Committees 2026-27

Director's Advisory Committees 2026-27

1. ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE ( annrep-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Sandeep Choubey
Dr C Ramya
Dr Roji Pius
Dr Anup B Dixit
Mr. Maruthu Pandiyan, Scientific Officer (Library)

2. ALUMNI COMMITTEE ( alumni-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr V. Ravindran
Dr S Sundar
Mr. Maruthu Pandiyan, Scientific Officer (Library)
Mr. Anthony Vinoth, Scientific Officer (Systems)

3. COMPUTER, MEDIA & WEB COMMITTEE ( ccm@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Rahul Siddharthan
Dr Padmanath M
Dr Sanoli Gun
Dr Pinaki Chaudhuri
Dr Saket Saurabh
Mr. Anthony Vinoth, Scientific Officer (Systems)
Mr. Nagamalleswararao, Scientific Officer (Systems)
One Research Scholar representative (Ishitva Gupta)

4. EVENTS/OUTREACH COMMITTEE ( osm-com@imsc )

(Outreach, Social Media, National Science Day, Institute Seminar Day, Open Day, and Science at the Sabha committee)

Chair Person: Dr S Viswanath
Dr Sitabhra Sinha
Dr Padmanath M
Dr Prakash Saivasan
Dr Varuni Prabhakar, Project Scientific Officer
One Research Scholar representative (Vedant Nemma)

5. INTERNAL COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE (GENDER BIAS REDRESSAL) ( icc-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Sanoli Gun
Dr Ajit C Balram
Dr Sushmita Gupta
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar
Mrs. R. Indra, Admn. Officer
One External Member
One Research Scholar representative (Kalyani Murali)

6. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE ( grc-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Roji Pius
Dr Rajesh Ravindran
Dr Meena Mahajan
Dr Dishant M. Pancholi
Dr Vani Vemparala

7. GUEST HOUSE/CATERING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ( guesthouse-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Rahul Gupta
Dr Debayan Chakraborty
Dr Gopinath Mishra
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar
One Research Scholar representative (Sayanjit Banerjee)

8. HBNI COORDINATORS COMMITTEE

Dr Vikram Sharma – Dean. Student Affairs
Dr Shrihari Gopalakrishna – Dean. Physical Sciences
Dr Anirban Mukhopadhyay– Dean. Mathematical Sciences
Dr Sitabhra Sinha– Dean. Life Sciences

9. RESEARCH SCHOLARS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

(Also to serve as the Anti-Ragging Committee & Hostel Faculty Counselor Committee)

Chair Person: Dr Samya Kumar Ray
Dr Mohit Garg
Dr Sayantan Sharma
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar
One Research Scholar representative (Ananta Dutta)

10. LIBRARY COMMITTEE ( library-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Sitabhra Sinha
Dr Pralay Chatterjee
Dr Govind Rajanbabu
Dr Shankha Banerjee
Dr C Ramya
Mr. Maruthu Pandiyan, Scientific Officer (Library)
One Research Scholar representative (Hitesh Wankhede)

11. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ( hindi-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Chaired by Director, IMSc
Dr Mohit Garg
Dr Sandeep Choubey
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar
One Research Scholar representative (Rahul Nayak)

12. RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT (RTI)

Dr Sanatan Digal - Appellate Authority
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar - Public Information Officer
Mrs. R. Indra - Assistant Public Information Officer

13. COMMITTEE FOR SPACE PLANNING, ALLOCATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE ( space-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Areejit Samal
Dr Dhiraj Kumar Hazra
Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay
Dr Sujay Ashok
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar
Mr. Sundar M, Scientific Officer (Civil)
Mr. Kolanupaka Ramesh, Scientific Officer (Electrical)

14. TENDER COMMITTEE ( tender-com@imsc )

Dr V.S. Nemani
Dr Sanatan Digal
Dr Dishant M. Pancholi
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar

15. SPORTS/GYM COMMITTEE ( sports-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Sayantan Sharma
Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay
Dr Rahul Gupta
Dr Govind Rajanbabu
Research Scholar members: Four representatives (Rahul Das, Ishitva Gupta, Pradeep Singh Shekhawat and Suraj Rajendra Kulkarni)

16. GROUP COORDINATORS

(Group Convenors/ Approval Coordinators)

Physics - Dr Vani Vemparala
[HEP - Dr Roji Pius / LEP - Dr Ajit Balram]
Maths - Dr Sanoli Gun
TCS - Dr Saket Saurabh
CB - Dr Areejit Samal

17. PDF/ ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAM COORDINATORS

(One faculty to be nominated by the respective Group Co-ordinator)

HEP – Dr Roji Pius
LEP – Dr Ajit Balram
Math – Dr S. Sundar and Dr Dishant M. Pancholi
TCS – Dr Prakash Saivasan
CB – Dr Areejit Samal

18. ACADEMIC COORDINATORS

Dr Vani Vemparala - Physics
Dr Samya Kumar Ray - Maths
Dr Vikram Sharma - TCS
Dr Areejit Samal - CB

19. MEDICAL COMMITTEE ( medical-com@imsc )

Chair Person: Dr Manjari Bagchi
Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay
Dr Rahul Gupta
Mrs. Vinayalatha S, Registrar

20. JEST/NBHM/JGEEBILS COORDINATORS

Physics(JEST)- Dr Debayan Chakraborty and Dr Shankha Banerjee
Maths (NBHM) – Dr Samyakumar Ray and Dr Anup Dixit
TCS – Dr Sushmita Gupta & Dr Vikram Sharma
CB – Dr Sandeep Choubey

21. SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMME

Physics- Dr V.S. Nemani
Maths – Dr Anup Dixit
TCS – Dr Gopinath Mishra and Dr Govind Rajanbabu
CB – Dr Sandeep Choubey