Sl. No. Name of the Members Designation Designation in BRIC GB
1 Dr. Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio) (Chairperson GB)
2 Dr. Anand Suresh Deshpande Founder, Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems, Maharashtra Member (Co-Chairperson GB)
3 Shri Vishvajit Sahay Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
4 Dr. Alka Sharma Senior Adviser/Scientist ‘H’, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi – 110003 Member (Ex-officio)
5 Shri Chaitanya Murti Joint Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
6 Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
7 Prof. Abhay Karandikar Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
8 Shri. Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel Chairman, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd (formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited), Director and Chairman Board of Zydus Foundation, Ahmedabad Member (Expert)
9 Prof. Govindan Rangarajan Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Member (Expert)
10 Prof. Usha Vijayraghavan Dean of Biological Science Division, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Member (Expert)
11 Dr. Vijay Murlidhar Chauthaiwale Senior Adviser, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, New Delhi Member (Expert)
12 Prof. M Srinivas Director, AIIMS, New Delhi Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Former Dean of Employees’ State Insurance Company (ESIC) Hospital and Medical College, Hyderabad Member (Expert)
13 Prof. Shalini Bharat Former Director, Vice Chancellor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Member (Expert)
14 Dr. S Sivaramakrishna Pillai Co-founder & Director (R&D), Proklean Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai Member (Expert)
15 Dr. Gautham Nadig Co-founder and Executive Director Mynvax, Bangalore Member (Expert)
16 Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee Director, Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Imphal Member (Ex-officio)
17 Prof. Ashwani Pareek Director, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali Member (Ex-officio)
18 Dr. Subhra Chakraborty Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
19 Dr. Chandrabhas Narayana Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram Member (Ex-officio)
20 Dr. Debasisa Mohanty Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
21 Dr. Jitendra Kumar MD, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), New Delhi Member (Ex-officio)
* Dr. Kalaivani Ganesan, Scientist 'F', DBT will be the Nodal Officer/Member Secretary, BRIC.