Governing Council
Governing Council
The Governing Council is the principal executive body of the institute. The Governing Council shall generally carry out and pursue the objectives of the Society, as set forth in the Memorandum of its Association. The management of all the affairs and funds of the Society shall, for this purpose, vest in the Governing Council. The Governing Council shall exercise all the powers of the Society, subject, nevertheless, to such limitations as the Government of India may from time to time, impose in respect of the expenditure from the funds of the Society and of grants made by the Government of India.
Chairman
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							Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
 Secretary
 Department of Biotechnology
 Govt. of India
Members
- Professor N.K. Ganguly
 Chairman, RGCB-Scientific Advisory Council
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							Secretary	
 Department of Science & Technology
 Govt. of Kerala
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							Professor G. Padmanaban
 Distinguished Biotechnologist
 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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							Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser
 Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
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							Joint Secretary (Administration)
 Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
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							Director
 National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
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							Director 
 Cancer Research & Training, Tata Memorial Trust
 Mumbai
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							Dr. B. Ravindran
 Professor Emeritus and Former Director
 Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar
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							Professor Umesh Varshney
 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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							Professor Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath
 Chairperson, Centre for Neurosciences
 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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							Professor Apurva Sarin
 Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (inStem)
 Bangalore
- Nominee of the Dept. of Biotechnology (Nodal Officer for RGCB)
Member Secretary
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								Director
 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
 
 