Board Members

The Board consists of Secretaries to the following departments in ex-officio capacity; four nominated private members and Secretary, TDB as Member Secretary in ex-officio capacity:

Ex-officio

• Prof. Abhay Karandikar Secretary, DST & Chairman, TDB
• Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi Secretary, DSIR & DG, CSIR
• Dr. Samir V Kamat Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO
• Dr. T. V. Somanathan Secretary, Department of Expenditure
• Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
• Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh Secretary, Department of Rural Development
• Shri Pradeep Goyal Chairman, Pradeep Metals, Navi Mumbai
• Ms. Bineesha. P Executive Director, International Institute of Waste Management, Bangalore
• Prof. Manoj Kumar Dhar Director, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad
• Dr. Mridul Hazarika Former Vice-Chancellor,University of Guwahati, Guwahati
• Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak Secretary, TDB

Ex-officio Chairperson

Prof. Abhay Karandikar

Secretary, DST & Chairman, TDB

Ex-officio Member

Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi

Secretary, DSIR & DG, CSIR

Ex-officio Member

Dr. Samir V Kamat

Secretary DDR & D and Chairman DRDO

Ex-officio Member

Dr. T. V. Somanathan

Secretary, Department of Expenditure

Ex-officio Member

Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh

Secretary, Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade

Ex-officio Member

Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh

Secretary, Department of Rural Development

Member

Shri Pradeep Goyal

Chairman, Pradeep Metals, Navi Mumbai

Member

Ms. Bineesha. P

Executive Director, International Institute of
Waste Management, Bangalore

Member

Prof. Manoj Kumar Dhar

Director, Academy of Scientific
and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad

Member

Dr. Mridul Hazarika

Former Vice-Chancellor,
University of Guwahati, Guwahati

Ex-officio Member

Sh. Rajesh Kumar Pathak

Secretary, TDB