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.