NIPGR Statutory Committees
Details of various Institutional (Internal) Committees/Designated Functionaries of the Institut
NIPGR Society
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Hon’ble Union Minister of State (IC) for
Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
Government of India
New Delhi
President
Shri Manish Sisodia
Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Minister in-charge of Higher Education
Government of Delhi
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
Secretary
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Shekhar C. Mande
Director General
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Secretary
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Secretary
Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Shri H. Rajesh Prasad
Pr. Secretary (Higher Education)
Government of Delhi
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Shri Chaitanya Murti
Joint Secretary (Administration)
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Shri Vishvajit Sahay
Financial Adviser
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan
Former Vice-Chairman
University Grants Commission
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Dr. Ramesh Venkata Sonti
Chief Scientist
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hyderabad
Nominated
Member
Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke
Former Director
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Shri Siba Prasad Mohanty
Chairman and Managing Director
Brahmpuatra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd.
Dibrugarh, Assam
Nominated
Member
Professor Akhilesh Tyagi
Department of Plant Molecular Biology
South Campus, University of Delhi
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Dr. Ram Vishwakarma
Former Director
CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu
Nominated
Member
Dr. Subhra Chakraborty
Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Secretary
Governing Body
Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
Secretary
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Chairperson
Shri Chaitanya Murti
Joint Secretary (Administration)
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Shri Vishvajit Sahay
Financial Adviser
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Sundeep Sarin
Scientist ‘G’
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Subhra Chakraborty
Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Debasis Chattopadhyay
Scientist – VII
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Amit P. Parikh
Scientist ‘F’
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Chandrima Shaha
President
Indian National Science Academy
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Dr. Saroj Kanta Barik
Director
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (UP)
Nominated
Member
Dr. K. Gurumurthi
Former Director
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
Coimbatore (TN)
Nominated
Member
Dr. Anil Tripathi
Former Director
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Lucknow (UP)
Nominated
Member
Shri Sandeep Datta
Controller of Administration
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Secretary
Scientific Advisory Committee
Prof. Umesh Varshney
Professor & Chair
Division of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru
Chairman
Dr. Manoj Modi
Scientist ‘F’
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio, Nodal officer at DBT)
Dr. Chandrima Shaha
President
Indian National Science Academy
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Dr. Saroj Kanta Barik
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany
Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022
(Former Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research
Institute, Lucknow, India)
Nominated
Member
Dr. K. Gurumurthi
Former Director
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
Coimbatore (TN)
Nominated
Member
Dr. Anil Tripathi
Former Director
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Lucknow (UP)
Nominated
Member
Dr. A. K. Singh
Professor & Head
Genetics Division
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Director, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
Director, Centre for Crop & Food Innovation
International Chair in Agriculture & Food Security
Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University
Nominated
Member
Professor Usha Vijayraghavan
Professor
Microbiology and Cell Biology
Indian Institute of Science,Bengaluru.
Nominated
Member
Professor Joseph Ecker
Director
Genomic Analysis Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California, USA
Nominated
Member
Dr. Debasis Chattopadhyay
Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Secretary
Finance Committee
Shri Vishvajit Sahay
Financial Adviser
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Chairperson
Dr. Sundeep Sarin
Scientist ‘G’
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Subhra Chakraborty
Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Shri Sandeep Datta
Controller of Administration
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Official Member
(Ex-Officio)
Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti
Director
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Ms. Neeru Abrol
Former CMD
National Fertilizers Ltd.
New Delhi
Nominated
Member
Shri M. Satish Kumar Reddy
Former Commissioner
Central Goods and Services Tax and Customs
Government of India
Nominated
Member
Shri Rakesh Mohan
Finance Officer
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Secretary
Building Committee
Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke
Former Director
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB),
New Delhi
Chairman
Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar
Former Vice Chancellor
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Member
Shri Harendra Singh
Executive Engineer
National Institute of Immunology
New Delhi, India
Member
M/s S. D. Sharma & Associates
Institute’s Architect
Panchkula (Haryana)
Member
Consultant Engineer
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Shri Sandeep Datta
Controller of Administration
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member-Secretary
Academic Committee
Dr. Debasis Chattopadhyay
Director
BRIC-NIPGR, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi
Chairperson
Prof. Supriya Chakraborty
Dean
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Member (JNU Faculty)
Prof. Nirala Ramchiary
Professor
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Member (JNU Faculty)
Dr. Debashish Mohanty
Director
National Institute of Immunology
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi
Member (outside expert)
Dr. Neel Sarovar Bhavesh
Group Leader
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi
Member (outside expert)
Dr. Alok Krishna Sinha
Scientist
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Dr. Ashverya Laxmi
Scientist
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
New Delhi
Member
Rector-I
Admn. Block, 2nd Floor
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Special Invitee