The Council

LIST OF MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL
(Reconstituted for the Quadrennium 2026-2029)

Scheme

Clause 9.1(a)Nominees of the Government of India3
1Shri. Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan
Co-Founder, Infosys
Chairman, Axilor Venture Pvt. Ltd.
2Shri. Vineet Joshi
Secretary, Dept of Higher Education,
Ministry of Education
3Prof. Abhay Karandikar,
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology,
Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Clause 9.1(b)Nominees of Government of Karnataka2
4Shri. Tushar Giri Nath,
Additional Chief Secretary to Govt.,
Department of Urban Development and Department of Home, Govt. of Karnataka
5Shri. Ritesh Kumar Singh,
Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Finance, Govt. of Karnataka
Clause 9.1(c)Nominees of the Tata Trusts2
6Mr. Siddharth Sharma
CEO
Tata Trusts
7Mr. T.V. Narendran
CEO & Managing Director
Tata Steel Limited
Clause 9.1(d)Representative of UGC1
8Nomination awaited
Clause 9.1(e)Representative of Parliament3
(Lok Sabha-2)
9Shri. G. Kumar Naik
Hon’ble Member of Parliament (LS)
10Shri L.S. Tejasvi Surya
Hon’ble Member of Parliament (LS)
(Rajya Sabha-1)
11Smt. Sudha Murty
Hon’ble Member of Parliament (RS)
Clause 9.1(f)Representative of the Court of IISc2
12Dr. V. Mohan
Chairman
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
13Dr. V. Narayanan
Chairman
ISRO
Clause 9.1(g)Representatives of the Association of Indian Universities2
Eastern Region
14Nomination awaited
Western Region
15Nomination awaited
Clause 9.1(h)Representative of the A I C T E1
16Prof. M.N. Doja
Former Director
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sonipat
Clause 9.1(i)Representative of the C S I R1
17Dr. Abhay A. Pashilkar
Director
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
Clause 9.1(j)Director (ex-officio)1
18Prof. Govindan Rangarajan
Clause 9.1(k)Associate Director (ex-officio)1
19Vacant
Clause 9.1(l)Deans of Faculties (ex-officio)2
20Prof. S Asokan (Science Faculty)
21Prof. Jayant M Modak (Engineering Faculty
As per Clause 16.2, Registrar (Ex-officio) will be the Secretary of the Council
22Prof. D Nagesh Kumar