PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Inorganic& Physical Chemistry

I. Core Members
1. Prof. V Chandrasekhar (Chairman)
Director NISER-Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
2. Prof. Srinivasan Natarajan
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
3. Prof. A Samanta
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
4. Dr. M. Lakshmi Kantam
Professor & J.C. Bose Fellow
Department of Chemical Sciences
Tezpur University, Assam
5. Prof. G. Mugesh
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
6. Prof. Amalendu Chandra
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
7. Dr. Arvind Chaudhary (Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi

II Members for Co-option

1. Prof. N. Chandrakumar
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
2. Prof. Balasubramianian Sundaram
Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
Bangalore
3. Dr. V. Subramanian
Senior Principal Scientist
Chemical Lab
Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
4. Dr. Darbha Srinivas
Scientist, Catalysis Division
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
5. Prof. S. Vasudevan
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
6. Prof. T. P. Radhakrishanan
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
7. Prof. A. K. Ganguly
Director
Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, Mohali
8. Prof. R. Dhamodharan
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
9. Dr. Anil Kumar
Scientist
J C Bose National Fellow
Chair, Physical & Materials Chemistry Division
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune
10. Prof. Himadri B. Bohidar
School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
11. Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
12. Prof. M.V. Sangaranarayanan
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
13. Prof. Anil J. Elias
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
14. Prof. M. Ravikanth
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
15. Prof. Shyamavala Mazumdar
Department of Chemical Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
16. Prof. Pradyut Ghosh
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
17. Prof. J. K. Bera
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
18. Dr. A. C. Sahayam
Scientific Officer (G)
Head, Bulk Analysis Section,
National Centre for Compositional Characterization of Materials
(NCCCM), B. A. R. C., E. C. I. L. Hyderabad
19. Dr. A. K. Tyagi
Head, Solid State Chemistry Section
Chemistry Division
Babha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
 Organic Chemistry

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh,(Chairperson)
Director
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal
2. Prof. Uday Maitra,
Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
3. Prof. J N Moorthy
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
4. Prof. K P Kaliappan,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
5. Prof. Anju Chadha,
BT 404, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry
Department of Biotechnology &
National Center for Catalysis Research
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
6. Dr. Vaijayanti Kumar,
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
7. Dr. Monika Agarwal (Member Secretary)
Scientist E
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi

II Members for Co-option

1. Dr. Arabinda Chaudhuri,
Biomaterials Group
Division of Lipid Science and Technology
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
2. Dr. Arindam Banerjee,
Department of Biological Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,Kolkata
3. Prof. Sandeep Verma,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
4. Dr. Srinivasa Reddy,
Organic Chemistry Division
CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
5. Dr. Venkat Palle
Senior Vice President, Discovery Research
NDDD, Lupin Limited (Research Park), Pune
6. Dr. Bipin Pandey,
Department of Chemistry,
Saurashtra University,Rajkot
7. Prof. P V Bharatam,
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali
8. Prof. Ashwini Nangia,
School of Chemistry,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
9. Prof. N G Ramesh,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
10. Prof. N Jeyaraman,
Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
11. Prof. Dilip Dhawale,
Department of Chemistry
University of Pune, Pune
12. Prof. S. Baskaran,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
13. Prof. S Muthusamy,
School of Chemistry
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
14. Prof. Bhisma Patel,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati
15. Dr. Pradeep Kumar,
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory,Pune
16. Prof. I N Nampoothiri,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
17. Dr. Jeyakannan,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
18. Prof. P K Iyer,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati
19. Dr D Ramaiah,
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Jorhat
 PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : EARTH & ATMOSPHERIC
SCIENCES
I. Core Members
1. Dr. Archana Bhattacharya, (Chairperson)
Emeritus Scientist & J C Bose Fellow,
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai
2. Dr. Geetha Ramkumar Scientist SG; Head,
Atmospheric Dynamics Branch Space Physics Laboratory (SPL),
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Thiruvananthapuram
3. Dr. Navin Juyal
Earth & Planetary Sciences Division
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
4. Prof. Nibir Mondal, FNA
Deptt. of Geological Sciences,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
5. Prof. S.K. Satheesh, FNA; FASc
Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore
6. Dr. Ajai,
Emeritus Scientist,
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
7. Dr. M. Mohanty (Member Secretary)
Scientist F
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
8. Dr. Prahlad Ram (Convenor)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Dr. Santanu Kumar Bhowmik
Professor
Department of Geology & Geophysics
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
2. Dr. Vishwas S. Kale
Professor and Head
Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune
3. Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty
Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi
4. Dr. Shakeel Ahmed,
Chief Scientist,
National Geophysical Research Institute,Hyderabad
 5. Prof. Santosh Kumar
Head, Department of Geology
Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study (CAS)
Dean, Faculty of Science
Kumaun University, Nainital
6. Dr Pratul Kumar Saraswati
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, Mumbai
7. Prof. M.S.Pandian
Head, Department of Earth Sciences
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
8. Prof. S. Sanjeevi
Department of Geology
Anna University, Chennai
9. Dr. Anil Kulkarni,
Distinguished Visiting Scientist
Divecha Centre for Climate Change,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
10. Dr. A Ganju,
Director, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE),
DRDO, Chandigarh
11. Dr. K.S. Krishna FASc, FNASc, FAPAS
Scientist G
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
12. Dr. S P Shukla,
Director, Glaciology Division
Geological Survey of India, Lucknow
13. Dr. D P Dobhal,
Centre for Glaciology,
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
14. Shri R D Singh,
Director, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
15. Dr. M R Bhutiyani,
Director, Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL),
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Metcalfe House,
Delhi
16. Dr. Hema Achyuthan
Prof. and Head
Department of Geology
Anna University, Chennai

17. Dr. V U M Rao,

Project Coordinator (Agromet),
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santosh Nagar, Hyderabad.
18. Dr. M Ravichandran,
Director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa
19. Dr. S A Haider,
Professor, Space and Atmospheric Physics
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
 PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Chemical & Environmental Engineering

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Deepak Kunzru (Chairman)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
2. Prof. Chandra Venkataraman
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
3. Prof. K. V. Venkatesh
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
4. Prof. Shantanu Roy
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi
5. Dr. Sadhana Rayalu
Environmental Material Division
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur
6. Prof. V. Kumaran
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
7. Dr. V. Ramesh (Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board,, New Delhi
II. Members for Co-option

1. Prof. A. B. Pandit
Deaprtment of Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology Bombay, Mumbai
2. Prof. A. K. Suresh
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
3. Prof. Anurag Mehra
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
4. Dr. Ashish Lele
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
5. Prof. Giridhar Madras
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
6. Prof. Jayant Modak
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
7. Prof. Kajari Kargupta
Department of Chemical Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
8. Prof. Nitin Kaistha
Department of Chemical Engineer
Indian Insitute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
9. Dr. N.V. Choudary
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL)
R&D, Bangalore
10. Prof. P. R. Nott
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
11. Prof. Ranjana Chowdhury
Department of Chemical Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
12. Prof. Sachin C Patwardhan
Department of Chemcial Engineer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
13. Prof. Sanjeev Chaudhari
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
14. Prof. Shankar Narasimhan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
15. Prof. Siddhartha Panda
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
16. Prof. Sirshendu De
Head of the Department Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
17. Prof. S. Ponrathnam
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
18. Prof. Vilas G. Gaikar
Department of Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology(ICT), Mumbai
19. Dr. Vivek V. Ranade
Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
20. Prof. V. M. Naik
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
 Civil & Mechanical Engineering

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Rama Govindarajan ( Chairman)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences
Hyderabad
2. Prof. D. N. Singh
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Mumbai
3. Prof. Jayashree Bijwe
Industrial Tribology Machine Dynamics & Maintenance Engineering
Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi
4. Prof. Jaywant H. Arakeri
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
5. Prof. P. P. Mazumdar
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
6. Mr. R.K. Joshi(Member Secretary)
Scientist D
Department of Science and Technology
New Delhi
7. Dr. Pankaj Kumar Rawat (Convenor)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board
New Delhi

II. Members for Co-option

1. Professor Ananth Ramasamy
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. Ashwani Kumar
Department of Earthquake Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee
3. Prof. B. Bhattacharjee
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi
4. Prof. C. V. R. Murthy
Director Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur
5. Prof. J. N. Bandopadhyay
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur
6. Prof. Ligy Philip
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai
7. Dr. Nagesh R. Iyer
Director
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre
Chennai
8. Dr. Neelima Satyam D.
Geotechnical Engineering Research Laboratory
Earthquake Engineering Research Center
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
Hyderabad
9. Prof. Partha Chakraborty
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur
10. Prof. Pradip Dutta
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
11. Professor Pramod S. Mehta
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
12. Prof. Ravi B. Sinha
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
13. Prof. Sameer Khandekar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur
14. Prof. Soumitra Paul
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur
15. Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya
Deputy Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
16. Prof. Sriman K Bhattacharyya
CSIR – Central Building Research Institute
Roorkee
17. Prof. T. Sundararajan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
 Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (Chairman)
Machine Intelligence Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
2. Prof. A. Chockalingam
Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
3. Prof. Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
Interdisciplinary Programme in Systems and Control Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
4. Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur, Kanpur
5. Prof. Nandita Das Gupta
Electrical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras, Chennai
6. Prof. S. C. Srivastava
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur, Kanpur
7. Dr. Anima Johari(Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II. Members for Co-option

1. Prof. Abhay Karandikar

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
2. Prof. Amitava Das Gupta
Electrical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
3. Prof. Basabi Bhowmick
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
4. Prof. Bhim Singh
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
5. Prof. Jayanthi Sivaswamy
Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT)
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad
6. Prof. Navakanta Bhat
Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
7. Prof. Ranjan Malik
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
8. Prof. Santanu Chaudhury
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
9. Prof. Shanthi Pavan
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
10. Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti
Electrical Engineering Department
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
11. Prof. S. K. Koul
Centre for Applied Research in Electronics
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
12. Prof. S.K. Soone
Power System Operation Corporation Ltd. (POSCO), New Dehi
13. Prof. Sneh Anand
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Dehi
14. Prof. Subhananda Chakrabarti
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
15. Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
16. Prof. Sukumar Mishra
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
17. Prof. S.V. Kulkarni
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
18. Prof. Vivek Agarwal
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
19. Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
 Materials, Mining & Minerals Engineering

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Vikram Jayaram (Chairman)
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. Deepak Mazumdar
Department of Material Science Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
3. Prof. Karabi Das
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
4. Prof. Indradev Samajdar
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
5. Prof. Mangala Joshi
Department of Textile Technology
Indian Institute of Techology Delhi, New Delhi
6. Dr. Samir V. Kamat
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad
7. Dr. Pankaj Kumar Rawat(Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II. Members for Co-option

1. Prof. Ajit Kulkarni

Department of Metallurgical Engg. & Materials Sci.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
2. Dr. Amol A. Gokhale
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DRDO), Hyderabad
3. Prof. Anish Upadhyaya
Department of MSE
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
4. Prof. Bikramjit Basu
Materials Research Centre
Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore
5. Prof. B. S. Murthy
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
6. Prof. Dipankar Banerjee
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
7. Prof. Dipankar Chakravorty
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata
8. Dr. Gautam K. Dey
Materials Science Division
Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai
9. Prof. Giridhar Madras
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
10. Dr. G. S. Bhuvaneshwar
Ex- SCTIMST (IITM) Trivitron, Chennai
11. Prof. K. A. Natarajan
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
12. Prof. K. Bhanusankara Rao
School of Engineering Sciences & Technology
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
13. Prof. K. Narasimhan
Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
14. Prof. M.K. Surappa
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
15. Prof. Rahul Mitra IIT Kharagpur
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Chairman Materials Science Division
Central Research Facility
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
16. Dr. Shrikant V. Joshi
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New
Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad
17. Prof. S. N. Ojha
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
18. Dr. Surendra Ponrathnam
Ex – National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
19. Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali
Corrosion Science and Technology Group
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam
20. Prof. Umesh Waghmare
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
 PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : LIFE SCIENCES

Animal Sciences

I.Core Members
1. Prof. Rene M. Borges (Chairperson)
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. L.S. Shashidhara,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pune
3. Dr. SurendraGhaskadbi
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
4. Prof. Aparna Dutta Gupta
Department of Animal Biology
School of Life Sciences
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
5. Prof.Upinder S. Bhalla
NCBS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Bangalore
6. Prof. Sudha Bhattacharya
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
7 Dr. Doyil T. Vengayil(Member Secretary)
Scientist E
Department of Science and Technology
New Delhi
II.Members for Co-option
1. Prof. R. Sukumar
Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Dr S. Shivaji
Jhaveri Microbiology Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad
3. Prof. N K Subhedar
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pune
4. Dr. V.V. Ramamurthy
Div. of Entomology,
Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
5. Dr. K Venkataraman
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
6. Dr.P.A. Azeez
Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
Coimbatore
7. Dr. P. Jayasankar
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar
8. Prof. J.K.Roy,
Department of Zoology
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
9. Prof. Vani Brahmachari,
Epigenetics and Developmental Biology Group
Dr.B.R. AmbedkarCenter for Biomedical Research,
University of Delhi. Delhi
10. Prof. QudsiaTahseen,
Department of Zoology,
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
11. Prof. NirmalenduSaha, Department of Zoology
Biochemical Adaptation Lab, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
12. Prof. RupinderTewari,
Centre for Microbial Biotechnology,
Punjab University, Chandigarh.
13 Dr. Vinod Scaria,
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
South Campus, Mathura Road
Delhi
14 Prof.Pradip Sinha
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering (BSBE)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh,
15 Prof. Sanjeev Galande
Department of Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
16 Prof. Neeta Sehgal
Department of Zoology,
University of Delhi
Delhi
17 Prof.SubhaTole,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai
18 Dr.Apurva Sarin
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore
19 Dr. Jyotsna Dhawan
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology,
Hyderabad.
 Health Sciences

I. Core Members
1. Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Chairperson)
The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences,
Christian Medical College, Vellore
2. Dr. Vineeta Bal,
NII, New Delhi
3. Dr. Madhu Dixit
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
4. Dr. Sudeep Gupta
Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education, Navi Mumbai
5. Dr. B. Ravindran
Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar
6. Prof. Polani B. Seshagiri
Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
7. Dr. Balachandar Venkatesan (Member Secretary)
Scientist E
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Dr. B. Suresh
JSS University, Mysore
2. Prof. Y.K. Gupta,
Department of Pharmacology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
3. Dr. T.Rajkumar
Department of Molecular Medicine
WIA, Chennai.
4. Dr. M V Padma Srivastava
Dept. of Neurology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
5. Dr. Chitra Mandal
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
6. Dr. Nikhil Tandon
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi
7. Dr. Suman Chakrabharti
School of Medical Science & Technology
IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur
8. Prof.V. Seenu
Dept. of Surgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
9. Dr. Kumar Govindaswamy
Narayana Nethralaya Campus, Bangalore
10. Dr. Vidita Vaidya
Department of Biological Sciences
TIFR, Mumbai
11. Dr. Shekhar Mande
National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
12. Prof. Raies Ahmad Qadri
Department of Biotechnology
University of Kashmir, Srinagar
13. Dr.Mitali Mukherji
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
14. Prof. Sandhya S. Visweswariah
Department of Molecular reproduction, Development & Genetics
IISc, Bangalore
 Plant Sciences
I. Core Members
1. Professor Paramjit Khurana, (Chairperson)
Department of Plant Molecular Biology
University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
2. Dr. T.R.Sharma
Project Director
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology,
IARI, New Delhi
3. Prof.(Mrs.) Usha Vijayraghavan
Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore
4. Dr. R. Uma Shaanker
Department of Crop Physiology and
School of Ecology and Conservation
University of Agricultural Sciences
Bangalore
5. Prof. Sudip Chattopadhyay,
Department of Biotechnology
National Institute of Technology-Durgapur
Durgapur
6. Dr. Maitrayee DasGupta
Coordinator DBT-CU-IPLS
Department of Biochemistry
University of Calcutta
Kolkata
7. Dr. G. Harish Kumar(Member Secretary)
Scientist-E
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Dr. Ramamurthy Srinivasan
NRC Plant Biotechnology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
2. Prof. Appa Rao Poddile
Department of Plant Sciences
School of Life Sciences
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
3. Professor Ashis Kumar Nandi
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Dr. Subhra Chakraborty
Staff Scientist VI
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
5. Dr. Sumita Jha
Professor
Dept. of Botany
University of Calcutta, Kolkota
6. Dr. Sanjay Kumar
Director
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan BioresourceTechnology, Palampur
7. Professor Ashwani Pareek
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
8. Dr. Pulok K. Mukherjee,
School of Natural Product Studies
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
9. Professor Dinabandhu Sahoo
Director
Department of Biotechnology
Institute of Bioresources& Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal
10. Dr. Sabhyata Bhatia
Staff Scientist VI
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
11. Prof.Manoj K. Dhar
Professor & Director
Plant Molecular Biology Genomics
University of Jammu, Jammu
12. Prof. Shrirang Ramchandra Yadav
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
13. Dr. Utpal Nath
Assistant Professor
Department of MCB
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
14. Dr. Rajender.S. Sangwan
Chief Executive Officer,
Center of Innovative & Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali
15. Prof. Prabhjeet Singh
Professor & Head
Dept. of Biotechnology
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
16. Dr. Samir V. Sawant
Principal Scientist
(Group Leader)
Transcription Regulation & Cotton Genomics
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
17. Dr. Meenu Kapoor
Associate Professor
University School of Biotechnology
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
18. Dr. P. Gunasekaran
Emeritus Professor,
School of Biological Sciences
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai
19. Dr. Vanga Siva Reddy
Dept. of Plant Biology, Plant Transformation,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape ( Chairperson)
Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
2. Prof. Mythily Ramaswamy
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore
3. Prof. Shobha Madan
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
4. Prof. J K Verma,
Dept of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai
5. Prof. T. Amaranath
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
6. Prof. Probal Chaudhury
Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
7. Dr. K. Karunakaran Magesh Kumar(Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Prof. Dilip P. Patil,
Department of Mathematics,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. Satya Deo,
Department of Mathematics,
Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
3. Prof. Mahan Mj,
Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda University,Howrah
4. Prof. S. Ponnusamy,
Department of Mathematics,
Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras, Chennai
5. Prof. V. Ravichandran,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Delhi, Delhi
6. Prof. S. Sundar,
Department of Mathematics,
Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras, Chennai
7. Prof. B.V. Rathish Kumar,
Department of Mathematics and Statstics
Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur, Kanpur
8. Prof. Vivek S. Borkar,
Deptt. of Electrical Engg.,
 Indian Institute of TechnologyBombay, Mumbai

9. Prof. Eknath Ghate,

School of Mathematics,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
10. Prof. B.K. Dass,
University of Delhi, Delhi
11. Prof. S. Arumugam,
Kalasalingam University,Krishnankoil
12. Prof. Arup Bose,
Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
13. Prof. Ashis Sen Gupta,
Applied Statistics Division
Indian Statistical Institute,
203, B.T. Road, Kolkata
14. Prof. Dilip C. Nath,
Department of Statistics,
Gauhati University, Guwahati
15. Prof. S.K. Neogy,
Statistical Quality Control and O.R. Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
16. Prof. U. Dinesh Kumar,
Quantitative Methods and Information Systems,
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore
17. Prof. Peeyush Chandra,
Deptt. of Mathematics and Statistics,
Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur, Kanpur
18. Prof. Palash Sarkar,
Applied Statistics Division,
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
19. Prof. Kaushal Verma,
Department of Mathematics,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
20. Prof. Jaya Naganathan Iyer,
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
21. Dr. Sushma Bendre,
Indian Statistical Institute
Tezpur University, Tezpur
 PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE : PHYSICAL SCIENCES

I. Core Members
1. Dr. Praveen Chaddah (Chairperson)
Ex Director,
UGC-DAE- Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore
2. Prof. Hema Ramachandran
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
3. Prof. Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
4. Prof. Amlan Pal
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciene,Kolkata
5. Prof. A K Das
Vice Chancellor
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
6. Prof. Vandana Nanal
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
7. Dr. Nilotpal Ghosh (Member Secretary)
Scientist E
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Prof. V. Venkataraman
Chairman
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. Samit K. Ray
Department. of Physics & Meteorology
Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur, Kharagpur
3. Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana,
Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
4. Prof. Pushan Ayyub
Department of Condensed Matter Physics,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
5. Prof. D.G. Kuberkar
Department of Physics
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
6. Prof. Anjali Kshirsagar
Physics Department
University of Pune, Pune
7. Prof. S.K. Dhar
Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
8. Prof. Joby Joseph
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,New Delhi
9. Prof. M.R. Shenoy
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
10. Prof. Rajesh Shrivastava,
Physics Department
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee
11. Prof. S. Umapathy
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
12. Prof. Manoranjan Khan
Department of Instrumentation Science
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
13. Prof. D. S. Patil
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
14. Prof. S. Umasankar
Physics Department
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
15. Prof. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Department of Physics
Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
16. Prof. A.K. Jain
Physics Department
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee
17. Prof. Ranjan Gupta
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
18. Prof. G. C. Anupama
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
19. Prof. K. Porsezian
Raman School of Physics
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
20. Prof. Tariq Aziz
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
21. Prof. Sumati Surya
Theoretical Physics Group
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
22. Prof. Sumathi Rao
Harish-Chandra Research Institute,Allahabad
 PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE:FOOD PROCESSING
PROGRAMME

I. Core Members
1. Dr. V.M. Naik, IIT, Bombay (Chairman)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
2. Dr. Arun Sharma
Ex- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
3. Dr. Jix Antony
Head R&D ITC Limited, Bangalore
4. Dr. (Mrs.) Kalpagam Polasa
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
5. Dr. KSMS Raghavarao
Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
6. Prof. Narpinder Singh
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
7. Shri Parag Gupta
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi
8. Dr. Anima Johari(Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi

II Members for Co-option

1. Dr. Anand Dhodapkar
Head - Development Foods, Marico Ltd., Mumbai
2. Dr. Aniruddha B. Pandit
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
3. Dr. Atul Bhatia
Director
R&D Cadbury, Mumbai
4. Dr. C.N. Ravishankar
Principal Scientist & Acing Head of Division, Engineering Division
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin
5. Dr. Dilip N. Kulkarni
President, Agri Food Jain Irrigation System Ltd., Jalgaon
6. Director (Ex-officio)
IICPT, Thanjavur
7. Prof. Jayant Modak
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
8. Dr. K. Alagusundaram
Division of Agricultural Engineering
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
9. Dr. Manoj M. Pillai
Director, Scienx, Gurgaon
10. Prof. Meenakshi Singh
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
11. Dr. M.M. Krishna
Director, India Food Programme, Hyderabad
12. Dr. Rekha Singhal
ICT, Mumbai
13. Dr. Sanjay Kumar
CSIR - IHBT, Palampur
14. Dr. Sanjay Nene
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
15. Dr. Sanjod Kumar Mendiratta
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly
16. Prof. Subhash Chand
Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
17. Shri Sudhir Achar
Senior Vice President of R&D,
Dabur India Ltd., Ghaziabad
18. Prof. T.K. Goswami
Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering
Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur, Kharagpur
19. Dr. T.S.R. Murali
Executive Director,
Mother Dairy Fruits & Vegetables Pvt. Ltd., Noida
20. Dr. V.V. Kulkarni
Director,
National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad
 YOUNG SCIENTIST EXPERT COMMITTEE

Chemical Sciences

I. Core Members

1. Prof. A. Ramanan (Chairman),

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of TechnologyDelhi, NewDelhi
2. Prof. Swagata Dasgupta
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
3. Prof. K R Prasad
Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of ScienceBangalore
4. Prof. Archita Patnaik
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
5. Prof. D S Pandey
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
6. Prof. R Ramaraj
Department of Physical Chemistry
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
7. Dr. S. V. Prasanna(Member Secretary)
Scientist C,
SERB, New Delhi
II. Members for Co-option

1. Prof. PS Mukherjee
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Prof. A Srinivasan
Department of Chemistry
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
3. Prof. Anjali Patel
The MS University, Vadodara
4. Prof. Samar K Das
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
5. Prof. Rajeev Gupta
Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi, Delhi
6. Prof. Shankar Rath
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur, Kanpur
7. Dr. A V R Reddy
Formaer Head ACD BARC, Mumbai
8. Prof. C V Ramana
Division of Organic Chemistry
NationalChemical Laboratory, Pune
9. Prof. K R Gopidas,
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram
10. Dr. Rahul Banerjee
Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
11. Prof. A K Verma
Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi, Delhi
12. Dr. Sanjay Batra
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
13. Prof. Suresh Babu
Department of Chemistry
Bangalore University, Bangalore
14. Prof. Siddharth Pandey
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi
15. Prof. Ramakant
Department of Chemistry
University of Delhi, Delhi
16. Prof. Tushar Jana
School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
17. Dr. H N Ghosh
Radiation and Photochemistry Division
Bbhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
18. Dr. B L V Prasad
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
19. Prof. S Sampath
Department of InOrganic & Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
20. Dr. M Deepa
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad
 Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

I. Core Members
1. Professor G.V.R.Prasad (Chairperson)
Department of Geology
Centre for Advanced Studies
University of Delhi.
Delhi.
2. Prof. L.S.Chamyal
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science
The M.S.University of Baroda
Vadodara.

4. Dr. R D Deshpande
Geoscience Division
Physical Research Laboratory Navrangpura
Ahmedabad.

5. Prof. D Narayana Rao

Director (Research )
SRM University
Kattankulathur.
6. Dr. Maria Judith
Senior Scientist
National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula.

7. Dr. Rajwant (Member Secretary)

Scientist E
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
New Delhi.
8. Dr. Prahlad Ram (Convenor)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
New Delhi.
II Members for Co-option
1. Dr. G Pratibha
Principal Scientists (Agronomy)
ICAR-Centre Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Hyderabad.
2. Prof. M. Jayananda
Centre for Earth and Space Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad.
3. Prof. Subir Kumar Sarkar
Professor & Head
Department of Geology
Jadavpur University
Kolkata.
4. Prof. S J Sangode
Department of Geology
University of Pune
Pune.

5. Prof.Shalivahan
Department of Applied Geophysics
Indian School of Mines
Dhanbad.
6. Prof.AL. Ramanathan
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi.
7. Prof.S.K. Dash
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi.

8. Dr. Deepak Srivastava

Lucknow.

9. Professor M. S. Nathawat
Professor of Geography
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi.
10. Prof.U.K.Shukla
Centre for Advanced Study in Geology
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi.
11. Prof M.Radhakrishna
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
12. Dr.Animesh Maitra
SK Mitra Centre for Ionospheric Research, Institute of Electronics
University of Calcutta
Kolkata.
13. Prof. Y.P. Sundriyal
Department of Geology
HNB Garhwal University, Garhwal

14. Prof. Nanthani Basavaiah

Solid Earth Geomagnetism Division
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
Navi Mumbai .
15. Dr. Ashok Karumuri
UCESS, University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad.

16. Dr. M.Venkatratnam

Department of Space
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
Tirupati.

17. Dr.Snehmani
Joint Director
Snow & Avalanche Study Estt.(SASE)
Research & Development Centre (RDC)
Chandigarh.

18. Dr.K.Kishore Kumar

Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Indian Space Research Organization
Trivandrum.

19. Dr. G. Latha

National Institute of Ocean Technology
Chemical Velacherry
Chennai.
 Engineering Sciences

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Jayant Modak (Chairman)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore.
2. Prof. Ananth Ramaswamy
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
3. Prof. B.S. Murty
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Madras
4. Prof. Jayanthi Sivaswamy
Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT)
International Institute of Information Technology
Hyderabad
5. Prof. K. Muralidhar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur

6. Prof. Sukumar Mishra

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi

7. Dr. Ramesh V. (Member Secretary)

Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
New Delhi
II Members for Co-option
1. Prof. Abhay Karandikar
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay
2. Prof. Ashwani Kumar
Department of Earthquake Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee
3. Prof. C.V.R. Murthy
Director
Indian Institute of Technology
Jodhpur
4. Prof. G. Bhuvaneswari
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani
Hyderabad
5. Prof. Giridhar Madras
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
6. Prof. Kamal K. Pant
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi
7. Prof. K. Balasubramaniam
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
8. Prof. Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay

9. Prof. Mangala Joshi

Department of Textile Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi
10. Prof. Milind Atrey
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai

11. Prof. Mukesh Sharma

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur

12. Prof. Nandita Das Gupta

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai

13. Prof. R. Sarathi

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai
14. Prof. Sameer Khandekar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur

15. Prof. Satyam Suwas

Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore.

16. Prof. Subhananda Chakrabarti

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Mumbai
17. Prof. Shanthi Pavan
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai

18. Prof. S. Umesh

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai

19. Prof. Supratik Chakraborty,

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai.
 Life Sciences

I. Core Members
1. Prof. Manju Bansal, (Chairman)
Molecular Biophysics Unit,
Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore
2. Dr. Chitra Mandal
Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Disorder Division
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
3. Prof. M. M. Godbole
Dept. of Medical Endocrinology
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
4. Prof. N. K. Chrungoo
Department of Botany
North Eastern Hill University
Shillong
5. Prof.G. Mohanadasan Nair
Inter-University Centre for Genomics & Gene Technology (IU-CGGT)
University of Kerala
Kariyavattom
Trivandrum
6. Prof. Vani Brahmachari
Epigenetics lab
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research
University of Delhi, Delhi
7. Dr. Pramod Kumar Prasad (Member Secretary)
Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
New Delhi.
II Members for Co-option
1. Prof. Tapas Kundu
Transcription & Disease Lab.
Molecular Biology & Genetics Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research (JNCASR)
Bangalore
2. Prof. Ashwani Pareek
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
3. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Burma
Department of Genetics
University of Delhi South Campus
New Delhi
4. Prof.Manoj K.Dhar
School of Biotechnology
University of Jammu
Jammu
5. Dr. M.S. Sheshshayee
Dept of Crop Physiology
University of Agricultural Sciences
Bangalore
6. Prof.Sujoy K. Das Gupta
Dept. of Microbiology
Bose Institute
Kolkata

7. Prof. Nirmalendu Saha

Biochemical Adaption Lab
Department of Zoology
North Eastern Hill University
Shillong

8. Prof. Saroj S. Ghaskadbi

Dept. of Zoology
University of Pune
Pune
9. Prof. Gaya Prasad
Asst. Director General
(Animal Health)
Division of Animal Science
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Krishi Bhawan
New Delhi

10. Dr. Kalpagam Polasa

National Institute of Nutrition
Jamai-Osmania PO
Hyderabad

11. Prof. Sukhbir Kaur

Deptt. of Zoology
Panjab University
Chandigarh

12. Prof. S. P. Sinha Babu

Deptt. of Zoology
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan

13. Dr. Dhiraj Kumar

Mammalian Biology:Immunology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
New Delhi

14. Dr.Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava

Bioinformatics Centre
Institute of Microbial Technology
Chandigarh

15. Dr. Rajan Sankaranarayanan

Structural Biology Laboratory
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hyderabad

16. Dr. Veena Parnaik

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hyderabad
17. Prof.Paturu Kondaiah
Dept. of Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore

18. Prof. Deepak Kaul

Experimental Medicine & Biotechnology Department
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)
Chandigarh

19. Prof.Vineet Ahuja

Dept. of Gastroenterology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi

20. Prof. Shyam S. Sharma

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Mohali
21. Prof. Madhubala Rentala
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
 Physical and Mathematical Sciences

I. Core Members
1. Professor Amitava Raychaudhuri (Chairperson)
Physical Department.
University of Calcutta
Kolkata.
2. Prof.Subramanian Annapoorni
Department of Physical and Astrophysics
University of Delhi
Delhi.
3. Professor Sudeshna Sinha
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,Mohali
Mohali.
4. Prof. C.S.Narayanamurthy
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram.

5. Professor Sobhana Narasimhan

Theoretical Science Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Bangalore.

6. Professor Vivek S.Borkar

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Mumbai.

7. Dr. K.Karunakaran Magesh Kumar (Member Secretary)

Scientist C
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
New Delhi

II Members for Co-option

1. Professor.E.V.Sampathkumaran
Department of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science
Tata Institute of Fundamentals Research
Mumbai.
2. Professor.D.Narayana Rao
School of Physics
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
3. Professor Sanjay Puri
School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Prof.Nirmal Viswanathan
School of Physics
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad.
5. Prof.A Srinivasan
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati.
6. Prof.R.Vijaya
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur.
7. Prof.C.V.Tomy
Department of Physics
IIT Bombay
Bombay.
8. Prof.S.K.Mehta
Solid State Physics Laboratory
Delhi.
9. Professor B.L.Ahuja
Department of Physics
University College of Science
Udaipur.

10. Prof.R K Choudhary

Nuclear Physics Division
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Mumbai.
11. Prof Sunetra Giridhar
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Bangalore.
12. Prof. S K Nema
Institute of Plasma Research, Ahmedabad.
13. Prof. Rahul Pandit
Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore.
14. Dr. S A Hashmi
Department of Physical & Astrophysics
University of Delhi
Delhi
15. Dr.V.Suresh
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad.
16. Professor Maithili Sharan
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS)
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi.
17. Professor U C Gupta
Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur.
18. Professor Arup Bose
Indian Statistical Institute
Kolkata.
19. Prof. C S Aravinda
TIFR
Bangalore.