Chairman

Ambassador Shyam Saran
Former Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

Ex-Officio Members

Mr. Ranjan Mathai
Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

Mr. S. R. Rao
Commerce Secretary
Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Dr. Arvind Mayaram
Secretary
Department of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance

Dr. T. Ramasami
Secretary
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology

Mr. Pinak R. Chakravarty
Secretary (ER)
Ministry of External Affairs

Non-Ex-Officio Members

Professor B.B. Bhattacharya
Former Vice-Chancellor
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dr. Deepak Nayyar
Former Vice-Chancellor
University of Delhi

Commodore C. Uday Bhaskar, VSM
Sr. Fellow
National Maritime Foundation

Member-Secretary (Ex-Officio)

Dr. Biswajit Dhar
Director-General, RIS

Research Advisory Council