Governance

Research Advisory Committee (RAC)

Sr No

Name and Designation

Role in Committee

1

Dr. Renu Swaroop

Former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, GoI & Vice Chair, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS)

Chairperson

2

Dr. Ashwani Pareek

Executive Director, iBRIC-National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali

Member

3

Dr. Naveen Kumar

Director, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune

Member

4

Dr. Arvind Sahu

Executive Director, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad - 121 001 Haryana (NCR Delhi), India

arvindsahu@rcb.res.in, director@rcb.res.in

Member

5

Dr. Radha Rangarajan

Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 

Member

6

Dr. Ratan Tiwari

Director, ICAR - Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research

Member

7

Dr. Ramanuj Banerjee

Counsellor, Science & Technology, Embassy of India, Germany

Member

8

Dr. Arun Kumar Rawat

Ex-Director, Department of Biotechnology, GoI, New Delhi

Member

9

Prof. D Sundar

Director, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru

Member

10

Dr. Sindura Ganpati

PSA Fellow, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor, GoI, New Delhi

Member

11

Dr. K. G. Tirumurugaan

Professor and Project Director, Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals, TANUVAS, Chennai

Member

12

Dr. Sunil Raghav

Scientist-F, iBRIC-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhuvaneshwar

Member

13

Dr. Megha Bedekar

HoD, Aquatic Environment and Health Management, ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai

Member

14

Dr. Mukul Jain

President, Zydus Research Centre, Ahmedabad

Member

15

Dr. Hemant Purohit

Vice President, Microbiome Research Centre, HiMedia Laboratories, Nagpur

Member

16

Dr. Snehal Bagatharia

Joint Director, R&D, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission

Member

17

Dr. Onkar Nath Tiwari

Scientist-F, Department of Biotechnology, GoI

Member

18

Dr. Sudhir Pratap Singh

Professor, Gujarat Biotechnology University

Member

19

Director, Animal Husbandry, GoG or Nominee

Member

20

Director, Agriculture, GoG or Nominee

Member

21

Commissioner Fisheries GoG or Nominee

Member

22

Additional Director Health/Additional Director Medical Education and Research or

/Executive Director SHSRC GoG or Nominee

Member

23

PCCF, Wildlife, Forest and Environment Department, GoG or Nominee

Member

24

Commissioner, FDCA, GoG or Nominee

Member

25

Member Secretary GPCB or GoG or Nominee

Member