Committees and Advisors

NCCS COMMITTEES

SOCIETY
Dr. Jitendra Singh, President NCCS Society and Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge),
Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
President
Shri. Uday Samant, Minister of Higher & Technical Education, Higher & Technical Education Department Member
Dr. Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology Member
Dr. T. Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR), Indian Council for Agricultural Research Member
Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Member
Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS, Principal Secretary Higher & Technical Education Department Member
Mr. Chaitanya Murti, Joint Secretary (Additional Charge), Department of Biotechnology , Ministry of Science & Technology Member
Shri. Vishvajit Sahay, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology Member
Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) Member
Prof. Padmanabhan Balram, Former Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Member
Dr. Amulya Kumar Panda, Former Director, National Institute of Immunology Member
Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan, NASI-Platinum Jubilee Chair/Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Member
Dr. Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, SERB National Science Chair & Distinguished Professor Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Member
Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman and Managing Director, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Member
Dr. Mohan Wani, Director, National Centre for Cell Science Member, Secretary
GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS
Dr. Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology Chairman
Mr. Chaitanya Murti, Joint Secretary (Additional Charge), Department of Biotechnology Member
Shri. Vishvajit  Sahay, Additional Secretary and  Financial Adviser, Department of Biotechnology Member
Dr. Suchita Ninawe, Scientist 'G', Department of Biotechnology Member
Dr. Mohan Wani,  Director, National Centre for Cell Science Member
Senior Scientist, National Centre for Cell Science Member
Dr. Shahaj Uddin Ahmed,  Scientist 'E',   Department of Biotechnology Member
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Roy,  Staff Scientist VII, Biochemistry & Structural Biology, National Institute of Immunology (NII) Member
Dr. Nandini K. Kumar, Former Deputy Director General (ICMR) Member
Dr. Rajan Sankaranarayanan, Group leader, Structural Biology Laboratory, CSIR- Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) Member
Prof. (Dr.) Nitin R. Karmalkar, Vice Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University Member
Mrs. Sandra Fernandes, Officer ‘B’ (Administration), National Centre for Cell Science Member, Secretary
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Shri. Vishvajit  Sahay, Additional Secretary and  Financial Adviser, Department of Biotechnology Chairman
Dr. Suchita Ninawe, Scientist 'G', Department of Biotechnology Member
Dr. Mohan Wani,  Director, National Centre for Cell Science Member
Mrs. Sandra Fernandes, Officer ‘B’ (Administration), National Centre for Cell Science Member
Dr. K. Thangaraj, Director, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Member
Shri. Deepak Shetty, IRS (Retired), Former Secretary to the Govt. of India, Former Director General of Shipping Member
Mrs. Manjula Rangarajan, IRAS (Retired), Former Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India and Former Member – Finance Railway Board, Ministry of Railways Member
Mr. V. A. Argade, Officer ‘C’ (Accounts), National Centre for Cell Science Member Secretary
DBT-APPROVED NCCS Research Area Panels - Scientific Advisory Committee (RAP-SAC) Members 2024-25
Prof. Radhakrishna Pillai, Former Director, RGCB Chairman
Dr. Nandini K. Kumar, Former Deputy Director General (ICMR) Member
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Roy, NII Member
Prof. Swati Saha, University of Delhi South Campus Member
Prof. Suresh Gosavi, VC, S P Pune University Member
Dr. Rajan Sankaranarayanan, CCMB Member
Dr. Shree Kumar Apte, University of Mumbai Member
Prof. Vijay K Kuchroo, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA Member
Dr. Suchita Ninawe, DBT Member
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