BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research

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

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

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

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

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

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

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