Foreign Dignitaries who graced the Conference over the years:


▪ IWSMSP 1991, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi

Prof. W. M. Hartman, Michigan State Univ., USA
Prof. U. J. Hansen, Indiana State University



▪ IWSMSP 1992, BHU, Varanasi


Prof. Uwe J. Hansen, Indiana State University
Prof. Carol Lynne Krumhansl, Stanford University
Prof. Jamshed J Bharucha, Tufts University



▪ IWSMSP 1996, Visva Bharati, West Bengal


Prof. U. J. Hansen, Indiana State University



▪ IWSMSP 2001, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi


Prof. K K Paliwal, Griffith University, Australia
Prof S Dutta, Loughborough University, UK
Prof. Elisavetta Ladavas, University of Bologna, Italy



▪ FRSM 2004, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu


Prof. Knutt Guettler, Norwegian Academy of Science, Oslo
Dr. Arvindh Krishnaswamy, Stanford University
Dr. George Essl, Media Lab Europe, Ireland
Dr. N Radhakrishnan, Bowling green State University, Ohio, USA
Prof. Wim Van Der Meer, University of Amsterdam
Prof. Elisabetta Ladavas, University of Bologna, Italy



▪ FRSM 2005, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar


Prof. Knutt Guettler, Norwegian Academy of Science, Oslo
Prof. Ahmed M Alazzabi,Seventh April University, Libya
Prof. S Dutta, Loughborough University, UK



▪ FRSM 2006, UPTU, Lucknow


Prof. Wim Van Der Meer, University of Amsterdam
Dr. N Radhakrishnan, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA



▪ FRSM 2007, AIISH, Mysore


Dr. Parag Chordia, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Bhiksha Raj, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, USA
Dr. Rita Singh, Carnegie Mellon University, USA



▪ FRSM 2008, Jadavpur University, Kolkata


Prof. Didier Grandjean, University of Geneva
Prof. Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo
Prof. Wim van der Meer, University of Amsterdam
Prof. Kristoffer Jensen, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
Prof. K K Palliwal, Griffith University, Australia
Prof. Clarence Barlow, University of California
Prof. Hiroya Fujisaki, University of Tokyo
Dr. Mykhaylo Khramov, Ukraine
Prof. Francesco Guerra, University of Rome



▪ FRSM 2009, ABV IIIT, Gwalior


Prof. Richard Stern, Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Kristoffer Jensen, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
Prof. Raffaele Parisi, University of Rome
Prof. Miroslaw Majchrzak, Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Madgazin Vadim Rimovich, Independent Researcher, Russia
Dr. Mykhaylo Khramov, Ukraine



▪ FRSM 2011, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar


Dr. Matthias Braeunig, Institute for Environment Health Sciences, Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Kristoffer Jensen, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
Dr. Jun Wu, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Yago de Quay, Laboratorio Multimedia, FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Dr. Ryan Stables, Birmingham City University, UK
Dr. Kristian Nymoen, University of Oslo, Oslo
Prof. Thibaud Necciari, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Prof. Mitsuko Aramaki, Laboratoire de Mecanique et d’Acoustique, France
Prof. Sølvi Ystad, LMA-CNRS, France



▪ FRSM 2012, KIIT, Gwalior


Prof. Xavier Serra, University of Barcelona
Prof. Hiroya Fujisaki, University of Tokyo
Prof. Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo
Dr. Mykhaylo Khramov, Ukraine
Dr. Baris Bozkurt, Bahcesehir University,Istanbul, Turkey



▪ FRSM 2014, AIISH, Mysore


Prof. Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan



▪ FRSM 2015, IIT, Kharagpur


Prof. Hiroya Fujisaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan



▪ FRSM 2019, AIT, Kanpur


Prof. Carlos Guedes New York University, Abu Dhabi
Mykhaylo Kharmov Independent Project Commator, Ukraine



▪ FRSM 2020, NIT, Silchar


Prof. Keikichi Hirose Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Bjorn Schuller Imperial College London, UK

About SVNIT SURAT

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat is one of the National Institutes of Technology in India set up with the objective to provide high quality technical education to meet the needs of the Nation in the present competitive world.

The Institute has been granted the status of ‘Institute of National Importance’ w.e.f. Aug. 15, 2007. At present, there are six undergraduate courses, seventeen postgraduate courses, and Ph.D. programmes in all disciplines of engineering and applied sciences.

The campus is spread over 250 hectares of lush green forest, which is midway between the Surat Domestic Airport and Surat Railway station, and is well connected by city buses and local trains.

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, perceives to be a globally accepted centre of excellence in technical education catalyzing absorption, innovation, diffusion and transfer of high technologies resulting in enhanced quality for all the stakeholders.