Sl. No.Name & AffiliationRole
01

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma

Institute Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur
President, Indian National Science Academy
Chairman, Life Sciences Research Board, DRDO

Chairman 

Chairman 
02

Dr. Ravi Arora

Vice President – Group Innovation
TATA Sons Private Limited, Mumbai

Member 

Member 
03

Prof. Vikram Jayaram

Honorary Professor, Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Member 

Member 
04

Prof. N.N. Vishwanathan

Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai

Member 

Member 
05

Prof. Yogesh M. Joshi

Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Member 

Member 
06

Prof. Abhay Karandikar

Secretary
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Member ex-officio 

Member ex-officio 
07

Ms. Yatinder Prasad

Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Member ex-officio 

Member ex-officio 
08

Dr. R. Balamuralikrishnan

Director
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

Member ex-officio 

Member ex-officio 
09

Shri Praveen Roy

Head, Technology, Translation and Innovation (TTI) Division
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi

Member ex-officio 

Member ex-officio 
10

Dr. Praveen Kumar Somasundaram

Head, International Cooperation
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi

Member ex-officio 

Member ex-officio 
11

Dr. R. Vijay

Director, ARCI

Member Secretary 

Member Secretary 
12

Dr. P.K. Jain

Associate Director, ARCI

Non-Member Secretary 

Non-Member Secretary 
Chairman Member Member ex-officio Member Secretary Non-Member Secretary