Program Governance

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