Past Research Council

Name Title Position

Dr. P.S. Goel

Dr. Raja Ramanna Chair Professor

Natural Sciences and Engineering

NIAS, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Chairperson

Prof. A.K. Singhvi

Vice-President, INSA

Honorary Scientist, Atmospheric,Molecular&Optical Physics Division

Bodakdev,Ahmedabad

External Members

Prof. Shalivahan

Professor

Department of Applied Geophysics, IIT (ISM)

Dhanbad, Jharkhand

External Members

Prof. S.K. Tandon

Visiting Professor

Earth&Environmental Sciences, IISER

Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh

External Members

Prof. Archana Bhattacharyya

Former Director, IIG Mumbai

INSA Senior Scientist, IIT Bombay

Mumbai,Maharashtra

External Members

Shri. Sushil ChanDr.a Mishra

Chairman & Managing Director,OIL

Oil India Limited (OIL)

Noida

External Members

Dr. P.P. Marathe

Group Director

Electronics&Instrumentation BARC

Trombay, Mumbai

Agency Representative

Prof. Sagarika Mukhopadhyay

Department of Earth Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Roorkee

DG's Nominee

Dr. Sunil K. Singh

Director

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography(NIO)

Dona Paula, Goa

Sister Laboratory

Dr. V.M. Tiwari

Director

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Director

Shri. A.K. Kundalia

Senior Principal Scientist

Technology Management Directorate

CSIR, New Delhi

CSIR HQ Invitee

Dr. Ajay Manglik

Scientist G

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Secretary
Name Title Position

Dr. P.S. Goel

Dr. Raja Ramanna Chair Professor

Natural Sciences and Engineering

NIAS, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Chairperson

Shri. Sudhakar Mahapatra

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

External Members

Shri. Ajay Kumar Dwivedi

Director

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

New Delhi

External Members

Dr. G. Mohan

Professor

Department of Earth Sciences, IIT

Mumbai, Maharashtra

External Members

Prof. T. Harinarayana

Director

Centre of Energy Sponsored Research & Consultancy

Chennai,Tamilnadu

External Members

Dr. Anil Bhardwaj

Director

Physical Research Laboratory

Ahmedabad

External Members

Prof. S.K. Tandon

Visiting Professor

Earth&Environmental Sciences, IISER

Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh

External Members

Dr. Sunil K. Singh

Director

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography(NIO)

Dona Paula, Goa

DG's Nominee

Dr. D. K. Aswal

Director

CSIR-National Physical Laboratory

New Delhi

DG's Nominee

Dr. V.M. Tiwari

Director

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Director

Dr. Ajay Manglik

Scientist G

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Secretary
Name Title Position

Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya

INAE Distinguished Professor

S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Kolkata, West Bengal

Chairperson

Dr. V.P. Dimri

INSA Senior Scientist

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

External Members

Prof. Archana Bhattacharyya

Emeritus Scientist

Upper Atmospheric Studies, IIG

Navi Mumbai

External Members

Prof. Rengaswamy Ramesh

FGSI Outstanding Scientist

Project Director ISRO-GBP, Physical Research Laboratory

Ahmedabad

External Members

Dr. Jayaraman Srinivasan

Chairman,Divecha Centre for Climate Change

Professor, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,IIS

Bengaluru, Karnataka

External Members

Dr. Gopal Dhawan

Chairman&Managing Director

Mineral Exploration Corporation of India (MECL)

Nagpur

Agency Representative

Dr. Pijush Pal Roy

Scientist H

Head, Blasting Division,CSIR-CIMFR

Dhanbad

DG's Nominee

Dr. SWA Naqvi

Director

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography(NIO)

Dona Paula, Goa

Sister Laboratory

Dr. ChanDr.a Shekhar

Director

CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute

Pilani

Cluster Director

Shri. Ashwani Gupta

Scientist G

DSIR,Ministry of Science & Technology

New Delhi

Invitee

Dr. Mrinal K Sen

Director

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Director

Dr. R.K. Tiwari

Scientist G

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Secretary

(Aug2013-Jan2016)

Dr. Ajay Manglik

Scientist G

CSIR-NGRI

Hyderabad, Telangana

Secretary

(Feb2016-Mar2017)

Name Position

Prof. V.K. Guar

Chairperson

Sri. D. N. Avasti

External Members

Prof. S.K. Tandon

External Members

Sri. P.K. Bhowmick

External Members

Dr. V. P. Dimri

Former Director-NGRI

External Members

Sri. N. Varada Raj

Chairman CGWB

External Members

Dr. S. R. Shetye

Director,CSIR-NIO

Cluster Director

Dr. Piyush PalRoy

CIMFR

DG's Nominee

Dr. Mrinal K Sen

Director, CSIR-NGRI

Director