Plenary Speakers
Dr. Susmita Dasgupta
Ministry of SteelGovernment of India India
Dr. Susmita Dasgupta
Ministry of SteelGovernment of India IndiaBiography
Susmita Dasgupta is the Founder of Heather House LLP, a platform dedicated to fostering knowledge, research, and intellectual exchange. She retired as Joint Chief Economist at the Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, after a distinguished career of over 34 years in policy economics. Throughout her tenure, she made significant contributions to economic analysis, policy formulation, and strategic planning, playing an important role in the growth and development of India's steel sector.
She is the author of Economics of the Indian Steel Industry, published by Taylor & Francis (UK), a comprehensive work that explores the evolution, economic significance, challenges, and future prospects of the Indian steel industry. Her areas of expertise include industrial economics, sustainable industrial development, green steel, resource efficiency, decarbonization, circular economy, and the role of industry in addressing climate change and supporting sustainable growth.
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Prof. Thomas J Webster
Brown UniversityUnited States
Prof. Thomas J Webster
Brown UniversityUnited StatesBiography
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 139) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of
Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He
has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products
currently improving human health in over 45,000 patients. He is currently helping those
companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University
of Technology, UFPI, University of the Basque Country, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous
awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly
Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most
Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist
by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former
President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with
over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof.
Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the
U.S.
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