Committee

ETFI 2026 — International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Future Innovations

Mentor

Chatrapti Shahu Maharaj

Chief Patrons

Shri. Pramod Rawat

President, DES, Pune

Dr. Ravindra Acharya

President, DES PU

Patrons

Dr. Rajesh Ingale

VC, DES Pune University

Dr. Amar Buchade

Chair, IEEE Pune Section

General Chair

Dr. Vivek Deshpande
Dr. Prachi Joshi

Conference Chair

Dr. N. M. Kulkarni
Prof. Abhijit Khurape

Organizing Secretary

Prof. Neha Joshi

Advisory Board

Dr. P. K. Sinha
Fellow (IEEE, AAIA, CSI) & ACM Distinguished Engineer
Dr. Prasad Khandekar
CAO, MIT WPU, Pune
Dr. Parag Kulkarni
Professor, Tokyo International University, Japan
Dr. P. J. Kulkarni
Dr. Ajay Poddar
Chief Scientist at Synergy Microwave
Dr. Deepak Mathur
IEEE MGA Vice President
Dr. Octavian Postolache
ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes Portugal
Vinay Kakade
Co-Founder Infino AI
Akhilesh Joshi
Founder Immex Technologies - California
Dr. Aditya Kanade
Microsoft Research India
Dr. Nikhil Joshi
Senior Engineering Manager at Medtronic

Steering Committee

Dr. Manoj Rathod
Dr. Vrushali Kulkarni
Dr. Lalit Kulkarni
Dr. Tushar Deshmukh
Dr. Sheetal Ruikar
Dr. Manju Chopra
Dr. Prasad Namjoshi
Dr. Mandar Bhawalkar
Dr. P. B. Mane

Technical Program Committee

Dr. Parikshit Mahalle
Dean, R&D, VIT
Dr. Vinayak Bairagi
Professor, AISSMS IOIT
Dr. Mousami Munot
Associate Professor, PICT