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. A.S. Nirmala Devi

Principal Scientist, Innovation Management Directorate (IMD), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), New Delhi - 110067.


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