Name : Avinash Prasad Kshitij

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (JNU)

Area of Interest :

Renewable Energy Policy, Innovation Studies, Social Network Analysis

Phone Number : ..

Email : avinash.kshitij@niscpr.res.in

Name : Bhuvanesh Surianarayanan

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

B.Tech. (Industrial Biotechnology), M.S. by Research (Bioprocess Engineering), Ph.D. (Biochemical Engineering)

Area of Interest :

• Biological Wastewater Treatment

• Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

• Bioprocess Optimisation and Scale-up

• Integrated Biological Treatment Systems

• Nutrient Removal and Recovery

• Bioreactor Design and Modelling for Wastewater Treatment

Phone Number : Ext. No. 421

Email : bhuvanesh@niscpr.res.in

Name : Dr Arvind Meena

Designation : Senior Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (AIIMS, New Delhi)

Area of Interest :

Thrombosis & Hemostasis, Human Genetics, Cardiovascular Disorders, Blood Disorders, Coagulation Disorders, AMR and Scientific Publication

Phone Number : 011-25841146

Email : armeena.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Bornali Sarma

Designation : Senior Principal Scientist

Qualification :

PDF     Innsbruck University, Austria 2005

PhD    Gauhati University: Title of Thesis: "Sheath Phenomena in Magnetized and Thermally Ionic Plasmas" , 2004

MSc     Cotton College, Gauhati University , 1997

BSc      Cotton College, Gauhati University, Physics (Honors), Chemistry, Mathematics, 1994

Area of Interest :

Experimental Plasma Physics, Plasma assisted Materials Science, Nonlinear Plasma Dynamics, Electronic Smart Textiles, Science Communication and Policy Research

Phone Number : 08667691194

Email : drbornali.sarma@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Charu Lata

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Plant Molecular Biology, 1st class (Distinction), ICAR-Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Resaerch Award 2012, National  Institute  of Plant Genome Research, India and Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (2011)
• Master of Science (Agri.) Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, 1st class (Distinction), G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India (2007)
• Bachelor of Science (Agri.) 1st class (Distinction & Univ. Gold Medal), Assam Agricultural University, India (2005)

Area of Interest :

Traditional Knowledge, Science Communication, Policy Research, Crop Genomics, Plant-Microbe Interaction

Phone Number : +011-26964473 (O)

Email : charulata.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Deependra Pratap Singh

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

PhD, CSIR- Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Barwa Road Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Thesis Title: Assessment of hydrocarbon generation and storage potential of the Permian shales, India

Area of Interest :

Coal, Shale gas, Hydrocarbon, Petroleum geology, Carbon capture and storage in geological formations, STI Policy, Process evaluation and Impact assessment

Phone Number : 6261754577

Email : deependra.p.singh@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Monika Jaggi

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

M.Phil. (Botany), University of Delhi

Ph.D. (Plant Biotechnology), National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Area of Interest :

Science Diplomacy and Policy Research; Science Communication

Phone Number : 011-25841143

Email : mjaggi.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Mukul Bajpai

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

•  Ph.D. (2023) — Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (NITH), India; Dissertation Title: Investigation of Graywater and Clinical Wastewater Treatment with Electrocoagulation: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology
• M.Tech (2017) — Environmental Engineering, Centre for Energy and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (NITH), India
• B.Tech (2014) — Civil Engineering Department, Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology (BBDNIIT), Affiliated with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University

Research and Academic Experience:

• Scientist • Policy Research in Agriculture & Sustainable Rural Development; CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi, India (July 2025 — Till Date)
• Assistant Professor • Department of Environmental Engineering; Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Izmit, Turkey (April 2025 — June 2025)
• Institute Post Doctoral Fellow (IPDF) • Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED); Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India (May 2024 — March 2025)
• Senior Project Associate (SPA) • Computational and Toxicology Facility (CTF); CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, India (November 2022 — April 2024)
• Senior Research Fellow (SRF) • Department of Civil Engineering; National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (NITH), Himachal Pradesh, India (April 2022 — June 2022)
• Assistant Professor • Department of Civil Engineering; Chandigarh University, Punjab, India (July 2017 — July 2018)

Area of Interest :

Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research; Science Communication; Technology dissemination at Grass Root Level, Technology Transfer and adoption by Industry, Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Science & Technology Management; Decentralized wastewater treatment technologies; Resource recovery

Phone Number : +91-11-25846301 (office); +91-9501261824 (mobile)

Email : mukul.bajpai@csir.res.in

Name : Dr NK Prasanna

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

PhD Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Area of Interest :

Research Communication, Protein folding/aggregation, Proteases, Protein engineering and Structure function relationship of proteins. Environment pollution,Occupational health hazards, Vaccine diplomacy.

Phone Number : 011-25846307

Email : prasanna.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Paramananda Barman

Designation : Senior Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (Botany), PGJMC (Journalism and Mass Communication)

Area of Interest :

Science communication (Popular science, social media communication, folk media and communication in Indian languages), traditional knowledge communication.

Phone Number : 011-25842990

Email : param.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Puspanjali Tripathy

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

Ph.D.: Materials Science, IIT Kharagpur, 2008

           Thesis:Synthesis, structure and optical properties of gold reinforced polymer nanofluids and films

M. Sc.: Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry specialization), Utkal University, Odisha, 2002

Area of Interest :

Science Communication Studies, Science Education, Nanomaterials, Quantum dots, Photocatalysis

Phone Number : 08130728696

Email : ptripathy.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr Shiv Narayan Nishad

Designation : Senior Scientist

Qualification :

PhD in Analysis and Modeeling of Climate Change impact assessment on Sustainability over India 

M.Sc in Mathematics

Area of Interest :

Technology Readiness Level Assessment, Sustainability Assessment (Agriculture and Water), Water Footprint Studies, Virtual Water Trade Analysis,  Socio-economic Impact Studies, Technology Mapping,  

Phone Number : +91 1125853385, +91 9535160553

Email : s.nishad@niscpr.res.in

Name : Dr Vinod Kumar Yadav

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (2023) Botany 

M.Sc. (2013) Botany (Specialization in Plant Pathology & Plant Protection), 

B.Ed. (2010) (Teaching of Life Science)

Area of Interest :

Science Communication, Policy Research & Plant-Microbe Interaction 

Phone Number : +91-11-25846252(office),

Email : vinod.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr. Aditya Kumar Dubey

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

P.h.D (2022) - Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal

Area of Interest :

Temperature and Precipitation Extremes, Climate Change Impacts, Regional Earth System Modeling, Climate & Sustainability Policy Research, S2S Prediction

Phone Number : +91-7772067464

Email : a.k.dubey@csir.res.in

Name : Dr. Anurag Kanaujia

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

Ph.D. (2021) - Innovation, Regulation and Governance: Study of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops in India – AcSIR-NISTADS.

Area of Interest :

Science Technology Society Studies, Innovation Systems, Scientometrics, Sustainable Development Transitions

Phone Number : +91-11-25846301 (office)

Email : anurag.kanaujia@csir.res.in

Name : Dr. Charu Verma

Designation : Chief Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (Use of Big Data in E-Governance), DTU, Delhi

MBA (Technology Management), IIT Delhi (Gold Medalist)
BE (Electronics & Communication), NSUT (erstwhile DIT), New Delhi (President Gold Medalist)

Area of Interest :

Data Science, AI/ML using Python/R, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), project management, strategy and customer relationships in enterprise software, business intelligence, database design, e-learning and website design

Phone Number : 9810241227

Email : charu.verma.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr. Kanika Malik

Designation : Senior Principal Scientist

Qualification :

PhD Biotechnology

Area of Interest :

Intellectual Property Rights

Phone Number : 011-25843189

Email : km.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Dr. Manish Mohan Gore

Designation : Senior Scientist

Qualification :

M.Sc. (2001) Botany (Specialisation in Plant Pathology), B.Ed. (2002)

Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication (2007)

Ph.D. (2016) Botany (Topic: Use of Organic and Chemical Methods of Plant Protection – A Study of Peoples’ Perception about their Effects on Health and Environment in Western Uttar Pradesh)

Area of Interest :

Plant Pathology, Ecology, S&T Management, Science Communication Research & Studies, STI Policy, Popular Science Writing/Editing, and Science Fiction

Phone Number : 011-25841769

Email : mmg@niscpr.res.in

Name : Dr. Meher Wan

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

D.Phil. (Nano-Physics) 

Area of Interest :

Science Communication Studies, History of Science, Micro/Nano-Fabrication, Nano-photonics, 2D Materials, Sensors

Phone Number : 011-25841143

Email : mw@niscpr.res.in

Name : Dr. Naresh Kumar

Designation : Chief Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (Mathematics)

Area of Interest :

Mathematical modeling technological diffusion and forecasting

Phone Number : Office:011-25843102, Mobile:9868423191

Email : nareshkr@niscpr.res.in

Name : Dr. Uttam Kumar Jana

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

• Ph.D. in Microbiology at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, India (2016 - 2022)
• M.Sc. in Microbiology at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, India (2014 - 2016)
• B.Sc. in Microbiology (H) at Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, India (2011 - 2014)

Academic Experience:

• Scientist-C at CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), New Delhi (2025-Till)
• Assistant Professor at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad (2025-Till)
• Scientist at BRIC-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal (2024-2025)
• PDRA at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai (2023-2024)
• PDRA at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata (2022 - 2023)

Area of Interest :

Food and Health Policy, Bioeconomy

Phone Number : +91-11-25846301 (office), +91-7489473242 (mobile)

Email : u.jana@csir.res.in; uttamjana0975@gmail.com

Name : Dr. Vipan Kumar

Designation : Chief Scientist

Qualification :

PhD (TERI-SAS), MTech (IIT Bombay), BE (PEC Chandigarh)

Area of Interest :

Innovation, Entrepreneuship and Diffusion Research, Green Skill Development and Technology Management

Phone Number : Office: 011-25841781

Email : vipan.kumar@niscpr.res.in, coordinator.niscpr@acsir.res.in

Name : Dr. Yogesh Suman

Designation : Chief Scientist

Qualification :

B.E. (Computers), M.Tech (IT), PhD (Management)

Area of Interest :

Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Market Potential Assessment of Technologies, Technology dissemination at Grass Root Level, Technology Transfer and adoption by Industry, Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Science & Technology Management

Phone Number : Office:011-25843010, Mobile: 9717088448

Email : yogeshsuman.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Kasturi Mandal

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

Doctorate

Area of Interest :

STI Policy and Systems, STI governance, Science Diplomacy

Phone Number : 9313245343

Email : kasturi@niscpr.res.in

Name : Manoj Kumar

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

Intermediate-1995 (UP Board)

B.Tech.(Computer Science & Engineering),

M.Tech.(Information System)

Area of Interest :

Software Engineering, Information System.

Phone Number : 011-26567818

Email : manoj.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Mohd Faisal Nawaz

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

• Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Electronics

• Post Graduate Diploma in HR & DE

• Diploma in Urdu Language

• Diploma in Multilingual Desktop Publishing (DTP)

Area of Interest :

Inclusive Health , Science Communication , Policy Research etc. 

Phone Number : 011-26560141 ( 406 )

Email : faisal.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Mrs. Sandhya Wakdikar

Designation : Senior Principal Scientist

Qualification :

M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences), M.A.(Public Administration)

Area of Interest :

Studies on Gender in STEM, Environmental Studies, Evaluation studies, etc.

Phone Number : 11-25843089

Email : sandhyaw@niscpr.res.in

Name : Mukesh Pund

Designation : Senior Principal Scientist

Qualification :

M.S.Software Systems

B.E. Computer Science and Engg

Area of Interest :

• Software Design and Development; Information Technology & Information  Management; Open Source Software; Cloud Computing; Digital Libraries; Human Resource Development

Phone Number : 9868628874

Email : mukeshpund@niscpr.res.in

Name : Pramila Majumdar

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

• M.Phil. (Energy & Environment), 1st Division with Distinction, Devi Ahilya University, Indore
• Master of Science (Zoology, Specialisation - Environmental Science & Applied Ecology), 1st Division with Distinction, University Gold medalist, CSJM University, Kanpur
• Bachelor of Science (Zoology), 1st Division with Distinction, University of Madras, India

Area of Interest :

Science & Research Communication, STI studies, Policy Research, Environmental Science

Phone Number : +011-25846301 (Ext. 253)

Email : pramila.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Sandhiya Lakshmanan

Designation : Senior Scientist

Qualification :

M. Sc., Ph. D.

Area of Interest :

Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Environmental Policy Assessment

Phone Number : 011-25841758

Email : sandhiya.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Sonali Nagar

Designation : Scientist

Qualification :

MTech Biotech with Specialisation in Food Tech

Area of Interest :

S&T Management, S&T Communication, S&T writing/reporting/editing

Phone Number : 91-1125846363

Email : sonalinagar@niscpr.res.in

Name : SUMAN RAY

Designation : Senior Principal Scientist

Qualification :

• Ph.D. (Biochemistry), awarded in year 2010 from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Formerly-Indian Toxicology Research Centre), Lucknow, and Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj, University, Kanpur.
• Master’s in Science (Biochemistry) in year 1999 (1st division, 1st rank, Gold Medal) from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
• Bachelors in Science (Life sciences) in year 1997 (1st division, 2nd Rank) from Lady Keane College, Shillong.

Area of Interest :

Studies in Inclusive Health: socio-economic studies, neurological disorders, medicinal plants and health, stem cell therapy, mental health

Phone Number : 8595156481

Email : suman.niscpr@csir.res.in

Name : Vinayak

Designation : Principal Scientist

Qualification :

Ph.D. in Physics

M.Sc. in Physics

Area of Interest :

Quantitative Studies of S&T, Socioeconomic Impact Assessment, Policy Research,  
Mathematical Modelling, Machine Learning, NLP, Data Mining, Random Matrices,  
Econophysics, Time Series Analysis, Nonlinear and Complex Systems

Phone Number : 8130841938

Email : vinayak.18@niscpr.res.in

Name : Abhay Kumar Mishra

Designation : Technical Officer

Qualification :

Three year diploma in Computer Science & Engineering.

Area of Interest :

Programming

Phone Number : 8595143023

Email : abhay@niscpr.res.in

Name : Anil Kumar

Designation : Technical Officer

Qualification :

1. 10+2 with Science

2. Diploma in Printing Technology

3. Graduate Diploma in Packaging.

4. BTech In Mechanical

Area of Interest :

Printing and Publishing

Phone Number : 9818880074

Email : anilkumar@niscpr.res.in

Name : Chandran kumar

Designation : Technical Officer

Qualification :

Diploma in Printing Technology

Area of Interest :

print-production

Phone Number :

Email : chandran@niscpr.res.in

Name : Khem Chand

Designation : Senior Technician

Qualification :

10+2 Arts

Area of Interest :

Desk Top Publishing 

Phone Number : 9540507406

Email : khemchand@niscpr.res.in