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Day One · June 5, 2026
Friday — Arrival & Opening
Hilton University of Houston
9:30 AM11:00 AM
Registration
Collect Badges & Conference Materials
Welcome to DDA '26. Pick up your badge, program guide, and conference bag.
Outside the Ballroom1 hr 30 min
11:00 AM12:35 PM
Opening Ceremony
Inauguration
Introduction and Welcome Address
Aashirvachan — Sadhu Bhadresh Das Swami Chidananda Puri Shrikant PalkarNeerja GuptaBallroom1 hr 35 min
12:35 PM1:45 PM
Meal
Lunch
1:45 PM2:30 PM
Interactive
Icebreaker Session
Setting the stage for the conference — meet your fellow attendees.
Ballroom
2:30 PM4:00 PM
Short Talk · Big Impact
Opening Talks
K RamasubramanianKoustuv DalalRaj Vedam
Ballroom1 hr 30 min
4:00 PM4:30 PM
Break
Tea & Networking
4:30 PM5:00 PM
Short Talk · Big Impact
Afternoon Talk
Nitin Seth
Ballroom
5:00 PM5:30 PM
Youth · Cultural
Tejas Showcase
The next generation takes the stage.
Ballroom
5:30 PM7:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Understanding Academic Philanthropy
Nitin SethSajjan AgarwalRamesh BhutadaMahesh JadhavCharudatta MalusareDipti Thuse
Ballroom1 hr 30 min
7:00 PM8:00 PM
Meal
Dinner & Networking
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Day Two · June 6, 2026
Saturday — Parallel Deep Dives
Student Center South, University of Houston
7:30 AM8:30 AM
Meal
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM8:45 AM
Morning Practice
Anchoring & Meditation
Ballroom
8:45 AM10:00 AM
Keynote
Morning Keynote Address
Anil RajvanshiManohar Shinde
Ballroom
10:00 AM10:15 AM
Transition
Move to Parallel Rooms
Parallel Sessions · Set 110:15 AM – 12:45 PM · Two simultaneous tracksChoose Your Room
Space City Room
Aligning Technology with Dharma↗ Learn moreAlok ChaturvediAnand RaoArijit PatraBiplav SrivastavaNomesh Bolia
Ballroom
Health Beyond Medicine↗ Learn more
Anand YadavDevraj NayakKoustuv DalalShreela SharmaSonal Gupta
12:45 PM2:00 PM
Meal
Lunch & Networking
Parallel Sessions · Set 22:00 PM – 4:30 PM · Two simultaneous tracksChoose Your Room
Space City Room
Spirituality in the Age of Algorithms↗ Learn moreJeffery LongK RamasubramanianR V HosurShekhar MayanilSharda Nandram
Ballroom
Conversations Across Generations↗ Learn moreSwami Chidanand PuriSampadananda MishraAadit KapadiaKalika UttarkarViswajith Mallampati
4:30 PM5:00 PM
Break
Tea Break
5:00 PM6:00 PM
Short Talk · Big Impact
Evening Featured Talk
Shekhar MayanilSreejith KurupDipti ThuseManoj Gupta
Theatre
6:00 PM7:00 PM
Cultural
Cultural Performance
Theatre
7:00 PM8:00 PM
Meal
Dinner & Networking
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Day Three · June 7, 2026
Sunday — Deep Dive, Synthesis & Closing
Student Center South, University of Houston
7:30 AM8:30 AM
Meal
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM8:50 AM
Morning Practice
Anchoring & Meditation
Ballroom
8:50 AM9:20 AM
Short Talk · Big Impact
Morning Featured Talk
Ajay Shah
Ballroom
9:20 AM9:30 AM
Transition
Move to Parallel Rooms
Parallel Sessions · Set 39:30 AM – 12:00 PM · Two simultaneous tracksChoose Your Room
Space City Room
Education: Learning Beyond Data↗ Learn moreAshish PandeyBhimraya MetriNeerja GuptaVishal AhujaShirin Kulkarni
Ballroom
Sustainability: From Exploitation to Equilibrium↗ Learn moreBhavik BakshiShashi MandapatyVikram PattarkineSailesh RaoPadmini Ranganathan
12:00 PM1:30 PM
Meal
Lunch & Networking
1:30 PM2:00 PM
Youth · Cultural
Tejas Top Performances
The best of Tejas — DDA's youth programme — closes the cultural arc of the conference.
Theatre
2:00 PM3:00 PM
Synthesis
Summary of Themes
Bringing together threads from three days of discourse — what did we learn? What do we carry forward?
Moderators Theatre
3:00 PM4:30 PM
Closing Ceremony
Concluding Session
Closing keynote, Guest of Honour remarks, and farewell. Until DDA '27.
Subhash Kak
D. C. ManjunathShrikant Palkar
Theatre1 hr 30 min
Six Conference Themes
The questions our age most needs to ask
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Aligning Technology with Dharma
Saturday · Parallel Sessions 1↗
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Health Beyond Medicine
Saturday · Parallel Sessions 1↗
III
Spirituality in the Age of Algorithms
Saturday · Parallel Sessions 2↗
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Conversations Across Generations
Saturday · Parallel Sessions 2↗
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Education: Learning Beyond Data
Sunday · Parallel Sessions 3↗
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Sustainability: From Exploitation to Equilibrium
Sunday · Parallel Sessions 3↗
Join us in Houston, June 5–7. Registration includes all sessions, meals & cultural events.
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