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Annexure-I

List of Indian Institutions with Research Areas


(This is only a suggestive list of Indian institutions which may be suitable for joint research opportunity to scientists interested to apply for fellowship. The applicants are however free to approach any other institutions in India relevant to their areas of interest)


Number of Institutes listed in this document
S.No Areas of Research Total
I. Agricultural Sciences 66
II. Biological and Medical Sciences 60
III. Chemical Sciences 09
IV. Physical Sciences and Mathematics 16
V. Earth Sciences 16
VI. Engineering Sciences 23
VII. Materials, Minerals and Metallurgy 09
VIII. Multi-disciplinary and Other Areas 17
Total 216


No. Name of Institution Research Areas Contact Person
I Agricultural Sciences
I.I Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi (www.iari [dot] res [dot] in) Genetics & Plant Breeding; Plant Pathology; Microbiology; Post Harvest Technology Dr. I. Sekar, Principal
Scientist & In-charge PME
Tel.: +91-11-25842416
Email:incharge_pme [at] iari [dot] res [dot] in
I.2 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.iihr.ernet [dot] in) Horticultural Research: Biotechnology; Entomology; Pathology Dr. M. Krishna Reddy
Mobile:+91-9449671343
Email:mkreddy60 [at] gmail [dot] com,
mkreddy [at] iihr [dot] ernet [dot] in
I.3 Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra (www.aripune [dot] org) Biodiversity & Palaeobiology, Bioenergy, Bioprospecting, Development Biology, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Nanobioscience Dr. K. M. Paknikar, Director
Tel.: +91-20-25654357
Email:director [at] aripune [dot] org
I.4 National Research Centre on Meat, Boddupal, Hyderabad (www.nrcmeat [dot] org [dot] in) Meat animal and meat inspections; Fresh meat Technology; Processed meat Technology Dr. V. V. Kulkarni, Director
Tel.: +91-40 -27204541, 27201674, Extn: 201
Fax: +91-40 -27201672
Email: nrcmeat_director [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.5 National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana (www.ndri [dot] res [dot] in) Dairy & Food Technology;
Dairy Microbiology;
Artificial Animal Breeding; Animal Reproduction;
Animal Biotechnology; Animal Genomics; Animal Nutrition
Dr. A. K.Srivastava, Director
Tel.: +91-184-2252800
Email:dir [at] ndri [dot] res [dot] in
I.6 National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi (www.nbpgr.ernet [dot] in) Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) Management and Use,
Policy Issues on Exchange of Genetic Resources: Quarantine, IPR;
Assessing Economic Value; Conflicts over Ownership Management and Use; National and International Treaties / Legislation;
CBD, IT-PGRFA, GPA, PVP&FR Act, Biodiversity Act etc, Genomics and Bioinformatics: Genomic Resources Generation, Use and Conservation, GM Crops; GM Detection Techniques
Dr. I.S. Bisht, Principal Scientist & Professor
Tel.: +91-11-25843697
Mobile: +91-9873425491
Email:bishtis [at] nbpgr [dot] ernet [dot] in, bishtis [at] rediffmail [dot] com Dr. K.V. Bhat, Principal Scientist and Officer-in-Charge, Division of Genomic Resources
Tel: 011-25849214, 9208, 3296 Ext. 264
Email:kvbhat2001 [at] yahoo [dot] com
I.7 Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, Uttarakhand (fri.icfre.gov [dot] in) Forest Management, Menstruation and JFM Silviculture, Agro Forestry and Urban Forestry, Climate Change, Wood Science and Technology, Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Protection, Chemistry of Natural Product, NWFP; Ecology and Environment, Forest Genetics and Tree Propagation Dr. P.S. Rawat, Scientist - D, Research Coordination Section
Tel.: +91-135-2224353
Email:rawatps [at] icfre [dot] org
Dr. Sadhna Tripathi, Scientist F
Tel.: 0135-2224398
Email:tripathis [at] icfre [dot] org
I.8 Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (ifgtb.icfre.gov [dot] in) Tree improvement; Bamboo Cultivation; Bio-prospecting of Forest Natural Resources; Gene function Analysis and Transgenic for Salt and Insect Tolerance in Trees; Climate Change Adaptation Research in Trees with Specific Reference to  Elevated CO2; Tree Physiology and Seed Biochemistry; Seed Science & Technology; Species Recovery Research on Threatened Species; Insect Diversity in relation to Tree Cultivation; Biopesticides; Techniques in Mycorrhizae/ Beneficial Microbes (Biofertilizers); Non Timber Forest Produce and Tree Borne Oil Seeds Genetics; Plant Microbiology Dr. Mathish Nambiar - Veetil
Tel.: +91-422- 2450542
Mobile:+91- 9488167842
Email:mathish [at] icfre [dot] org
I.9 Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (tfri.icfre.gov [dot] in) Development of Agro-forestry models; Genetics and Plant Propagation; Forest Pathology; Silviculture and joint Forest Management; Sustainable harvesting and cultivation techniques; Forest Entomology; Forest Ecology and rehabilitation;
studies on plant diversity, enthnobotany, ecotones, influence of climate change on biodiversity, documentation of indigenous traditional knowledge of plant resources
Director or Head Extension Divison Tel.: +91-761-2840483, 2840627
Fax: +91-761-2840483
Email:dir_tfri [at] icfre [dot] org
I.10 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana (cssri.nic [dot] in) Reclamation and Management of Salt Affected Soils; Physics and Chemistry of Saline and Sodic Soils; Assessment of Salt Affected Soils through Remote Sensing and GIS; Conservation Agriculture and Integrated Nutrient Management on Salt Affected Soils; Enhancing Water Productivity through Multi Enterprise Agriculture; Management of Poor Quality Waters in Agriculture and Other Land Uses; Bio-Remediation of Waste Waters; Bio-Drainage for Controlling Water Logging and Soil Salinity; Carbon Sequestration Potential in Saline Environment under Changing Climatic Conditions; Solid Waste Management for Soil Improvement Dr. D. K. Sharma, Director
Tel.: +91-184-2290501
Email:director [at] cssri [dot] ernet [dot] in
Dr. T. Damodaran, Regional Research Station, Lucknow
Email:damhort [at] cssri.ernet [dot] in
Dr. Parbodh Chander Sharma, Principal Scientist
Tel.: +91-184-2209329
Email:pcsharma [at] cssri [dot] ernet [dot] in
I.11 Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (www.ivri.nic [dot] in) Veterinary Research: Molecular Diagnosis for Animal Diseases; Rumen Microbes and Their Role in Feed Degradation; Fracture Management in Large Animals; Rapid Detection of Food Borne and Zoonotic Pathogens; Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Use Dr. P. Joshi, Acting Joint Director
Mobile: +91-9897279493
Email:pj [at] ivri [dot] res [dot] in
I.12 Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab (www.ciphet [dot] in) Post-Harvest Engineering: Rapid Evaluation of Food Quality and Safety; Packaging and Storage of Agricultural Produce and Products; Extrusion Processing Technology; Micro-encapsulation; Milling of Food Grains and Oilseeds Dr. R.K. Gupta, Head (FG & OP)
Mobile: +91-9872859024
Email:rkguptaciphet [at] gmail [dot] com
I.13 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala (www.cmfri [dot] org [dot] in) Marine fish catch estimation through Multistage Stratified Random Sampling; Marine Fish Stock Assessment; Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management (EAFM); Taxonomy of Marine Finfish, Shellfish, Corals, Sponges and Marine Mammals; Cage culture of Marine fish and Integrated
Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA); Marine Bivalve farming; Mabe pearl production from pearl oyster; Breeding and seed production of marine food and ornamental fish; GIS application in capture fisheries; Remote sensing and GIS for marine fisheries resource management; Carbon foot print and life cycle analysis in marine environment; Vulnerability Assessment and livelihood analysis; Artificial Reef for conservation and resource management; Fish age estimation; Bionomics of marine fish and shellfish; Genetic stock structure analysis using advanced molecular markers; DNA Barcoding of marine organisms; Functional genomics; Marine fish cell line development; Disease diagnosis of marine organisms; Feed formulation and fish nutrition; Marine Bio-prospecting and development of nutraceuticals; Proximate composition analysis of finfish and shellfish; Economic valuation of marine biodiversity; Gender mainstreaming in fisheries; Fish supply chains; Policy analysis and development
Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Director
Tel.: +91-484-2394798
Fax: +91-484-2394909/ 2396685
Email:director [at] cmfri [dot] org [dot] in
I.14 Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, Kerala (www.cift [dot] res [dot] in) Harvest and Post-harvest Technology Development in Fisheries - Fishing Technology; Fish Processing Technology; Fish Biochemistry & Nutrition; Microbiology; Biotechnology and Fermentation; Quality Assurance & Management; Fishery Engineering and Fisheries Extension; Economics & Statistics Dr. S. Balasubramaniam, HOD, Extension Division
Tel.: +91-484-2666845, Extn: 316
Email:balako [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.15 Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (www.cifa [dot] in/web/) Aquaculture and Molecular Endocrinology; Fish Genetics and Biotechnology; Soil and Water Quality Management for Freshwater Aquaculture Practices; Feed and Feed Management Technology; Immunology, Nanotechnology and Immunodiagnostics Dr. J. K. Sundaray, Principal Scientist & Head of Division- Fish Genetics & Biotechnology
Mobile: +91-9437166872
Email:jsundaray [at] gmail [dot] com, Jitendra [dot] Sundaray [at] icar [dot] gov [dot] in
I.16 Dr. B.V Rao Institute of Poultry Management and
Technology, Pune, Maharashtra (http://www.venkys [dot] com/services/dr-bv-rao-institute-of-poultry-management-technology/)
Poultry Housing; Poultry Management Poultry Nutrition; Poultry Health Dr. Hingane, Director,
Tel.: +91-20-26926320, +91-20-26926321, +91-20-26926509
Fax: +91-20-26926508, 24332287, 24337760
Email:ipmtpune [at] venkys [dot] com,
ipmtpune [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.17 Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Panagadh, Kerala (www.kufos [dot] ac [dot] in/) Fisheries; Ocean Studies & Technology; Ocean Engineering; Climate Variability & Aquatic Ecosystems; Management & Social Sciences Dr. K. Dinesh, Assistant Professor & Head,Fisheries Station
Mobile: +91-9446032977
Fax:+91-484-2502587
Email: dineshkaippilly [at] gmail [dot] com
I.18 Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (www.icar [dot] org [dot] in/cari/) Poultry Production; Poultry Nutrition; Poultry Health Dr. J.M Kataria, Director,
Tel.: 91-581-2301261(O)
Fax: +91-581-2301321
Email: cari_director [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.19 Directorate of Sorghum Research, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www.sorghum [dot] res [dot] in/) Sorghum related Research Dr. J.V Patil, Director,
Tel.:+91 -040 - 24015349, +91 -040 - 24018651
Fax: +91 -040 - 24016378
Email:dsrhyd-ap [at] nic [dot] in
jvp [at] sorghum [dot] res [dot] in
I.20 Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (www.cazri [dot] res [dot] in ) Rodent Control, Arid Legumes Dr. M.M Roy, Director
Tel.: +91-291-2786584
Fax: +91-291- 2788706
Email:director [at] cazri [dot] res [dot] in
I.21 Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (www.nbri [dot] res [dot] in/) Development of Varieties; Sustainable Technologies for enhancing Productivity & Utilization of Potato Dr Bir Pal Singh, Director
Tel.:+ 91-177-2625073
Fax: +91-177-2624460
Email:dircpri [at] icar [dot] org [dot] in,
dircpri [at] sancharnet [dot] in
I.22 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Krishnapuram, Kerala (www.cpcri.gov [dot] in/) Crop Improvement; Production; Protection; Plant Physiology Biochemistry & PHT; Social Science Dr. George V. Thomas, Director
Tel.: + 91-177-2625073, + 91-4994-232333 (O), Ext: 222
Mobile: 9446051847
Email:directorcpcri [at] gmail [dot] com, georgevthomas [at] yahoo [dot] com
I.23 Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu (http://www.iicpt.edu [dot] in/) Agricultural Process Engineering; Incubation Center for Processing of Horticultural Crops; Extrusion Technology; Processing of Cereals, Pulses and Millets; Food Microbiology; Fermentation; Agricultural Waste and Byproduct Utilization; Food Safety and Quality Testing;
Food Storage; Packaging Technology; Drying; Processing of Spices and Plantation Crops; Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals; Food Product Development; On-farm and Rural-Level Gadgets for Food Processing; Renewable Energy for Food Processing; Technology Dissemination
Dr. K. Singaravadivel Director
Tel.: + 91-4362-228155,
+ 91-4362-226676
Mob.: + 91-9750968410
Fax: + 91-4362 227971
Email:director [at] iicpt [dot] edu [dot] in
I.24 Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (www.iivr [dot] org [dot] in/) Applied research for developing technologies to enhance productivity of vegetable crops; their nutrient quality; post harvest management and value addition Dr. B. Singh, Director
Tel.: + 91-542-2635247, + 91-542-2635236
Fax: + 91-544-3229007
Email:directoriivr [at] gmail [dot] com
I.25 Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan (http://www.cswri [dot] res [dot] in/thrust_area_infrastructure.asp) Sheep and Wool Research Dr. S.M.K. Naqvi, Director Tel.: +91-1437- 220162, +91-1437- 240490, +91-1437- 220295 (R)
Fax: +91-1437- 220163
Email:naqvismk [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in,
cswriavikanagar [at] yahoo [dot] com
I.26 Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka (www.cashew [dot] res [dot] in/) Cashew research Prof. P.Saroj, Director Tel.: +91-8251 - 231530, +91-8251 - 230902, +91-8251 - 236490 (O)
Fax:+91-8251-234350
Email:dircajures [at] gmail [dot] com,
dircajures [at] yahoo [dot] com,
dircajures [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.27 National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.nbfgr [dot] res [dot] in/) Development of fish databases; genetic characterization; gene banks; fish germplasm and habitat inventory; risks analysis of exotic species; diagnostics for OIE notified pathogens; aquatic microbes and other areas of germplasm conservation with special focus on threatened; prioritized and exotic fish species Dr.J.K. Jena,Director
Tel.: (0522) 2442440, 2442441
Fax: (0522) 2442403
Email:nbfgr [at] sancharnet [dot] in, director [at] nbfgr [dot] res [dot] in, jkjena2 [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.28 Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala  (http://www.ctcri [dot] org/) Development of agro techniques for tuber crops; development of new varieties of tropical tuber crops; Development of plant protection technologies; Development of processing technologies to add value to tuber crops and machinery for cost effective processing Dr. S.K. Chakrabarti, Director
Tel.: 0471-2598431
Fax: 0471-2590063
Email:skc_cpri [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.29 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, Telangana (http://www.icrisat [dot] org/) Crops genomics and molecular breeding Dr. Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director- Grain Legumes and Director,
Center of Excellence in Genomics
Tel.: 040-30713305
Email:r [dot] k [dot] varshney [at] cgiar [dot] org
I.30 National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (ICAR),Delhi
(www.ncipm [dot] org [dot] in/)
Pest Management Dr. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Tel.:91-11-25843935
Fax:91-11-25841472
Email:ipmnet [at] ncipm [dot] org [dot] in
I.31 Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala (http://www.spices [dot] res [dot] in/) Collection, conservation, evaluation and cataloging of germplasm; Development of varieties of high yield, quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses through conventional and biotechnological approaches; Standardizing propagation methods to ensure large scale production and distribution of high yielding genotypes; Development of agrotechniques for increasing production and productivity. Integrated pest and disease management; Post harvest technology; Socio-economic aspects of cultivation, marketing and information dissemination in spices; Investigation on nutraceuticals and pharmacokinetics aspects of spices. Dr. M. Anandaraj, Director
Tel.: 91-9447132294
Email: anandaraj [at] spices [dot] res [dot] in
I.32 Kakatiya University, Department of Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (www.kakatiya [dot] ac [dot] in) Plant tissue culture; Protoplast Culture; Embryo Rescue;In Vitro Mutagenesis; Genetic Engineering; Molecular Biology; Transgenic Technology; Transplastome Technology; Root-knot Nematode interactions; Nitrogen fixation; Telomerase and Cancer Detection; Biomedical Studies; Biodesulphurization and Molecular Markers; Cytology; Cytogenetics and Mutation Breeding; Genetics and Plant breeding; Comparative Morphology; Chemotaxanomy and Palynology; Reproductive Biology; Phycology and Hydrobiology; Mycology & Plant Pathology; Microbiology; Physiology & Tissue Culture; Radiation Botany; Taxonomy and Floristics; Ecology and Plant Biotechnology and Genetic transformation Dr. A.V. Rao, Head of the Biotechnology Department
Tel.: 0091-0870-2461455
Email: vrao_allini [at] yahoo [dot] com
Prof. A Ragan,
Department of Botany
Email: raganajmeera [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.33 Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra (www.cicr [dot] org [dot] in/) Crop Improvement, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Post Harvest Technology Dr. K. R. Kranthi, Director
Email:krkranthi [at] gmail [dot] com
I.34 Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai, Maharashtra (http://www.circot [dot] res [dot] in/) Improvement in Ginning of cotton; Improvement and Quality Evaluation of Fibre; Yarn and Fabric; Finishing and Dyeing of Cotton with Natural and Environment Friendly Agents; Utilisation of Cotton Plant Residues for Production of Value Added Products; Development of Entrepreneurship for Utilisation of CIRCOT Technologies Dr. P. G. Patil,
ActingDirector Email:pgpatil_ngp [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.35 Directorate of Cashewnut & Cocoa, Agri, Kerala (www. dccd.gov [dot] in/) Cocoa production and processing Dr. Venkatesh N. Hubballi,
Director & Transparency Officer
Tel.:0484 - 2377151 (O)
Fax:0484-2377239
Email : dccd [at] nic [dot] in
I.36 National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi (www.nrcpb [dot] org) Genetic engineering for biotic resistance; exploitation of heterosis for enhancement of crop productivity; molecular breeding to unlock the genetic potential from diverse germplasm and integrate in cultivated crop varieties; various crop and microbe genome sequencing projects Dr. T. R. Sharma, Project Director
Tel.: 011-25848783, 011-25841787, 011-25843554
Fax: +91 +11 25843984
Email:pdnrcpb [at] gmail [dot] com,
 pdnrcpb [at] nrcpb [dot] org
I.37 Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.tanuvas.tn.nic [dot] in) Animal Biotechnology; Animal Sciences(Research); Animal Health Director of Research
Tel.: +91-44-2555 1583
EPBX: +91-44-2555 1586/1587
Email:dr [at] tanuvas [dot] org [dot] in
drtanuvas [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.38 National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease (NIVEDI), Bengaluru, Karnataka (www.pdadmas.ernet [dot] in) Epidemiological investigation of livestock diseases; National Animal Disease Referral Expert System; Prevalence of Leptospira inadai subspecies in man and animals in India identified Dr H. Rahman
Tel.:+91 80 2351 4330, 2341 9576 / 2341 2531
Email: director [at] pdadmas [dot] ernet [dot] in
I.39 Indian Institute of Soil Science, (IISS), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.iiss.nic [dot] in/) Environmental soil science; Soil Chemistry and fertility; Study of Organic and inorganic nutrient sources affect soil biological activity; effect on runoff; soil and nitrogen losses; Crop productivity in organic farming; Soil physics. Dr. A.K. Patra,Director,
Tel.: 0755-2730946
Fax: 0755-2733310
Email:director [at] iiss [dot] res [dot] in,
patraak [at] gmail [dot] com
I.40 Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi (ww.du [dot] ac [dot] in) Pesticide toxicology; bioremediation of pesticide molecules and heavy metals; soil microbial ecology; soil microbial taxonomy; soil health and soil fertility; waste water treatment; food and feed traceability Dr. Dileep Kumar Singh
Tel.: 91-11-27667191 (Office)
Email:dileepksingh [at] gmail [dot] com,
dksingh [at] zoology [dot] du [dot] ac [dot] in
I.41 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bellary Road, Bangalore (www.uasbangalore.edu [dot] in) Develop crop varieties resistant to pests; diseases and drought Dr. M. A Shankar, Director
Tel.: +91 80-2333 0206, +91 80-2333 0153 (Ext. 215),
+91 94498 66903, +91 80-2333 0206
dr [at] uasbangalore [dot] edu [dot] in
I.42 Sugarcane Breeding Institute, ICAR, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (http://www.sugarcane [dot] res [dot] in/) Breeding of superior sugarcane varieties/ genotypes; crop improvement; production and protection aspects of sugarcane Dr. N.V Nair, Director Email:director [at] sugarcane [dot] res [dot] in
Dr. R. Viswanathan, Head, Division of Crop Protection
Email:hdprot [at] sugarcane [dot] res [dot] in, rasaviswanathan [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.43 National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi (http://www.nipgr [dot] res [dot] in/) Structural and Functional Genomics in plants; Computational Biology; Genome Analysis and Molecular Mapping; Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic Stress Responses; Nutritional Genomics; Plant Development and Architecture; Plant Immunity; Molecular Breeding; Transgenics for crop improvement and other emerging areas based on plant genomics Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi, Director
Tel.: 011-26742267, 26735169
Fax: 011-26741759
Email:director [at] nipgr [dot] ac [dot] in ,
akhilesh [at] genomeindia [dot] org
I.44 National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi (http://www.ncap [dot] res [dot] in/) Agricultural technology policy; Sustainable agricultural systems; Markets and trade; Institutional change; Agricultural growth and modeling Dr. Ramesh Chand, Director Tel.:91-11- 25847628, 25848731 Fax:91-11-25842684 Email:director [at] ncap [dot] res [dot] in
I.45 Kerala Forest Research Institute, Thrissur District, Kerala (http://www.kfri [dot] res [dot] in/) Fungicidal management of quick wilt disease; Macrofungal flora of Peechi and Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary; Biodiversity of plant pathogenic fungi in the Kerala part of the Western Ghats; Ecosystem structure; biodiversity; human dimensions and their linkages of Iringole sacred groves; Conservation of the critically endangered tree Syzygium palghatense Gamble (Myrtaceae) in the Western Ghats Dr. K Yesodharan, Scientist C,
Botany Department,
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Division Mobile: 9961490250
Email:yesodharan [dot] kfri [at] gmail [dot] com
I.46 Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab (http://www.gadvasu [dot] in/) Veterinary Parasitology Prof. Lachhman Das Singla,
Professor & Head Tel.: +91-161-2414029
Email:ldsingla [at] gadvaus [dot] in,
ldsingla [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.47 Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research,
Raibarel, Lucknow  (http://www.iisr.nic [dot] in/)
Evaluation of locally adapted sugarcane varieties with improved yield and quality as well as resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses; Development of package of practices for higher cane sugar production; Development of low cost technologies for sugarcane production; Intensifying and extending the networking facility and information generation for transfer of technology to the farmers and sugar industry Dr. S. K. Duttamajumder,
Head, Division of Crop Protection
Email:duttamajumder [at] hotmail [dot] com,
duttamajumder [at] yahoo [dot] com
Email of the Director: iisrlko [at] sancharnet [dot] in
I.48 National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, Maharashtra (http://www.niam [dot] res [dot] in/) Basic and strategic research on management of abiotic stresses of crop plants, animals, fishes and micro-organisms through genetic, biotechnological and nano technological tools and agronomic methods for enhanced sustainable productivity, food/feed quality and farm profitability adopting integrated interdisciplinary approaches  Dr. P.S. Minhas, Director
Email:director [at] niam [dot] res [dot] in
I.49 National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://www.nbaii [dot] res [dot] in/) Parasitic Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea & Ichneumonoidea)- Biodiversity; systematic; host-parasitic wasps association/interactions & molecular characterization Dr. Ankita Gupta,
Scientist, Division of Insect Systematics
Tel.: 080-2351 1982, Extn. 336
Email: ankitagupta [dot] nbaii [at] gmail [dot] com
I.50 Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (http://www.ciba [dot] res [dot] in/) Development of techno-economically viable and sustainable culture systems for finfish and shellfish in brackishwater; repository of information on brackishwater fishery resources with a systematic database Dr. G. Gopikrishna,
Principal Scientist & Scientist In-charge,
Nutrition,
genetics and biotechnology division Tel.: +91- 044 - 24618817, Ext - 411
Email:gknani [at] yahoo [dot] com,
gopikrishna [at] ciba [dot] res [dot] in,
I.51 Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra (www.cife.edu [dot] in/) Diversification of aquaculture; Biodiversity assessment and conservation; Application of Nanotechnology and biotechnology; Nutraceuticals and nutrigenomics; Genetic Improvement and Genomics; Climate Change and Adaptations; Improved management of aquatic animal health and environment; Assessment and enhancement of seafood quality; Livelihood and food security of marginal farmers Dr. W.S. Lakra, Director and VC
Tel.: 91-22-26363404/26374306
Email:wslakra [at] cife [dot] edu [dot] in,
lakraws [at] hotmail [dot] com
I.52 Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi (http://www.svc [dot] ac [dot] in/) Ecology; Entomology; Animal-Plant interactions; Insect Physiology and Plant vaccination Dr. Vartika Mathur,
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Zoology
Email:vmathur [at] svc [dot] ac [dot] in,
vartika_m [at] yahoo [dot] com
I.53 Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala (www.kau.edu/) Production activities based on land and water; including crop production (agriculture); animal husbandry; forestry and fishery through conducting; interfacing and integrating education; research and extension in these spheres of economic endeavour Dr. Jayashree Krishnankutty,
Associate Professor, College of Horticulture
Email:jaya_melethil [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.54 Institute of Biotechnology, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www.angrau [dot] ac [dot] in) Agricultural biotechnology research Dr. P. Anand Kumar, Director
Email:polumetla [at] hotmail [dot] com
I.55 Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (www.ciae.nic [dot] in) Equipments for Commercial Farming; Equipments for Experimental Research Dr K K Singh, Director
Email:director [at] ciae [dot] res [dot] in
I.56 Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal (http://www.cifri.ernet [dot] in) Understanding the ecology and production functions of inland water bodies; Ecosystem based fisheries management of reservoirs and wetlands; environmental changes and their impacts on fisheries. Dr. A. P. Sharma, Director
Tel.: 91-033 25921190/ 25921191
Email:cifri [at] vsnl [dot] com
I.57 Central Institute of Sub-Tropical Horticulture, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (http://www.cishlko [dot] org) Conservation and documentation of germplasm of subtropical fruits; Enhancing productivity of subtropical fruits; Post-harvest management; crop improvement and protection Dr. S. Rajan, Director (I/C)
Tel.: 0522-2841022, 0522-2841024
Email:srajanlko [at] gmail [dot] com,
director [at] cish [dot] ernet [dot] in
I.58 Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (http://www.crida [dot] in) Dryland agriculture; sustainable farming systems in the rainfed areas; Agrometerology; Crop Sciences Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Director
Tel.: 91-040-24532243,  24530161
Email:director [at] crida [dot] in,
admin [at] crida [dot] in
I.59 Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres, Kolkata, West Bengal (http://www.crijaf [dot] org [dot] in) Crop Improvement; Crop Production; Crop Protection; Agricultural research Dr. P. G. Karmakar, Director
Tel.: 033-25356121/6122
Email:crijaf-wb [at] nic [dot] in
I.60 Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (http://www.csauk [dot] ac [dot] in/) Integrated gene management; Integrated management of biotic and abiotic stresses; Integrated management of natural resources; Farming system research; Post harvest handling and value addition; Diversification of agriculture and farm mechanization; Application of remote sensing; GIS & crop modeling in agriculture Dr. Har Gyan Prakash
Tel.:+91-512-2534156-60
Mobile:9412156124
Email:jdr [at] csauk [dot] ac [dot] in,
drhp-k [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
I.61 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (http://hau.ernet [dot] in/) Organic matter; Crop growth; Waste management; Rice management; Networking of Agricultural Market; Renewable energy agricultural Dr.R.K.Patel,Associate
Director  Tel.:01662-244700
Mobile :94164-74518
Email:rkpatel [at] hau [dot] ernet [dot] in
I.62 Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (http://www.iipr [dot] res [dot] in/) Genetics & Plant Breeding and Seed Science & Technology; Plant Biotechnology; Agronomy and social science; ecology, biology and management of major insect pests; Crop Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Agricultural Chemistry; Impact Assessment; Socio-Economic Empowerment; Innovative Extension Models; Participatory Seed Production; Supply and Demand Analysis; Costs and Benefits Analysis; Development of Online Information Systems; Crop Estimation using G.I.S. & Remote Sensing Techniques; Development of Forecasting Models. Dr. Masood Ali, Director
Tel.: 0512-2570264, 2572011
Fax: 0512-2572582, 2572809
Email:mali [at] iipr [dot] ernet [dot] in,
iisrlk [at] sancharnet [dot] in
I.64 National Research Centre for Groundnut (NRCG), Junagarh, Gujarat (http://www.nrcg [dot] res [dot] in/) Production, productivity and quality of groundnut; repository of groundnut germplasm and information on groundnut research Dr JB Misra, Acting Director
Tel.: 0285-2673382
Fax: 0285-2672550
Email:director [at] nrcg [dot] res [dot] in,
msbasu [at] rediffmail [dot] com
I.65 Directorate of Soybean Research (DOSR), Indore, Madhya Pradesh (www.nrcsoya.nic [dot] in/) Quality and quantitative research on soybean; Socio-economic research Dr S.K. Srivastava, Director
Tel.: 0731-2476188
Email:director [at] nrcsoya [dot] com,
director [at] nrcsoya [dot] nic [dot] in
I.66 Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (http://www.b-u [dot] ac [dot] in/faculty/biotech/sathish.pdf) Plant Genetic Engineering Dr. R. Sathishkumar,
Group Leader/ Asst. Professor,
Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory
Department of Biotechnology
Tel: +91 9360151669
Email:rsathish [at] buc [dot] edu [dot] in
II. Biological and Medical Sciences
II.1 Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, J&K (www.iiim [dot] res [dot] in) Medicinal Chemistry: Natural Products Chemistry (Plants & Microbes); Pharmacology (Cancer, Inflammation, Immuno-modulation) Dr. A.K. Saxena
Tel.: +91-191-2565126
Mobile: +91-9419131757
Email:aksaxena [at] iiim [dot] ac [dot] in
II.2 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi (www.icgeb [dot] org) Mammalian Biology; Plant Biology; Synthetic Biology and Biofuels Director Tel.: +91-11-26742317, +91-11-26741358/61, +91-11-26742357/60 (EPBX) Fax: +91-11-26742316 Email:virander [at] icgeb [dot] res [dot] in
II.3 Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.cancerinstitutewia [dot] in) Cancer Immunotherapy; Hereditary Cancers; Biomarker Discovery; Targeted therapy for cancer; Evaluation of plant products for anti-cancer activity Dr. T. Rajkumar Tel.: +91-44 22350340 Email:drtrajkumar [at] gmail [dot] com, cancer_institute_wia [at] vsnl [dot] com
II.4 Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra (https://tmc.gov.in/) Comparative effectiveness and outcomes research; Clinical Research Methodology; Cancer Registries; Cancer epidemiology; Molecular Epidemiology; Mutational genotyping of solid tumors; Clinical Pharmacology; Tumor immunology; Sequencing and bioinformatics; Protein interactions; Stem cell biology; Circulating tumor cell technology, radiation oncology Dr. Rajendra A.Badwe Tel.: +91-22-24168601 Email:badwera [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. Shyam. K. Shrivastava, Prof. & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology Tel.: 91 22 24177163 Fax: 91 22 24146937 Email:radonco [at] vsnl [dot] net
II.5 National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra (www.niv.co [dot] in) Epidemiology; Basic Virology; Diagnostics; Molecular Evolution; Immunology and Pathogenesis for Viruses of Public Health Importance, viz. Influenza, Avian Influenza, Hepatitis A, B, C, E, Rotavirus, Enteroviruses, Japanese Encephalitis, Dengue and Measles (excluding HIV) Dr. Cecilia D, Scientist E Tel.: +91-20-26127301/4 Email:cecilia [dot] dayaraj [at] gmail [dot] com
II.6 Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www.cdfd [dot] org [dot] in) Computational Biology / Bioinformatics: Protein Structure; Dynamics and Interactions; Epigenetic Dr Ankkur Goel Tel.: +91-40- 24749363 Email:ankkurgoel [at] cdfd [dot] org [dot] in
II.7 Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (www.ils [dot] res [dot] in) Infectious Disease; Immune Biology; Cancer Biology; Nanotechnology Dr. B.P. Shaw Tel.: +91-674- 2300137, Extn.: 213 Email:bpsils [at] yahoo [dot] com, bpshaw [at] ils [dot] res [dot] in
II.8 Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www.ccmb [dot] res [dot] in) Biomedicine and Biotechnology; Genetics & Evolution, Genomics; Cell Biology & Development; Molecular Biology and Structural Biology; Biochemistry & Biophysics; Infectious Diseases; Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Dr. M. R. Vishnu Priya Tel.: +91-40-27192587 Email:priya [at] ccmb [dot] res [dot] in, pme [at] ccmb [dot] res [dot] in
II.9 Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.iiserkol [dot] ac [dot] in) Microbial Ecology; Marine Molecular Ecology; Marine Biology Dr. Punyasloke Bhadury Tel.: +91-9748612934 Email:pbhadury [at] iiserkol [dot] ac [dot] in
II.10 Center for Biosepara-tion Technology, VIT University, Vellore, TamilNadu (http://www.vit [dot] ac [dot] in) Protein Separation Technology; Proteomics; Monoclonal Antibody Production by Hybridoma Technology for Diagnosis; Recombinant Antibody/Antibody Fragments Production for Diagnosis; Immuno-Technology for Autoimmune Diseases Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi Tel.: +91-416-2202375 Mobile: +91-9443311374 Email:indviji [at] yahoo [dot] com, director [dot] cbst [at] vit [dot] ac [dot] in
II.11 National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon (www.nbrc [dot] ac [dot] in) Brain Research; Neuroscience Research Mr. Kameshwar Rao, Registrar Tel.: + 91-124-2845200, Extn.: 345 Email:registrar [at] nbrc [dot] ac [dot] in
II.12 National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi (www.ncdc.gov [dot] in/‎) Virology, Molecular Diagnostics in Communicable Diseases Dr. Archana, Consultant Epidemiologist Email:aimcnicd [at] gmail [dot] com
II.13 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka (www.cftri [dot] com/) Food Science and Technology Dr. M.C. Varadaraj, Chief Scientist & Coordinator International S&T Unit Email:istu [at] cftri [dot] res [dot] in Dr. Prakash Halami, Senior Principal Scientist, Department of Food Microbiology Email:prakashalami [at] cftri [dot] res [dot] in
II.14 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Tech. Trivadrum, Kerala (www.sctimst [dot] ac [dot] in/) Biomedical Imaging; Health Systems; Reproductive Health; Health Informatics; Medical Devices Engineering; Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Technology Dr. K. Shivakumar, Associate Dean, Research and Publication Tel.: + 91-471- 2524593 Email:shivak [at] sctimst [dot] ac [dot] in Dr. Kamalesh K Gulia, Scientist-Incharge, Sleep Disorders Research Lab, Comprehensive Center for Sleep Disorders Tel.: + 91 4712520298 Fax: + 914712341814 Mobile: 09048344712 Email:kkgulia [at] sctimst [dot] ac [dot] in
II.15 Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.cimap [dot] res [dot] in) Agronomy & Soil Sciences; Biotechnology; Chemical Sciences; Crop Protection; Genetics & Plant Breeding; Plant Biology Dr. Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal, Director Tel.: +91-522- 2205848  Fax: +91-522-2205839 Email:director [at] nbri [dot] res [dot] in, csnnbri [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.16 National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.nbri [dot] res [dot] in/) Plant Diversity; Systematics & Herbarium; Plant Ecology & Environmental Sciences; Genetics & Molecular Biology; Plant Microbe Interaction & Pharmacogonosy Dr. Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal, Director Tel.: +91-522 -2205848 Fax: +91 -522-2205839 Email:director [at] nbri [dot] res [dot] in, csnnbri [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.17 Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.cdriindia [dot] org) Drug Discovery & Development; Cancer & related areas; CNS/CVS & other Disorders; Malaria & other Parasitic Diseases; Reproductive Health; Diabetes & Energy Metabolism; Tuberculosis & Microbial infections; Safety & Clinical Development Dr. Madhu Dikshit , Director, Tel.: +91-522-2771940 Fax: +91-522-2771941 Email:director [at] cdri [dot] res [dot] in
II.18 Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.iitrindia [dot] org) Nanotherapeutics & Nanomaterials Toxicology; Environmental Toxicology; Regulatory Toxicology; Food; Drug & Chemical Systems Toxicology; Health Risk Assessment Dr. K.C Gupta, Director Tel.:+91-522-2621856,+91-522- 2628227,+91-522-2613357 (Direct) Fax:+91-522-2628227,+91-522-2611547 Email:director [at] iitrindia [dot] org
II.19 National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi (www.nii [dot] res [dot] in/ ) Infection And Immunity; Molecular Design; Gene Regulation and Reproduction and Development Dr. Chandrima Shaha, Director Tel.: +91-11-26703626 Email:cshaha [at] nii [dot] res [dot] in
II.20 Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi (www.igib [dot] res [dot] in/‎) Genomics and Molecular Medicine; Respiratory Disease Biology; Genome Informatics and Structural Biology; Energy and Environmental Biotechnology; Chemical & Systems Biology Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Director Tel.: +91-11- 27662798, +91-11 -27662407 Fax: +91-11-27667 471 Email:rsg [at] igib [dot] in
II.21 Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka (http://www.cns.iisc.ernet [dot] in/index.html) Neurobiology Of Disease; Neural Control Of Action; Neural Development And Stem Cells; Neuronal Basis Of Object Recognition; Neural Mechanisms Of Selective Attention; Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory; Axon Growth And Regeneration; Neural Stem Cells And Differentiation Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Chairperson Tel.: +91-80-22933431 Fax: +91-80-23603323 Email:viji [at] cns [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in
II.22 Sathyabama University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (http://www.sathyabamauniversity [dot] ac [dot] in) Biological Sciences; Biotechnology; Life- Sciences; Developmental Biology; Nanotechnology; Waste Management; Molecular Medicine; Climate Change studies; Organismal and Behavioural Biology Dr. T. Sasipraba, Dean Email:deanoffice [at] sathyabamauniversity [dot] ac [dot] in,registrar [at] sathyabamauniversity [dot] ac [dot] in
II.23 Guru Ghasidas University (Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (www.ggu [dot] ac [dot] in/) Development and optimization of green low carbon print extraction methods for natural products; Standardization of medicinal plants; Reverse Pharmacology coupled bio-activity guided drug discovery; Antioxidants and nutraceuticals; Process optimization and hyphenation; Tandem spectroscopy Dr. Vivekananda Mandal, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Mobile: +91-7587472660 Email: pharmafriend [at] rediffmail [dot] com
II.24 National Institute for Research in  Reproductive Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra (http://www.nirrh [dot] res [dot] in/) Reproductive health; stem cell biology; toxicology and transgenesis Dr. S.D. Kholkute, Director Tel.: +91-22-2419 2002 Email:sanjivak [at] icmr [dot] org [dot] in, sanjivak [at] nirrh [dot] res [dot] in
II.25 Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, Telengana (http://universe.bits-pilani [dot] ac [dot] in/hyderabad/) Pharmacy; Biological Sciences; Chemistry-Drug discovery, Computer-aided drug design in the therapeutic areas of acute pain, neuropathic pain, neuroinflammatory disorders, diabetic neuropathy, tuberculosis, and cancer
Genetic markers for vulnerability to chronic human diseases; Screening strategies for low-cost settings; Medical devices for field deployment in low resource settings; Prevention of diseases through herbal/natural products
Prof. P. Yogeeswari, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Tel.: +91-40-66303515(Direct), +91-40-66303823(O) Mobile: +91-9705932091 Email: pyogee [at] hyderabad.bits-pilani [dot] ac [dot] in
Prof. Suman Kapur, Senior Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Tel.: 040-66303563 Email:skapur [at] hyderabad.bits-pilani [dot] ac [dot] in
II.26 Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.boseinst.ernet [dot] in/) Molecular and cellular Biology; Microbial genetics; Plant molecular biology; Protein structure and function;  Physical and Environmental sciences Director Tel.: (+91) (-33) 23557434 Email:sibaji [dot] raha [at] jcbose [dot] ac [dot] in,sibaji [at] jcbose [dot] ac [dot] in
II.27 Rajiv Gandhi Centre For Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (www.rgcb [dot] res [dot] in/) Chronic Disease Biology; Infectious Disease Biology; Neurobiology and Genetics; Plant Disease Biology; Chemical Biology; Molecular Reproduction Professor M. Radhakrishna Pillai Tel.: +91-471-2347973 Email:director [at] rgcb [dot] res [dot] in, mrpillai [at] rgcb [dot] res [dot] in Dr. Ruby John Anto, Scientist F, Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Research Email:rjanto [at] rgcb [dot] res [dot] in
II.29 National Insititute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (http://ninindia [dot] org/) Risk analysis of Mycotoxins, safety assessment of GM foods and development of analytical methods and protocols for their detection; evolving prevention strategies for mould and mycotoxin contamination Dr. S. Vasanthi, Scientist 'D', Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre Tel.: 91-40-27197280 Mobile: 09849865053 Email:vasanthi [dot] siruguri [at] gmail [dot] com,vasanthigm [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.29 School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu (http://www.vit [dot] ac [dot] in) Biomedical Genetics; Biotechnology; Microbiology; Cell Biology; Recombinant DNA Technology and Bio-informatics Prof. C. Ramalingam,Dean, Tel.:91 416 220 2574 Email:dean [dot] sbst [at] vit [dot] ac [dot] in
II.30 Jamia Hamdard University, Jamia Hamdard University, Heavy metal and environmental stress on plants; air pollution and impact on plant form; function and medicinal properties; genetic characterization of medicinal plants; ethnobotany and plant systematic; meristematic behaviour and secondary plant growth; tissue culture studies for alkaloid production; multiplication and preservation of endangered species; transmission and application of variation in plants; isolation; identification and characterization of biologically active constituents Prof. Javed Ahmad, Faculty of Science - Department of Botany Email:jahmad [at] jamiahamdard [dot] ac [dot] in Prof. Mohd. Ali, Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry
II.31 Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (http://www.bhu [dot] ac [dot] in/) Botany; Microbiology; Environmental Science; Plant Ecology & Environmental Science; Ecological analysis of organic matter dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems especially agroecosystems, land use change, restoration of degraded lands, biofuel plantations: Carbon and Nitrogen balance in soil, Land management and climate change, Greenhouse gas flux from soil, Soil C sequestration, Sustainable biological productivity, Biodiversity Prof. Nandita Ghoshal Email:n_ghoshal [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in, nghoshal.bhu [at] gmail [dot] com
II.32 School of Bio-Medical Engineering,  Indian Institute Of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (www.iitbhu [dot] ac [dot] in) Biomedical Signal And Image Processing; Bio Instrumentation; Artificial Intelligence; Biological Control System Analysis; Control System; Polymer Nanocomposites; Polymer Chemistry;  Block Copolymers And Their Biomedical Applications; Hydrogels And Their Biomedical Applications; Neurophysiology; Electrophysiology; Biochemistry; Biomaterials; Computational Orthopedic Biomechanics;  Sport Biomechanics; Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases and Tissue Engineering Dr. A. K. Ray,Professor & Coordinator, Email: akray.bme [at] itbhu [dot] ac [dot] in, coordinator.bme [at] itbhu [dot] ac [dot] in,
II.33 Regional Medical Research Centre, Dollygunj, Port Blair (www.icmr.nic [dot] in) Leptospirosis Diarrhoeal diseases; viral hepatitis; tuberculosis; lymphatic filariasis and other vector borne diseases including chikungunya; malaria and other health problems of the indigenous tribes of these Islands; Research on chronic non-communicable diseases including diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases as well as on psycho-social issues including alcoholism and post-traumatic stress syndrome triggered by natural calamities such as earthquake and tsunami; Collection and collation of information on traditional medicine/folk lore practices of the aborigines on medicinal plants and sea weeds and their medicinal properties Dr. P. Vijaychari, Scientist-E Email:pblicmr [at] sanchar [dot] net, vijayacharip [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.34 Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), ICMR Advanced Centre for Genomics of Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.mdrf [dot] in) Diagnosis; treatment; and prevention of diabetes; study of atherosclerotic disease; epidemiologic study  Dr. V. Mohan, Director and Chief of Diabetic Research Tel.: (91 -44) 43968888/ 28359048/ 28359050/ 28359051 Email:drmohans [at] diabetes [dot] ind [dot] in
II.35 Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), Kolkata, West Bengal (http://www.iicb [dot] res [dot] in) Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Disorder Division; Cell Biology & Physiology; Chemistry; Drug Development / Diagnostics & Biotechnology;  Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Molecular & Human Genetics;  Structural Biology & Bioinformatics Prof. Siddhartha Roy, Director Tel.: +91 33 2473 0492  Fax: +91 33 2473 5197, +91 33 2472 3967  Email:director [at] iicb [dot] res [dot] in Dr. Syamal K. Dana, Senior Principal Scientist Email:shymaldana [at] gmail [dot] com,skdana [at] iicb [dot] res [dot] in,sdana_ecsu [at] yahoo [dot] com Prof. Chitra Mandal  J.C. Bose National Fellow  Distinguished Biotechnology Research professor Tel:+91-033-2429-8861 E mail:[Chitra_mandal [at] yahoo [dot] com],[cmandal [at] iicb [dot] res [dot] in]
II.36 Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://www.sjri [dot] res [dot] in/) Training and Mentoring in Nutrition Research Methods; Developmental Biology and Nutrition; Requirement of Macro and Micronutrients across Life Cycle (Energy, Protein, Iron); Body Composition Assessment; Sarcopenia and Metabolic Flexibility; Anaemia and Haematopoiesis; Adolescent Health Prof. Anura V Kurpad, Head Email:a [dot] kurpad [at] sjri [dot] res [dot] in
II.37 University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (www.allduniv [dot] ac [dot] in/) Molecular biology of HIV-1; anti- HIV-1 drug design; toxicology; micronutrients and their role in oxidative stress; aging research and anti-aging interventions; and natural product based anti-microbials Prof. Bechan Sharma, Department of Biochemistry, Email:bechansharma [at] gmail [dot] com, sharmabi [at] yahoo [dot] com Prof. Raghav Ram Tiwari, Dept. of Zoology Email:rrtewari [at] rediffmail [dot] com
II.38 Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (http://www.rcctvm [dot] org/) Cancer Research Dr. Paul Sebastian, Director, Professor & Head of Dept., Surgical Oncology Tel.: +914712522222,2522394 (Direct), Office:+914712522248 Email:director [at] rcctvm [dot] org
II.39 Institute of Pharmacy and Department of Biotechnology, Punjab College of Technical Education, Ludhiana, Punjab (www.pcte.edu [dot] in/pharmacy/) Applications of Nanotechnology in Food Packaging Prof. Bhupinder Singh Sekhon Tel.:+91 161 461 2388 Fax:+91 161 288 8505 Email:sekhon224 [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.40 VNS Group of Institutions, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.vns [dot] ac [dot] in/) Pharmaceutics; Pharmacology; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Prof. R.S. Pawar, Dean-Research Mobile: 09826219429 Email:rajeshabc14 [at] rediffmail [dot] com
II.41 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.jaduniv.edu [dot] in/) Cheminformatics & QSAR Molecular Modelling; Synthetic & Natural products Chemistry; Novel drug delivery system; Nanomedicine; Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Drug resistance; Molecular Pharmacology; Biochemistry & molecular mechanism; Formulation Development Head
II.42 JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS University, Mysuru, Karnataka (www.jsscpooty [dot] org/) Pharmaceutical Analysis; Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; Pharmaceutics; Pharmacognosy; Pharmacology; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine Pharmacy Practice Dr. Dhanabal Palaniswamy, Professor and Principal Tel.: 9443095697 Email:spdhanabal [at] jsscpooty [dot] org
II.43 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Arts, Science and Humanities, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (http://www.karpagamuniversity.edu [dot] in/) Microbial enzyme technology; food biotechnology; health care sciences and medicinal plant research and cancer biology Dr. M. Palaniswamy, Dean i/c, Tel.: 0422-6453777 Fax: 0422-2980022 Mobile: +91-9894736777 Email:m [dot] palaniswamy [at] gmail [dot] com, m.palaniswamy [at] karpagam [dot] ac [dot] in
II.44 Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Avinashilingam Institute for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (www.avinuty [dot] ac [dot] in/) In vitro culture of medicinal plants and gene expression analysis Dr. Kalaiselvi Senthil, Lecturer, Email:kalaisen [at] gmail [dot] com,kalaiselvi_bc [at] avinuty [dot] ac [dot] in
II.45 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.ncbs [dot] res [dot] in/) Biochemistry, Biophysics & Bioinformatics, Genetics & Development, Cellular Organisation & Signalling, Neurobiology, Theory And Modelling Of Biological Systems, Ecology And Evolution, C-Camp, Instem Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Tel.: +91-80 -23666031 Email:uramakri [at] ncbs [dot] res [dot] in
II.46 Zoology Department and Research Centre, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu (www.sarahtuckercollege [dot] in/) Biodiversity conservation Dr. Juliet Vanitharani, Professor and Head, Bat Research Lab Email:jvanitharani [at] gmail [dot] com
II.47 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.zsi.gov [dot] in) Biodiversity conservation Director
II.48 All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysuru, Karnataka (www.aiishmysore [dot] in/) Speech; Language; & Hearing; Clinical Psychology; Special Education; ENT; Electronics; Interdisciplinary; Survey; Socio- Economic Dr. S.R. Savithri, Director Email:director [at] aiishmysore [dot] in
II.49 School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/sls/) Cell Biology, Immunology and Developmental Biology; Genetic, Genomics, Gene Regulation and RNA Biology; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Pathogens and Diseases; Neurobiology and Behavioral Biology; Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Photobiology; Radiation and Cancer Biology; Biophysical Chemistry; Molecular Biophysics, and Structural Biology Prof. B. C. Tripathy,Dean Tel:011-26742916,26704530,26704558,26704559 Fax:011-26742558 Email:dean_sls [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in, dean_sls [at] yahoo [dot] com
II.50 Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), Gurgaon, Haryana (http://www.ccdcindia [dot] org) Cardio metabolic surveillance study; Genetic Research; Clinical Trials & Translational Research; epidemiology Dr. D. Prabhakaran, Executive Director Tel.: + 0124-4781400 Email:ccdc [at] ccdcindia [dot] org
II.51 School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SBT) Molecular biology and Genetic engineering; Molecular biology of infectious diseases; Immunology; Protein Engineering, Protein stability, conformation and folding; Biochemical engineering, optimization of recombinant protein production and Metabolic Engineering; Transcription control and gene regulation in prokaryotic and mammalian systems; Structural biology and bioinformatics; Molecular basis of human viral diseases; Molecular Cell biology; Cancer cell biology: Diagnostics and vaccines Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar, Dean Tel.: 26742040, 26742651, 26742258 Email:rakeshbhatnagar [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in
II.52 Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SCMM/) Bioinformatics and computer sciences; Environmental sciences and physical sciences Prof. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson Tel.: 2673-8738
II.53 School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (SC&IS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/) Computational Genomics; Development of Tools in Bioinformatics; Structure based Bioinformatics and in silico Drug Discovery; Database Management Microarray Analysis and Data mining; Systems Biology Prof. Anirban Chakraborti, Dean Tel.: (91) 011 - 2674 1517 & 2670 4171 Email:dean_scis [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in
II.54 Microbial Technology Lab, Acharya Narendra Dev College, New Delhi (http://andcollege.du [dot] ac [dot] in) Molecular Biology Dr. Monisha Khanna, Associate Professor in Zoology Email:monisha_khanna [at] hotmail [dot] com
II.55 Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal (http://botany.caluniv [dot] in/) Phytostratigraphy, Palyno-stratigraphy; Ecostratigraphy Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenviron-ment; Palaeogeography Detection of Palaeoshoreline & hydrocarbon exploration Palaeomycology; Archaeobotany; Entomo-palynology; Melittopalynology; Forensic Palynology; Copro-palynology Plant - Animal Interaction and their co-evolution Ancient-DNA analysis and Palaeophytochemistry

Biomarkers for assessing genotoxicity of natural and anthropogenic compounds  Nanotoxicology; phytoremediation of flyash by Vetiver plant, Antimutagenic and anticlastogenic effects of some plants of ethnobotanical importance; Assessment of cytogenetic damage and DNA damage in vitro in human lymphocytes induced by arsenic and fluoride through drinking water; Population cytology of chromosome variants in the family Asphodelaceae
Prof. Subir Bera Email:berasubir [at] yahoo.co [dot] in, subirbera [at] rediffmail [dot] com
Prof. Anita Mukherjee Email:anitamukherjee28 [at] gmail [dot] com, anitamukherjee28 [at] hotmail [dot] com
II.56 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana (www.mdurohtak [dot] ac [dot] in) Anxiety Disorders, Fundamentals of Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Fundamentals of development of pre clinical models for Cognitive disorders, Pharmacological Evaluation of novel compounds, Hands on training on standardization of these Models, Hands on training in Pre-clinical protocols employed for Pharmacological Evaluation of novel compounds  Dr. Neeraj Gilhotra, Associate Professor of Pharmacology Tel: +91 -01262 - 393245 Mobile: +91 99967 88182 , 86839 81558 Email:neerajmdu [at] rediffmail [dot] com
II.57 Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Gopalapuarm, Chennai (www.drmohansdiabetes [dot] com) Disease Biology, Bioprospecting of Herbal Drugs, Environmental Toxicants, Health, Food and Nutrition, Non-Communicable Diseases, study on ageing, Point of Care (POC) Medical devices, Science Popularisation Dr. M. Balasubramanyam, Dean of Research Studies & Senior Scientist E-mail:diasignal [at] gmail [dot] com, drbalu [at] mdrf [dot] in
II.58 School of Pharmacy & Research, (Formerly People's Institute of Pharmacy and Research Center), People's University, Bhopal (M.P.) [www.peoplesuniversity.edu [dot] in] Pharmaceutics, Drug Discovery and Development, Standardization of herbal medicinal products, Isolation and characterization of drug molecules from natural sources, Ethno pharmacological investigations and Molecular Pharmacology, Analytical method development and validation, Pharmaceutical Screening, Synthetic and Natural Product Chemistry, Cancer Biology, Microbiology & Drug resistance, Biochemistry and Molecular Mechanism Prof. Neeraj Upmanyu, Dean and Head, Mob: +91-9425128642 Email:drneerajupmanyu [at] gmail [dot] com
II.59 Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi [www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/] Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Infectious disease, Annotation of Enzymes Dr. Indira Ghosh, Coordinator, DBT-COE, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Email:indira0654 [at] gmail [dot] com
II.60 Centre for Scientific Research and Development, People's University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (www.peoplesuniversity.edu [dot] in) Novel therapeutics from plants & microbes, Epidemiological and biodiversity analysis, Enabling technologies for stem cell research, Development of new diagnostics methods or kits, genetic engineering, microbiology, molecular biology, stem cell culture, research and diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Thawani Director, CSRD Tel : +91 (755) 4005202-4052 Mobile : +918827302536 Email:dir [dot] csrd [at] gmail [dot] com
III Chemical Sciences
III.1 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Aandhra Pradesh (www.iictindia [dot] org) Pharmaceutics & Drugs; Chemical Biology; Energy (Solar Coal); Fluoorganics; Lipid Science & Technology; Polymer & Functional Technology; Chemical Engg. including Membrance Technology; Biological Dr. C. B. Laksmi Tel.: +91-40 27193030 Email:headrma [at] gmail [dot] com, cblakshmi [at] iict [dot] res [dot] in
III.2 Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu (www.cecri [dot] res [dot] in) Electrochemistry: Li Batteries; Corrosion; Bio-Sensors; Functional Materials; Materials Electrochemistry; Electrocatalysis and Fuel Cells Er. R Meenakshisundaram, Sr. Principal Scientist Mobile: +91-9442043392 Email:meecorro [at] gmail [dot] com
III.3 Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (www.iip [dot] res [dot] in) R&D for Downstream Sector of the Hydrocarbon Industry: Petroleum Refining; Natural Gas; Petrochemicals; Chemicals and Utilization of Petroleum Products: Nanocatalysis; Hydro Processing; Fluid Catalytic Cracking; Light Stock Processing and Catalytic Reforming; Natural Gas Conversion / Gas-to-Liquid; Aromatic Extraction; Sweetening; Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Quality and Emission; Alternative Fuels and Fuel Conservation; Automotive Lubricants; Bio-mass Conversion & Utilization; CO2 Capture; CO2  Conversion for Fuel and Chemicals; Simulation and Modelling etc. Dr. Anil K. Jain, Head International S&T Affairs and Training Tel.: +91-135- 2525751(O), +91-9897119578 Email:aniljain [at] iip [dot] res [dot] in, anil_kj [at] hotmail [dot] com
III.4 Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat (www.csmcri [dot] org) Salt and Marine Chemicals; Inorganic Materials and Catalysis; Electro Membrane Processes; Reverse Osmosis Dr. Paramita Ray Mobile: +91- 9377101096 Email:parmita [at] csmcri [dot] org Dr. S. Haldar, Senior Scientist, Marine Environment Group, Tel.: 91-278-2561354 Email:shalar [at] csmcri [dot] org Dr. C. R. K. Reddy, Chief Scientist and Group Leader Email:crk [at] csmcri [dot] org
III.5 National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra (www.ncl [dot] india [dot] org) Chemical Science and Engineering Dr. Sourav Pal, Director Tel.: +91-20- 25902600 Email:s.pal [at] ncl [dot] res [dot] in, director [at] ncl [dot] res [dot] in
III.6 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab (http://www.niper [dot] ac [dot] in/) Discovery of new chemical entities (NCEs) from natural products of terrestrial; microbial and marine origin for therapeutic purposes; Standardization and quality control of herbal drugs and products; Development of chemical process technologies for important natural products involving isolation; semisynthesis or synthesis Prof. K. K. Bhutani, Officiating Director, Professor & Head, Natural Products Email:director [at] niper [dot] ac [dot] in
III.7 Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab (www [dot] inst [dot] ac [dot] in/) Bio-inspired soft nanostructures; Bio-sensors and online diagnostics; Bio-targeting and therapeutics; Microfluidics based devices; Materials and devices for energy storage and harvesting; Device and thin film-superstructure group; Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Rural Development; Nanotoxicology; Porous nano structures for water purification and carbon dioxide sequestration; Understanding phenomena at the Nanoscale Prof. Ashok K. Ganguli, Director Tel.: +91 172 2210073,75 Email:director [at] inst [dot] ac [dot] in, contact [at] inst [dot] ac [dot] in
III.8 School of Chemical Sciences, Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra (http://www.srtmun [dot] ac [dot] in/) Organic and biomolecular chemistry; catalysis; theoretical and computational chemistry; and chemistry on the nanoscale Prof. Dr. A. D. Sagar, Director Email:sagaradd [at] gmail [dot] com Dr. P. K. Zubaidha, Professor
III.9 Laboratory of Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials, Bhubaneswar, Orissa (http://www.larpm.gov [dot] in/) Biopolymer; Fuel Cells; Polymer Nanocomposite; Carbon Nanotubes; Polymer Blends & Alloys; E Waste Recycling Tel.: +91-674-2740173, + 91-674-2742852 Email:larpmcipet [at] gmail [dot] com
IV Physical and Mathematical Sciences
IV.1 Department of Physics, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.presiuniv [dot] ac [dot] in) Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Its Applications (E. G. Atmospheric and Environmental Studies, Spectral Library Development Etc.); Spectroscopic Studies in Laboratory within Ultraviolet-Visible-Near-Infrared Range; Physics & Techniques Of Remote Sensing Dr. B. Ray Chaudhuri, Associate Professor, Department of Physics Email:barun [dot] raychaudhuri [at] gmail [dot] com
IV.2 Department of Physics, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, (www.karunya.edu) Crystal Growth; Nano-materials; Nanofluids for Solar Power generation systems; Dielectrics; Ultrasonics

Semiconductor nano-materials; Crystal Growth; Semiconductor thin films;
Dr. A. Kingson Solomon Jeevaraj, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Tel.: Office: +91-422-2614300 Intercom : 4155 Mobile: +91-9842466973 Email:drkingson [at] karunya [dot] edu, drkingson [at] gmail [dot] com

Dr. M. Haris, Associate Professor Mobile: +91-9841848926 Email:mharis8 [at] yahoo [dot] com, harismuthiah [at] karunya [dot] edu, hariscgc [at] yahoo [dot] com Dr. A. Abiram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Tel.: 91-8870266237,91-7812044344 Email:abiram [at] karunya.edu, aabiram [at] gmail [dot] com M. Senthilkumar, Assistant Professor Email:senthilkumar [at] karunya [dot] edu, gm [dot] senthilkumar [at] yahoo [dot] in
IV.3 Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC Delhi), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi 110067 (www.iuac [dot] res [dot] in) Nuclear Physics; Materials Science; Atomic and Molecular Physics; Radiation Biology Dr. D. Kanjilal, Director Dr. P. Sugathan, Scientist-H (Program Leader) Mobile: +91-9711127307 Email:sugathan [at] gmail [dot] com, dkiuac [at] gmail [dot] com, dk [at] iuac [dot] res [dot] in
IV.4 Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.imsc [dot] res [dot] in) Mathematics; Theoretical Physics; Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Biology; Models of Glacier Melting; Indus Valley Script; Physics of Arrhythmia in Heart; Algorithms for Stock Market Professor R. Ramanujam, Tel.: +91-44- 2254 3269 Email:jam [at] imsc [dot] res [dot] in Prof. V. Raman Email:vraman [at] imsc [dot] res [dot] in, jam [at] imsc [dot] res [dot] in
IV.5 National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi (www.nplindia [dot] org) Materials for Energy Harvesting; Polymeric Materials including Conducting Polymers; Carbon-Based Materials & Their Composites; Light Weight Structural Materials; Nano-Materials & Their Composites; Optical Thin Films; Luminescent Materials and Superconducting Materials as well as Their Related Components & Devices Dr. Ajay Dhar, Head, Metals & Alloys Group & Chairman, Academic Committee Tel.: +91-11-45609456, +91-11-45609455 Mobile: +91-9899876476 Email:adhar [at] nplindia [dot] org
IV.6 S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.bose [dot] res [dot] in) Material Science: Theoretical Science; Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science; Chemical; Biological and Macromolecular Science; Astrophysics and Cosmology Mr. Sunish Kumar Deb Tel.: +91-33 - 2335 5705-08, Extn.: 103 Mobile: +91-9230547347 Email:debsunish [at] gmail [dot] com
IV.7 Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.rri [dot] res [dot] in) Astronomy and Physics: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics; Light and Matter Physics Prof. Ravi Subrahmanyam Mobile: +91-80-23611012 Email:director [at] rri [dot] res [dot] in
IV.8 Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences, Nainital, Uttarakhand (www.aries [dot] res [dot] in) Star Formation; Stellar Evolution; Astrometry; Polarimetery; Extragalactic Astronomy; Solar Physics; Atmospheric Studies Dr. Maheswar Gopinathan Mobile: +91-9410629613 Email:maheswar [at] aries [dot] res [dot] in
IV.9 Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.isical [dot] ac [dot] in/) Statistics Dr. Bimal K. Roy, Director Tel.:+91-33- 2575-3304 Fax: +91-33- 25776925  Email:postmaster [at] isical [dot] ac [dot] in
IV.10 National Institute of Medical Statistics, Delhi (http://www.icmr.nic [dot] in/000134/irms.htm) Research in Medical Statistics Prof. Arvind Pandey, Director Tel.: (011) 26588803 Email:arvindpandey [at] icmr [dot] org [dot] in, arvindp [dot] nims [at] gmail [dot] com
IV.11 Department of Mathematics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra (http://www.unishivaji [dot] ac [dot] in/dptmaths/) Dynamical System; Differential Equations; Integral Equations Dr. S.B. Bhalekar, Assistant Professor Tel: (0231)2609218 Email:sbb_maths [at] unishivaji [dot] ac [dot] in
IV.12 Department of Physics St. Thomas College, Thrichur, Kerala (www.stcp [dot] ac [dot] in) Quantum Electronics; Crystal Growth; Thin Film; Nano-Bio- Polymer Science and Technology; nanostructures, quantum dot sensitized solar cells; organic solar cells Dr. Ison V. Vanchipurackal, Assistant Professor, Tel.: 04829 285092 (R), +919446126926 (Mobile) Email:isonv [at] rediffmail [dot] com, isonvv [at] yahoo [dot] in
IV.13 Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala (www.nitc [dot] ac [dot] in/) Atmospheric physics; Critical point phenomena & polymer dynamics; Computational condensed matter physics; Experimental condensed matter physics and material science; Lasers and non-linear optics; Nanophotonics and photonic devices; Unconventional photonics and electronics Dr. P. Pradeep, Professor Tel.: +91-495-2285103 (O), 2285113 (Lab.), 09495329035 (cell) Fax: +91-495-2287250 Email:predeep [at] nitc [dot] ac [dot] in, ppredeep [at] gmail [dot] com
IV.14 School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SPS/) Chemical Physics; Inorganic; Organic and Physical Chemistry; Computational Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Disordered Systems; Granular Materials; Mathematical Physics; Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Nonlinear Dynamics; Probability Measure; Quantum Chaos; Quantum Optics; Statistical Nuclear Physics; and String Theory; Complex Fluids; Supra-molecular Chemistry; Materials Science; Superconductivity; Magnetism; Nonlinear Optics; Semiconductors; Polymers and Nanoparticle Physics; and Ultrafast Photophysical Processes in Bio and Nano-materials Prof. Subhasis Ghosh, Dean Tel.: 26704781, 26741909
IV.15 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (http://www.prl [dot] res [dot] in/) Astronomy and Astrophysics; Geosciences; Planetary sciences; Space and Atmospheric Sciences; Theoretical physics Prof. J.N. Goswami, Director Tel: +91-79- 26314000, 26302129 Fax: +91-79-26314900 Email:info [at] prl [dot] res [dot] in
IV.16 National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi/Gurgaon ( http://www.mnre.gov [dot] in/) Research and technology development in solar thermal and photovoltaic systems and components; reliability testing of solar PV projects; hybridization and technical aspects of emerging areas as solar rooftops and micro-grid; integration of cross-sectoral learning's from conventional power generation Dr. Pradeep Chandra Pant, Scientist 'E'/Director (HRD and Innovative Projects) Phone: +91-11-24365496 (O),  91-124-2579214 (at SEC)   Mobile: +91-9891721533   Fax: +91-11-24365496 (O) , E-mail:pradeep_cpant [at] yahoo [dot] com
V Earth Sciences
V.1 Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Kochi, Kerala (www.cmlre.gov [dot] in) Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms; Marine Bio-diversity; Deep Sea Fishery Dr. Anil Kumar Vijayan Mobile: +91-9446039021 Email:anilkumarvijayan [at] yahoo [dot] com, anilkumarvijayan [at] gmail [dot] com
V.2 National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www.ngri [dot] org [dot] in) Ground Water - Management; Artificial Recharge; Pollutants; Natural Hazards - Earthquakes; Tsunami Dr. R. K. Chadha Mobile: +91-40 23434630, +91-9849378244 Email:chadha [at] ngri [dot] res [dot] in
V.3 Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (www.wihg [dot] res [dot] in) Climate and Tectonics; Fluvial Systems; Hydrogeology; Remote Sensing and GIS; Geothermal Energy; and Earthquake precursory research Dr. Vikram Gupta Tel.: +91 9411528837 Email:vgupta [at] wihg [dot] res [dot] in, vgupta_wihg [at] yahoo [dot] com Dr. Sushil Kumar, Scientist Tel: +91-135-2525458 Mobile: 09634223377 Email:sushil_rohella [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
V.4 National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vasco da Gama, Goa (www.ncaor.gov [dot] in) Snow and Ice Core Research for Climate Fingerprinting; Polar Clouds and Precipitation; Stratospheric Dynamics; Dynamics of Sea/Polar Ice Sheet with Remote Sensing Data; Hydrodynamics of the Southern Ocean; Material Management and Planning of Expeditions; Oceanic Microfossil Applications for Reconstructing the Paleo-Environment Dr. Rahul Mohan Mobile: +91-832 2525531 Email:rahulmohan [at] ncaor [dot] org, rahulmohangupta [at] gmail [dot] com
V.5 National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.niot [dot] res [dot] in) Instruments for Ocean Observation; Deep Sea Mining; Exploration of Gas Hydrates; Offshore and Coastal Structures; Marine Biotechnology; Marine Sensor Systems; Ocean Acoustics and Ocean Electronics; Coastal Protection and Management; Ocean Energy; Solar Energy and Desalination Mr. Raju Abraham Tel.: +91- 44- 66783339 Email:abraham [at] niot [dot] res [dot] in
V.6 Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (www [dot] incois.gov [dot] in) Operational oceanography; ocean modelling; ocean state forecasts; data management and information services; remote sensing of oceans; remote sensing for fisheries; tsunami early warning; and application of remote sensing for shoreline management Dr. Satheesh C. Shenoi, Director Tel.: +91-40-2389 5000 Mobile: +91-9441013377 Email:shenoi [at] incois.gov [dot] in Mr. M. Nagaraja Kumar, Scientist & In-Charge, Marine Fishery Advisory Services (MFAS) Tel.: +91-40-23886031, 23895013  Fax: +91-40-23895014 Email:raja [at] incois [dot] gov [dot] in
V.7 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula- Goa (www.nio [dot] org) Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem, Bio-Prospecting, Bioactive Molecules, Habitat Ecology, Molecular Biology And Biotechnology; Biofouling and Corrosion, Genesis, Occurrence and Mining of Marine Oxide, Sulfide and Placer Minerals; Tectonics of Indian Continental Margins; Gas Hydrate Occurrence; Mid Ocean Ridge Studies, Paleo Oceanography, Marine Archaeology and Underwater Exploration; Autonomous Vehicle and Marine Instrumentation Prof. Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay, Chief Scientist & Head HRM Tel.: +91-832-245-0246 Email:ranadhir [at] nio [dot] org Dr. V. Sanil Kumar, Scientist and Head, Business Development Email:sanil [at] nio [dot] org, spmg [at] nio [dot] org, sanil [dot] niog [at] gmail [dot] com
V.8 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (BSIP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (www.bsip [dot] res [dot] in) Palaeobotany (including Palaeopalynology); Coal/Lignite Petrology; Precambrian Paleobiology And Quaternary Paleoclimates; Palynology in Fossil Fuel Exploration; Dendrochronology; Ethnobotany; Micropaleontology; Carbon-14 Dating Dr. Mukund Sharma, Scientist - F Email:sharmamukund1 [at] rediffmail [dot] com
V.9 Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand (http://www.ismdhanbad [dot] ac [dot] in/) Mechanical Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering; Fuel and Mineral Engineering; Management Studies; and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering; Applied Chemistry; Applied Physics; and Applied Mathematics; Electrical Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Chemical Engineering Prof. D.C. Panigrahi,Director Tel.:+91-326-223-5201 Email:dt [at] ismdhanbad [dot] ac [dot] in Dr. Suman Dutta, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Email:sumandutta_che [at] yahoo [dot] com ss.dutta [at] hotmail [dot] com, ce [at] ismdhanbad [dot] ac [dot] in
V.10 National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand (www.nih.ernet [dot] in) Hydrologic Design; Design flood estimation using flood frequency analysis ; synthetic data generation; Water availability studies; Network design land use and soil classification; erosion studies; flood plain mapping; sedimentation of reservoirs and Reservoir capacity computations assessment of water logged areas; Mapping of ground water availability zones; Stream flow-aquifer interaction; Management of coastal aquifers; Groundwater resource evaluation in hard rock Er. R.D. Singh, Director  Tel.: 91-1332-272906 Fax : 91-1332-272123 Email : nihmail [at] nih [dot] ernet [dot] in, rdsingh [at] nih [dot] ernet [dot] in
V.11 Water Resource Development & Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand (http://www.iitr [dot] ac [dot] in/) Groundwater Development & Management; Rainwater Harvesting; Watershed Management and Urban Water Management; Climate Change Dr. Deepak Khare, Head of Department Tel.: +91 - 1332 - 285393 Email:kharefwt [at] iitr [dot] ac [dot] in
V.12 Centre For Advanced Study, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi (www.du [dot] ac [dot] in) Vertebrate Palaeontology - Evolution of Mesozoic Vertebrates with special reference to biogeographic origins; diversity and evolution of Mesozoic Mammals of India; and Cretaceous Palaeobiogeography of India Dr. G.V. R. Prasad, Professor Email:guntupalli.vrprasad [at] gmail [dot] com
V.13 Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI), Kochi, Kerala (http://www.nerci [dot] in/index.html) Monsoon and ocean variability, Climate Change, Sea level variations; Coastal Zone Management & Social Issues; Marine Ecosystem studies with focus on forcing mechanisms and algal blooms Dr. K. Ajith Joseph, Executive Director Tel.: 0484-2383351 Fax: 0484-2353124 Email:ajith_jk [at] nerci [dot] in, nansencentre [dot] india [at] gmail [dot] com
V.14 The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi (http://www.teriin [dot] org/ESCC) Earth Science & Climate Change; Environmental science; Forestry and biodiversity; Global & environmental research Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Director Tel.: (+91 11) 2468 2100, 41504900 Fax: (+91 11) 2468 2144, 2468 2145 Email:prodipto [at] teri [dot] res [dot] in
V.15 The Post-graduate Department of studies in Earth Science, The University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka (http://www.uni-mysore [dot] ac [dot] in/earth-science) Applied Geology; Earth Science and Resource Management The Vice Chancellor Tel.: 0821-2419666
V.16 Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://caos.iisc.ernet [dot] in/) Aerosol measurements and impacts; atmosphere-ocean-coupled general circulation and climate modeling; cloud physics; geophysical fluid dynamics; paleoclimate studies; physical-chemical-biological oceanography of the Indian Ocean; radiative transfer; satellite meteorology; space-time structure and scaling in geophysical fields, and tropical convection The Chairman Tel: 080-22932505 , 23600450 Fax: 080-23600 865 Email:office [at] caos [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in, chairman [at] caos [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in
VI Engineering Sciences
VI.1 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal (www.cmeri [dot] res [dot] in/) Heat Pipes; Nanotechnology; Robotics; Actuators and Sensors; Micro-manufacturing Prof. Dr. Gautam Biswas, Director Tel.: +91-343-2546749 Email:director [at] cmeri [dot] res [dot] in, gtm [at] iitk [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.2 Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Sector 30-C, Chandigarh (www.csio [dot] res [dot] in) Agrionics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Photonics; Mechanical Systems Design; Nano Science and Nano Technology; Optical Design and Spectroscopy; Computational Instrumentation Dr. H.K. Sardana Tel.: +91-1722637994, Mobile: +91 -9872805924 Email:hk_sardana [at] csio [dot] res [dot] in
VI.3 Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.cmti-india.net) Precision Manufacturing / Engineering; Surface Engineering; Micro and Nano machining; Additive Manufacturing; Sensors and Vision Technology; Mechatronics & Automation; Metrology and Characterization Mr. S. Satish Kumar, Director Tel.: +91-80-22188227 Fax: +91-80-23370428 Email:satish.cmti [at] nic [dot] in
VI.4 Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (www.serc [dot] res [dot] in) Health Assessment and Damage Mitigation of Structures; Engineering Sustainable Materials and Structures and Nano Technology and Bio-Mimetics Dr. S. Arunachalam Tel.: +91-44-2254 2786 Mobile: +91-9444606087 Email:sarun [at] serc [dot] res [dot] in, sarunacha [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
VI.5 National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.nal [dot] res [dot] in) Aerodynamics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Aircraft Structures; Propulsion; Flight Dynamics & Control; Composites; Wind Energy Dr. J.S. Mathur, Head KTMD Tel.: +91-80-25086147 Email:mathur [at] nal [dot] res [dot] in
VI.6 Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Uttarakhand (www.cbri [dot] res [dot] in/) Building/ Construction Materials; Structural/ Geotechnical Engineering related to Building Science Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, Director Tel.: +91-1332- 272243 Email:director [at] cbrimail [dot] com
VI.7 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune, Maharashtra (www.cdac [dot] in) Computational Aspects of Cancer Research; ICT for Development/S&T for Social Development Prof. Rajat Moona, Director General Tel.: +91-20-25696565 Email:moona [at] cdac [dot] in Dr. Hemant Darbari, Executive Director Email:darbari [at] cdac [dot] in
VI.8 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (www.iiita [dot] ac [dot] in) Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Sensors; Human Computer Interaction; Cyber Law and Information Security Prof. M. D. Tewari, Director Tel.: +91-532-2431684, +91-532-2922027 Mobile: +91 9415235175 Email:mdt [at] iiita [dot] ac [dot] in, director [at] iiita [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.9 Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi (www.crridom.gov [dot] in/) Road User Behaviour in Simulated vs. Realistic Setting; Maintenance and management of Infrastructure (Roads & Bridges); Durability of Concrete Structures; Health Monitoring and Performance Evaluation of Civil Infrastructure; Designing Structures against Hazards; Transportation Planning & Engineering; Development of Mechanistic Framework for Use of RAP in Flexible Pavements & Development of Semiperpetual Flexible Pavement T.K. Amla, Head, Information, Liaison and Training Tel.: +91-11-26921939 Mobile: +91-9810295281 Email:tkamla [dot] crri [at] nic [dot] in
VI.10 National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai, Tamil Nadu (niwe [dot] res [dot] in) Research and Development in wind turbines; Wind Resource Assessment; Wind Turbine Testing; Certification of Wind Turbines; Training on Wind and Solar Technology; Small Wind turbine testing; Solar Radiation Resource Assessment Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Director General (DG) Tel.: Office: 044 - 2246 3981 Fax: 044 - 2246 3980 Email:dg [dot] niwe [at] gov [dot] in Mr. P. Kanagavel, Additional Director & Head, Information, Training and Commercial Services (ITCS) Email:pkanagavel.niwe [at] nic [dot] in
VI.11 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal (http://iitkgp [dot] ac [dot] in/) Engineering Sciences Prof. A B Chattopadhyay Department of Mechanical Engineering Tel.: +91 - 3222 - 282914 Email:akc [at] mech [dot] iitkgp [dot] ernet [dot] in
VI.12 Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.iiitm [dot] ac [dot] in/) Software Engineering;Mobile Computing; Network and Information Security, and Embedded System Design under IT, and Business Analysis, Knowledge Management; Technology Management; Quality Management; Risk Management, and Business Analysis under Management Prof. S. G. Desmukh Tel.: 0751-2449801 Fax: 0751-2449813 Email:director [at] iiitm [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.13 Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (http://www.iitd [dot] ac [dot] in/) Cyber Security, Cyber Systems and Information Assurance

Nanoscale magnetic films; Nanogranular structures; Nanomultilayers and Nanowires; Materials issues in spin-polarized electron and thermal transport; Materials engineering of transparent conducting oxides.
Prof R.K.Shevgaonkar,Director Tel.:+91-11-2659 1701, +91-11-2658 2020 (W) Fax:+91-11-2658 2659 Email:director [at] admin [dot] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in Ranjan Bose,(Co-coordinator)  Center of Excellence in Cyber Systems and Information Assurance Email:rbose [at] ee.iitd [dot] ac [dot] in

Prof. Dinesh K. Pandya, Professor, Physics Department Tel.: 01126591347 Email:dkpandya [at] physics [dot] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.14 The National Law Institute University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.nliu [dot] ac [dot] in/) Cyber Law and Information Security  Prof. Dr. S. S. Singh,Director Tel.:0755 - 2696965/971, Ext. 109 TeleFax :0755 - 2696724 Email:director [at] nliu [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.14 The National Law Institute University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.nliu [dot] ac [dot] in/) Cyber Law and Information Security Prof. Dr. S. S. Singh, Director Tel.:0755 - 2696965/971, Ext. 109 TeleFax : 0755 - 2696724 Email:director [at] nliu [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.15 School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal (www.smstweb.iitkgp.ernet [dot] in/) Tissue Engineering; Biomaterials; Herbal medicine & Bio-Engineering Prof. Pranab Kumar Dutta, Head Tel.: (03222) 282221 Fax: (03222) 255303, 282221 Email:  officesmst [at] smst [dot] iitkgp [dot] ernet [dot] in
VI.16 Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand (http://www.iitr [dot] ac [dot] in/) Ion Selective Electrodes; Chemical Sensors and Wastewater treatment by developing low cost adsorbent Dr. V.K. Gupta, Professor, Department of Chemistry Email:vinodfcy [at] gmail [dot] com
VI.17 India Institute of Technology, New Delhi (www.iitd [dot] ac [dot] in/) Fibre Science and Technology; Yarn manufacturing; Fabric Manufacturing; Chemical Processing Dr. Dipayan Das, Associate Professor, The Department of Textile Technology Tel.: +91 11 26591402 Fax: +91 11 26581103 Email: Dipayan [at] textile.iitd [dot] ac [dot] in Dr. R. Chattopadhyay, Professor & Head of the Department Tel.: +91-11-2659 1412/ +91-11-2659 1401 Fax: +91-11-26581103 Email:rchat [at] textile.iitd.ernet [dot] in, rabisankarc [at] gmail [dot] com, hodtextile [at] textile [dot] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.18 Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (www.iitd [dot] ac [dot] in/) Design Engineering; Thermal Engineering; Production Engineering; Industrial Engineering Dr. Prof. S.R. Kale, Professor & Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department Tel.: +91-11-2659 1127, 1709 Fax: +91-11-2658 2053 Email:srk [at] mech [dot] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.19 Department of Civil Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra (http://www.civil.iitb [dot] ac.i/) Structural Engineering ; Remote Sensing; Geotechnical Engineering; Water Resources Engineering ; Transportation Systems; Ocean Engineering Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh, Dept. of Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) Tel.: +91 22 2576 7309 Email:sghosh [at] civil [dot] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in Prof. V. Jothiprakash, Dept. of Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering), Tel.: +91 22 2576 7315 Email:vprakash [at] civil [dot] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in
VI.20 National Council of Cement and Building Materials, Ballabgarh, Haryana (http://www.ncbindia [dot] com) Continuous research; technology development and transfer; education and industrial services for the cement and building materials industries Email:nccbm [at] ncbindia [dot] com, info [at] ncbindia [dot] com
VI.20 National Council of Cement and Building Materials, Ballabgarh, Haryana (http://www.ncbindia [dot] com) Continuous research; technology development and transfer; education and industrial services for the cement and building materials industries Email:nccbm [at] ncbindia [dot] com, info [at] ncbindia [dot] com
VI.21 PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (http://www.iiitdmj [dot] ac [dot] in/) Mechanical Vibrations; Condition Monitoring; Nonlinear Dynamics; Applications of Soft Computing in mechanical and bio-medical engineering Dr. Pavan Kumar Kankar, Mechanical Engineering Discipline Tel.: +91-761-2632 570 Ext. 132 Mobile: +91-9425807612 Email:kankar [at] iiitdmj [dot] ac [dot] in, pavankankar [at] gmail [dot] com
VI.22 Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, CSIR, Pilani, Rajasthan (http://www.ceeri [dot] res [dot] in/) Embedded systems; Digital systems; Power Electronics; Electron Tubes - Gyrotrons; Klystrons; Magnetrons; Travelling Wave Tubes; Plasma Devices; Semiconductor - Hybrid Microcircuits; IC Design; MEMS & Microsensors; Sensors and Nanotechnology; Photonics and Optoelectronics; Semiconductor Materials and Technology Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Director Tel.: +91-01596-242111, 252200 (O), 244222, 252530(R) Email:director [at] ceeri [dot] ernet [dot] in, chandra [at] ceeri [dot] ernet [dot] in
VI.23 School of Computer & Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SCSS/default.htm) Data Warehousing & Mining; Natural Language Processing; Scientific Computing & Optimization; Soft Computing; System Modeling & Simulation; System Software; Communication Networks; Network Security; Artificial Intelligence & Robotics; Computer Graphics & Multimedia; Database Systems; Data Mining & Pattern Recognition; Digital Image Processing; Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks; Wireless & Mobile Communication; Parallel & Distributed Systems; Software Engineering; VLSI Design & Testing; Embedded Systems; Computer Vision; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Prof. C P Katti, Dean Tel.: + 91-11-26704767 (O) Fax: + 91-11-26742526 Email:jnu_scss [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in
VII Materials, Minerals & Metallurgy
VII.1 Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (www.immt [dot] res [dot] in) Mineralogy and Materials Engineering in Mining and Mineral/Bio-Mineral Processing; Minerals Process Engineering; Metal Extraction and Materials Characterization; Pollution Monitoring and Control; Marine and Forest Production Dr. S.K. Singh Tel.: +91-674-2379456 Email:sksingh [at] immt [dot] res [dot] in, sarojksingh [at] gmail [dot] com
VI.23 School of Computer & Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SCSS/default.htm) Data Warehousing & Mining; Natural Language Processing; Scientific Computing & Optimization; Soft Computing; System Modeling & Simulation; System Software; Communication Networks; Network Security; Artificial Intelligence & Robotics; Computer Graphics & Multimedia; Database Systems; Data Mining & Pattern Recognition; Digital Image Processing; Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks; Wireless & Mobile Communication; Parallel & Distributed Systems; Software Engineering; VLSI Design & Testing; Embedded Systems; Computer Vision; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Prof. C P Katti, Dean Tel.: + 91-11-26704767 (O) Fax: + 91-11-26742526 Email:jnu_scss [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in
VII Materials, Minerals & Metallurgy
VII.1 Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (www.immt [dot] res [dot] in) Mineralogy and Materials Engineering in Mining and Mineral/Bio-Mineral Processing; Minerals Process Engineering; Metal Extraction and Materials Characterization; Pollution Monitoring and Control; Marine and Forest Production Dr. S.K. Singh Tel.: +91-674-2379456 Email:sksingh [at] immt [dot] res [dot] in, sarojksingh [at] gmail [dot] com
VII.2 Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.cgcri [dot] res [dot] in) Ceramic membrane, membrane applications in drinking water, industrial effluents, food processing and membrane bioreactor; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Li-ion Battery; Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell; Dense Ceramic Materials; Nano Drug Delivery and Ceramic or Glass Implants; Laser Processing of Materials; Functional Nanomaterials and Coatings; Refractory; Solid Waste Utilization Pharmaceutics & Drugs Dr. Kamal Dasgupta, Acting Director Tel.: + 91-33-2473-5829 (O) Fax: + 91-33- 2473-0957 Email:director [at] cgcri [dot] res [dot] in Dr. Ganesh C. Sahoo, Scientist, Ceramic Membrane Division Tel.: (033) 24733496, Ext.: 3462 Fax: +91-33-24730957 Email:gcsahoo [at] cgcri [dot] res [dot] in
VII.3 National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (www.nmlindia [dot] org) Micro-structural Characterization; Fatigue & Fracture and Creep; Non- destructive Evaluation; Nonferrous Metallurgy; Solid Waste Utilization and Geopolymer; Mineral Processing; Surface Engineering; Multi-scale Materials Modeling; Voltametric Determination of Some Heavy Metals Dr. B. Ravi Kumar Tel.: +91-657-2245008 Email:ravik [at] nmlindia [dot] org
VII.4 Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (www.ipirti.gov [dot] in) Bio-Adhesives for Panel Products; Natural Bio-Fibre Composites for Value Addition Ms. Sujatha D., HOD, Adhesive Technology Division Mobile: +91-9880005284 Email:dsujatha [at] ipiriti [dot] gov [dot] in
VII.5 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Mettalurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (http://www.arci [dot] res [dot] in/) Nanostructured Materials; ; Carbon Nanomaterials; Nanocomposite Coatings; Engineered Coatings; Laser Surface Treatment; Sol-gel Nanocomposite Coatings; Oxide Ceramics; Non-Oxide Ceramics; Solar Energy Materials; Fuel Cell Technology; Laser Processing of Materials; Automotive Energy Materials Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director Email:director [at] arci [dot] res [dot] in, gsundar [at] arci [dot] res [dot] in
VII.6 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://www.physics.iisc.ernet [dot] in/) Carbon nanoparticles; Fibers and fabric; Carban nano sensors and electromagnetic shielding applications Nanotubes; Zinc oxide particles; Nanowires; Polymer composites Prof. Prasad Vishnu Bhotla, Principal Research Scientist Tel.: +91-80-2293-3338  Email:vishnu [at] physics [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in
VII.7 Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra (http://www.met.iitb [dot] ac [dot] in) Scientific and engineering aspects of the structure; properties; synthesis/processing/manufacturing and application of materials; Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Metal Forming & Joining; Surface Engineering (Corrosion, Wear, Coating etc.); Semiconductor Materials & Devices including Thin Films; Magnetic; Electronic & Opto-Electronic Materials Bio-Materials; Nano-Materials; Materials for MEMS; Polymer & Blends; Composite & Ceramic Materials; Simulation & Modeling of Materials & Processes Dr. Prof. N. Prabhu, Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Tel.: +91 22 2576 7600 Email:nprabhu [at] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in Prof. K. Pande, Professor and Head, Department of Earth Sciences, Email:kanchanpande [at] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in
VII.8 National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha (www.nitrkl [dot] ac [dot] in) Mining Technology; Geomechanics and Strata Control; Mine Environment and Safety Engineering; Clean Coal Technology; Mine Planning; Mie Surveying; Mining Geology and Hydrologeology
Artificial intelligence; Boundary value problems; Differential equations; Fluid dynamics; Fuzzy set theory; Neural Network, Genetic algorithm; Mathematical modeling and simulation; Mathematical physics; Numerical analysis; Mathematical programming; Stochastic Processes; Vibration Problems and Wavelet Transforms
Dr. S. Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mining Engg. Tel.: 0661-2462656/ 09938485254 Email:saurav [at] nitrkl [dot] ac [dot] in
VII.9 Indian Institute of Metals, C/o Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://www.iimbc [dot] in/index.php) Mineralogy and Materials Engineering in Mining and Mineral Tel.: 080 - 22932259 Fax: 080 - 23600472 Email:iimbangalorechapter [at] gmail [dot] com
VIII Multi-disciplinary and Other Areas
VIII.1 National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi (www.nistads [dot] res [dot] in) S&T Policy and Management: Innovation Policy and Survey & Measurement, Sector Analysis; S&T Indicators / Measurement Studies/ Mapping Knowledge Bases for Development; Technology Foresight, Assessment & Demand & Strategy Mapping; Science and Technology for Rural Development; Industrial Research, Intellectual Property, MSME Dr. Kasturi Mandal, Scientist Tel.: +91-11-25843385 Mobile: +91-9313245343 Email:kstr.mndl [at] gmail [dot] com Dr. Rajeswari Raina, Scientist Tel.: 11-25843027 Email:rajeswari_raina [at] yahoo [dot] com
VIII.2 National Institute for Inter-disciplinary Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (www.niist [dot] res [dot] in) Agro-processing and Natural products; Biotechnology, Materials Science and Technology; Chemical Sciences & Technology; Process Engineering and Environmental Technology Director Tel.: +91-4712490324 Email:director [at] niist [dot] res [dot] in Dr. Ashok Pandey, Chairman, International Steering Program Tel.: +91-471-2515 279 Email:pandey [at] niist [dot] res [dot] in,ashokpandey56 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
VIII.3 National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra (www.neeri [dot] res [dot] in/) Clean Air and Waste Utilisation. Air Pollution Control; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Environmental Health; Environmental Biotechnology; Environmental Genomics; Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment; Environmental Materials; Environmental Systems Design & Modelling; Water Technology & Management; Solid & Hazardous Waste Management; Waste Water Technology Dr. Rajiv A. Sohony, Science Secretary and Head, ESDM Tel.: +91-712-2249990 Mobile: +91-9423679954 Email:ra_sohony [at] neeri [dot] res [dot] in Dr. S.R. Wate, Director Tel.: +91-712-2249999 (O), Extn:388 Email:director [at] neeri [dot] res [dot] in
VIII.4 Pushpa Gujral Science City, Jalandhar, Punjab (www.pgsciencecity [dot] org) Popularisation of Science: Public communication of Science and Technology; Scientific exhibits - Conceptualization, Design and Development Strategy Dr. Rajesh Grover, Director, Tel.: +91-1822-501963-64 (O) Mobile:+91-98555-71067 Email:rgrover99 [at] sify [dot] com
VIII.5 National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Kolkata, West Bengal (www.ncsm [dot] org [dot] in/) Popularisation of Science: Science Communication as Applicable to Science Centre & Science Museum Domain; especially in the Areas like Visitor Research; Learning Outcomes From Exhibits in Science Museums; New Technology Interface for Better Communication Practices in Science Museums Fields Mr. S. Chaudhuri, Director Tel.: +91-33- 2357 5692 Email:director_crtl [at] ncsm [dot] gov [dot] in
VIII.6 North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam (www.rrljorhat [dot] res [dot] in) Chemical sciences; Biological sciences; materials sciences; Agro-science and technology; Geosciences Dr. R.C. Boruah, Director, Tel.: +91-376-2370012 Email:director [at] rrljorhat [dot] res [dot] in, rc_boruah [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
VIII.7 Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://iwst.icfre.gov [dot] in/) Wood Properties and Engineered Wood; Wood Processing; Forest and Wood Protection; Tree Improvement and Genetics; Chemistry of Forest Products Dr. V.Ramakantha, Director Tel.: +91-80-22190102 Fax: +91-80-23340529 Email:dir_iwst [at] icfre [dot] org
VIII.8 Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://ces.iisc.ernet [dot] in ) Behavior; Ecology; Evolution; Climate Change & Conservation Dr. Renee M. Borges, Chairperson Email:cesoffice [at] ces [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in, chairman [at] ces [dot] iisc [dot] ernet [dot] in
VIII.9 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Intellectual Property Management,Nagpur,Maharashtra (http://www.ipindia.nic [dot] in/NIIPM/) Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Smt. C. D.Satpute,Senior Documentation Officer Tel:0712- 2540913, 922/2542961, 979 (Ext. No. 214) Email:chhaya.satpute [at] nic [dot] in,ipti-mh [at] nic [dot] in,niipm [dot] ipo [at] nic [dot] in
VIII.10 NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (http://www.nalsar [dot] ac [dot] in/) Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Prof. V. C. Vivekanandan Tel.: +91(40) 23498401 Email:vivek [at] nalsarpro [dot] org
VIII.11 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (http://www.iirs.gov [dot] in/) Earth Resources and system study biodiversity characterization; integrated wasteland development planning; bio-prospecting; wasteland and sustainable development planning; geospatial modelling Dr. Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy, Director Tel.: + 91 - (0)135 - 2524399 Fax: + 91 - (0)135 - 2741987  Email:director [at] iirs [dot] gov [dot] in
VIII.12 Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Karnataka (http://www.isec [dot] ac [dot] in/) Agricultural Economy; Study of Investment in industry; Bio-diversity at village and taluk levels and related implications; Livestock and environment interactions; Economic and institutional aspects of production and usage of bio-fuels and Environmentally hazardous subsidies; Understanding river eco-systems; Development alternatives for rural water supply institutions. Universalisation of primary education; Role of rural local organisations in social sector development; Natural resource management and basic services; Society Politics and Decentralised Governance; Governance (including Democracy; Decentralisation and Ethics) and Development; Reproductive Child Health (RCH) Dr. Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Director Tel.: 080-23217010 Email:director [at] isec [dot] ac [dot] in
VIII.13 Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Mumbai, Maharshtra (http://www.tiss.edu/) Children and youth; community development; dalit and tribal issues; education; women and gender; disaster management; rural development; governance; natural resource management and urban issues. Prof. S. Parasuraman, Director Email:sparasuraman [at] tiss [dot] edu Prof. Surinder Jaswal, Professor, Dean Email:surijas [at] tiss [dot] edu
VIII.14 School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SIS) American Studies; Latin American Studies; West European Studies; Canadian Studies; Diplomatic Studies; International Legal Studies; International Trade and Development; Chinese Studies; Japanese and Korean Studies; International Politics; International Organisation; Disarmament Studies; Political Geography; Russian and East European Studies; South Asian Studies; South East Asian & Southwest Pacific Studies; Central Asian Studies; West Asian and North African Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies Prof. Anuradha Mitra Chenoy, Dean Tel.: 26704328, 26704361
VIII.15 Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (http://www.jnu [dot] ac [dot] in/SSS/CSSP/) Science; technology and innovation policies; university - industry relations; intellectual property rights; gender relations in science and technology; globalisation of innovation; internationalisation of R&D; technology and environment; scientists in organisations and technology futures studies Dr. Madhav Govind, Chairperson Tel.:+91-11-2670 4105 Email:m_govind [at] mail [dot] jnu [dot] ac [dot] in, cssp_chairperson [at] hotmail [dot] com
VIII.16 Centre for International Trade in Technology (C.I.T.T.), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi (http://cc.iift [dot] ac [dot] in/docs/iift/citt.asp) International Trade and Technology, export organisations and enterprises, Marketing, functional and Policy Research Dr. O.P. Wali, Head & Professor, Telefax: +91-11- 26522549, Tel: +91-11- 26965124/26966360 Extn. 304 Email:headcitt [at] iift [dot] ac [dot] in
VIII.17 Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi (http://www.isid [dot] org [dot] in/home.html) Industrialization, Trade, Investment and Technology, Regulatory Mechanism, Educational policy and planning, Role of civil societies in development processes, Socio-economic development Prof. M.R. Murthy, Director Tel: +91 11 26891111 / 26467600 Fax: +91 11 2612 2448 E-mail:info [at] isid [dot] org [dot] in


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