Dr. Vidyashankar S
Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, India
RNSIT / International Conference / 2026
Committee
Smart Materials and Sustainable Infrastructure
Committee / 01
Chief Patrons
Mr. Satish R Shetty
Managing Trustee, RN Shetty Trust, India
Mr. Karan S Shetty
Chief Executive Officer, RN Shetty Group of Institutions, India
Committee / 02
Patron
Mr. Murali Krishna K Mysore
CTO, RNS Group of Institutions, India
Committee / 03
General Chairs
Dr. Ramesh Babu H S
Principal, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Committee / 04
Technical Program Chairs
Dr. Venkateswarlu Karodi
Senior Principal Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, India
Dr. Madeva Nagaral
Senior Manager (Design), Aircraft Research & Design Centre, HAL, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Bharath V
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Mohamad Hossein Ahmadi
Shahrood University of Technology, Iran
Committee / 05
Organizing Chairs
Dr. C. P. Lohith
Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Abhijith C. C
Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Committee / 06
Publication Chairs
Prof. Dr. Subash Thanappan Professor & Head
Department of Civil Engineering, KAAF University, Accra, Republic of Ghana, prof.dr.subashthanapaan@kaafuniv.edu.gh ; +917667017757 / +233 534998244
Dr. Annapoorna K
Associate Professor, Dept. of ME, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Manjunath Vatnalmath
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ME, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Vijaykumar G
Assistant Professor, Dept. of ME, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Committee / 07
Finance Chairs
Mr. Sunil B Lakkundi
Assistant Professor , Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Mr. Deekshith Kumar Jain
Assistant Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Committee / 08
Technical Program Committee
Dr. S A Kori
Vice Chancellor, Central University of Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr. B S Murthy
Director IIT, Hyderabad, India
Prof. Dr. Krishnaraj Ramaswamy
Director, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Knowledge Innovative Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, Dambi Dollo University Ethiopia.
Dr. J N Balaraju
Chief Scientist, CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Achuthan C Pankaj
Chief Scientist and Head, Director's Technical Secretariat, CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Nagahanumaiah
Director, Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ms. Mamta Kumari
Scientist-F, LRDE-DRDO, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Balachandra Patil
Principal Scientist, Dept. of Management Studies, IISc, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Vijay Kumar Hiremath
Director, CADMAXX Aeronautics Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.
Dr. Balaram Sahoo
Professor, Materials Research Centre, IISC, Bengaluru.
Prof. Satyam Suwas
Professor, IISc, Bangalore. Karnataka, India
Dr. M R Ramesh
Professor, NITK, Suratkal, Karnataka, India
Dr. G B Veeresh kumar
Dean, NIT, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr B Ravisankar
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Science, NIT, Trichy.
Dr. Virupaxi Auradi
Professor and Head, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India
Committee / 09
Organizing Committee
Dr. Sridhar N Shastry
Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Laxmi B Wali
Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. M S Ramya
Department of Civil Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ms. Srimukhi G Shastry
Department of Mechanical Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Mr. Arjun P
Department of Civil Engineering, RNSIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India