**Executive Summary**
This document, a notification from the Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), announces the appointment of nominees to the Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) by the President of India. It is issued under the authority of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007, section 30. The notification is dated November 14, 2025, and published in the Gazette of India on January 5, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Appointment of Nominees:** The President of India, as Visitor of NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and IISERs, appoints individuals as nominees on the Council of NITSER.
* **Authority:** The appointments are made in exercise of the powers conferred under Sub – Section (i) of (2) of Section 30 (Chapter III) of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007.
* **Appointed Nominees:**
* Prof. (Retd.) Arvind A. Natu, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata.
* Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi.
* Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, D/o Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT-Roorkee and former Director, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
* Prof. Sangeeta Narendra Kale, Dean (Research) and Director (International Co-operations), Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT-DRDO), Pune.
* Prof. Inderjit Singh, D/o Environmental Studies, University of Delhi.
**Impact Analysis**
**National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) Council**
* **Impact:** The council gains new members who will contribute to the governance and strategic direction of the NITSER institutions.
* **Action Required:** The council needs to integrate the new members and ensure they are briefed on current activities and strategic goals.
**Nominees (Appointed Individuals)**
* **Impact:** The appointees are now responsible for representing the Visitor's interests on the NITSER Council.
* **Action Required:** The nominees need to actively participate in council meetings and contribute to the council's decisions.
**NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and IISERs**
* **Impact:** These institutions will be impacted by the policies and decisions made by the NITSER Council, which now includes the new nominees.
* **Action Required:** These institutions may need to adapt their operations or policies in response to the NITSER Council's directives.
Key Entities Referenced
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007: The Act under which the notification is issued, concerning the appointment of nominees to the NITSER council.
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) Council: The council to which the notification appoints Visitor's nominees.
Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education): The ministry responsible for issuing the notification regarding appointments to the NITSER Council.
National Institutes of Technology (NITs): A group of institutions impacted by the appointments, as the Visitor appoints nominees representing them.
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs): A group of institutions impacted by the appointments, as the Visitor appoints nominees representing them.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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स.ं 06] नई दिल्ली, सोमिार, िनिरी 5, 2026/पौष 15, 1947
No. 06] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026/PAUSHA 15, 1947
जिक्षा मत्रं ालय
(उच्चतर जिक्षा जिभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 14 निम् बर, 2025
सा.का.जन. 6(अ).— राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योजगकी, जिज्ञान जिक्षा और अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान अजधजनयम, 2007
(2007 का 29) (जिसे आगे 'अजधजनयम' कहा िाएगा) की धारा 30 (अध्याय III) की (2) की उप-धारा (i)
के तहत प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, भारत के राष्ट्रपजत, सभी राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्थानों
(एनआईटी), भारतीय इंिीजनयररंग जिज्ञान और प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्थान (आईआईईएसटी), जिबपुर और
भारतीय जिज्ञान जिक्षा और अनुसंधान संस्ट्थानों (आईआईएसईआर) के कुलाध्यक्ष के रूप में, राष्ट्रीय
प्रौद्योजगकी, जिज्ञान जिक्षा और अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान (एनआईटीएसईआर) पररषि में कुलाध्यक्ष के नाजमती के
रूप में जनम्नजलजखत व्यजियों को जनयुि करते हैं:
(क) प्रो. (सेिाजनिृत्त) अरविंि ए. नातू, अध्यक्ष, भारतीय जिज्ञान जिक्षा एि ं अनुसधं ान संस्ट्थान (आईआईएसईआर),
कोलकाता।
(ख) प्रो. रंिना अग्रिाल, जनििे क, सीएसआईआर-राष्ट्रीय जिज्ञान संचार एिं नीजत अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान (सीएसआईआर-
एनआईएससीपीआर), नई दिल्ली।
(ग) प्रो. प्रमोि कुमार िैन, मैकेजनकल और औद्योजगक इंिीजनयररंग जिभाग, आईआईटी- रुड़की और पूि व जनिेिक,
आईआईटी (बीएचयू), िाराणसी।
85 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(घ) प्रो. संगीता नरेंद्र काले, डीन (अनुसंधान) और जनिेिक (अतं रावष्ट्रीय सहयोग), रक्षा उन्नत प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्थान
(डीआईएटी-डीआरडीओ), पुणे।
(ङ) प्रो. इिरिीत वसंह, पयाविरण अध्ययन जिभाग, दिल्ली जिश्वजिद्यालय।
[फा. स.ं 35 – 3 / 2022 – टीएस.III]
सौम्या गुप्ता, संयुि सजचि
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(Department of Higher Education)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th November, 2025
G.S.R. 6(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub – Section (i) of (2) of Section 30 (Chapter III)
of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (29 of 2007) (herein after
referred to as ‘Act’), the President of India, as Visitor of all the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), the Indian
Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur and the Indian Institutes of Science Education and
Research (IISERs), has been pleased to appoint the following persons as Visitor’s nominees on the Council of
National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER):
(a) Prof. (Retd.) Arvind A. Natu, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER),
Kolkata;
(b) Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research,
New Delhi;
(c) Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, D/o Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, IIT-Roorkee and former Director, IIT
(BHU), Varanasi;
(d) Prof. Sangeeta Narendra Kale, Dean (Research) and Director (International Co-operations), Defense Institute of
Advanced Technology (DIAT-DRDO), Pune; and
(e) Prof. Inderjit Singh, D/o Environmental Studies, University of Delhi.
[F. No. 35 –3 / 2022 – TS.III]
SAUMYA GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
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