Conference Program

March 1-3, 2026 | EPDMC 2026 Complete Schedule

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Keynote Track 1 Track 2 Panel Discussion Paper Presentations Break Lunch

Day 0: Tutorial Day - March 1, 2026

Hands-on workshops and tutorials with industry experts

Session	Timing	Tutorial	Room	Topic	Speaker	Certification
Morning	9:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Tutorial -1	AS25	Industrial Safety for Semiconductors	Dr Ashwini K Aggarwal	MRIIRS certificate of participation; ESSCI NOS certificate full 1 week program
Morning	9:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Tutorial -2	AS28	From Code to Connected: Building Smart IoT Systems with Arduino	Vikas Sharma, MRIIRS / Dr Umesh Dutta	Arduino certificate of participation
Morning	9:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Tutorial -3	B block Seminar Hall	Introduction to Cadre-VISUAL TCAD – a Semiconductor Process and Device Simulator	Amit Saini	Cadre certificate of participation
LUNCH BREAK (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Afternoon	2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Tutorial -5	AS10	LAM Semulator 3D	Dr Ashwini K Aggarwal w/ Dr Nishant Kumar Sharma, IISc	MRIIRS certificate of participation
Afternoon	2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Tutorial -6	B - Block Seminar Hall	Semiconductor Packaging	Dr Rohit Sharma, IIT Ropar / Dr Rajgopalan Pandey, NAMTech / Dr Ashwini	MRIIRS-IEEE EPS certificate of participation
Afternoon	2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Tutorial -7	AS-28	Fundamentals of Raspberry Pi Pico and PCB Designing	Dr Umesh Dutta / Naveed Qadir	Code Club certificate of participation
Morning Tea Break: ~11:15 AM - 11:30 AM \| Afternoon Tea Break: ~3:30 - 4:00 PM

Note: Hands-on execution in MR Labs/COE for Arduino with Industry SMEs and Certifications from Arduino, SID, IEEE EPS, ESSCI as applicable

Day 1: Main Conference - March 2, 2026

Inauguration, Keynotes, Technical Sessions, and Paper Presentations

Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6
9:00	Inauguration Chancellor, Vice President, Vice Chancellor MRIIRS, Chair EPS Delhi, Chair IEEE Del, Ajit Manocha SEMI, Dr Ravi Mahajan, Fellow, Technology & Pathfinding, Advanced Packaging Technology Manufacturing, Intel / IEEE EPS USA BoG; Rajesh Sharma, Executive Director – ICEA
9:00 - 9:10	MC – Diksha / Welcome & Settling Down & Dignitaries to Dais – Lamp Lighting – Saraswati Vandana
9:10 - 9:15	Chair IEEE EPS Delhi Section / Context Setting & Welcome Prof. (Dr.) Ashwini Kumar Aggarwal
9:15 - 9:25	Chancellor, MREI – Welcome Note & Event Inauguration
9:25 - 9:40	Chair IEEE Delhi Section / Dr MN Hoda
9:40 - 9:55	Global Semiconductor Industry & Packaging Trends Ajit Manocha — President, SEMI, USA
9:55 - 10:30	Plenary 1: Advanced Packaging Architectures and Technologies for Heterogeneous Integration Dr Ravi Mahajan, Fellow, Technology & Pathfinding, Advanced Packaging Technology Manufacturing, Intel Corporation
10:30 - 10:50	Technical Solution Presentation / Industry: KLA Tencor Dr Hemang Bhatt, KLA Tencor
10:50 - 11:15	Technical Solution Presentation / Industry: Applied Materials Dr Suraj Rengarajan, MD, SPG
11:15 - 11:20	Fueling the Fab / Wrap-up Rajesh Sharma, Executive Director, ICEA
11:20	Break
	Track 1 Audi			Track 2 Room AT-15/16
	Advanced Packaging			Supply-Chain – Equipment & Materials
11:45	KEYNOTE: Advanced Packaging & Heterogeneous Integration (30 min) Dr Rohit Sharma, IEEE Distinguished Lecture Speaker			KEYNOTE: 3M Morgana De Avila Ribas, Sr GM
12:15	Tech Presentations / Keynotes Amrit Manwani, Sahasra Electronics ; Ramaswamy Parthasarthy, Intel ; Dr Venkata Mokkapati, Director BD & AE, AT&S AG, Austria ; Advisor-ISM, Jaswinder Ahuja			Tech Presentations / Keynotes IDEMIA – Sharad Mathur / Sr GM Supply-chain, Procurement ; PTW – Venkatesh Kumar Pandurangan, Country General Manager ; Soni Saran Singh, MD, Nmtronics ; INEMI – Sharat Kaul
13:30	Lunch
	Power Electronics			WFD / Bridging the Skill Gap
14:00	KEYNOTE: Power Electronics Sanjay Gupta, India Country Head & Chief Development Officer, L&T Semiconductor Technology ; Horiba – Dr Priyadarshini Ghosh			KEYNOTE: Bridging the Skill Gap Vinod Sharma – DEIKI / Chair ESSCI ; Dr Arun Kumar Pillai – NSDC (TBC) ; Dr Manish Kumar, Chair, MRIIF
	Tech Presentations / Keynotes Dr Shreepad Karmalkar, Director – IIT Bhubaneswar ; CDIL – Prithvideep Singh TBC ; SCL – Rahul Khandelwal ; Dr Harshad Mehta, RIR / Silicon Power ; Dr Kamal Kishore Jha, IIIT Vadodara (Quantum Device Technologies)			Panel Discussion / Tech Presentations / Keynotes ESSCI – SP-MSD Chair; Dr Ashwini Kumar ; Mr Saleem Ahmed, CEO, ESSCI ; Dr Sushoban Avasthi, IISc TBC ; Mr Naveen Gupta, Prakash Webtech ; Dr Manoj Saxena, IEEE EDS Delhi / Prof DDU
15:35	Break
	Paper Presentations
16:00	Semiconductors, VLSI & Advanced Packaging Room AS-09	Embedded Systems & Power Electronics Room AS-25	IoT & Smart Systems Room AS-19	AI, ML & Digital Twins Room AS-17	Intelligent Communication, Energy & Sustainable Systems (ICESS) Room AS-18	Security & Blockchain Technologies Room AS-24
18:00 - 18:45	Cultural Program
19:00 - 20:00	Dinner

Day 2: Conference & Closing - March 3, 2026

Paper Presentations, Keynotes, and Awards Ceremony

Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6
	Paper Presentations
9:00	Semiconductors, VLSI & Advanced Packaging Room AS-09	Embedded Systems & Power Electronics Room AS-25	IoT & Smart Systems Room AS-19	AI, ML & Digital Twins Room AS-17	Intelligent Communication, Energy & Sustainable Systems (ICESS) Room AS-18	Security & Blockchain Technologies Room AS-24
10:00 - 10:30	Break followed by Keynote Tracks
10:30 - 10:45	Keynote Dr Manish Mathew, CEERI, Pilani
10:45 - 11:05	Keynote Dr Ravi Bhatkal, Alpha MacDermid
11:05 - 11:30	Special Address and Keynote (Power Semiconductors) Dr Meena Mishra, Director SSPL
	Track 1 Audi			Track 2 Room AT-15/16
	HBI / Photonics			Quantum Device Technologies / Packaging
11:30	KEYNOTE: Accelerating AI via HBI & Photonics Dr Amr Helmy, Univ of Toronto IEEE			KEYNOTE: Quantum Device Technologies Dr Ajai Chowdhry, Chairperson, National Quantum Mission ; Dr Rajender Singh, IIT Delhi
12:00	Tech Presentations / Keynotes LightSpeed Photonics – Kiran SG ; SIFY – Vibhor Panchnanda ; MEITY – Dr Sunita Verma			Tech Presentations / Keynotes Sujoy Chakravarty, Quanfluence ; Horiba – Varun Bhardwaj ; Dr Shiv Kumar, IIT Delhi; Prof Shailendra Varshney, IIT KGP ; Dr Tejas Naik, IIT Delhi
13:00	Lunch
	Paper Presentations
14:00	Semiconductors, VLSI & Advanced Packaging Room AS-09	Embedded Systems & Power Electronics Room AS-25	IoT & Smart Systems Room AS-19	AI, ML & Digital Twins Room AS-17	Intelligent Communication, Energy & Sustainable Systems (ICESS) Room AS-18	Security & Blockchain Technologies Room AS-24
16:00	Break
16:30 - 17:30	Awards & Closing Ceremony

Speaker Profile

Conference Program

Legend:

Day 0: Tutorial Day - March 1, 2026

Day 1: Main Conference - March 2, 2026

Day 2: Conference & Closing - March 3, 2026