Lok Sabha Question No. 3346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Committees under CSIR
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3346

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2017)

## COMMITTEES UNDER CSIR

3346. SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formed  important  committees  in  CSIR  in different spheres of Research and Planning; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Madam,  the  Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  had constituted  some  new  committees,  besides  the  existing  Research Councils and Task  Force Committees,  for its projects and other Research & Development (R&D) activities.
- (b) The details of the Committees formed in the last one year are given in Annexure-1.

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## Annexure-1

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3346 on 'Committees under CSIR' List of Committees Constituted by the CSIR for Research and Planning in last one year

| Committees                                                                                                               | Composition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| Constitution of Committee to review the Spin-offs set up by CSIR Scientists under the Scientific Entrepreneurship Scheme | 1. Dr. S. Srikanth, CSIR Outstanding Scientist and Former Director, CSIR-NML 2. Dr. R.R. Hirwani, Head, CSIR-URDIP 3. Dr. D. Yogeswara Rao, Technical Adviser, DGTC 4. Dr. Sudeep Kumar, Head, PPD 5. Dr. Ambarish Sanyal, Scientist, PPD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Revision of prize money of CSIR Awards                                                                                   | 1. Dr G. N. Qazi, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi 2. Dr. D. K. Aswal Director, CSIR-NPL 3. Sr. DFA, CSIR Hqrs 4. Head, HRDG - Member                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Biotechnology and Biology'                                   | 1. Prof. G. Padmanaban, Former Director, IISc, Bengaluru 2. Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 3. Prof. T.P. Singh, AIIMS, Delhi 4. Prof. D. Narasimha Rao, IISc, Bengaluru 5. Prof. Tapas K Kundu, MBGU, JNCASR, Bengaluru 6. Dr. K. Dharmalingam, Director-Research, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai 7. Dr. K. Sumathy, Director, R&D, Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad 8. Dr. Ramesh Hariharan, CTO Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate                                                                                                                                          |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Earth System Sciences'                                       | 12. Head, RPPBDD 1. Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Former Secretary, MoES 2. Dr. T. Harinarayana, Director, Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI), Ahmedabad 3. Dr. S.C. Shenoi, Director, NIOT, Chennai 4. Prof. T Balasubramanian, Former Director and Dean Faculty of Marine Sciences, CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 5. Shri Rama Sanker Pandey, Executive Director Member (Geophysics), DGH, Noida 6. Dr. P. Chandramohan, MD, INDOMER Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai 7. Dr. Vijay Kulkarni, VP-ESH & CSR Shapoorji Pallonji Ports Pvt Ltd., Mumbai 8. Chairman of each Task Force 9. FA, CSIR or her nominee 10. Head, Mission Directorate 11. Head, RPPBDD |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Adequate and Clean Energy'                                   | 1. Dr. R.K. Malhotra, Former CMD & Former Head R&D Center, IOCL, Faridabad 2. Prof. K. T. Jacob, IISc, Bengaluru 3. Prof. A. K. Shukla, IISc. Bengaluru 4. Prof. B.B. Dhar, Former Director, CSIR-CIMFR, Delhi 5. Dr. (Mrs) Malti Goel, Emeritus Scientist, JNU, Delhi 6. Ms. Vartika Shukla, Executive Director - R&D Engineers India Limited, Gurgaon 7. Dr. Anuradda Ganesh, Cummins Technologies, Pune 8. Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, TERI University, Delhi 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate 12. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                                     |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the                                                                     | 1. Dr. Baldev Raj , Former Director IGCAR Kalpakkam, India 2. Dr. G. Sundarajan, Former Director, ARCI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

| theme 'Advanced materials'                                                                            | 3. Prof. Amol A. Gokhale, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 4. Prof. S.K. Seshadri, Emeritus Professor, IITM, Chennai 5. Dr. Samir V Kamat, Director, DMRL, Hyderabad 6. Dr. G.K. Dey, Distinguished Scientist and Group Director (Materials) Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai 7. Dr. R.N. Das, Additional General Manager & Head, Ceramic Technology Institute, BHEL Corporate R&D, Bengaluru 8. Shri Naresh Chandra Sharma, Head - Domestic Aerospace & Defence, Tata Advanced Materials 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate 12. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Aerospace Engineering'                    | 1. Prof. Kota Harinarayana, Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad and the President of the Aeronautical Society of India 2. Dr. P. Sriram, IITM, Chennai 3. Prof. Gopalan Jagdeesh, IISc, Bangalore 4. Dr. Om Prakash, Director, Materials & Processes Boeing Research & Technology - India Centre, Bengaluru 5. Dr. Arindam Banerjee, Technology Director (Airframe), Aeronautical Development Agency, Bengaluru 6. Shri Arunkumar Mishra, CEO, Geneser Aerospace & Information, Bengaluru 7. Chairmen of each Task Force 8. FA, CSIR or her nominee 9. Head, Mission Directorate 10. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Agri, Food & Nutrition'                   | 1. Dr. Mangala Rai, Former Secretary, ICAR, Varanasi 2. Prof. Deepak Pental, Former VC, DU, Delhi 3. Dr. Arjula Ramachandra Reddy, Founder Vice Chancellor of Yogi Vemana University and Deputy Director, SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF), Hyderabad 4. Prof. Narpinder Singh, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 5. Dr. B. Sasikeran, Former Director, NIN, Hyderabad 6. Dr. R.S. Sangwan, CEO, CIAB, Mohali 7. Prof. Akhilesh Tyagi, Director-NIPGR, Delhi 8. Dr. T. R. Sharma, Project Director, ICAR - National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi 9. Dr. Prosenjit Bose, Chief - Technology, Innovation and Business Development, Rallis India, Ltd., Bengaluru 10. Sh. Sudhir Achar, Vice President R&D (Home, Personal Care & Foods) at Dabur India Limited, Ghaziabad 11. Sh. Suresh Ramamurthi, Chief Technologist, ITC Limited, Bengaluru 12. Chairman of each Task Force 13. FA, CSIR or her nominee 14. Head, Mission Directorate 15. Head, RPPBDD |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Drugs Discovery & Development/Healthcare' | 1. Prof. M.K. Bhan, Former Secretary, DBT, Delhi 2. Dr. C.M. Gupta, Former Director, CSIR-CDRI, Bengaluru 3. Dr. G. N. Qazi, Former VC, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi 4. Prof. P. Kondaiah, Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics, IISc, Bengaluru 5. Dr. Uday Saxena, Mentor-in-Chief and Professor-Translational Research, Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad 6. Dr. Ashok Rattan, Prof & Head, Department of Paramedical Sciences, Hamdard Medical Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR), Delhi 7. Dr. T.S. Balganesh, President, Gangagen, Bengaluru 8. Dr. M.K. Gurjar, CSO, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Pune 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

|                                                                                                                    | 11. Head, Mission Directorate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Ecology and Environment'                               | 12. Head, RPPBDD 1. Dr. V. Rajagopalan, Former Secretary, MoEF 2. Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology 3. Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI, Delhi 4. Prof. Anil Kumar Dikshit, IITB, Mumbai 5. Gen. N.C. Vij, Founder Vice Chairman, NDMA & Director, VIF 6. Dr. G.K. Pandey, Advisor, MoEF & Climate Change 7. Dr. Nimish Shah, Director, Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Bengaluru 8. Mr. Ravindra Sewak, Country Director, India, Safe Water Network, New Delhi 9. Prof. Shyam R. Asolekar, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 10. Dr. Vijay Kulkarni, VP, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Private Ltd., Mumbai 11. Chairman of each Task Force 12. FA, CSIR or her nominee 13. Head, Mission Directorate |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Electronics and Instrumentation'                       | 1. Shri S K Sharma, Former CMD, Bharat Electronics Limited 2. Prof. G.K. Ananthasuresh, IISc, Bengaluru 3. Prof. Subir Kumar Saha, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi 4. Dr. R.K. Sharma, Director, SSPL 5. Dr. Nalin Singhal CMD, CEL, Sahibabad 6. Dr. Debashis Dutta, DEITY, New Delhi 7. Dr. C.P. Ravikumar, Technical Director, Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru 8. Dr. Aravind S. Bharadwaj, Vice President and Head - Technology, TPDS, Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Housing, Road, Construction, Structures and Safety'    | 12. Head, RPPBDD 1. Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, National Building Construction Company, New Delhi 2. Prof. V.S. Raju, Former Director, IIT Delhi, Hyderabad 3. Prof. M.R. Madhav, Professor Emeritus, JNTU & Visiting Professor, IIT Hyderabad, Delhi 4. Prof. Manoj Datta, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, Delhi 5. Prof. P.S.N. Rao, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi 6. Shri Sthaladipti Saha, Vice President, Head-EDRC CB&A, L&T, Chennai 7. Shri N.K. Nanda, Director (Technical), NMDC Ltd., Hyderabad 8. Shri P.R. Mehta, Ex-President Council of Architecture, Design Action Group, New Delhi 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate 12. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                   |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Information Sciences - Data intensive and Informatics' | 1. Dr. Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC - Chennai 2. Dr. B. Manikiam, Former Project Director, ISRO, Bengaluru 3. Dr. Gangan Prathap, ex-Director, CSIR-NISCAIR, and Outstanding Scientist, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram 4. Prof. P. Sreenivasa Kumar, Head, Department of CSE, IIT Madras, Chennai 5. Prof. Rajeev Bhargava, Director, Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi 6. Dr. A. Paventhan, Senior Manager (R&D) & Centre Head (Bengaluru & Chennai), ERNET India, Bengaluru 7. Dr. G.V. Ramaraju, Former Group Coordinator, DeiTY and Pro- Vice Chancellor, Lingaya's University, Faridabad 8. Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, DG, Research and Information System for                                                                                                                      |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Developing Countries, New Delhi 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate 12. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Mining, Metals and Minerals'                                                                                                              | 1. Prof. K. Anantha Padmanabhan, Former Director, IIT Kanpur and Professor of Eminence, Anna University and Honorary Professor, Centre for Nanotechnology (CFN), University of Hyderabad and Advisor, TCS and Aditya Birla S&T Company, Chennai 2. Prof. S.N. Ojha , Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at IIT(BHU ) , Varanasi 3. Dr. T. Venugopalan, Technical Advisor to Managing Director and Chief Technical Officer of Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur 4. Dr. B.K. Satpathy, Former Executive Director, Business Development Industry, National Aluminium Co. Ltd., Bhubaneswar 5. Chairman of each Task Force 6. FA, CSIR or her nominee 7. Head, Mission Directorate 8. Head, RPPBDD |
| Composition of Sectoral Monitoring Committee for the theme 'Sustainable Chemical Industry'                                                                                                            | 1. Dr. T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, DST 2. Prof. R.K. Khandal Former VC Uttar Pradesh Technical University 3. Prof. Pradeep Mathur , IIT Indore 4. Prof. Sanjay M. Mahajani, IIT Bombay 5. Dr. Javed Iqbal, Chairman, Cosmic Therapeutics, Hyderabad 6. Dr. Vilas Dahanukar, Senior Vice President- Process Chemistry, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hyderabad 7. Dr. Digar Mohan, Chief R&D at Pidilite Industries Ltd., Mumbai 8. Shri Nari Kalwani, COA Member, Council for Leather Exports Managing Director, Asian Leather Ltd 9. Chairman of each Task Force 10. FA, CSIR or her nominee 11. Head, Mission Directorate                                                                  |
| Development and demonstration of 1 kWe SOFC Stack with Hydrogen and Air and 500We SOFC Stack with Reformed Natural Gas and Air (In 2017)                                                              | 12. Head, RPPBDD 1. Dr. Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Director, CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi; 2. Prof. S. Dasappa, ASTRA/CGPL Aerospace Department, IISc, Bengaluru; 3. Dr Shashi Bhushan Singh, Director, Naval Materials Research Laboratory, DRDO, Ambernath, Thane (MH); 4. Dr. Rathindra Nath Das, GM & Head, Ceramic Technological Institute, BHEL - R&D, Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Demonstration and validation of a LT-PEMFC System for Automotive Application (In 2016) And Demonstration and validation of a 5kW HT-PEMFC based combined cooling and power                            | 1. Prof. AK Shukla, Former Director, CSIR-CECRI & Emeritus Professor, IISc, Bengaluru; 2. Prof. JB Joshi, Former Director, UDCT (Currently ICT), Mumbai; 3. Prof. S Sampath, IISc, Bengaluru; 4. Prof. Prakash Gopalan, Director, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology University, Patiala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| system (In 2016) Review Committee for CSIR- IIP project entitled, 'Field study to ascertain the effectiveness of different measures taken-up by OMCs on Benzene Emission at Petrol Stations in India' | 1. Dr. Amit Kumar, Senior Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi 2. Dr. Anjan Ray, Director, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun 3. Dr. Yogeswara Rao, DGTC, CSIR, Hyderabad 4. Dr. R. M. Mohanty, Sct., RPPBDD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Outcome Review of CSIR Schemes/Sub-schemes under National Laboratories                                                                                                                                | 1. Dr. T. Ramaswami, Former Secretary, DST & DSIR 2. Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, NIAS, Bengaluru 3. Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Former Director, CSIR-CEERI 4. Dr. M.K. Gurjar, CSO, Emcure Pharma, Pune                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|                                                                                                                                                                  | 5. Prof. A.T. Kusre, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Mgmt, IIT, Mumbai 6. Dr. H.R. Bhojwani, Former Head, RPBD,CSIR 7. Dr. D Yogeswara Rao, DGTC, CSIR 8. Dr. P.K. Biswas, Former Member, Planning Commission 9. FA, CSIR or her nominee 10. Head, Mission Directorate 11. Head, RPPBDD                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| Review Committee for Outcome Review of Plan Schemes i.e NMITLI Scheme, Intellectual Property and Technology Management Scheme (IPTM); and R&D Management Support | 1. Dr. VK Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog 2. Dr. Baldev Raj, NIAS 3. Prof. N.K. Ganguly, Former DG, ICMR 4. Dr. G.N. Qazi, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi 5. Prof. N.K.Mehra, AIIMS, New Delhi 6. Prof. A.T. Kusre, IIT, Bombay 7. Dr. Krishna Ella, CMD, BBIL, Hyderabad 8. Dr. P.K. Biswas, Former Advisor, Planning Commission 9. Dr. R.R. Hirwani, CSIR-URDIP 10. Dr .D. Yogeswara Rao, CSIR, Delhi 11. Dr. S. Srikanth, Head-RPPBDD 12. Dr. Sudeep Kumar, Head-Mission Directorate |
| Constitution of Strategic Business Development Group                                                                                                             | 1. Director General, CSIR 2. Dr. Jitendra J. Jadhav, Director, NAL 3. Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Director, IICT 4. Dr. Anjan Ray, Diretcor, CSIR-IIP 5. Dr. RR Hirwani, Former Head, IP Directorate 6. Dr. 0 Yogeswara Rao, Technical Advisor to DG, CSIR 7. Dr. Sudeep Kumar, Head, Mission Directorate 8. Dr. S Srikanth, Head, RPPBD Directorate 9. Shri A. Chakraborty, Head, DGTC 10. Dr. Viswajanani Sattigeri, Scientist, RPPBDD                                         |
| Constitution of a Committee for 'Setting up of an Institute for Translational Research (ITR) at Amravathi'                                                       | 1. Dr. G.N. Qazi, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 2. Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad 3. Prof. Ashwini Kumar Nangia, Director, CSIR-NCL, Pune 4. Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Director CSIR-IHBT, Palampur 5. Dr. Sudeep Kumar, Head, Mission Directorate, CSIR-HQ, New Delhi 6. Dr. Ramesh V Sonti, Chief Scientist, CSIR-CCMB 7. Dr Lalita Goyal, Principal Scientist, RPPBDD, CSIR-HQ                                                                   |
| Domain Expert Group for Mission Mode Project on 'Sickle Cell Anemia'                                                                                             | 1. Dr. PK Patra, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chattisgarh 2. Dr. Malay Mukherjee, National Institute of Immunohaematology, (ICMR) Mumbai 3. Dr. R S Balgir, Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals (ICMR), Madhya Pradesh. 4. Dr. G.R.Chandak, CDFD, Hyderabad 5. Dr. Alok Srivastava, Center for Stem Cell Research (a unit of inStem, Bengaluru), Medical College, Vellore.                                                                                 |
| Domain Expert Group for Mission Mode Project on 'Catalysis for Sustainable Development'                                                                          | 1. Prof. Pushpito K. Ghosh, Former Director, CSMCRI, Bhavnagar 2. Prof. M.S.Hegde, IISc, Bangalore 3. Prof. Akkihebbal K Suresh, IIT, Bombay 4. Prof. SanjayM Mahajani, IIT, Bombay 5. Prof. P. Selvam, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Madras, Chennai 6. Prof. R. K. Sharma, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 7. Dr. Asit Das, Vice President, RIL, Refinery R&D, Jamnagar, Gujarat 8. Dr. Pramod Kumbhar, Praj Industries, Pune                         |
| Domain Expert Group for Mission Mode Project on 'Chemical Intermediates and API'                                                                                 | 1. Dr. R.K. Khandal, India Glycol-Chairman 2. Dr. Nettem Venkateswarlu Choudary, HPCL-Member 3. Prof. Javed Iqbal-Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences Director-Member 4. Dr. Sudhir Nambiar, Hikal, Pune-Member                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Development of an Antidiabetic Agent based on the                                                                                                                | 1. Dr N K Ganguly, Distinguished Biotechnology Fellow & Advisor (THSTI), NII, New Delhi;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| Phytopharmaceutical Drug Guidelines from Enicostemma littorale Blume (In 2016)                                                                                                                    | 2. Dr. G N Qazi, Former Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi; 3. Prof. Samir Bhattacharya, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan; 4. Dr Ram A. Vishwakarma, Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu; 5. Prof. Y K Gupta, AIIMS, New Delhi; and                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| Kappaphycus alvarezii and Red Seaweed Based Formulations for Improving Productivity and Health of Dairy and Poultry Animals (In 2016)                                                             | 1. Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director, CSIR-IHBT (Chairman); 2. Dr C S Prasad, Former Director, National Institute of Animal Physiology, Bengaluru; 3. Dr S V Rama Rao, Poultry Directorate, Hyderabad; and 4. Dr B D Kaushik, Former Head, Division of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Novel DPP IV Inhibitor - Phase I/II Study: A Safety, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of CPL-2009-0031 in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) (In 2016) | 1. Dr. N K Ganguly, Distinguished Biotechnology Fellow & Advisor (THSTI), NII, New Delhi; 2. Dr. G N Qazi, VC, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi 3. Prof. Samir Bhattacharya, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan; and 4. Dr. Nikhil Tandon, AIIMS, New Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Novel Biotherapeutic Molecule: Lysostaphin - Phase IIb/III Clinical Studies (In 2016)                                                                                                             | 1. Prof. NK Ganguly, Distinguished Biotechnology Fellow & Advisor (THSTI), NII, New Delhi; 2. Dr. S D Seth, Advisor Clinical Trials Registry - India National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi; and 3. Dr. C M Gupta, Distinguished Professor & INFOSYS Chair, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bengaluru                                                                                                      |
| Advisory Group on Aroma and Phyto-Pharmaceuticals Mission                                                                                                                                         | 1. Dr. G.N. Qazi, VC, Jamia Hamdard 2. Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu 3. Director, CSIR-IGIB, Delhi 4. Director, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow 5. Director, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow 6. Director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow 7. Director, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur 8. Director, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat 9. Director, CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum 10. Director, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad 11. Director, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata 12. Joint Secretary (Admin), CSIR 13. Financial Advisor, CSIR 14. Head, PPD |
| Setting up of CSIR's Aroma and Phyto-Pharmaceuticals Mission                                                                                                                                      | 1. Dr. A.K. Tripathi, Director, CSIR-CIMAP 2. Dr. Ram A. Vishwakarma, Director, CSIR-IIIM 3. Dr. Madhu Dikshit, Director, CSIR-CDRI 4. Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Director, CSIR-IHBT 5. Dr. R.R. Hirwani, Head, CSIR-URDIP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| CSIR Aroma and Phyto- Pharmaceuticals Mission - Splitting of the Mission and Designation of Mission Directors                                                                                     | 1. Dr. A. K. Tripathi, Director, CSIR-CIMAP - Mission Director: CSIR Aroma Mission; and 2. Dr. Ram A. Vishwakarma, Director, CSIR-IIIM - Mission Director: CSIR Phyto- pharmaceuticals Mission.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Development of next generation insect resistant cotton: Domain Expert Group (core group) (In 2016)                                                                                                | 1. Dr Rakesh Tuli JC Bose National Fellow & Sr. Research Advisor, UIET, Chandigarh 2. Dr Ramesh Sonti, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad 3. Dr KR Kranthi, Director, CICR, Nagpur 4. Dr PK Singh, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow 5. Dr Vibha Malhotra Sawhney, PPD, CSIR                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Committee to review the activities being pursued by the CSIR Ayurgenomics Unit- TRISUTRA                                                                                                          | 1. Prof. Vd. K.S. Dhiman, DG, CCRAS, Delhi 2. Dr. G.N. Qazi, VC, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi 3. Prof. S.S. Handa, Former Director, CSIR-IIIM (Jammu), Delhi 4. Dr Sanjeev Jain, Professor, NIMHANS 5. Prof MS Baghel, Former Director, IPGT&RA, Jamnagar                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

|                                                                                                                | 6. Dr. Rajesh Gokhale, Director, CSIR-IGIB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Constitution of an Expert Committee to evolve guidelines, Rules and Regulations to govern the Innovation Fund  | 1. Shri. A.T. Kusre, Formerly GM, ICICI Bank and presently visiting faculty at Management School of IIT, Mumbai 2. Nominee, SBI - Member 3. Dr. D Yogeswara Rao, Technical Advisor to DG, CSIR 4. Dr. R.R. Hirwani, Head, Intellectual Property Directorate 5. Dr K.B. Akhilesh, Senior Professor, IISc., Bangalore 6. Ms. Sumitha Mukherjee, FA, CSIR 7. Dr. S. Srikanth, Director, RPPBD Directorate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Constitution of Advisory as well as Monitoring Committees to assess the progress of Innovation Complex, Mumbai | 8. Dr. Meenakshi Singh, Senior Principal Scientist Monitoring Committee 1. Dr Ashwini Nagia, Director, NCL, Pune 2. Dr. Ram Vishwakarma, Director, IIIM, Jammu 3. Shri R K Das, GM, SIDBI, New Delhi 4. Shri JS Mishra, ESD, New Delhi 5. FA's Nominee 6. Shri Rupesh Behra, Senior Architect, CSIR-ESD 7. Dr. Meenakshi Singh Advisory Committee 1. Shri A.T. Kusre, Formerly GM, ICICI Bank and presently visiting faculty at Management School of IIT, Mumbai 2. Dr. Ram Vishwakarma, Director, IIIM, Jammu 3. Dr B Gopalan, Orchid Chemicals, Chennai 4. Dr RR Hirwani, Head, IP Directorate 5. Mrs UB Poornima, Head Architect, NCGS Bangalore 6. Dr. Vikram M. Ramanathan, Vice President, Advinus, Pune 7. Dr. Vyas M. Shingatgeri, Sr. Vice President, Sun Pharm Advanced Research Co., Gurgaon 8. Dr. Meenakshi Singh |