Annual Report_Abridged - Second Version - FINAL

THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNING BOARD THE COUNCIL (As on March 31, 2024) PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT MEMBERS M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Deepak Kumar Srivastava, Vice-Chairperson, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. K. Kasturirangan, (Chairman, Governing Board), Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. Pravabati Chingangbam, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. Arnab Rai Choudhuri, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. K. N. Ganesh, Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. Yashwant Gupta, Centre Director, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune. J. Gowrishankar, Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Sudhir K. Jain, Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Manish R. Joshi, Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. N. Kalaiselvi, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Avinash Khare, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sikkim, Gangtok. S. K. Pandey, Former Vice-Chancellor, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur. K. N. Satyanarayana, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati. Sangita Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. S. Somanath, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bengaluru. Nagesh Thakur, Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. R Srianand, Director, IUCAA, Pune. Srivari Chandrasekhar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Shashi K. Dhiman, Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh Technical University Suresh Gosavi, Vice-Chancellor, S.P. Pune University SPECIAL INVITEE MEMBER SECRETARY The following members have served in the Council for part of the year. 1