Governing Council

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Former Secretary, Department of Science & Technology
Institute Chair Professor &
INAE Visvesvarya Chair Professor & Coordinator,
DST Unit on Nanoscience &
Center for Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur

Chairman

Dr. Ravi Arora
Vice President - Group Innovation
TATA Sons Pvt. Ltd.
Bombay House
24, Homi Mody Street
Mumbai

Member

Prof. Vikram Jayaram
Honorary Professor,
Honorary Professor,
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore

Member

Prof. N.N. Vishwanathan
Head of Department
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai

Member

Prof. Yogesh Joshi
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur

Member

Prof. Abhay Karandikar
Secretary
Department of Science and Technology
Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi

Member ex-officio

Shri Vishvajit Sahay
Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser
Department of Science and Technology
Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi

Member ex-officio

Dr. R. Balamuralikrishnan
Director
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
PO Kanchanbagh
Hyderabad

Member ex-officio

Shri Praveen Roy
Head,
National S & T Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)
Department of Science & Technology
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi

Member ex-officio

Dr. Praveen Kumar Somasundaram,
Head,
International Cooperation (Bilateral)
Department of Science & Technology,
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi

Dr. R. Vijay
Director, ARCI

Member Secretary

Shri D. Srinivasa Rao
Associate Director, ARCI

Non-Member Secretary