NCDIR Committees

Institutional Committees

Scientific Advisory Committee

Chairperson

Dr. G K Rath
Former Head, National Cancer Institute (2nd Campus AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana) & Chief, Dr. B R Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital AIIMS,
New Delhi.

Member Secretary

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G and Director, ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.

Members

Dr. P C Gupta
Director, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, Navi Mumbai
Dr. A C Kataki
Director Dr. B.B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati
Dr A K Das
Professor of Medicine & Professor and Head of Endocrinology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy
Former Sr. Deputy Director General (BMS), ICMR, Mumbai
Prof. N Sreekumaran Nair
Head, Department of Biostatistics, JIPMER, Puducherry
Prof. N K Arora
Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi
Prof. Prem Pais
Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Research & Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru
Dr. P Satishchandra
Sr. Consultant in Neurology & Adviser Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru

Ex-officio Members

Head,
Division of NCD, ICMR Hqrs. New Delhi
The Director,
International Institute for Population Science Mumbai
The Registrar General & Census Commissioner,
New Delhi
The Executive Director,
National Health Systems Resource Centre New Delhi

Central Ethics Committee on Human Research (CECHR)

Chairperson	Vice -Chairperson
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy Senior Deputy Director General (Retd.), ICMR and President, Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India, Mumbai	Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi
Member Secretary Dr. Roli Mathur Scientist F and Head, Bioethics Unit National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.
Members	Alternate Members
Dr. Anuradha Rose Professor of Community Health, Dept of Community Medicine, Head Dept of Bioethics, Co-Convener, Clinical Ethics Committee, Ethicist, Institutional Review Board, CMC, Vellore	Dr. P P Bapsy Medical Oncologist & Former Director, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore
Dr Bikash Medhi Professor, Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh	Dr Nilima Kshirsagar, National Chair of Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt of India New Delhi
	Dr Arti Kapil Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr. Bushan Tilak Kaul Advocate, High Court, Delhi & Supreme Court of India, New Delhi	Ms. Dhvani Mehta Co-Founder, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy New Delhi
	Dr. O V Nandimath Professor of Law & Chair Professor, Think-tank on Health, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
Dr. Shuba Kumar Social Scientist, Samarth, Chennai	Dr. Rama Baru Professor, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr Medha Joshi Consultant – Information Services, National Cancer Grid, Memorial Centre, Mumbai	Dr Shalini Bharat Director and Professor, Centre for Health & Social Sciences, School of Health Systems Studies, Mumbai
Mr Prasanna Shirol Co-founder and Executive Director, Organisation for Rare Diseases India (ORDI), Bangalore	Mr. Manoj Pardeshi General Secretary and Chief functionary of National Coalition of People Living With HIV is India (NCPI+) Delhi

Research Area Panel on Cancer

Chairperson

Dr. G K Rath
Former Head, National Cancer Institute (2nd Campus AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana) & Chief, Dr. B R Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital AIIMS,
New Delhi.

Member Secretary

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G and Director ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.

Members

Dr. P C Gupta
Director Healis-Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health Navi Mumbai
Dr. A C Kataki
Director Dr. B.B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati
Dr. P P Bapsy
(Ex-Director, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru) Bengaluru
Dr. R Sankaranarayanan
Senior Visiting Scientist WHO-IARC Coimbatore
Dr. Rekha V Kumar
Senior Consultant (Histopathology) & Head, Department of Pathology Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Bangalore
Dr. Sandeep Kumar
Consultant Surgeon Lucknow
Dr Yogesh Verma
Professor Department of Pathology Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok

Research Area Panel on Stroke

Chairperson

Dr. P Satishchandra
Sr. Consultant in Neurology & Adviser Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru

Member Secretary

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G and Director ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.

Members

Dr. P N Sylaja
Professor of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. M V Padma Srivastava
Professor & Head Department of Neurology & Chief, Neurosciences, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr. Jeyaraj Durai Pandian
Principal and Professor of Neurology Christian Medical College Ludhiana.
Dr. G Gururaj
Former Senior Professor & Director, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
Dr. Arvinda H R
Additional Professor Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Dr. Shailesh B Gaikwad
Professor & Head Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology, Neurosciences Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr. D K Subbakrishna
Former Professor & Head Department of Biostatistics & Dean (Basic Sciences) NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Research Area Panel on Cardio Vascular Diseases

Chairperson

Dr. Prem Pais
Professor of Medicine Division of Clinical Research & Training, St. John's Research Institute Bangalore.

Member Secretary

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G and Director ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.

Members

Dr. Rajeev Gupta
Senior Consultant of Cardiology Jaipur
Dr. P P Mohanan
Director and Head Department of Cardiology Westfort Hi-Tech Hospital Thrissur
Dr. Bhanu Duggal
Professor & HOD Department of Cardiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh
Dr. Ambuj Roy
Professor of Cardiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
Prof. N Sreekumaran Nair
Head, Department of Biostatistics JIPMER, Puducherry

Research Area Panel on Diabetes

Chairperson

Dr. A K Das
Professor of Medicine & Professor and Head of Endocrinology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry

Member Secretary

Dr. Prashant Mathur
Scientist G and Director ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru.

Members

Prof. Anoop Misra
Chairman, Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases & Endocrinology New Delhi
Dr. V Mohan
President Diabetes Specialties Centre & Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai
Prof. K R Thankappan
Professor Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Central University Kerala, Kasaragod
Prof. Mala Dharmalingam
Professor and Head Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru
Dr. R M Pandey
Professor & Head Department of Biostatistics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
Dr Lakshmy R
Professor Cardiac Biochemistry All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

Institutional Ethics Committee

Sl No	Name	Role in IEC
1	Dr. P P Bapsy Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology Apollo Hospitals, Banerghetta Road, Bengaluru	Chairperson
2	Dr. Roli Mathur Scientist F, NCDIR, Bengaluru	Bioethicist/Basic scientist
3	Dr. Denis Xavier Head, Division of Clinical Research and Training, St Johns Research Institute, Bengaluru	Basic scientist-Medical pharmacologist
4	Dr. Vishal Rao Chief of Head & Neck Surgical oncology & Robotic surgery at HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru	Clinician
5	Dr. Girish N Rao Professor & Head, Dept. of Epidemiology NIMHANS, Bengaluru	Clinician/Epidemiologist
6	Dr. Mala Dharmalingam Director and Head Dept. of Endocrinology, BEDRC Senior Professor and Former HOD MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru	Clinician
7	Mr. Alok Prasanna Kumar Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, Bengaluru	Legal Expert
8	Dr. A Nagarathna Associate Professor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru	Legal Expert
9	Dr. Sobin George Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Economic change, Bengaluru	Social Scientist
10	Dr. Shashank Garg Director, Viezwen Labs Pvt limited Consultant on AI and IOT Technologies in Public Health	IT Technical Person
11	Mr. Raghunandan Founder & Chief Designer, Synergic Designs, Bengaluru	Lay Person
12	Rev Fr Christopher Vimalraj Hiruthya St Johns National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru	Theologian
13	Dr. Bency Joseph Scientist E, NCDIR, Bengaluru	Member
14	Dr. Anita Nath Scientist E, NCDIR, Bengaluru	Member Secretary
15	Dr. Dileep G Scientist B, NCDIR, Bengaluru	Alternate Member Secretary

Annual Meintenance Committee

Chairperson

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist - E

Members

Mr. T M Loganathan, Technician - II
Mr. Mohan, Technician - I
Mr. Magesh T, Technician - I

Member Secretary

Mr. Monesh B Vishwakarma, Technical Officer - A

Purchase Committee

Chairperson

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist - E

Members

Mr. Vinay Urs K S, Scientist-C
Mr. V Ramesh, Technical Officer - C
Mr. A Jeyakumar, Technical Officer - C
Mr. Sureshkumar N, Technical Officer - A

Member Secretary

Mr. Ramesha N M, Administrative Officer

Institutional Grievance Committee

Chairperson

Dr. Priyanka Das, Scientist - D

Members

Dr. Shakuntala T S, Scientist - C
Mr. Deepadarshan H, Scientist - B

Website Committee

Chairperson

Dr. Roli Mathur, Scientist - F

Members

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist - E
Mr. Sudarshan K L, Scientist- D
Mr. Ramachandran V, Senior Technical Officer
Mr. Mohan, Technician - I

Member Secretary

Mr. Monesh B Vishwakarma, Technical Officer - A

Institutional Condemnation Committee

Chairperson

Mr. P C Gautam, Scientist Officer - E (Instrumentation), National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru

External Member

Mr. Jacob Rajan, Associate Engineer D, In-Charge, Computer Group, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru

Members

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist - E
Mr. C J Kannan, Administrative Officer, TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bengaluru
Mr. Ramesha N M, Administrative Officer
Mr. Ashok Arora, Assistant Accounts Officer
Mr. Harikumar Reddy, Multi Tasking Staff (General)

Member Secretary

Mr. Vinay Urs K S, Scientist-C

Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place Committee

Chairperson

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist - E

External Members

Ms. Sunitha R, M/s. S N Law Associates, No 42, 2nd Floor, Grand Majestic Mall, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru
Ms. Sumitra Acharya, Flat No. 8. Himavan I Apts, 4 A Cross, Coconunt Garden, Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru

Members

Dr. R Sukanya, Scientist - E
Mr. Sudarshan K L, Scientist - D

Member Secretary

Mrs. K R Chandrika, Technical Officer - A

Liaison Officer for OBC, PWDs and SC/ST

OBC - Dr. K Vaitheeswaran, Scientist - D
SC / ST - Dr. Shakuntala T S, Scientist - C

Medical Officer

Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist - D

Public Grievance Officer

Dr. Priyanka Das, Scientist - D

Vigilance Officer

Dr. R Sukanya, Scientist - E

Right to Information Act

Sl No	Subject	Name and Designation of the Officer	Appellate Authority
1	Scientific Matters	Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist-D Mrs. Priyanka Das, Scientist-D	Dr. Prashant Mathur, Director
2	Administrative and Establishment matters	Mr. Ramesha N M, Administrative Officer	Dr. Prashant Mathur, Director
3	Finance and Accounts	Mr. Ashok Arora, Assistant Accounts Officer.	Dr. Prashant Mathur, Director

Hindi Committee

Chairperson

Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist-D

Members

Dr. Shakuntala T S, Scientist-C

Member Secretary

Mr. Rahul Koli, Technical Assistant

Committee on Communication, Outreach, Public Engagement (COPE)

Chairperson

Dr. Roli Mathur, Scientist-F

Members

Dr. Bency Joseph, Scientist-E
Mrs. K R Chandrika, Technical Officer – A

Member Secretary

Mrs. Priyanka Das, Scientist-D

Research Integrity Unit at ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru

Chairperson

Dr. Roli Mathur, Scientist-F

Members

Mrs. Thilagavathi, Scientist B, NCDIR
Mr. Sunil Babu, Technical Assistant, NCDIR

Member Secretary

Mrs. Chandrika K R, Technical Officer - A

Library Committee

Chairperson

Mrs. R Thilagavathi, Scientist - B

Members

Mrs. K R Chandrika, Technical Officer - A

Member Secretary

Mr. K Sunil Babu, Technical Assistant

Annual Pest / Rodent Control and General Fumigation / Sanitization services Committee

Nodal Officer

Dr. Deepadarshan, Scientist-B

Members

Mr. Stephen, Technical Officer – A
Mr. Mohammad Asif M Mansuri, Senior Technical Officer - I
Mr. Bhyregowda K, Project Section Officer, ICMR-NCDIR
Representative from, ROHC (S), Bengaluru
Representative from, NIMR (S), Bengaluru

Member Secretary

Mr. Prashantha M , Multi-tasking Staff, (General)

Transport Committee

Nodal Officer

Dr. Deepadarshan, Scientist-B

Members

Mr. Ashok Arora, Assistant Accounts Officer – A
Mr. S Harinarayana, Technician - A
Mr. B Durairaj, Section Officer

Member Secretary

Mr. Harish Siddaraju, Upper Division Clerk

Committees on various Building Related Matters

Hygiene, Swachh Bharat, House Keeping Committee, Rain Harvesting, Bore Well, STP

Committee Nodal Officer

Dr. Anita Nath, Scientist-E

Members

Dr. Shakuntala T S, Scientist - C
Mr. Ashok Arora, Assistant Accounts Officer
Mr. B K Kirubakaran, Senior Technical Officer
Mrs. Rani S, Technical Officer - A
Mr. S Harinarayana, Technician - A
Representative from ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Representative from NIMR-FU, Bengaluru
Mr. M Rajendra, Driver
Mrs. D Sharda, Lab Assistant

Member Secretary

Mr. B Durairaj, Section Officer

Security Committee

Committee Nodal Officer

Mr. Vinay Urs K S, Scientist-C

Members

Mr. N Sureshkumar, Technical Officer - A
Mr. Rahul Rajendra Koli, Technical Assistant
Representative from ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Representative from NIMR-FU, Bengaluru
Mr. S Harinarayana, Technician - A

Member Secretary

Mr. Kandula Vijaykumar, Multi Tasking Staff (General) Section Officer

Canteen and Guest House Committee

Committee Nodal Officer

Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist-D

Members

Mrs. K R Chandrika Technical Officer - A
Representative from ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Mr. M K Jaiswal, Technician, NIMR-FU, Bengaluru
Mrs. Rani S, Technical Officer - A
Mr. S Harinarayana, Technician - A
Mr. Ashok Arora Assistant Accounts Officer

Member Secretary

Mr. B Durairaj, Section Officer

Garden Committee

Committee Nodal Officer

Dr. Deepadarshan H, Scientist-B

Members

Mr. Stephen S Technical Officer - A
Mr. Mohamad Asif M Mansuri Senior Technical Officer - I
Representative from ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Representative from NIMR-FU, Bengaluru

Member Secretary

Mrs. K R Chandrika Technical Officer - A

COVID 19 Workplace Committee

Committee Nodal Officer

Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist - D

Members

Dr. Gokul S Scientist - B
Officer-in-Charge, ICMR-NIMR-FU, Bengaluru
Dr. S Raghavan, Scientist - D, ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Dr. Ravi Babu, Scientist - D, ROHC(S), Bengaluru
Mr. Bhyregowda K, Project Section Officer
Ms. Sandhya M P, Data Entry Operator, ICMR-NIMR-FU, Bengaluru

Member Secretary

Mr. N M Ramesha, Administrative Officer

Firefighting DG Set, AC and Lift Maintenance Committee

Committee Nodal Officcer

Mr. Sudarshan K L, Scientist- D

Members

Mr. Ramachandran V, Senior Technical Officer
Mr. Shashwat Lalsinh Dodia, Lab Attendant - I
Mr. Sanal Kumar, Technical Assistant, NIMR-FU, Bengaluru
Representative from ROHC(S), Bengaluru

Member Secretary

Mr. Harikumar Reddy, Multi Tasking Staff (General)

Capital Work Advisory Committee

External Members

Dr. P N Ravindra, Ph. D, Former Chief Engineer, BWSSB, Bengaluru
Shri. H M Basavaraja, Engineer 'C' (CIvil Engg.) NCBS, Bengaluru
Shri. S B Jayi, Retired Technical Officer 'D' (Electrical Engineer) NCSM, Bengaluru
Shri. Sajoo Bhaskaran, Curator 'F' (Mechanical Engg.) Visvesveraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bengaluru
Shri. Kandagiri Chandrashekhar, Chief Architect-PWD, Bengaluru

Internal Members

Dr. Prashant Mathur, Director, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist-E, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Mr. Vinay Urs. K S, Scientist-C, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Mr. Ramesha N M, Administrative Officer, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Mr. Ashok Arora, Asst. Accounts Officer, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Officer-in-Charge or Nominee i.e. Scientist of ROHC(S)
Officer-in-Charge or Nominee i.e. Scientist of NIMR-FU

Invitees

Representatives of the Executing Agency

Member Secretary

Mr. Monesh B V, Technical Officer-A, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru

Capital Work Monitoring Committee

Chair Person

Mrs. F S Roselind, Scientist-E, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru

Members

Shri. H M Basavaraja, Engineer 'C' (CIvil Engg.) NCBS, Bengaluru
Shri. S B Jayi, Retired Technical Officer 'D' (Electrical Engineer) NCSM, Bengaluru
Shri. Sajoo Bhaskaran, CUrator 'F' (Mechanical Engg.) Visvesveraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bengaluru
Shri. Kandagiri Chandrashekhar, Chief Architect-PWD, Bengaluru
Mr. Vinay Urs. K S, Scientist-C, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru
Mr. Ramesha N M, Administrative Officer, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru

Invitees

Representatives of the Executing Agency

Member Secretary

Mr. Monesh B V, Technical Officer-A, ICMR-NCDIR, Bengaluru

Nodal Officers to deal with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Questions

Sl No	Subject	Name and Designation of the Officer
1	Bioethics	Dr. Roli Mathur, Scientist - F
2	Stroke and Mortality	Dr. Sukanya R, Scientist - E
3	NCD (General)	Dr. Anita Nath, Scientist - E
4	Cancer	Dr. Meesha Chaturvedi, Scientist - D
4	CVD & Diabetes	Dr. Vani Srinivas, Scientist - E