Resource Persons

The following are the confirmed speakers for the conference. More distinguished speakers will be announced soon.

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Prof. Valsamma Eapen

Chair - Infant, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney

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Prof. Naoufel Gaddour

Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Monastir, Tunisia

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Prof. Paramala Santosh

Professor in Developmental Neuropsychiatry & Psychopharmacology, King's College London, England

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Prof. Daniel Fung

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Singapore

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Prof. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Professor & Director Autism Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Dr. Ammar Albanna

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Director Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital, UAE

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Ms. Kavita Kamat

Behaviour Analyst and the Clinical Director, Laurel Behaviour Support Services, Burnaby, Canada

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Dr. Matthew Belmonte

Associate Professor, Nottingham Trent University, England & Researcher, Com DEALL Trust, Bengaluru, India

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Ms. Alice Mamaga Akosua Amoako

Disability Inclusion Consultant & Digital Social Entrepreneur. Director - Autism Ambassadors of Ghana. Lead - Autism Aid App Project.

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Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya

Chairperson, AutismCare Nepal Society

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Dr. Shoba Srinath

Retired Professor, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India

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Dr. Nishant Goyal

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India

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Dr. Paul Russell

Senior Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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Dr. Prathibha Karanth

Founder Director and Managing Trustee, ComDEALL Trust, Bengaluru, India

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Dr. Satish Girimaji

Retired Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India

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Dr Varghese Punnoose

Professor & HoD Psychiatry , Principal, Government Medical College Kottayam

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Dr. Henal Shah

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, India

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Dr. N. Prasanna Kumar

Professor & HOD, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India

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Ms. Ruby Singh

Founder, Director - Assisted Living For Autistic Adults (ALFAA), Bengaluru, India

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Mrs. Suchita Somashekaraiah

Secretary and Managing Director, Shrishti Special Academy, Bengaluru, India

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Dr. Velprashanth Venkatesan

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India

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Dr. Rajani Padmanabhan

Executive Director, Brindavan Educational Trust, Visiting Faculty, Azem Premji University, Bengaluru, India

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Dr. Porpavai Kasiannan

Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Australia & Founder Director, Pathways Foundation Kovai.

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Dr. Arun Kishore

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, CAMHS, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, UK

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Dr. Naresh Nebhinani

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, India

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Dr. Samiksha Sahu

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India

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Sarita Alexander

Head of Autism Spectrum Unit, Spastics Society of Karnataka, Bangalore, India

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Shobha Sundar

Programme Director, Spastics Society of Karnataka, Bangalore, India

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Dr. Hiral Kotadia

Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Indore, MP

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Dr. Alka A. Subramanyam

MD, DPM, DNB, PGDHM Associate Professor, Topiwala National Medical College

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Dr. Satya Raj

MD, DPM, DNB, FRANZCP Professor, & Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, CMC, Vellore

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Dr Gitanjali G Govindrajan

Founder and Executive Director, Snehadhara Foundation

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Yashaswini Gupta

Director of Operations and Business Relations, Snehadhara Foundation

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Palak Chanana

Arts Practices Facilitator, Community Engagement and Marketing Lead

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Sumathi Ramjee

Joint Managing Trustee, Snehadhara Foundation and Arts Practices for Inclusion Faculty and Supervisor

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Ms. Aarti C Rajaratnam

Psychologist and Author, Salem, India

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Ms. Rajalakshmi Ramu

Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Dr Rita James

Founder and Director, Asha Kiran Special Needs School, Bangalore, India

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Mr Sameer Tandon

India Sales head - Amazon Leo

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Dr Madhuri Vaidyeswar

Founder - Mitra for Life Foundation, Bangalore, India

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Dr Sridhar Bodapati

Founder and CEO at EdQueries, Bangalore, India

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Ms. Betsy Jenifer Selvam

PhD candidate, VIT, Vellore, India

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Dr. Kashmiri Badbade

Development Pediatrician, Kolhapur, India

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Mr. Pranav Kumar Rajagopalan

Business analyst, Cisco, Bangalore, India

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Ms. Sara Varughese

Managing trustee, CBM India Trust

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Ms. Asha Sreedhar

Quality associate, SAP Labs, Bangalore, India

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Dr Arvind Kasthuri

Head of Unit, St John's Geriatric Centre, Bangalore, India

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Dr Harshini Manohar

Assistant professor Child and Adolescent psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India

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Mr Ravi Ranganathan

Programme Director, CBM India Trust

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Ar. Gita Balakrishnan

Founder - Ethos Foundation, Bangalore, India

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Ms. Suman John

CEO - Diya Innovation, Bangalore, India