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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Expert Committee to Enhance the Scientific Capacity of MoEF

Scientific personnel have historically made up a large portion of the human resources of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, as it was conceived Ministry of Science in Early eightees under PM Indira Gandhi. . Over the years, a number of issues and constraints have arisen related to the scientific resources and expertise of the Ministry. These need to be urgently addressed. With this in mind, and to ensure that the scientific manpower and infrastructure in the Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of India has set up an Expert Committee to take a fresh look at scientific manpower and infrastructure in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

The proposed committee members are as follows:
  1. Dr. Kasturirangan, Member Planning Commission, Chairman
  2. Dr. Chandra Venkataraman, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Mumbai, Member
  3. Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Professor, Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University Chennai, Member
  4. Shri Vishwanathan Anand, Retired Secretary, MoEF, Member
  5. Dr. Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, Member
  6. Ms. Swati A Piramal, Director of Piramal Healthcare Limited, Member
  7. Shri M.F. Farooqui, Additional Secretary, MoEF, Convenor

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