WCHST 2026

World Congress on Health Sciences and Technology
7-9 October, 2026 | School of Health Sciences and Technology, UPES, Bidholi, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Organizing Committee

Chief Patrons
Dr. Ram Sharma

President, UPES

Dr. Sunil Rai

Vice-Chancellor, UPES


Patrons
Mr. Manish Madan

Pro Vice Chancellor - Operations and Growth Initiatives, UPES

Dr. Veena Dutta

Pro Vice Chancellor - Academic Operations, UPES

Dr. Abhishek Sinha

Pro Vice Chancellor - Student Success, UPES


Chair
Dr. Padma Venkat

Professor & Dean, School of Health Sciences and Technology (SoHST), UPES


Steering Committee
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Nangia

Professor and Dean, R&D, UPES

Dr. Devesh Kumar Avasthi

Professor, UPES

Mr. Rahul Nainwal

Director School of Business, UPES

Dr. Meenakshi Munshi

Former Adviser DBT, GOI & Visiting Professor, UPES

Dr. Mukesh Kumar

Former Head-International Division-ICMR & Distinguished Professor, UPES

Dr. Bhuvanesh Gupta

Smart BioInnovations Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi


Convener
Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Roy

Professor and Head (Pharma Cluster), School of Health Sciences and Technology (SoHST), UPES

Dr. Dhruv Kumar

Professor and Head, Health-Tech Cluster, School of Health Sciences and Technology (SoHST), UPES

Dr. Subhajit Basu

Associate Professor and Head (Health Sciences Cluster) School of Health Sciences and Technology (SoHST), UPES


Organizing Secretary
Dr. Nidhi Chauhan

Professor, School of Health Sciences and Technology (SoHST), UPES


Co- organizing Secretaries
Dr. Utkarsh Jain

Professor, SoHST, UPES

Dr. Suvendu Manna

Senior Associate Professor, Microbiology, SoHST, UPES

Dr. Souradeep Roy

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, SoHST, UPES


Event Secretaries
Dr. Amit Kumar

Professor, SoHST, UPES

Professor, SoHST, UPES
Dr. Ramesh Saini

Senior Associate Professor, the Allied Health Sciences, SoHST, UPES

Dr. Kamesh Rajendra Babu

Assistant Professor, Senior Scale, SoHST, UPES

Dr. Aanchal Mittal

Assistant Professor, Senior scale, SoHST, UPES

Dr. Utsab Debnath

Senior Associate Professor & NIRF Coordinator, UPES

Dr. Shweta Suri

Assistant Professor – Senior Scale, School of Health Sciences & Technology, UPES

Dr. Sandhya S

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SoHST, UPES


Scientific Committee
Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey

Founder Director, HILL Institute, UPES, Dehradun

Dr. Pankaj Thakur

Associate Dean, R&D, UPES


Dr. S. M. Tauseef

Professor and Associate Dean (R&D), UPES


Dr. Sachin Sharma

Founding head UPES_BEST, UPES, Dehradun

Dr. Shilpi Agarwal

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UPES, Dehradun

Dr. Anil Kumar

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, UPES, Dehradun

Mr. Pankaj Badoni

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, UPES, Dehradun

Dr. Vinay Kumar Tyagi

Scientist D, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee / IIT Roorkee

Dr. Shailey Singhal

Professor, Department of Chemistry, UPES, Dehradun, India



Prof. Ramendra Pati Pandey

Deputy Dean (Research & Development),
D Y Patil International University (DYPIU), Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra, India


Dr. Sunita Varjani

Professor School of Engineering, UPES, Dehradun, India




Technical Committee
Mr. Michael William

Admin, UPES

Ms. Dhatri Upadhaya

Admin, UPES

Ms. Smriti Chauhan

Admin, UPES


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