sharma |
Panelist |
Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) |
Brief Bio |
| Mr Ishaan Gera |
Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks |
Journalist at Moneycontrol; Research Scholar, Delhi Technological University, and Media Member, Science and Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic (SaGAA) |
Brief Bio |
| Mr Martin Egknud Peterson |
Panelist |
Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Danish Embassy |
Brief Bio |
| Ms Karen Marie Oseland |
Plenary |
Advocacy & Networking Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) |
Brief Bio |
| Ms Neetu Kumari Prasad |
Panelist |
Joint Secretary,Ministry of Fisheries, Govt. of India |
Brief Bio |
| Prof B S Balaji |
Professor |
School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Brief Bio |
| Prof Manell Zakharia |
Panelist |
Professor, Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing, International Technical Expert, Expertise France |
Brief Bio |
| Prof N C Pant |
Chair Moderator |
Former Professor, Department of Geology, University of Delhi; and Member, LIGHTS |
Brief Bio |
| Prof NV Chalapathi Rao |
Chair Moderator |
Director, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) |
Brief Bio |
| Prof Sachin Kumar Sharma |
Chair Moderator |
Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) (TBC) |
Brief Bio |
| Prof. Dr Balaji Ramakrishnan |
Panelist |
Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) |
Brief Bio |
| Prof. Dr. Anil V. Kulkarni |
Panelist |
Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Divecha Centre for Climate Change |
Brief Bio |
| Rear Admiral Monty Khanna |
Panelist |
Member,National Security Advisory Board |
Brief Bio |
| Shri Dheeraj Pande |
Panelist |
Director, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) |
Brief Bio |
| Shri Keshav Verma |
Panelist |
Research Associate,Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) |
Brief Bio |
| Shri Nilesh M. Desai (TBC) |
Panelist |
Director, Space Application Centre (SAC) |
Brief Bio |
