The governance of the Masters’ Program rests with a Steering Committee, an Academic Committee and a Global Advisory Board.
Steering Committee approves the annual work plan and budget, and meets twice a year;
Academic Committee is the decision making body on all academic matters and meets once a year;
Global Advisory Board advises the Steering Committee on policy issues, fund raising and overall direction of the programme.
Steering committee
- Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, Director, CWS (Committee Chair)
- Head, Academics, NCBS (Dr Mukund Thattai)
- Dean, NCBS (Dr Upinder Singh Bhalla)
- Head, Accounts & Finance, NCBS (Mr Pawan Kumar Pawah)
- Dr Anindya Sinha, NIAS
- Dr Jagdish Krishnaswamy, ATREE
- Dr Uma Ramakrishnan, NCBS
- Dr Mahesh Sankaran, NCBS
- Dr Krithi K.Karanth, CWS
- Dr Ajith Kumar, CWS (Member Secretary)
Academic Committee
- Dr Abi Tamim Vanak, ATREE, Bangalore
- Dr Yashveer Bhatnagar, NCF, Mysore
- Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin, CEDAR, Dehradun
- Dr Mohan Delampady, ISI, Bangalore
- Dr E. Somanathan, ISI, Delhi
- Dr Varun Goswami
- Dr G. S. Rawat, WII, Dehradun
- Dr Ashwini Chhatre, ISB, Hyderabad
- Dr Kavita Isvaran, CES, IISc, Bangalore
- Dr Ajith Kumar, CWS, Bangalore
Global Advisory Board
- Dr John G. Robinson, Senior Executive Vice President & Director, WCS Global Program, USA (Committee Chair)
- Dr George Schaller, Vice President, Panthera, USA
- Dr James D. Nichols, Senior Scientist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, US Geological Survey, USA
- Dr Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
- Dr Stuart L. Pimm, Professor, Duke University, USA
- Dr Madan K. Oli, Professor, University of Florida, USA
- Dr K. VijayaRaghavan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, India
- Dr Satyajit Mayor, Professor and Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
- Dr Vinod B. Mathur, Director, Wildlife Institute of India, India
- Dr Mahesh Rangarajan, Dean of Academic Affairs, Ashoka University, India
- Mr Raj K. Nooyi, CEO of Amsoft, Connecticut, USA
- Dr Deepak Pental, Director, Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
- Dr K. Ullas Karanth, Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies, India