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Sushil Pal<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Joint Secretary<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nicedt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dr.-Kishor-P.-Sarawadekar.jpg\" alt=\"KS\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; this.parentElement.textContent='KS';\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr. Kishore P. Sarawadekar<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Associate Professor<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">Deptt. of Electronics Engineering, IIT BHU<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nicedt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shiva-Kumar-P-R.jpg\" alt=\"SP\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; this.parentElement.textContent='SP';\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Sh. Sivakumar P R<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Founder and CEO<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">Maven Silicon, Bengaluru<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nicedt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-23-at-2.49.28-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"P\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; this.parentElement.textContent='P';\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Sh. Parthasarathy<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Senior Director<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">Design for Testability, Intel India Pvt. Ltd<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nicedt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sumeet-Verma.jpg\" alt=\"SV\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; this.parentElement.textContent='SV';\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Sh. Sumeet Verma<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Strategic Leader<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">ARM<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nicedt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-28-112424.png\" alt=\"SV\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; this.parentElement.textContent='SV';\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Sh. Diljith M<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-designation\">Chief Technology Officer CTO<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-department\">Avench Systems Pvt. 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