Conference Committee

IEEE PuneCon 2022 Conference Committee
Roles	Members
Mentor	Ms. Aruna Katara, President, Hope Foundation and Research Centre Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Persistent Systems
Chief Patron	Ms. Amrita Katara, Managing Trustee, Hope Foundation and Research Centre Mr. Girish Khilari, Chair, IEEE Pune Section; CTO and Director, Elliot Systems Dr. Pandurang Kamat, Chief Technology Officer, Persistent Systems
Patron	Mr. Saikrishna Bennuru, Executive Secretary & GM-Finance & Operations, Hope Foundation and Research Centre Mr. Dinanath Kholkar, Chair, Industry Relations, and Member Development, IEEE Pune Section; Senior Vice President & Global Head, Analytics & Insights, TCS Prof. (Dr.) P. B. Mane, Vice-Chair, IEEE Pune Section; Principal, AISSMS IOIT, Pune
General Chairs	Prof. (Dr.) Vaishali V. Patil, Principal, Hope Foundation’s, International Institute of Information Technology, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Ingle, Chair, Computer Society, IEEE Pune Section
Organizing Program Committee Chairs	Dr. Sujay Phadke, Cloud Automation Center of Excellence, Persistent Systems Prof. (Dr.) Varsha Degaonkar, I²IT IEEE Student Branch Counselor Prof. (Dr.) Vivek Deshpande, Conference Chair, IEEE Pune Section
Organising Secretary	Mr. Dinesh R. Joje, Registrar, Hope Foundation’s, International Institute of Information Technology, Pune
Advisory Committee	Prof. (Dr.) Dattatray Jadhav, Joint director DTE, RO, Pune Prof.(Dr.) Karbhari Vishwanath Kale, Vice-Chancellor, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Manohar G. Chaskar, Dean, Science & Technology, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Pramod Patil, Associate Dean, Science & Technology, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Prafulla Pawar, Registrar, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Arvind Shaligram, CEO Research Park Foundation, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Mukul S. Sutaone, VC, COEP Technological University, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Varsha Hemant Patil, BOS Chairman, Computer Engineering, SPPU Prof. (Dr.) Dr. Dattatraya Bormane, BOS Chairman, E&TC, SPPU Dr. Anant Haidale, Vice President, Head Human Resources, Tata Consultancy Services, North America Prof. G.S.Mani, Execom, IEEE Pune Section Prof. Dattatrya Doke, Advisor, IEEE Pune Section Dr. P. K. Sinha, Advisor, IEEE Pune Section Mr. Mandar Khurjekar, Execom, IEEE Pune Section Mr. Narendar Reddy, Manager at Delta IOT, Telangana, India Mr. Raja Mahbubani, CEO, Theta Controls Pune Mr. Vishwas Mahajan, Founder – Whizible. com Mr. Vishwanath Patil, Deputy General Manager, John Deere India Private Limited
Steering Committee	Prof. (Dr.) Risil Chhatrala, HoD, E&TC, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Ajitkumar S. Shitole, HoD, CE, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Jyoti Surve, HoD, IT, I²IT, Pune Prof. Rakhi P.Wagh, HoD, ES, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) S. M. Mahalakshmi Naidu, Associate Professor, E&TC, I²IT, Pune Prof. Madhuri S. Reddy, CEO, I²IT, Pune Mr. Jagdish Choudhari, Chair, SIG AA, IEEE Pune Section
Finance Chairs	Prof. (Dr.) Sandeep Varpe, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Amar Buchade, Treasurer, IEEE Pune Section
Website Team	Coordinator: Ms. Vaidehi S. Banerjee, I²IT, Pune Prof. Abhijeet Khurpe, Chair, Website, IEEE Pune Section Member: Ms. Minal K. Badgujar, I²IT, Pune Ms. Shruti Ajgaonkar, I²IT, Pune (Backend)
Publicity Chairs	Prof. (Dr.) Risil Chhatrala, HoD, E&TC, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Reena Pagare, Chair, EMBS IEEE Pune Section Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Limkar, Vice-Chair, Conference Committee, IEEE Pune Section Ms. Madhushree Kelkar, Persistent Systems
Technical Program Committee	Coordinator: Prof. (Dr.) V. Rajesh Chowdhary, I²IT, Pune Dr. Neha Sharma, Secretary, IEEE Pune Section Members: Prof. (Dr.)Sandeep R. Patil, I²IT, Pune Prof. Ravindra P. Joshi, I²IT, Pune Prof. Sarang Saoji, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Bhavana Kanawade, I²IT, Pune Prof. Anjali Jagtap, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Virendra Shete, Chair, Education Society, IEEE Pune Section Prof. (Dr.) Vinayak Bairagi, Chair, Signal Processing Society, IEEE Pune Section Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Somani, Chair, Student Activity, IEEE Pune Section Prof. (Dr.) Mandar Bhawalkar, Chair, PES-IAS Chapter, IEEE Pune Section Prof. Tushar Mote, Chair, SIG Smart City, IEEE Pune Section Mr. Prashant Joshi, Chair, TEMS, IEEE Pune Section Mr. Hrishikesh Agashe, Persistent Systems Mr. Umesh Puranik, Persistent Systems Mr. Dattaraj Rao, Persistent Systems Ms. Reshma Godse, Persistent Systems
Workshop/Tutorial Chairs	Prof. Ashwini A. Jarali, I²IT, Pune Prof. Ashvini N. Kulkarni, I²IT, Pune Prof. Manjusha V. Amritkar, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Rajashree Jain, Execom, IEEE Pune Section Dr. Surekha Deshmukh, Execom, IEEE Pune Section
Registration Team	Tutorial/workshop: Prof. Mahesh Waghmare, I²IT, Pune Prof. Kimi Ramteke, I²IT, Pune Tracks: Prof. (Dr.) Smita Nande, I²IT, Pune Prof. Bhagyashri Thorat, I²IT, Pune Prof. Rupali Yeole, I²IT, Pune
Publication Chairs	Prof. (Dr.) Dipak Uploankar, I²IT, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Amar Buchade, Treasurer, IEEE Pune Section Prof. (Dr.) Ankita Dhone, I²IT, Pune
Hospitality and Logistics	Mr. Mohan Swaminathan, I²IT, Pune Mr. Onkar K. Bhistannavar, I²IT, Pune Mr. Mahesh Jathar and Team Systems, I²IT, Pune Prof. Sujata Virulkar, I²IT, Pune (for coordination) Prof. Keshav Tambre, I2IT, Pune (for coordination)