IAGRG Council

The elected council overseeing the activities and governance of IAGRG.

Current Office Bearers (2026 — 2028)

President

Pravabati Chingangbam

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Secretary

S. Shankaranarayanan

IIT Bombay

Council Members

Aseem Paranjape IUCAA
Harvinder Kaur Jassal IISER Mohali
Indranil Chattopadhyay Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
Kartik Prabhu Raman Research Institute
Koushik Dutta IISER Kolkata
Sudipta Das Visva-Bharati University
Sriramkumar L IIT Madras

Past Office Bearers Archive

Term: 2024 — 2026
President: Sriramkumar L | Secretary: Anjan Ananda Sen
  • Narayan Banerjee
  • Rajesh Nayak
  • Aseem Paranjape
  • K. G. Arun
  • Atri Deshamukhya
  • Sudipta Sarkar
  • Koushik Dutta
  • Harvinder Kaur Jassal
  • Patrick Das Gupta (Ex Officio)
Term: 2022 — 2024
President: Sumati Surya | Secretary: Anjan Ananda Sen
  • S. Shankaranarayanan
  • Rajesh Nayak
  • Ayan Chatterjee
  • K. G. Arun
  • Atri Deshamukhya
  • Sudipta Sarkar
  • Patrick Das Gupta (Ex Officio)
Term: 2020 — 2022
President: Patrick Das Gupta | Secretary: L. Sriramkumar
  • Sukanta Bose
  • Suneeta Vardarajan
  • Somasri Sen
  • S. Shankaranarayanan
  • Rajesh Nayak
  • Ayan Chatterjee
  • Sayan Kar (Ex Officio)
Term: 2018 — 2020
President: Sayan Kar | Secretary: L. Sriramkumar
  • Jasjeet Bagla
  • Golam Hossain
  • Sayan Chakrabarti
  • Sukanta Bose
  • Suneeta Vardarajan
  • Somasri Sen
  • Tarun Souradeep (Ex Officio)
Term: 2016 — 2018
President: Tarun Souradeep | Secretary: Sumati Surya
  • Archana Pai
  • Anjan A Sen
  • Pravabati Chingangbam
  • Jasjeet Bagla
  • Golam Hossain
  • Sayan Chakrabarti
  • Ghanashyam Date (Ex Officio)
Term: 2010 — 2016
2014–2016 President: Ghanashyam Date | Secretary: Sumati Surya
2012–2014 President: Narayan Banerjee | Secretary: Sayan Kar
2010–2012 President: Pankaj Joshi | Secretary: Sayan Kar
Term: 2000 — 2010
2008–2010 President: Sanjeev Dhurandhar | Secretary: Ghanashyam Date
2006–2008 President: Bala Iyer | Secretary: Ghanashyam Date
2004–2006 President: A. K. Kembhavi | Secretary: Narayan Banerjee
2002–2004 President: L.K. Patel | Secretary: Narayan Banerjee
2000–2002 President: Asit Banerjee | Secretary: Ramesh S. Tikekar
Term: 1990 — 2000
1998–2000 President: J. Krishna Rao | Secretary: Ramesh S. Tikekar
1996–1998 President: A. R. Prasanna | Secretary: B. R. Iyer
1994–1996 President: Naresh K. Dadhich | Secretary: B. R. Iyer
1992–1994 President: S. Mukherjee | Secretary: S. V. Dhurandhar
1990–1992 President: N. Mukunda | Secretary: S. V. Dhurandhar
Term: 1969 — 1990 (The Early Years)
  • 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