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26 September 2025, Friday

Date/Time

Event

Speaker/Responsibility

10.00 AM

Registration

Mission LiFE Cell, IIT Goa

10.30 AM

Inaugural Ceremony

Chief Guest:

Secretary,
Ministry of Electronics and IT,
Govt. of India (TBC), and

Director, IIT Goa

11.30 AM

Nutrition break

11.50 AM

Keynote Talk - 1

Dr. R. Ratheesh,
Director, C-MET Hyderabad

12.40 PM

Lunch

Technical Session - 1

2.00 PM

Keynote Talk - 2

Dr. Suneel Pandey,
Director, TERI

2.45 PM

Policy Talk

Prof. Sundeep Nayak,
IAS (Rtd.), Prof. of Practice, IIT Goa

3.30 PM

Nutrition break

4.00 PM

Keynote Talk -3

Prof. B. K. Mishra,

Distinguished Visiting Professor,
IIT Bhubaneswar

Former Director,
IIT Goa and CSIR-IMMT

27 September 2025, Saturday

Date/Time

Event

Technical Session - 2

10.30 AM

Technical Talk – 2

Prof. Nikhil Dhawan,
IIT Roorkee

11.15 AM

Nutrition break

12.00 PM

Technical Talk - 3

Dr. Brighty Dutta,
IIT Bhubaneswar

12.45 PM

Lunch

Panel and Poster Presentation

2.00 PM

Panel Discussion on Industry Readiness for E-Waste Valorization, Traceability and Skilling Requirements

· Dr. Suneel Pandey, Director,
TERI

· Dr. R. Ratheesh, Director,
CMET

· Prof. Sundeep Nayak, IAS (Rtd.),
Prof. of Practice, IIT Goa; Chair,
Mission LiFE Cell, IIT Goa

· Prof. Thaseem Thajudeen,
Vice-Chair,
Mission LiFE Cell, IIT Goa

Moderator: Prof. Sharad Sinha,
IIT Goa

2.45 PM

Research Student Presentations

Presentations 1 and 2

3.15 PM

Technical Talk – 4

Dr. Ravi Sankannavar,
IIT Goa

3.30 PM

Technical Talk – 5

Dr. Shakthi Prasad D,
IIT Goa

3.45 PM

Nutrition Break

4.00 PM

Closing Ceremony

Distinguished Guest:

TBC