#  Board of Advisors

#  PCST Scientific Committee

#  International Advisory Committee

#  National Organizing Committee

Chief Patron

Shri Kapil Sibal
Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

Patron

Dr. T. Ramasami
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India



Prof. CNR Rao
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India

Dr. R. Chidambaram
Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India

Dr. K. Kasturirangan
Member (S&T), Planning Commission, Govt. of India

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

Prof. S.K. Joshi
Emeritus Scientist, CSIR

Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy
Raja Ramanna Fellow

Dr. H.K. Gupta
Distinguished Scientist, CSIR

Dr. M.K. Bhan
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India

Dr. Sailesh Naik
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

Dr. Sameer Brahmchari
Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

Dr. Saroj Ghosh
Former President, International Association of Science Museums

Prof. Abdul Waheed Khan
ADG for Communication & Information UNESCO, Paris, France

Prof. Seunghwan Kim
Presidential Advisory Council on Education, Science & Technology, Korea

Dr Ajay Choudhary
Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of External Affairs/ Dean, Foreign Service Institute

Dr. S. Ayyappan
Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Dr. W. Selvamurthy
Distinguished Scientist, Defence Research & Development Organization

Prof. Mahendra Singh Sodha
Former Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University

Prof. Pramod K. Verma
Director General, M.P. Council of Science & Technology

Prof. Yash Pal
UNESCO Kaling Award Winner

Dr. Narender K. Sehgal
UNESCO Kaling Award Winner

Dr. D. Balasubramanian
UNESCO Kaling Award Winner

Dr. J.V. Narlikar
UNESCO Kaling Award Winner

Prof. Srinath Baruah
Vice Chancellor, K.K. Handique Open University, Guwahati

Prof. B.K. Kuthiala
Vice Chancellor, M.L.C. National University of Journalism & Communication, Bhopal




Chair

Toss Gascoigne
(President), Consultant, Canberra, Australia

Members

Brian Trench
(Convener, Conferences program committee), Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Michel Claessens
(Convener, Publications committee), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Jenni Metcalfe
(Convener, Publicity committee), E-connect, Brisbane, Australia

Rick Borchelt
Genetics & Public Policy Centre, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA

Dominique Brossard
School of Journalism & Mass Com, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Massimiano Bucchi
University of Trento, Italy

Donghong Cheng
China Association of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

Sook-kyoung Cho
Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), Seoul, South Korea

Suzanne De Cheveigne
CNRS, Marseille, France

Vladimir De Semir
Science Comm. Observatory, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Lisbeth Fog
Colombian Association of Science Journalism, Bogota, Colombia

Marina Joubert
Southern Science and University of Pretoria, South Africa

Hak Soo Kim
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

Vasilis Koulaidis
University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece

Luisa Massarani
Fiocruz/ Museum of Life, Brazil

Steve Miller
University College London, United Kingdom

Manoj Kumar Patairiya
National Council for Science & Technology Communication, New Delhi, India

Hans Peter Peters
Research Center, Juelich, Germany

Andrew Pleasant
State University of New Jersey, USA

Kanungnit Pupatwibul
Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

Jan Riise
Consultant, Sweden

Bernard Schiele
University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Julia Tagüeña
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Masataka Watanabe
Dept. of Public Understanding of S&T, Japan S&T Agency, Japan




Chair

Dr. Kamal Kant Dwivedi
Adviser & Head, National Council for S&T Communication, DST, Govt. of India

Members

Prof. Bruce W. Lewenstien
Professor of Science Communication, Cornell University, USA

Prof. Sung Kyum Cho
Professor of S&T Communication, Chungnam National University, Korea

Prof. Saroj K. Mishra
University of Houston Clear Lake, USA

Prof. Ren Fujun
Director General, China Research Institute for Science Popularization, China

Mr. Anuj Sinha
Honorary Director, Vigyan Prasar, Noida

Dr. Arun Kulshershtha
Director, Non Aligned Movement Centre, New Delhi

Dr. A. Amudeswari
Director, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research, New Delhi

Dr. A. Mitra
Director, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum, New Delhi

Dr. Ganga Radhakrishnan
Honorary Director, Centre for International Co-operation in Science, Chennai

Dr. R.K. Bhandari
Geo-hazard Specialist, CSIR

Mr. Y.P. Kumar
Senior Adviser, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi

Dr. G.S. Rautela
Director General, National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata

Ms. Sheila Sangwan
Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Science & Technology

Dr. Inder Jit Singh
Joint Secretary (Admn), Department of Science & Technology

Dr. R. Sridhar
Director, Centre for Educational Media Centre for Asia, New Delhi

Dr. Ahmed Fahmi
Programme Specialist in S&T for South Asia, UNESCO, New Delhi

Mr. Shantanu Mathur
Coordinator, Technical Advisory Division, IFAD, Rome, Italy

Mr. Prakash Dube
Senior Journalist, Nagpur

Mr. Pallava Bagla
Chief Correspondent, South Asia, Science, AAAS, USA

Ms. Subhra Priyadarshini
Editor, Nature India

Ms. T.V. Padma
South Asia Coordinator, Scidevnet, U.K.

Ms. Karamjit Dua
Vice President, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific

Ms. Saritha Janardhan
Director, National Geographic Channel

Dr. K. Surya Rao
President, Science Writers’ Association in Telugu, Visakhapatnam

Dr. S.K. Grover
Deputy Director General, Doordarshan, Broadcasting Corporation of India

Prof. H.C. Pradhan
Director, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai

Dr. Yatish Agrawal
Science Writer, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Krishna Lal
Scientist Emeritus, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi

Prof. Arvind Tiwari
Dean, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Dr. Akhilesh Gupta
Scientist ‘G’ & Head, Climate Change Cell, DST

Mr. Somenath Ghosh
Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation

Ms. Veena Ravishandran
Senior Programme Officer, International Development Research Centre, Canada

Prof. H.C. Verma
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Dr. Sunit Tandon
Director, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi

Dr. Naresh Kumar
Head, Human Resource Development Centre, CSIR/ President, SIS

Mr. Swapnesh Kumar Malhotra
Director, Public Awareness, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Mumbai

Mr. R. Shankar
New Indian Express, Bangalore

Mr. Pradipta Kumar Bisoi
Director, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India

Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee
Director, K.K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi

Mr. Nellai Su. Muthu
Senior Scientist, Indian Space Research Organization, Sriharikota




Chair

Dr. Manoj K. Patairiya
Director (Scientist ‘F’), National Council for Science & Technology Communication

Members

Prof. M.A. Ansari
Professor of Communication, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology

Dr. Shiva Prasad Khened
Director, National Science Centre, New Delhi

Dr. V.B. Kamble
Former Director, Vigyan Prasar

Dr. Alok K. Moitra
Executive Secretary, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

Dr. Sunil Kumar
Director, DRDO, New Delhi

Dr. D.K. Pandey
Scientist, National Council for Science & Technology Communication

Dr. V.K. Srivastava
Sr. Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Dr. Subhan Khan
Scientist, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies

Mr. Vikas Mishra
Kanpur University

Mr. Tariq Badar
Human Resource Development Centre, CSIR

Dr. Y. Balamuralikrishna
United News of India

Dr. A.K. Singh
Deptt. of Journalism & Mass Communication, Kanpur University

Ms. Shefali B. Sharan
Director (M&C), Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India

Dr. P.K. Dutta
Scientist, TePP, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

Mrs. Anita Paul
Principal, APJ School, Saket, New Delhi

Prof. A.P. Singh
Lucknow University

Mr. Chandrasen Verma
Journalist

Dr. S.A.S. Naqvi
Principal Scientific Officer, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

Dr. Manoranjan Hota
Jt. Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India

Dr. Smita Mishra
Delhi University

Dr. N. Murugan
All India Radio, Chennai

Dr. Asit Chakrabarty
Scientist, NCSTC

Dr. Vivek Sudershan
SEARCH Films, Mumbai

Dr. R.D. Sharma
Former President, Indian Science Writers’ Association, New Delhi

Mr. H.C. Pathak
Executive Secretary, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Mr. Sanjay Gupta
Director (GAC), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Mr. Pradeep Sharma
Editor, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

Ms. Anshu Arora
Asst. Professor, Journalism, New Delhi

Dr. Subhasis Sahoo
S&T Area, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi

Dr. Ram Boojh
UNESCO, New Delhi

Dr. R.S. Yadav
Science Cell, All India Radio, New Delhi

Mr. Pradeep Sriwastawa
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Dr. Ankuran Dutta
Academic Consultant, K.K. Handique Open University, Guwahati


Chair (Pre Conference)

Prof. Pramod K. Verma
Director General, M.P. Council of Science & Technology, Bhopal

Convener (Pre Conference)

Dr. Sandeep Goyal
Sr. Scientist, M.P. Council of Science & Technology, Bhopal

Chair (Post Conference)

Prof. P.C. Vyas
Former Chairman, Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Jaipur

Convener (Post Conference)

Mr. Tarun K. Jain
Editor, Vaigyanik Drishtikon, Jaipur


Secretariat (11th PCST-2010)

Er. L. D. Kala
STAD

Mr. S.R. Dixit
ISWA

#  Board of Advisors

#  PCST Scientific Committee

#  International Advisory Committee

#  National Organizing Committee