Governing Board

Governing Board

Test-1 GB Composition Description

IUSSTF functions as an autonomous, bilateral organization, co-funded and co-governed by both the Governments of India and the United States of America, and is managed by the Executive Director from its headquarters in New Delhi. To ensure that the activities undertaken by the Forum conform to the highest standards of excellence, a joint Governing Body, comprising representatives from the Indian and American governments, as well as researchers from academia and industry, provides leadership to the Forum.

Test-1 Design GB Composition

Indian Members

Praveen Roy
Co- Chair
Scientist 'G', Head, Technology, Translation and Innovation (TTI) Division

Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

(ex-officio)
Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser

Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

Alka Sharma
Senior Adviser

Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India

Ramanuj Narayan
Director

CSIR-Institute of Mineral and Materials Technology

Mayank Singhal
Vice Chairman and Managing Director

PI Industries Ltd.

U.S. Members

Rahima Kandahari
Co- Chair
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Technology and Space Affairs

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Elizabeth Urbanas
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the America

Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Kumud Srinivasan
Vice President and Director of NSG Fab Manufacturing and Automation Systems

Intel Corporation

Amita Gupta
Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases

Johns Hopkins University, Center for Clinical Global Health Education

Aseem Z. Ansari
Chair, Chemical Biology & Therapeutics

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis