Overview
- Professor Suman Chakraborty represented India at the 2025 Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin as the only invited academic head from an Indian institution.
- He showcased IIT-Kharagpur’s frontier research and innovation ecosystem before an audience that included Nobel laureates, policymakers, and academic leaders.
- His remarks emphasized cross-disciplinary collaboration and technology solutions targeting healthcare, climate challenges, and rural development.
- The institute’s strategy stressed building international partnerships that connect academia with industry and policy to accelerate societal impact.
- Coverage framed the participation as elevating India’s scientific profile, with no specific new collaborations or funding announcements reported from the summit.