The Institute has a panel of the following members serving as Institute Research Committee (IRC):
Sarat Dalai – Chairperson
Sriram Seshadri – Member Secretary
Usha Mehta – Nominee, DRI
Sonal Bakshi – Member
Nasreen S Munshi – Member
The functions of IRC:
To identify thrust areas of research
To monitor progress of ongoing research projects funded by external funding agencies as well as University
To monitor the progress of ongoing inter-disciplinary research projects
To prepare an annual research plan of the Institute including infrastructure development, faculty research
plan, conferences to be organized and Journal Club activities
To review quality of research papers published by the faculty and students
To review the status of MoUs and establishing linkages with R&D centres/Industries
