The Hosts
Conference leadership, patrons and advisory committees
Chief Patrons
Dr. Devanshu Patel
President
Parul University
Dr. Geetika Madan Patel
Vice President (Quality, Research & Health Sciences) and Medical Director
Parul University
Dr. Parul Patel
Vice President (Student Affairs and General Administration)
Parul University
Dr. Komal Patel
Vice President (Medical and Paramedical Health Sciences)
Parul University
Patrons
Prof. (Dr.) K. N. Madhusoodanan
Provost
Parul University
Dr. Kunjal Sinha
Pro Vice Chancellor
Parul University
Mr. Gurucharan Singh
Pro Vice Chancellor (Training, Placement and Skills)
Parul University
Prof. Manish Pandya
Registrar
Parul University
Mr. Dhruvil Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Parul University
Co Patrons
Dr. Anand Joshi
Director, Research and Development Cell
Parul University
Dr. Babita Chaubey
Campus Director
Parul University
Dr. Bhavesh Mevada
Director, LAEP and Consultancy Cell
Parul University
Organising Chairs
Prof. Bhaskar Mitra
Dean and Director
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. Jayram Poduval
Dean and Director
Parul Institute of Fine Arts
Dr. Rajinder Kaur
Dean and Director
Parul Institute of Liberal Arts
Ms. Palak Patel
Vice Principal
Parul Institute of Design & Fine Arts
Ms. Dhvani Thakkar
Head, Outreach
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. K. Sarvanan
Head of Department (Academics)
Parul Institute of Design
Conference Conveners
Ms. Dhara Vinod Parmar
Faculty Member
Parul Institute of Design
Mr. Anand Bhargava
Faculty Member
Parul Institute of Design
Academic Conveners
Dr. Shruti Tiwari
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. K. Sarvanan
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. Dhananjay Bisht
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. Rechab Londhe
Parul Institute of Design
Dr. Jyoti Rani
Parul Institute of Design
Coordinators
Dr. Anurodh
Dr. Vandana Gupta
Dr. V. M. Sarvanan
Mr. Firoz
International Advisory Committee
Ms. Eija Salmi FRSA
Secretary General, Cumulus Association, Finland
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Imbesi
President, Cumulus Association, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Dr. Dolly Daou
Design researcher and academic leader, Australia and France
Advisory Committee
Prof. Rajat Bhattacharya
Advisor · Parul Institute of Design
Mr. Vashishth Upadhyay
Advisor · Parul Institute of Design
Dr. Kamlesh Jha
Advisor, AIIMS
Scientific & Review Committee
Dr. Shruti Tiwari
Dr. Jyoti Rani
Dr. Vandana Gupta
Dr. V. M. Sarvanan
Dr. Rechab
Dr. Dhananjay Bisht
REVIEW PROCESS
All submissions are reviewed double blind. Reviewers are drawn from the committee above and from the international pool of subject experts invited through the Cumulus network.