RESEARCH COUNCIL

Research Council Members (1st September 2023 - 31st August 2026)

CHAIRPERSON

Dr. Shailesh Nayak

Ex Secy MOES, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Room No: F 14, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru - 560012.


EXTERNAL MEMBER

Prof. Talat Ahmad

Chairman, Governing Body, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) 33, General Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehradun - 248001.


EXTERNAL MEMBER

Dr. Sushma Rawat

Director (Exploration), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Registered Office: Plot No. 5A-5B Pandit Deendayal Urja Bhavan, Plot No. 5, Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070.

EXTERNAL MEMBER

Dr. Prakash Chauhan

Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organization,Govt of India, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037.


EXTERNAL MEMBER

Dr. Ranjith Rath

CMD, Oil India Limited, Plot No. 19, Near Film City, Sector 16A, Noida - 201301.



AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE

Dr. O.P Mishra

Advisor / Scientist-G,Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, & Director, National Centre for Seismology, Prithvi Bhavan, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110003.

SISTER LABORATORY

Dr. Sunil K. Singh

Director, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula, Goa - 403004.



LABORATORY DIRECTOR

Dr. Prakash Kumar

Director, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500007.



DG'S REPRESENTATIVE

Dr. Mahendra P. Darokar

Chief Scientist, Technology Management Directorate (TMD), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), New Delhi - 110067.