Governing Council

INAE GOVERNING COUNCIL w.e.f. Jan 1, 2026

Title Affiliation
President
Mr. JD Patil, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE); Member of the Board of IN-SPACe ; Chairman Indian Space Association (ISpA) ;  Trustee L&T Employee Trust; Former Whole Time Director – Defence & Smart Technologies, Larsen & Toubro Limited; Former Director L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited; Former Chairman L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited; Past President and Founder Vice President Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers
Immediate Former President
Prof. Indranil Manna, Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand [On lien from I.I.T. Kharagpur, W.B.] and Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, U.P.; Former Director, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata.
Vice-President (Finance & Establishment)
Dr. S Somanath, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO; Former Chairman, Space Commission, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Bangalore
Vice-President (Fellowship and Awards )
Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and former Director, NIT Calicut.
Vice-President (Academic, Professional & International Affairs)
Mr. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Vice-President, World Environment Foundation, New Delhi
Vice-President (Resource Generation, Corporate Communications and Membership)
Mr. T Suvarna Raju, Formerly Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore
Vice-President (Projects)
Prof. Santanu Chaudhury, Schlumberger Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Former Director, IIT Jodhpur
Vice-President (Publications)
Prof. Sanjay Mittal, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Members
Engg Section-I (Civil Engineering)
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, Former Professor & Deputy Director, IIT Kharagpur.
Engg Section-II (Computer Engineering and Information Technology)
Dr. Manish Gupta, Director, Google Research India, Bengaluru.
Engg Section-III (Mechanical Engineering)
Prof. Suhas S. Joshi, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Indore.
Engg Section-IV (Chemical Engineering)
Prof. KK Pant, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
Engg Section-V (Electrical Engineering)
Prof. Vivek Agarwal, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Engg Section-VI (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Dr. Aloknath De, Founder and CEO, TechCrafter.cps; and former CTO & CVP, Samsung, Bengaluru.
Engg Section-VII (Aerospace Engineering)
Mr. JJ Jadhav, Director General of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA),  Aeronatical Development Agency,Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.
Engg Section-VIII (Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Prof. Amlan J Pal, Director, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research.
Engg Section-IX (Energy Engineering)
Dr. Ajay Mathur, Professor, School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi and Former Director-General, International Solar Alliance (ISA), Gurgaon.

 

Engg Section-X (Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry)

Prof. T Pradeep, Institute Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Reps of various Organisations
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology
Prof. Sandeep Verma, Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur.
Ministry of Education (Erstwhile MHRD)
Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai [formerly known as National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)].
Department of Space (DOS)
Dr. V Narayanan, Chairman, Space Commission, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Bangalore.
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Prof. (Dr.) TG Sitharam, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. Former Director, IIT Guwahati.
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Prof. Anurag Sharma, Professor, Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)
Dr. K Rajalakshmi Menon, Outstanding Scientist & Director, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), DRDO.
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Mr. Ranajit Kumar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Education Society, DAE & Raja Ramanna Fellow, DAE , Atomic Energy Education Society, Mumbai.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Dr. Ashish Mohan, Executive Director, Technology, R&D, Innovation and Design, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
Mr. Siva Prasad Polimetla, Head- ER&D Initiative, NASSCOM, Hyderabad.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
Awaited.