I D S J
The
apex body of the Institute is a Governing Board which consists
of 21 members including a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Member-Secretary.
While the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected by the Board
amongst its members, the Director of the Institute is designated
as ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Board. The members of
the Board include two representatives of the Indian Council
of Social Science Research; three senior administrators nominated
by the Government of Rajasthan; two Vice Chancellors; eminent
academics, social scientists; eminent persons specialising
in various fields related to development; and two members
of the faculty of the Institute. Shri Nitin Desai, environmentalist and development expert and former UN Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, is the Chairman of the Governing
Board. The following is the composition of the Board:
Chairman
Nitin Desai, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
Vice-Chairman
Members
The Member Secretary, ICSSR, New Delhi
Ravi Srivastava, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
The Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Rajasthan
The Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan
The Secretary, Planning, Government of Rajasthan
N.K. Jain, Vice-Chancellor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Geetika Kapoor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Sheila Bhalla, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi
Neelima Khetan, Chief Executive, Seva Mandir, Uaipur
Manjit Singh, Head, Division of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology Division, CAZRI, Jodhpur
G.K. Chadha, Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee, New Delhi
Naresh Dhadhich, Vice Chancellor, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota
S.L. Kothari, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
S.L. Bapna, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur
Mahesh C. Purohit, President & Director, Foundation for Public Economics and Policy Research, Delhi
K.N. Joshi, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
P.S. Kavoori, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
Member Secretary
The Committee of Direction is constituted by the Governing Board to facilitate the governance of the Institute. The Committee consists of nine members of the Board including Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Member-Secretary and at least one faculty member.
The Academic Committee of the Institute consists of the Director, all the Professors and Associate Professors of the Institute. The Director of the Institute is the Chairman of the Academic Committee. The Committee co-opts outside experts for consultation and advice as and when needed.
The Research Advisory Committee headed by the Director with Secretary, Planning, Government of Rajasthan, a few members of the Governing Board, and Professors of the Institute as members.
