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:

List of TDB’s Board Member (1997-2024)

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. Manoj Govil Secretary Department of Expenditure
  • Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT),  Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
    Government of India
  • Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh Secretary, Department of Rural Development
  • Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Former Vice President- Technology and R&D Tata Steel
  • Ms. Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder, Indian Angel Network (IAN)
  • Mr. Shriprakash Shukla, Chairman of the Boards in Mahindra Defence Systems, Mahindra Aerostructures and Mahindra Telephonics
  • Ms. Vandana Gupta, Company Secretary and Compliance Management, Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak Secretary, TDB
Prof. Abhay Karandikar
Prof. Abhay Karandikar
Ex-officio Chairperson
Secretary, DST & Chairman, TDB
Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi
Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi
Ex-officio Member
Secretary, DSIR & DG, CSIR
Dr. Samir V Kamat
Dr. Samir V Kamat
Ex-officio Member
Secretary DDR & D and Chairman DRDO
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Dr. Manoj Govil
Ex-officio Member
Secretary Department of Expenditure
 Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia
Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia
Ex-officio Member
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh
Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh
Ex-officio Member
Secretary, Department of Rural Development
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee
Member
Former Vice President- Technology and R&D Tata Steel
Ms. Padmaja Ruparel
Ms. Padmaja Ruparel
Member
Co-Founder Indian Angel Network (IAN)
Mr. Shriprakash Shukla
Mr. Shriprakash Shukla
Member
Chairman of the Boards in Mahindra Defence Systems, Mahindra Aerostructures and Mahindra Telephonics
Ms. Vandana Gupta
Ms. Vandana Gupta
Member
Company Secretary and Compliance Management Mitsubishi Corporation
Sh. Rajesh Kumar Pathak
Sh. Rajesh Kumar Pathak
Ex-officio Member
Secretary, Technology Development Board