BWAS 2026 Faculty

Chief Guest

Prof. Rajesh S. Gokhale

Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India

International faculty

Dr. Dianne Chadwick

ISBER Director-at-Large (Americas)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr. Martin K. Rutter

Deputy Chief Scientist
UK Biobank

Dr. Gouri Mahajan

Director, Mayo Clinic AZ Biorepository
Asst. Prof. of Lab Medicine & Pathology
Regional Ambassador (Americas), ISBER

Dr. Maher Sughayer

President Jordanian Society of Pathologists
Chairman of Pathology and Lab Medicine
KHCC, Jordan
Director, KHCC BIOBANK

National faculty

Dr. Sudha S Murthy

Director, Histopathology & Molecular Oncology
KIMS Hospital

Dr. Kumaraswamy Thangaraj

Padma Shri, CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow

Dr. Giriraj Ratan Chandak

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lightening Lives LLP

Dr. Jyoti Bajpai

Clinical Director; Precision, Immuno-Oncology & Research (West) & Medical Oncology, Apollo Hospitals

Dr. Harish Rotti

Business Development Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Professor. Kalpana Balakrishnan

Dean (Research)
Director
WHO-CCOEH
ICMR-CARAQCH

Dr. Chittaranjan Yajnik

Director & Consultant - Diabetes Unit
KEM Hospital

Dr. Juhi Tayal

Consultant Research & Lead Bio-repository

Ms. Abhirupa Kar

Biorepository Manager
TTCRC

Dr. Shaji Ayillath

Founder, Director
64 Codon Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. Rajiv Sarin

Prof. & Head, Cancer Genetics Unit, TMC

Mr. Rohan Patwardhan

Project Manager
Krishagni Solutions Private Limited

Dr Arpita Choudhury

Scientist, Nucleome, IN

Dr. Mayank Srivastava

Director of Life Science and Applied Genomics Business, Revvity, IN

Dr. Usha Dutta

Cytogeneticist, CDFD, IN

Dr. Ashwin Dalal

Head, Diagnostics Division at CDFD, IN

Prof. Shyam Prakash

Dept of Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Dr. Shruti R.Jawale

Genomic Scientist
Head-Training and Internships
GreenArray Genomic Research & Solutions Pvt.Ltd.

Dr Anirudha Puntambekar

Consultant Histopathologist
Sahyadri Speciality Labs