Annual Report_Abridged - Second Version - FINAL

THE GOVERNING BOARD (As of March 31, 2024) 2 Naseer Iqbal Bhat University of Kashmir, Srinagar Udhav Bhosle Vice-Chancellor, SRTMU, Nanded Suresh Gosavi Vice-Chancellor, S. P. Pune University Ranjeev Misra, Dean, Visitor Academic Programmes A.N. Ramaprakash, Dean, Core Academic Programmes Shantanu Rastogi D.D.U. Gorakhpur University Rajbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak R. Srianand Director, IUCAA USERS' COMMITTEE Phil Charles University of Southampton, UK Priyamvada Natarajan Department of Astronomy and Physics Yale University, USA Luc Simard Director General, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Victoria, Canada T.R. Seshadri Delhi University Ravi Sheth Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania PA, USA P. Sreekumar Director, Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS), Manipal Alan Weinstein Head, LIGO Laboratory Astrophysical Data Science Group Caltech, USA R. Srianand Director, IUCAA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN K. Kasturirangan MEMBERS J. Gowrishankar Yashwant Gupta Manish R. Joshi K. N. Satyanarayana Nagesh Thakur MEMBER SECRETARY R. Srianand SPECIAL INVITEE Jitendra Kumar Tripathi Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi The following members have served on the Governing Board for part of the year Shashi K. Dhiman Suresh Gosavi Karbhari Kale A. N. Ramaprakash Ravindra Kumar Sinha Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Dr Karbhari Kale, (Additional Charge) Vice-Chancellor, S.P. Pune University Ravindra D. Kulkarni, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai A. N. Ramaprakash, Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, Gautam Buddha University, Noida.