IAGRG - Organization

The IAGRG Organization

The aim of IAGRG is to promote interest in the phenomena related to Gravitation and to facilitate research in the related areas.

The Constitution

The organizational structure of the IAGRG is stipulated in the Constitution. Link to constitution is given here.

The Council

Its functioning is governed by The Council, consisting of Office bearers, elected by the IAGRG members.

Administration

On behalf of The Council, Ms. Nirupama Bawdekar (reachable at iagrg.1969@gmail.com) takes care of the administrative matters at the Association headquarters at IUCAA, Pune.

General Body meets

The General Body meets during the IAGRG Meetings, held approximately once in two years. The proceedings of the General Body Meetings are recorded in the Transcripts of the Minutes.

Some of the Resolutions

Here are a few important resolutions regarding membership.

IAGRG Council

Office bearers of IAGRG

L. Sriramkumar (President)
Anjan Ananda Sen (Secretary)
Sudipta Sarkar
K. G. Arun
Atri Deshamukhya
Koushik Dutta
Aseem Paranjape
Harvinder Kaur jassal
Sumati Surya(Ex officio )

The Council

Present and past Office bearers of the IAGRG

Tenure	Office	Name	e-mail
2024 -- 2026	President	L. Sriramkumar	sriram@physics.iitm.ac.in
	Secretary	Anjan Ananda Sen	aasen@jmi.ac.in
	Member	K. G. Arun	kgarun@cmi.ac.in
	Member	Atri Deshamukhya	atri.deshamukhya@gmail.com
	Member	Sudipta Sarkar	sudiptas@iitgn.ac.in
	Member	Koushik Dutta	koushik@iiserkol.ac.in
	Member	Aseem Paranjape	aseem@iucaa.in
	Member	Harvinder Kaur jassal	hkjassal@gmail.com
	(Ex Officio)	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
2022 -- 2024	President	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
	Secretary	Anjan Ananda Sen	aasen@jmi.ac.in
	Member	S. Shankaranarayanan	shanki@phy.iitb.ac.in
	Member	Rajesh Nayak	rajesh@iiserkol.ac.in
	Member	Ayan Chatterjee	ayan.theory@gmail.com
	Member	K. G. Arun	kgarun@cmi.ac.in
	Member	Atri Deshamukhya	atri.deshamukhya@gmail.com
	Member	Sudipta Sarkar	sudiptas@iitgn.ac.in
	(Ex Officio)	Patrick Das Gupta	patrickdasgupta1@gmail.com
2020 -- 2022	President	Patrick Das Gupta	patrickdasgupta1@gmail.com
	Secretary	L. Sriramkumar	sriram@physics.iitm.ac.in
	Member	Sukanta Bose	sukanta@iucaa.in
	Member	Suneeta Vardarajan	suneeta@iiserpune.ac.in
	Member	Somasri Sen	ssen@jmi.ac.in
	Member	S. Shankaranarayanan	shanki@phy.iitb.ac.in
	Member	Rajesh Nayak	rajesh@iiserkol.ac.in
	Member	Ayan Chatterjee	ayan.theory@gmail.com
	(Ex Officio)	Sayan Kar	sayan@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in
2018 -- 2020	President	Sayan Kar	sayan@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in
	Secretary	L. Sriramkumar	sriram@physics.iitm.ac.in
	Member	Jasjeet Bagla	jasjeet@iisermohali.ac.in
	Member	Golam Hossain	ghossain@iiserkol.ac.in
	Member	Sayan Chakrabarti	sayan.chakrabarti@iitg.ernet.in
	Member	Sukanta Bose	sukanta@iucaa.in
	Member	Suneeta Vardarajan	suneeta@iiserpune.ac.in
	Member	Somasri Sen	ssen@jmi.ac.in
	(Ex Officio)	Tarun Souradeep	tarun@iucaa.in
2016 -- 2018	President	Tarun Souradeep	tarun@iucaa.in
	Secretary	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
	Member	Archana Pai	archana@iisertvm.ac.in
	Member	Anjan A Sen	aasen@jmi.ac.in
	Member	Pravabati Chingangbam	prava@iiap.res.in
	Member	Jasjeet Bagla	jasjeet@iisermohali.ac.in
	Member	Golam Hossain	ghossain@iiserkol.ac.in
	Member	Sayan Chakrabarti	sayan.chakrabarti@iitg.ernet.in
	(Ex Officio)	Ghanashyam Date	shyam@imsc.res.in
2014 -- 2016	President	Ghanashyam Date	shyam@imsc.res.in
	Secretary	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
	Member	Raghavan Rangarajan	raghavan@prl.res.in
	Member	L. Sriramkumar	sriram@physics.iitm.ac.in
	Member	Tarun Souradeep	tarun@iucaa.ernet.in
	Member	Archana Pai	archana@iisertvm.ac.in
	Member	Anjan A. Sen	aasen@jmi.ac.in
	Member	Pravabati Chingangbam	prava@iiap.res.in
	(Ex Officio)	Narayan Banerjee	narayan@iiserkol.ac.in
2012 -- 2014	President	Narayan Banerjee	narayan@iiserkol.ac.in
	Secretary	Sayan Kar	sayan@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in
	Member	B. C. Paul	bcpaul@iucaa.ernet.in
	Member	Mohammad Sami	sami@iucaa.ernet.in, sami@jamia-physics.net
	Member	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
	Member	Tarun Souradeep	tarun@iucaa.ernet.in
	Member	L Sriramkumar	sriram@physics.iitm.ac.in
	Member	Raghavan Rangarajan	raghavan@prl.res.in
	(Ex Officio)	Pankaj Joshi	psj@tifr.res.in
2010 -- 2012	President	Pankaj Joshi	psj@tifr.res.in
	Secretary	Sayan Kar	sayan@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in
	Member	Patrick Dasgupta	patrickdasgupta@yahoo.co.uk
	Member	Parthasarathi Majumdar	parthasarathi.majumdar@saha.ac.in
	Member	C. S. Unnikrishnan	unni@tifr.res.in
	Member	B. C. Paul	bcpaul@iucaa.ernet.in
	Member	Mohammad Sami	sami@iucaa.ernet.in, sami@jamia-physics.net
	Member	Sumati Surya	ssurya@rri.res.in
	(Ex Officio)	Sanjeev Dhurandhar	sanjeev@iucaa.ernet.in
2008 -- 2010	President	Sanjeev Dhurandhar	sanjeev@iucaa.ernet.in
	Secretary	Ghanashyam Date	shyam@imsc.res.in
	Member	Subenoy Chakraborty	subenoyc@yahoo.co.in
	Member	Patrick Dasgupta	patrickdasgupta@yahoo.co.uk
	Member	Parthasarathi Majumdar	parthasarathi.majumdar@saha.ac.in
	Member	Ibohal Ngangbam	ngibohal@iucaa.ernet.in, ngibohal@rediffmail.com
	Member	Anirudh Pradhan	pradhan@iucaa.ernet.in, acpradhan@yahoo.com
	Member	C. S. Unnikrishnan	unni@tifr.res.in
	(Ex Officio)	Bala Iyer	bri@rri.res.in
2006 -- 2008	President	Bala Iyer	bri@rri.res.in
	Secretary	Ghanashyam Date	shyam@imsc.res.in
	Member	Anirudh Pradhan	pradhan@iucaa.ernet.in, acpradhan@yahoo.com
	Member	Ibohal Ngangbam	ngibohal@iucaa.ernet.in, ngibohal@rediffmail.com
	Member	Subenoy Chakraborty	subenoyc@yahoo.co.in
	Member	T. P. Singh	tpsingh@tifr.res.in
	Member	V. C. Kuriakose	vck@cusat.ac.in
	Member	S. G. Ghosh	sgghosh@iucaa.ernet.in
	(Ex Officio)	A. K. Kembhavi	akk@iucaa.ernet.in
2004 -- 2006	President	A. K. Kembhavi
	Secretary	Narayan Banerjee
	Member	Ghanashyam Date
	Member	Sayan Kar
	Member	Zafar Ahsan
	Member	V. C. Kuriakose
	Member	T. P. Singh
	Member	S. G. Ghosh
2002 -- 2004	President	L.K. Patel
	Secretary	Narayan Banerjee
	Member	T. R. Seshadri
	Member	D. P. Datta
	Member	Sai Iyer
	Member	Ghanashyam Date
	Member	Sayan Kar
	Member	Zafar Ahsan
	(Ex Officio)	Asit Banerjee
2000 -- 2002	President	Asit Banerjee
	Secretary	Ramesh S. Tikekar
	Member	Narayan Banerjee
	Member	N. D. Hari Dass
	Member	A. Gopal Rao
	Member	T. R. Seshadri
	Member	D. P. Datta
	Member	Sai Iyer
1998 -- 2000	President	J. Krishna Rao
	Secretary	Ramesh S. Tikekar
	Member	Narayan Banerjee
	Member	N. D. Hari Dass
	Member	Amitabha Mukherjee
	Member	A. R. Prasanna
	Member	A. Gopal Rao
1996 -- 1998	President	A. R. Prasanna
	Secretary	B. R. Iyer
	Member	V. B. Johri
	Member	Pankaj S. Joshi
	Member	D. C. Srivastava
	Member	Amitabha Mukherjee
	Member	Ravi Saraykar
1994 -- 1996	President	Naresh K. Dadhich
	Secretary	B. R. Iyer
	Member	Asit Banerjee
	Member	Ramesh S. Tikekar
	Member	V. B. Johri
	Member	Pankaj S. Joshi
	Member	D. C. Srivastava
1992 -- 1994	President	S. Mukherjee
	Secretary	S. V. Dhurandhar
	Member	T. Singh
	Member	N. Panchapakesan
	Member	Asit Banerjee
	Member	Ramesh S. Tikekar
	Member	B. R. Iyer
1990 -- 1992	President	N. Mukunda
	Secretary	S. V. Dhurandhar
	Member	S. Banerjee
	Member	A. R. Prasanna
	Member	B. K. Dutta
	Member	S. Mukherjee
1988 -- 1990	President	N. Panchapakesan
	Secretary	A. K. Kembhavi
1986 -- 1988	President	Sriranjan Banerjee
	Secretary	A. K. Kembhavi
1984 -- 1986	President	C. V. Vishveshwara
	Secretary	Naresh K. Dadhich
1982 -- 1984	President	Jayant V. Narlikar
	Secretary	Naresh K. Dadhich
1980 -- 1982	President	A. K. Raychaudhuri
	Secretary	L. Radhakrishna
1978 -- 1980	President	S. I. Husain
	Secretary	L. Radhakrishna
1976 -- 1978	President	P. C. Vaidya
	Secretary	J. Krishna Rao
1974 -- 1976	President	A. Gangopadhya
	Secretary	J. Krishna Rao
1972 -- 1974	President	R. M. Mishra
	Secretary	J. Krishna Rao
1970 -- 1972	Founder President	V. V. Narlikar
	Secretary	J. Krishna Rao

Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation

The IAGRG Organization

The Constitution

The Council

Administration

General Body meets

Some of the Resolutions

Office bearers of IAGRG

The Council