The Grand Jury 2025
Mr. Vipin Sondhi
Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Mr. Alok Nanda
CTO GE Aerospace India and CEO GE India Technology Centre, Co-Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation and Research, & Co- Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore & Co-Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Mr. Ajay Nanavati
Former Managing Director - 3M
Prof. Andallib Tariq
HOD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Prof. Bharat Bhasker
Director, Information Systems, IIM Ahemdabad
Ms Candace Johnson
Co-founder, SES ASTRA
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee
Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Prof. Devang Khakhar
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Ms Devika Bhalla
Senior Manager, Product Strategy at ServiceNow, New York, United States
Prof. Gagandeep Kang
Director-Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics and Epidemiology, Global Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Himanshu Rai
Director, Indian Institute of Management Indore
Mr. Jayant Patil
Member of Executive Council of Management & Advisor Defence & Smart World to CMD Larsen & Toubro Limited, Former Whole Time Director Larsen & Toubro Limited, Vice President Indian National Academy of Engineering
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Director, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Milind Atrey
Deputy Director (Academics, Research and Translation), IIT Bombay
Prof. Pankaj Chandra
Ahmedabad University
Prof. Ram Gopal Rao
Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Prof. Rangan Banerjee
Director, Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Co-Editor Global Innovation Index & Head, Section, Economics & Data Analytics, WIPO United Nations, Vice President, Geneva Water Rescue
Prof. U. B. Desai
Founding Director, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Prof. Y S Rajan
Chairman, Board of Governing Council, National Institute of Technology, Manipur
First Jury 2025
Prof. Aynampudi Subbarao Rao
President - Indian Innovators Association
Dr. Dandu Radha Prasada Raju, PhD, FNAE
Former Scientist, Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of India
Mr. George Paul
Former CEO, MAIT Ltd.
Dr. Pavan Soni
Innovation Evangelist and Founder, Inflexion Point Consulting
Mr. Pravin Hungund
CEO, MIST; CEO, Innoverse Foundation; CEO, Karnataka Technology Innovation Museum Foundation
Dr. Rahul Verma
Chairman and Co-founder Nano Health
Dr. Ravi Saripalle
Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship GITAM School of Business, GITAM University
Dr. Santosh Mohanty
Trustee, NPS Trust
Mr. Srinivas Deshpande
Former General Manager – Strategy and M&A, Wipro Limited
Mr. Vipin Sondhi,
Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Mr. Vipin Sondhi is an alumnus of The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, The Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and did his schooling at The Lawrence School, Sanawar.
Mr.Sondhi has over three decades of experience in Manufacturing and Engineering based companiessuch as Ashok Leyland, JCB, Honda, Tata Steel and Tecumseh Products
Mr. Vipin Sondhi has a strong and proven track record as a leader, and is a passionate hands-on professional.
Mr. Vipin Sondhi was the MD & CEO of Ashok Leyland and a Director on the Board of Switch Mobility, a fully owned subsidiary of Ashok Leyland set up to manufacture Electric Vehicles.
Mr. Alok Nanda,
CTO GE Aerospace India and CEO GE India Technology Centre, Co-Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation and Research, & Co- Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Alok Nanda leads 5000+ engineers and scientists across multi-disciplinary R&D labs and industry verticals including Aviation, Healthcare, Power, and Renewables.
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan,
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore & Co-Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan is an author, columnist and professor of management who focuses on strategy, innovation, and education.
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Director, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Manindra Agrawal, currently serving as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, is a renowned computer scientist, globally known for his contributions in Complexity Theory and Cryptography.