Composition of Board of Governors as per Section 11A of NITSER Act, 2007

Sl. No.

Composition as per the First Statutes of IISERs

Nomination /Ex-Officio

Name

Tenure

From

To

a)

Chairperson to be nominated by the Visitor

Nominated

Prof. (Retd.) Arvind A. Natu,

Chairperson BoG, IISER Kolkata

(Additional charge of Chairperson BoG, IISER Berhampur)

6 months or till nomination of regular chairperson, whichever is earlier in line with 11A(a) of the NITSER Act 2007

Nov 13, 2024

May 12, 2025

b)

Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of India, or his nominee not below the rank of the Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Ex-Officio

Smt. Saumya Gupta
Joint Secretary (Technical Education)

MoE, Govt. of India 

Ex-officio member shall continue so long as holds the office by virtue of which he is a member as per 12(b) of the NITSER Act 2007.

Feb 24, 2023

-

c)

Director of the Institute

Ex-Officio

Prof. Ashok Kumar Ganguli

Director

IISER Berhampur
 

May 02, 2023

-

d)

Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Ex-Officio

Prof. Govindan Rangarajan

Director

IISc Bangalore
 

-

-

e)

Director of one of the Indian Institute of Technology, to be nominated by the Central Government

Nominated

Vacant

3 Years from the date of nomination as per section 12(a) of the NITSER Act 2007.

Vacant

Vacant

f)

Two Secretaries to the Government of India, to be nominated by the Central Government representing its Scientific or Industrial Ministries

Nominated

Secretary

Department of Space & Chairman, Space Commission

Govt. of India

July 23, 2023

July 22, 2026

Secretary 

Department of Power 

Govt. of India

g)

Chief Secretary of the State in which the Institute is located, or his/her Nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

Ex-Officio

Shri Manoj Ahuja, IAS

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Odisha 

Ex-officio member shall continue so long as holds the office by virtue of which he is a member as per 12(b) of the NITSER Act 2007.

-

-

h)

Two Professors of the Institute to be nominated by the Senate

Nominated

Prof. Joydip Mukhopadhyay

2 Years from the date of nomination as per section 12(c) of the NITSER Act 2007.

Jan 11, 2023

Jan 10, 2025

Prof. Prosenjit Mondal

i)

Two eminent Scientists, to be nominated by the Council, having special knowledge practical experience in respect of education, engineering or science, one of whom shall be a woman

Nominated

Vacant

3 Years from the date of nomination as per section 12(a) of the NITSER Act 2007.

Vacant

Vacant

j)

Financial Adviser, MoE

Ex-Officio

Shri Sanjog Kapoor
Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor

MoE, Govt. of India 

Ex-officio member shall continue so long as holds the office by virtue of which he is a member as per 12(b) of the NITSER Act 2007.

-

-

 k)

Registrar 
Non-member Secretary

Ex-Officio

Registrar, IISER Berhampur
Shri Pradeep Kumar Ray

-

Dec 07, 2022

-