Sectional Committee 2026
Sectional Committee – I: Mathematical Sciences:
Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Statistics and Operations Research
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor Manindra Agrawal Director Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 | Theory of Computation | 2026 |
| Professor Mahan Mj JC Bose National Fellow, Senior Professor (I) School of Mathematics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba Mumbai 400005 (Past Convener) | Hyperbolic Geometry, Geometric Group Theory, Probabilistic Geometry, Topology of Algebraic Varieties | 2026 |
| Professor Sujatha Ramdorai Mathematics Department University of British Columbia 1984 Mathematics Road Vancouver V6T 1Z2, Canada | Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory | 2026 |
| Professor SR Athreya ICTS-TIFR Survey No. 151, Shivakote Hesaraghatta Hobli Bengaluru 560089 | Mathematical Sciences | 2027 |
| Professor Gadadhar Misra Department of Mathematics IIT Gandhinagar Palaj 382055 (Present Convener) | Operator Theory | 2027 |
| Professor CS Rajan Ashoka University Sonipat 131027 | Arithmetic Geometry, Automorphic forms, Representation theory | 2027 |
| Professor Sandeep Kunnath Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Centre for Applicable Mathematics Post Bag No. 6503, Sharada Nagar Yelahanka New Town Bengaluru-560065 | Partial Differential Equations | 2028 |
| Professor Saradha Natarajan Former Professor School of Mathematics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road Mumbai-400005 | Number Theory | 2028 |
| Professor Rahul Roy Indian Statistical Institute 7 SJS Sansanwal Marg New Delhi-110016 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Mathematics | 2028 |
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Sectional Committee – II: Physics:
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Statistical Physics, Theoretical Physics, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Condensed Matter including Soft, Liquids and Nano Materials, Cosmic Radiation, Cosmology, Space Physics, Basic Planetary Sciences, Lasers and Optoelectronics, Plasma Physics, Solar Physics, Atmospheric Physics
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor Madan Rao National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Campus, Bellary Road Bengaluru 560065 | Statistical Physics, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Cell and Tissue Biophysics | 2026 |
| Professor Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta Director SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Sector III, Salt Lake Kolkata 700106 (Past Convener) | Computational Materials Physics, Electronic Structure | 2026 |
| Professor Kandaswamy Subramanian Emeritus Professor Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA) Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 | Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2026 |
| *Professor Debajyoti Choudhury 87 Mandakini Enclave Kalkaji New Delhi 110019 | Theoretical High Energy Physics | 2027 |
| Dr Swaminathan Kailas INSA Senior Scientist UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences University of Mumbai Mumbai 400098 | Accelerator Based Nuclear Physics and Applications | 2027 |
| Professor Spenta R Wadia Infosys Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Emeritus Distinguished Professor & Founding Director International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Shivakote, Bengaluru 560089 (Present Convener) | String Theory, Quantum Gravity, Statistical Mechanics | 2027 |
| Dr Dinakar Kanjilal DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi -110067 | Material Sciences & Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Accelerator Physics | 2028 |
| Professor VA Raghunathan INSA Senior Scientist Raman Research Institute CV Raman Avenue Sadashivanagar Bengaluru 560080 | Soft Condensed Matter Physics | 2028 |
| Professor Sriram R Ramaswamy Honorary Professor and JC Bose Fellow Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru-560012 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Condensed Matter, Statistical and Biological Physics | 2028 |
* In place of Professor AR Choudhuri for the year 2026 only
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Sectional Committee – III: Chemistry:
Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Structural Chemistry, Chemistry of Materials, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bio-organic, Bio-inorganic and Bio-physical Chemistry
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor Uday Maitra Department of Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 (Past Convener) | Organic Chemistry: Supramolecular Chemistry, Chemistry of Bile Acids, Organo and Hydrogels | Special invitee |
| Professor GUR Kulkarni President Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur P.O. Bengaluru 560064 | Nanomaterials and Self-assembly routes to nanofabrication | 2026 |
| Professor M Lakshmi Kantam Dr.B.P. Godrej Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry and Sustainability Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Institute of Chemical Technology Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga Mumbai 400019 | Catalysis, Materials and Process Chemistry | 2026 |
| Professor Thalappil Pradeep Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 | Molecular and Nanoscale Materials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Molecular Surfaces, Low Energy Ion Scattering, Instrumentation; Water Purification | 2026 |
| Dr Amitava Das CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute Bhavnagar 364002 (Present Convener) | Chemistry | 2027 |
| Professor Sambasivarao Kotha Pramod Chaudhari Chair Professor (Green Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Powai Mumbai 400076 | Organic Chemistry | 2027 |
| Professor KC Kumara Swamy School of Chemistry University of Hyderabad Hyderabad 500046 | Chemistry Inorganic / Organic | 2027 |
| Dr KN Ganesh SERB National Science Chair Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) Jakkur Bengaluru 560064 | Bio-Organic Chemistry | 2028 |
| Professor DD Sarma Honorary Professor Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru-560012 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Strongly correlated electron systems, Materials physics and chemistry including nanomaterials and energy materials | 2028 |
| Professor KN Singh Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 | Organic Chemistry | 2028 |
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Sectional Committee – IV: Earth & Environmental Sciences:
Surface and Solid Earth Science, Applied Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Climate Sciences, Meteorology, Geo Engineering, Ocean Sciences,Geo Sciences and Applied Planetary Sciences
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor G Parthasarathy INSA Senior Scientist School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus Bengaluru 560012 | Earth and Planetary Science, High-Pressure Mineral Physics, Nanogeoscience, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Mineralogy and Environmental Science | 2026 |
| Dr Kalachand Sain Former Director Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33, General Mahadeo Singh Road Dehradun 248001 | Inversion, Modeling, Advanced Processing & Interpretation of Seismic Data, Machine Learning for Gas-hydrates, Basin Evolution, Geo-tectonics and Earthquake Processes | 2026 |
| Professor SN Tripathi JC Bose National Fellow & Arjun Dev Joneja Faculty Chair Professor Department of Civil Engineering IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016 (Past Convener) | Atmospheric Sciences, Planetary Atmospheres, Aerosol and Cloud, Air Quality | 2026 |
| Professor Nagesh K Dasika Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Bengaluru 560012 | Civil Engineering | 2027 |
| Professor BN Goswami SERB Distinguished Fellow Department of Physics Cotton University, Guwahati 781001 | Tropical Meteorology, Monsoon Dynamics and Predictability of Weather & Climate | 2027 |
| Professor RK Srivastava Centre of Advanced Study Department of Geology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221005 (Present Convener) | Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Precambrian Tectonics, Supercontinent Reconstructions and Planetory Geoscience | 2027 |
| Dr Manmohan Sarin SERB Distinguished Fellow Geosciences Division Physical Research Laboratory Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Chemical Oceanography, Atmospheric and Aerosol Chemistry | 2028 |
| Dr MN Rajeevan Vice-Chancellor Atria University ASKB Campus Anandnagar Bengaluru 560024 | Atmospheric Science | 2028 |
| Professor Sunil Kumar Singh Director CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula Goa-403004 | Low Temperature Geochemistry, Earth Surface Processes and Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements and Isotopes in Ocean | 2028 |
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Sectional Committee – V: Engineering & Technology:
Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electronics and Optoelectronics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering including Software and Data science, Information Science and Technology, Advanced Materials (such as Bio-materials, Hybrid Materials and Nano Materials), Polymer Science & Engineering
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor Suman Chakraborty Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302 (Past Convener) | Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Microscale/ Nanoscale Transport Processes | 2026 |
| Professor BS Murty Director Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Kandi Sangareddy 502284 | Physical Metallurgy, Advanced Materials | 2026 |
| Professor Bhim Singh SERB National Science Chair and Emeritus Professor Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016 | Electrical Engineering | 2026 |
| *Professor Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Director Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata-700108 | Computer Science (Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition and Computational Biology) | 2027 |
| Professor Bikramjit Basu Materials Research Center Indian Institute of Science CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 | Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Ceramics | 2027 |
| Professor YM Joshi Mr & Mrs Gian Singh Bandra Chair Professor Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Kanpur Kanpur 208016 (Present Convener) | Chemical Engineering, Rheology, Soft Matter | 2027 |
| Professor Navakanta Bhat Centre for Nano Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru-560012 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Nanoelectronics and Sensors | 2028 |
| Professor Subhasish Dey JC Bose Fellow and Visiting Professor Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj Gandhinagar-382055 | Applied Hydrodynamics, Turbulence, Fluvial Hydrodynamics | 2028 |
| Professor Pradip Dutta Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru-560012 | Mechanical Engineering (Heat Transfer, Energy Sciences) | 2028 |
* In place of Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri for the years 2026 and 2027 only
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Sectional Committee – VI: General Biology:
Taxonomy, Structure, Ecology, Environmental Biology, Evolution and Behaviour of Plants, Animals and Microbes including Unicellular Eukaryotes
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Professor Anuranjan Anand Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur Bengaluru 560064 | Human Genetics and Genomics | 2026 |
| Professor Paramjit Khurana JC Bose National Fellow Department of Plant Molecular Biology University of Delhi South Campus New Delhi 110021 (Past Convener) | Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Genomics | 2026 |
| Dr Yogesh Shouche School of Arts and Sciences Azim Premji University Burugunte Village, Survey No 66, Bikkanahalli Main Rd, Sarjapura Bengaluru 562125 | Microbial Diversity, Human Microbiome, Microbial Taxonomy | 2026 |
| Professor YV Jhala Former Dean & Senior Professor Wildlife Institute of India Chandrabani Dehradun 248001 | Wildlife Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, Genetics, Population Ecology, Nutrition | 2027 |
| Professor Vinod Kumar INSA Senior Scientist Department of Phyiology King George’s Medical University Lucknow 226003 | Chronobiology, Temporal Ecology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology | 2027 |
| Professor Nagaraj Guru Prasad Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Sector 81, SAS Nagar PO Manauli, Punjab 140306 (Present Convener) | Evolutionary Genetics | 2027 |
| Professor RK Kohli Vice-Chancellor Amity University Mohali-140306 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Physiological Ecology, Invasion Plant Ecology, Forestry | 2028 |
| Professor Mahesh Sankaran National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bengaluru-560065 | Ecology | 2028 |
| Professor D Siddavattam Department of Animal Biology School of Life Sciences University of Hyderabad Hyderabad-500046 | Microbiology | 2028 |
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Sectional Committee – VII : Molecular and Cellular Biology:
Cell Biology, Physiology, Development, Genetics, Genomics and other Omics of Plants, Animals and Microbes including Unicellular Eukaryotes
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Dr Uday Bandyopadhyay Director Bose Institute Unified Academic Campus, Block EN-80 Sector- V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091 (Past Convener) | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 2026 |
| Dr Soumen Basak Staff Scientist VI and the Laboratory Head Systems Immunology Laboratory National Institute of Immunology New Delhi 110067 | Immunology, Cancer Biology, Systems Biology, Virology, Cell Signaling | 2026 |
| Professor Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam Director Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Inner Ring Road, Uppal Hyderabad 500039 | Molecular Physiology Chromatin & Gene Expression Mitochondria & Metabolism Aging & Metabolic Diseases | 2026 |
| Professor Gaiti Hasan SERB Distinguished Fellow National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065 | Molecular Genetics, Intracellular Calcium Signalling and Neurobiology | 2027 |
| Dr Sanjeev Khosla Director CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology Sector 39 A, Chandigarh 160036 (Present Convener) | Epigenetics, Host-pathogen Interactions | 2027 |
| Professor Roop Mallik Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 | Intracellular Transport and Membrane Biology | 2027 |
| Professor Sanjeev Anant Galande Professor and Dean School of Natural Sciences Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Gautam Buddha Nagar-201314 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics | 2028 |
| Dr Ashverya Laxmi Staff Scientist- V Lab-203 National Institute of Plant Genome Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi-110067 | Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology | 2028 |
| Professor Thomas Pucadyil Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune-411008 | Biochemistry/Cell Biology | 2028 |
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Sectional Committee – VIII: Biomolecular, Structural Biology and Drug Discovery:
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, System Biology
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| *Dr Kanak Lata Dikshit INSA Senior Scientist Department of Biotechnology Panjab University Chandigarh-160014 | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry | 2026 |
| Dr Souvik Maiti Senior Principal Scientist CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road New Delhi 110025 (Past Convener) | Chemical Biology and Biophysics | 2026 |
| Dr GN Sastry Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Kandi Sangareddy 502284 | Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Computer-aided Drug Design, Machine Learning & Data Science | 2026 |
| Professor Manju Bansal INSA Senior Scientist Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 (Present Convener) | Molecular Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology | 2027 |
| Professor Suman Kumar Dhar Vice-Chancellor TERI School of Advanced Studies Plot No. 10, Institutional Area Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070 | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Parasitology | 2027 |
| Dr Rajendra Prasad Roy Dean Regional Centre for Biotechnology NCR Biotech Science Cluster Faridabad-Gurugram Expressway Faridabad 121001 | Biochemistry, Synthetic Protein Chemistry Chemical Biology | 2027 |
| Professor Saumitra Das Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Indian Institute of Science Sir CV Raman Avenue Bengaluru-560012 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Molecular Virology and Molecular Biology | 2028 |
| Dr Yogendra Sharma Former Chief Scientist CSIR- Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology Uppal Road Hyderabad -500007 | Biophysics | 2028 |
| Professor Ganesh Nagaraju Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 | Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetic Diseases | 2028 |
* In place of Dr Smita Dilip Mahale for the year 2026 only
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Sectional Committee – IX: Health Sciences:
Basic and Clinical Medical Sciences–Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases, Epidemiology, Anthropology, Psychology, Cognitive and Neurosciences, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Public Health, Nutrition, Immunology
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Dr Vidya Avinash Arankalle Ex-Director-In-Charge & Scientist G National Institute of Virology Sus Road, Pashan Pune 411021 | Virology, Biotechnology, Vaccinology | 2026 |
| Professor Shally Awasthi Department of Pediatrics King George’s Medical University Shahmina Road Chowk Lucknow 226003 (Past Convener) | Pediatrics | 2026 |
| *Professor Chitra Sarkar JC Bose National Fellow Room No. 1083/1083A, Ist Floor, Teaching Block Department of Pathology All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110029 | Neuropathology and Neurooncology | 2026 |
| Professor Sameer Bakhshi Room No. 243, Department of Medical Oncology, Second Floor Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 | Paediatric and Medical Oncology | 2027 |
| Dr Anuradha Dube INSA Emeritus Scientist Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, New Campus, BS 10/1, Sector 10, Janakipuram Extension Lucknow 226031 | Medical Parasitology (Leishmaniasis) | 2027 |
| Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj Chief Scientist & JC Bose National Fellow, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road Hyderabad 500007 (Present Convener) | Population Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Clinical and Medical Genetics, Ancient DNA and Forensic Genetics | 2027 |
| Professor Balram Bhargava Indian Council of Medical Research Ansari Nagar New Delhi -110029 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Medicine (Cardiology), Public Health and Medtech Innovation | 2028 |
| Dr NZ Ehtesham ICMR- Emeritus Scientist National Institute of Pathology Safdarjung Hospital Campus New Delhi-110029 | Biomedical Sciences | 2028 |
| Professor Kaustuv Sanyal Director Bose Institute EN-80, Sector V Bidhan Nagar Kolkata-700091 | Genetics and Genomics of Human Fungal Pathogens, Eukaryotic Chromosome Segregation | 2028 |
* In place of Professor MV Padma Srivastava for the years 2025 and 2026 only
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Sectional Committee – X: Agricultural Sciences:
Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Fisheries, Food Science,Veterinary Science, Pathogen Biology and Host Pathogen Interaction Both Plant and Veterinary Importance
| Name and Address | Specialization | To serve until 31st December |
| Dr MS Chauhan Vice-Chancellor G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar 263145 | Animal Reproduction Assisted Reproduction Technology, IVF, Stem Cell Culture, Animal Cloning and Transgenesis | 2026 |
| Dr Pradhyumna Kumar Singh Senior Principal Scientist Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Division CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) Rana Pratap Marg Lucknow 226001 | Crop Genetic Engineering | 2026 |
| Dr Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek Group Leader & National Officer Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067 (Past Convener) | Plant Stress Biology and Crop Biotechnology | 2026 |
| Dr Subeer S Majumdar Director General Gujarat Biotechnology University Gandhinagar 382355 (Present Convener) | Transgenic Animals and Endocrinology, Animal Biotechnology | 2027 |
| Professor PK Mukherjee Scientific Officer H and Head Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay Mumbai 400085 | Plant Pathology, Biocontrol, Fungal Genetics | 2027 |
| Dr M Sanjappa INSA Honorary Scientist Mahatama Gandhi Botanical Garden University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bengaluru 560065 | Plant Taxonomy & Conservation | 2027 |
| Dr Trilochan Mohapatra Chairperson Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India 2nd Floor, Societies Block, NASC Complex, DPS Marg New Delhi-110012 (Convener Elect for the year 2027) | Agricultural Biotechnology | 2028 |
| Professor Appa Rao Podile Senior Professor Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences University of Hyderabad, Prof CR Rao Road Central Univesity PO, Gachibowli Hyderabad-500046 | Plant-Microbe Interactions | 2028 |
| Professor RS Singhal Professor of Food Technology Food Engineering and Technology Department Institute of Chemical Technology Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga Mumbai-400019 | Food/Bioprocesses-Science and Technology | 2028 |