Institutional Committees
The operational, administrative, and scientific governance of ICMR-RMRCSVP is structured through specialized committees constituted under official directives.
Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
The Apex Scientific Advisory Committee (April 2026) oversees, reviews, and guides the scientific roadmap, research proposals, and strategic objectives of the institute.
| # | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dr. George M. Varghese
Professor, Dept. of Infectious Diseases, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
|
Chair |
| 2 |
Dr. Amit Awasthi
Senior Professor, THSTI, Faridabad, Haryana
|
Member |
| 3 |
Dr. Deepak B. Saxena
Professor and Director, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
|
Member |
| 4 |
Dr. Jacob John
Professor, Dept. of Community Health, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
|
Member |
| 5 |
Dr. Joseph Selvin
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
|
Member |
| 6 |
Dr. Kavita Saravu
Professor and Head, Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka
|
Member |
| 7 |
Dr. K. N. Balaji
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Biology, IISc, Bangalore, Karnataka
|
Member |
| 8 |
Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal
ICMR Chair on Disease Elimination
|
Member |
| 9 |
Dr. Sunil Sethi
Professor, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh
|
Member |
| 10 |
Dr. Manoj V.Murhekar
Director, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
|
Ex-Officio Member |
| 11 |
Dr. Manju Rahi
Director, ICMR-National Institute for Vector Control Research, Puducherry
|
Ex-Officio Member |
| 12 |
Dr. Jeeva Sankar
Director, ICMR-National Institute of Child Health Research, New Delhi
|
Ex-Officio Member |
| 13 |
Dr. Aparup Das
Director, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Member Secretary |
Institutional Human Ethical Committee (IHEC)
Ensures that all biomedical and health research involving human participants is conducted in accordance with the highest ethical, medical, and scientific standards.
| # | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dr. S. P. Burma
Former Director, Directorate of Health Services, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Chairman |
| 2 |
Dr. B. Ajit Kumar
Deputy Director (Malaria), Div. of NCVBDC, DHS, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Basic Medical Scientist |
| 3 |
Dr. M. G. Madanan
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRC, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Basic Medical Scientist |
| 4 |
Dr. Zachariah George
Subject matter Specialist (Animal Science), ICAR-KVK, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Basic Medical Scientist |
| 5 |
Dr. S. Sunil Kumar
Chief Medical Officer (NFSG), Directorate of Health Services, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Clinician |
| 6 |
Dr. Ann George
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, ANIIMS, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Clinician |
| 7 |
Shri V. D. Sivabalan
Advocate, Kolkata High Court Bench, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Legal Expert |
| 8 |
Shri Satyaki Paul
Anthropologist, Anthropological Survey of India, A&N Regional Centre
|
Social Scientist/Ethicist |
| 9 |
Mrs. Shanta Kumari
Social worker, Shadipur, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Lay Person |
| 10 |
Dr. I.P. Sunish
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRC, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Member Secretary |
| 11 |
Dr. Rehnuma Parvez
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRC, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Alt. Member Secretary |
Internal Complaint Committee (ICC)
Reconstituted statutory committee responsible for receiving, investigating, and addressing grievances and complaints within the institution.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. Rehnuma Parvez
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Chairperson |
| 02 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 03 |
Smt. Suma Biji
Technical Officer C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 04 |
Smt. Anita Hegde
Advocate, District Session Court, SVP
|
External Member |
Technical Evaluation Committee
Responsible for the rigorous technical assessment and evaluation of specialized scientific equipment, tenders, and proposals.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. R. Mohan Raju
Professor, Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
External Member |
| 02 |
Dr. Nandita Banaji
Prof & Head, Dept of Microbiology, IGMC, Puducherry
|
External Member |
| 03 |
Dr. Rahul Dhodapkar
Prof & Head, Division of Virology, JIPMER, Puducherry
|
External Member |
| 04 |
Dr. N. Muruganandam
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 05 |
Dr. A. Prem Kumar
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 06 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 07 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Section Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
Technical Specification Committee
Tasked with drafting and finalizing rigorous technical specifications for the procurement of scientific goods and machinery.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. Debashis Bhattacharya
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIARI, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
External Member |
| 02 |
Dr. Ruby Thomas
Prof & Head, Dept of Microbiology, ANIIMS, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
External Member |
| 03 |
Dr. M.G. Madanan
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 04 |
Dr. N. Muruganandam
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 05 |
Dr. Nikhil Baradwaj
Scientist, ICMR-VCRC, Puducherry
|
External Member |
| 06 |
Shri Rohit Sharma
Consultant, ICMR-VCRC, Puducherry
|
External Member |
| 07 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Section Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
Purchase Committee for Equipment
Empowered to oversee, review, and authorize the procurement of major scientific and laboratory equipment within established guidelines.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. P.M. Mohan
Professor, Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Member |
| 02 |
Dr. Dileep Kumar Jha
Officer Incharge, ANCOST-NIOT, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Member |
| 03 |
Dr. Rehnuma Parvez
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Dr. A. Prem kumar
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 05 |
Smt. Suma Biji
Technical Officer C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 06 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Section Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
Purchase Committee for Chemicals & Plasticwares
Responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and authorizing the procurement of laboratory chemicals, reagents, and plasticwares to ensure quality and compliance.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. M.G. Madanan
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 02 |
Dr. Rehnuma Parvez
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Shri Rajnish Chander Rao
Technical Officer C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Shri Alok Mandal
Technical Officer B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 05 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Section Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
Capital Works Advisory Committee (CWAC)
[Office Order No. 40] Constituted to evaluate proposals from concept, planning, execution, completion certificates, and final handing/taking over of institutional works.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Shri T.K. Prijith Rekh
Chief Engineer, APWD, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
External Chair |
| 02 |
Shri V. Subbaraj
Retd. Executive Engineer (Civil), APWD
|
External Member |
| 03 |
Shri Goutam Sarkar
Retd. E&M Engineer, APWD
|
External Member |
| 04 |
Shri R. Ramesh Kumar
Retd. Senior Architect, APWD
|
External Member |
| 05 |
Dr. Aparup Das
Director, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 06 |
Dr. I.P. Sunish
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 07 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 08 |
Shri M.A. Parvez
Accounts Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 09 |
Section Officer
ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member Secretary |
| 10 |
Representative
Executing Agency
|
Invitee |
Capital Works Monitoring Committee (CWMC)
[Office Order No. 138] Constituted to regularly review physical progress, assess financial utilization, and record official proceedings for awarded capital works.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. I.P. Sunish
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Chairperson |
| 02 |
Shri V. Subbaraj
Retd. Executive Engineer (Civil), APWD
|
External Member |
| 03 |
Shri Goutam Sarkar
Retd. E&M Engineer, APWD
|
External Member |
| 04 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 05 |
Shri M.A. Parvez
Accounts Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Internal Member |
| 06 |
Section Officer
ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member Secretary |
| 07 |
Representative
Executing Agency
|
Invitee |
Condemnation Committee
[Office Order No. 139] Reconstituted in accordance with Council headquarters guidelines under GFR 2017 for the inspection, valuation, and disposal of surplus, obsolete, and unserviceable scientific equipment and articles.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. Jai Sunder
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIARI, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Chairperson |
| 02 |
Dr. Dilip Kumar Jha
Officer In-charge & Scientist F, NIOT, Sri Vijaya Puram
|
Member |
| 03 |
Dr. M.G. Madanan
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Smt. R. Latha
Administrative Office (Addnl. Charge), ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 05 |
Shri M.A. Parvez
Accounts Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 06 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member Secretary |
Nodal Communication Unit
[Office Order No. 73] Reconstituted to manage and streamline media coordination, public health communication, press briefings, and official announcements of ICMR-RMRCSVP.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Nodal Officer |
| 02 |
Dr. K.S. Mohammed Sameer Ali
Scientist B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Shri Amal R
Technical Assistant, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
विभागीय राजभाषा कार्यान्वयन समिति (OLIC)
[Office Order No. 58] Reconstituted three-member committee mandated to hold quarterly review meetings to accelerate Hindi language usage and bilingual communications.
| S.No | सदस्य विवरण / Member Details | पद / Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
निदेशक / Director
ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
अध्यक्ष / Chairperson |
| 02 |
श्री योगेश सिंह / Shri Yogesh Singh
वैज्ञानिक सी / Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
सदस्य / Member |
| 03 |
श्री जग जीवन राम / Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
प्रशासनिक अधिकारी / Administrative Officer (OL)
|
सदस्य सचिव / Member Sec. |
Physical Verification Committee
[Office Order No. 43] Constituted to conduct annual comprehensive physical counting, audit, and recording of institutional assets, stores, and stock registers.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. A. Prem Kumar
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Chairperson |
| 02 |
Smt. Suma Biji Eapen
Senior Technical Officer II, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Shri Rajnesh Chander Rao
Technical Officer C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Shri Alok Mandal
Technical Officer B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 05 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member Secretary |
Field Units Strengthening & Inspection
[Office Order No. 48] Constituted to inspect, assess, and execute repair, renovation, and equipment maintenance works for strengthening field stations.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. N. Muruganandam
Scientist E, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Lead / Member |
| 02 |
Shri Alok Mondal
Technical Officer B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Shri V.M. Vazim
Senior Technician II, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 04 |
Shri A. Avinash
Lower Division Clerk, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
Website Updation & Maintenance
[Office Order No. 98] Reconstituted for continuous digital review, technical maintenance, security, and prompt publication of official notices on the portal.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. I.P. Sunish
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member / Lead |
| 02 |
Mr. Arun Kumar
Technical Officer B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Mr. Amal R
Technical Assistant, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
Campus Safety & Stray Animal Inspection
[Suo Moto Writ Petition Civil No. 5/2025] Constituted in compliance with Hon'ble Supreme Court directions for quarterly inspections to detect and address stray dogs across the campus.
| S.No | Member Details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Chairperson |
| 02 |
Shri Jag Jeevan Ram
Administrative Officer, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
| 03 |
Shri Rajnesh Chander Rao
Technical Officer C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Member |
Designated Nodal Officers
Official designates appointed to manage, execute, and coordinate specialized administrative portals and specific institutional tasks.
| S.No | Officer Details | Designated Nodal Role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dr. A. Prem Kumar
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Official Flight Bookings (M/s Balmer Lawrie) |
| 02 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
iRISE Portal (Research Infrastructure Sharing Ecosystem) |
| 03 |
Dr. M. G. Madanan
Scientist F, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Procurement Coordinator |
| 04 |
Shri Yogesh Singh
Scientist C, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Procurement Coordination Link Officer |
| 05 |
Dr. K.S. Mohammed Sameer Ali
Scientist B, ICMR-RMRCSVP
|
Chief Information Security Officer |