M Joseph (TIFR/Warwick) K B Lakshmanan (IITM) S N Maheshwari (IITD) chair S L Mehndiratta (IITB) K V Nori (TRDDC) S V Rangaswamy (IISc) R K Shyamasundar (TIFR) R Siromoney (MCC) C E Veni Madhavan (IISc)