WCN 2026

World Congress on Nanomedicine 2026
27-29 September, 2026 | Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India

Organizing Committee

Patrons

Prof. Yogesh Singh

Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, India

Dr. Digambar Behera

President, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Prof. R. A. Mashelkar

National Research Professor
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India


Chairman

Prof. Roger D Kornberg

Nobel Laureate, Stanford University, USA

Honorary President

Prof. TMS Chang, FRS[C]

Hon. President, Intl. Society of Nano Medical Sciences,Canada

President

Prof. Ramesh Chandra,FRSC, FAMS

Founder Director, Institute of Nano Medical Sciences, India


Co-Chairs

Prof. Bhanu P . Jena

Professor, Wayne State University, USA

Prof. Nikolay Nifantiev

Professor, Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russia

Prof. Gobardhan Das

Member, NITI Aayog, India

Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, FNA

National Science Chair, Sharda University,India


General Secretaries

Prof. Indrajit Roy

Director, Institute of Nano Medical Sciences , India

Dr. Snigdha Singh

Deputy Director, Institute of Nano Medical Sciences, India


Conveners

Prof. Akilesh K Verma, FNA

Senior Professor, Dep. of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India

Prof. Vibha Tandon

Director CSIR-IICB, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Dr. Rohtash Kumar

CSO, Syngene International, India


Co-Conveners

Prof. Nidhi Chauhan

Professor, UPES Dehradun

Prof. Jitender Madan

Professor, NIPER Hyderabad

Dr. Suveen Kumar

Assistant Professor, NIPER Ahmedabad


Organizing Secretaries

Dr. Shubham Sewariya

Scientist In-Charge, Institute of Nano Medical Sciences

Dr. Aarushi Singh

Assistant Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi

Dr. Ratneshwar K Ratnesh

Asst. Prof., Netaji Subhas University of Technology


Academic Secretaries

Prof. Anita Kamra Verma

Adjunct Faculty, INMS

Prof. Shashi Bala Singh

Adjunct Faculty, INMS

Prof. Sunita Hooda

Professor, Acharya Narendra Dev College University of Delhi


Local Organizing Committee

Prof. A. K. Verma

Chemistry Dept., DU

Prof. S. K. Awasthi

Chemistry Dept., DU

Prof. S. Kukreti

Chemistry Dept., DU

Prof. Anju Katyal

ACBR, DU

Prof. Manisha Tiwari

ACBR, DU

Prof. Sunita Hooda

ANDC, DU

Prof. Anita K. Verma

KMC, DU

Prof. Jai Gopal Sharma

Biotech. Dept., DTU

Prof. Prashant Singh

ARSD, DU

Prof. Ritu Kulshrestha

VPCI, DU

Dr. Kamlesh Kumari

Zoology Dept., DU

Dr. Nishant Verma

Assistant Professor, Shradhhanand College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Dr. Vivek

Hindu College, DU



Dr. Rajni Verma

DST INSPIRE Faculty, Institute of Nano Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Dr. Anju Singh

DST WISE PDF, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi


Dr. Kritika

ANRF NPDF, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Prof. (Dr.) Md. Iqbal

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Quantum University, Roorkee


International Advisory Committee

Prof. Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate

Lewis Thomas University Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Former Director, National Institute of Health & National Cancer Institute, USA

Prof. E. J. Corey, Nobel Laureate

Sheldon Emory Professor Emeritus
Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

Prof. Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Laureate

University Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Prof. Tim Hunt, Nobel Laureate

Honorary Scientist
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

Prof. Venky Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureate

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
Cambridge, UK

Prof. Jerome I. Friedman, Nobel Laureate

Professor Emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Prof. Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate

President Emeritus
Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain and Behaviour
The Rockefeller University, USA

Prof. K. Barry Sharpless, Nobel Laureate

W. M. Keck Professor
Scripps Research Institute, California, USA

Prof. Ryoji Noyori, Nobel Laureate

President, Japan Academy, Tokyo, Japan
Former President, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate

Director
Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Prof. Katalin Kariko, Nobel Laureate

Professor
University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary

Prof. Ben Feringa, Nobel Laureate

Professor
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands

Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi, Nobel Laureate

Baker Family Director, Sarafan Chem-H
Stanford University, California, USA

Prof. David Baker, Nobel Laureate

Director
Institute for Protein Design
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Prof. Minoru Terano

President
Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Japan

Prof. Teruo Fujii

President
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Prof. Oliver Gunther

President
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Prof. Itaru Matsumura

President
Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

Prof. Kohei M. Itoh

President
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Prof. Miki Sugimura

President
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Yahli Lorch

Associate Professor (Research)
Stanford University, USA

Prof. Javed Iqbal, FNA

Director
Peptomedica Biotech, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Chennupati Jagadish

President
Australian Academy of Sciences, Australia

Prof. David Harel

President
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

Prof. Hiroshi Komiyama

Chairman
Science & Technology in Society (STS) Forum Tokyo, Japan

Prof. Deresh Ramjugernath

Rector and Vice Chancellor
Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Prof. Michal Lošťák

Vice Rector for International Relations
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Prof. John Sarrao

Director
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Stanford University, California, USA

Prof. Michael Hoch

Rector
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Prof. Sunil Maharaj

Vice Principal Research Innovation and Postgraduate Education
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Prof. Hayashi Mikako

Executive Vice President (International Affairs)
University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Prof. Antoinette de Bont

Rector Magnificus
Tilburg University, Netherlands

Prof. Ksenia Chmutina

Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Impact and Internationalisation)
Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Dr. Takayumi Homma

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Brendan M. Walsh

Senior Associate Provost Global Strategy
Yale University, Connecticut, USA

Prof. Isabel Capeloa Gil

Rector
Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal

Prof. Myra Conway

Associate Provost Innovation and Research
University of Derby, United Kingdom

Prof. Toomas Asser

Rector
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Ms. Susanne Caarls

Head of Unit - European and International Research & Science
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Hague, Netherlands

Prof. Natalies Konomi

Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity
Kyushu University, Japan

Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf, FRS

President, International Science Council
Former Minister of Education, Netherlands

Prof. Fatma Al Jasmi

Dean, College of Medicine and Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Prof. Edward Anderson

Head of Organic Chemistry
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Prof. Derrick J. Clive

Professor
University of Alberta, Canada

Prof. Peter Rijnbeek

Professor & Head of Department of Medical Informatics
Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands

Prof. Bhanu P. Jena

George E. Palade University Professor & Distinguished Professor
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA

Prof. Michal Tomza

Professor
University of Warsaw, Poland

Prof. Paras N Prasad

SUNY Distinguished Professor & Executive Director of ILPB
University at Buffalo, USA

Prof. Satya Prakash

Professor
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Prof. Andrei Zvyagin

Director of the Research Centre of Bioimaging
Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

Prof. Ken-Tye Yong

Associate Dean (External Engagement) & Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Sydney, Australia

Prof. Sushanta Mitra

Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
University of Waterloo, Canada

Prof. Benjamin Wolzin

Professor
Boston University School of Medicine, USA

Prof. Alicia El Haj

Interdisciplinary Chair in Cell Engineering
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Dr. Christopher Cioffi

Associate Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Prof. Anirban Maitra

Director, Perlmutter Cancer Center
New York University, USA

Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia

John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Prof. Nagendra Kaushik

Professor
Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea

Prof. Christoph Arenz

Professor
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Prof. Esther Breslow

Professor Emerita of Biochemistry
Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Prof. M. M. Sharma, FRS

Emeritus Professor of Eminence
Former Director, ICT Mumbai, India

Dr. Tapas Sen

Reader
University of Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

Prof. Yukihiko Kazao

Director General
Science & Technology in Society (STS) Forum, Japan

Prof. Yu Serizawa

Director General for International Affairs
STS Forum, Japan

Prof. Ram B. Gupta

Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Dr. Alireza Ghanbarpour

Assistant Professor
Washington University in St. Louis, USA


National Advisory Committee

Dr. R. Venkataramani

Attorney General for India
Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India

Prof. Vaidya R. Kotecha

Secretary
Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India

Prof. Ganesh Pandey, FNA

Distinguished Professor
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Prof. Ajay Sood, FRS

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India
Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, India

Prof. D. D. Sarma, FNA

Honorary Professor and CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Prof. Soumya Swaminathan, FNA

Principal Advisor, National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India

Prof. Gobardhan Das, FNASc

Director
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, India

Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya, FNA

Director
IISER Tirupati, India

Prof. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS

National Research Professor
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Prof. Shailendra Saraf

Director
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad, India

Mr. P. K. Gupta

Founder and Chancellor
Sharda University, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. Vibha Tandon

Director
CSIR IICB, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Dr. Radha Rangarajan

Director
CSIR CDRI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. Alok Dhawan

Director
CBMR Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. Soniya Nityanand

Vice Chancellor
King George Medical University, Lucknow, India

Prof. Anindya Datta, FNASc

Director
Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Mohali, Punjab, India

Prof. Achyuta Samanta

Founder
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Prof. Ranjan Bose

Director
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prof. Rajendra Prasad, FNA

Former Rector
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Prof. Sandeep Verma, FNA

Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Dr. Samir V. Kamat

Chairman
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), New Delhi, India

Prof. V. Haridas

Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prof. Shailja Singh

Professor
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India

Prof. Neetu Singh

Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India

Dr. Ajay K. Dewan

Director, Surgical Oncology
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi, India

Prof. Rambir Singh

Professor
Mizoram University, Mizoram, India

Prof. Anil K. Mishra

Head, Division of Cyclotron and Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
INMAS DRDO, Delhi, India

Dr. Utkarsh Jain

Associate Professor
UPES Dehradun, Dehradun, India

Dr. Jayant Sindhu

Associate ProfessorChaudhary Charan Singh Haryana
Agricultural University

Dr. Rakeshwar Bandichhor, FRSC

Vice President and Head of
Chemistry, API Process R&D Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited

Prof. Mohammad Azhar Aziz

Professor and Founder Director of the
Cancer Nanomedicine Consortium,Aligarh Muslim University

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, FNA

Institute Chair Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, U.P., India

Prof. Vinod K Singh, FNA

President
National Academy of Sciences, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. G. D. Yadav, FNA

President
Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Prof. Sekhar C. Mande, FNA

President
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India

Prof. T. P. Singh, FNA

SERB Distinguished Fellow
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
New Delhi, India

Prof. G. P. Talwar, FNA

Founder Director
Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi, India


Industries

Dr. Sudharshan Arora

Founding Partner, Suingora Consulting LLP
Gurugram, India
Former President R&D, Ranbaxy & Lupin

Dr. Dhileep Krishnamurthy

Head of Operations, Project Management & CMC
Princeton South, USA
Former CSO, Jubilant Ingrevia

Dr. Swati Dumitras

Global Head Biomarker Development
Novartis, Switzerland

Prof. Peter T. Halpin

Chief Executive Officer
World Resources Company, USA

Dr. Saád Al-khatein

Executive Officer & Deputy Managing Director
Aramco Asia Japan

Dr. Hugh Thompson

Executive Chairman, RSAC
Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital

Dr. Henry A McKinnell

Chairman
North American Associates of STS Forum

Dr. Alok Tayi

Co-founder & CEO
Vibe Bio, USA

Prof. Pavel Kabat

Secretary General
Human Frontier Science Program

Prof. Sudip S. Parikh

CEO
American Association for Advancement of Science

Mr. Uday Punj

Managing Director
Chimes Pvt Ltd, India

Dr. Satoshi Konishi

President & CEO
KDDI Research, Japan

Dr. Edward Moses

Founder & CEO
Fusion Energy Systems, USA

Dr. Rajeev Gautam

President
HORIBA India Pvt Ltd

Dr. Mayasuki Adachi

President & COO
HORIBA Ltd, Japan

Mr. Demetris Skourides

Chief Scientist
Cyprus

Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis

Director General
Cyprus

Dr. Harrick Vin

Chief Technology Officer
Tata Consultancy Services

Shivani Sharma

Global Head Marketing – Innovation
TCS

Mr. Anurag Sharma

Joint Managing Director
Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt Ltd


Local Advisory Committee

Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal

Outstanding Scientist
Former Director, CSIR NIScPR, New Delhi, India

Prof. Akhilesh K. Verma, FNA

Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi,India

Prof. Satish K. Awasthi

Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prof. Shrikant Kukreti

Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prof. Anju Katyal

Professor
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, Delhi

Prof. Manisha Tiwari

Professor
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, Delhi

Prof. Sunita Hooda

Professor
Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi

Prof. Anita K. Verma

Professor (Retired)
Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi

Prof. Dinabandhu Sahoo

Professor, Department of Botany
University of Delhi

Prof. Jai Gopal Sharma

Professor, Biotechnology
Delhi Technological University

Prof. Prashant Singh

Professor
ARSD College, University of Delhi

Prof. Ritu Kulshrestha

Professor
Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute

Prof. Raj Kumar, FAMS

Director
Vallabhbhai Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Prof. Sunit K. Singh, FAMS

Director
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Prof. K. C. Gupta, FNA

INSA Senior Scientist
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prof. Rajeev Gupta, FASc

Head, Department of
Chemistry, University of Delhi

Prof. Binay Kumar


Head, Department of Physics & Astrophysics
University of Delhi

Prof. Shobha Bagai

Director, Cluster Innovation
Centre, University of Delhi

Dr. Sudhir Chandna

Director
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences
New Delhi, India

Prof. Prakash Mondal

Head, Department of Anthropology
, University of Delhi

Prof. Radhey Shyam Sharma

Head, Department of Environmental Studies,
University of Delhi

Prof. Pankaj Srivastava

Head, Department of Geology
University of Delhi

Prof. Manoj Kumar Singh

Head, Department of Home Science,
University of Delhi

Prof. Sathyabhama Das Biju

Head, Department of Nursing, University of Delhi

Prof. Rita Singh

Professor & Head, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi

Prof. Amita Gupta

Head, Department of Biochemistry,
University of Delhi

Prof. Manisha Goel

Head, Department of Biophysics,
University of Delhi

Prof. Manoj Kumar Khanna

Head, Department of Electronics Science,
University of Delhi

Prof. Tapasya Srivastava

Head, Department of Genetics,
University of Delhi

Prof. Yogender P. Khasa

Head, Department of Microbiology,
University of Delhi

Prof. R. S. Rautela

Head, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care,
University of Delhi

Prof. Anita Mahajan

Head, Department of Anatomy,
University of Delhi

Prof. Binita Goswami

Head, Department of Biochemistry,
University of Delhi

Prof. Arundeep Kaur

Head, Department of Dentistry,
University of Delhi

Prof. Deepika Pandhi

Head, Department of Dermatology,
University of Delhi

Prof. Sunita Kalra

Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Delhi

Prof. Gajender Singh Ranga

Head, Department of General Medicine, University of Delhi

Prof. P. N. Pandey

Head, Department of General Surgery, University of Delhi

Prof. Rumpa Saha

Head, Department of Microbiology
University of Delhi

Prof. Kiran Guleria

Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
University of Delhi

Prof. Kirti Singh

Head, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Delhi

Prof. Vinod Kumar

Head, Department of Orthopedics
University of Delhi

Prof. Ravi Meher

Head, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
University of Delhi

Prof. Pragat Chhabra

Head, Department of Community Medicine
University of Delhi

Prof. K. Rajeshwari

Head, Department of Pediatrics
University of Delhi

Prof. Farah Khaliq

Head, Department of Physiology
University of Delhi

Prof. R. S. Solanki

Head, Department of Radio Diagnosis
University of Delhi

Dr. Mrinalini Kotru

Head, Department of Pathology
University of Delhi

Prof. Vandana Roy

Head, Department of Pharmacology
University of Delhi

Dr. Sarita Tyagi

Head, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences
University of Delhi

Prof. Geetanjali Sethi

Department of Physics
St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi

Prof. (Dr.) Md. Iqbal

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Quantum University

Dr. Neha Chaudhary

Department of Chemistry
Ramjas College, University of Delhi

Dr. Shuchi Verma

Department of Chemistry
Ramjas College, University of Delhi

Dr. Kiran Soni

Department of Chemistry
Ramjas College, University of Delhi

Dr. Vivek Chopra

Department of Botany
Hindu College, University of Delhi

Dr. Ravi Tomar

Department of Chemistry
SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Dr. Sonal Singh

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Delhi Technological University

Dr. Umer Ashraf

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Delhi Technological University

Dr. Kritika

ANRF NPDF
Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology