36th Annual Report (2023-24)

1 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. THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNING BOARD THE COUNCIL (As on March 31, 2024) 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, 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. University of Sikkim, Gangtok. SPECIAL INVITEE MEMBER SECRETARY The following members have served on the Council for part of the year. 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 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.