Governing Council

As per Statute of the Centre, a Governing Council (GC), composed of all the member countries of the Centre, looks after the affairs of the Centre.

The Governing Council has so far held eleven meetings as below:

1^st GC Meeting: New Delhi (India), 16-18 March 1989

2^nd GC Meeting: New Delhi (India), 15-16 March 1990

3^rd GC Meeting: Havana (Cuba), 13-15 February 1991

4^th GC Meeting: Cairo (Egypt), 17-18 February 1992

5^th GC Meeting: New Delhi (India), 12-13 April 1993

6^th GC Meeting: Kathmandu (Nepal), 12-13 March 1994

7^th GC Meeting: Cairo (Egypt), 2-3 May 1996

8^th GC Meeting: Dhaka (Bangladesh), 8-9 November 1997

9^th GC Meeting: New Delhi (India), 15-16 November 1999

10^th GC Meeting: Cairo (Egypt), 14-15 December 2002

11^th GC Meeting: Jakarta/Bandung (Indonesia), 21-24 November 2005

An Extraordinary Meeting of the GC was held in New Delhi on 21^st August 1989.

Bureau of the Governing Council

As per Statute of the Centre, for each session of the Governing Council a President, two Vice-Presidents and a Rapporteur are elected. These office bearers constitute the Bureau of the Governing Council.

The office of the President of the Governing Council has been held / is being held by:

Dr. M. Y. Saada (Egypt): From March 1989 – November 1999

Mr. M. Fazlur Rahman (Bangladesh): From November 1999 – September 2002

Prof. Dr. Fawzi A.A. Elrefaie (Egypt): From September 2002 – November 2005

Prof. Carunia M. Firdausy (Indonesia): From November 2005 -

The current office bearers of the 11^th Governing Council are:

8 President	Prof. Carunia Mulya Firdausy (Indonesia)
8 Vice-President	Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami (India)
8 Vice-President	Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mahmoud Shoukry (Egypt)
8 Rapporteur	Dr. Jorge Luis Fernandez Chamero (Cuba)

The Bureau of the GC, if required, may meet in between the GC meetings. Thus in order to review the programmes and activities of the Centre, the Bureau held its interim meetings in New Delhi in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999 and 2003, in Colombia in 1997, in Indonesia in 2000, in Mauritius in 2001, in Sri Lanka in 2004, in Cuba in 2006 and in Zambia in 2008.

Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Centre is centrally located at New Delhi, India in its own premises. Director is the Executive Head of the Centre and is appointed by the Governing Council.

The office of the Director of the NAM S&T Centre has been held / is being held by:

Dr. Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy (India):	August 1989 – February 1992
Mr. Kailash Nath Johry (India):	March 1992 – June 2002
Prof. Dr. Arun Prakash Kulshreshtha (India):	July 2002 -

The personnel working in the Centre are:

Mr. M. Bandyopadhyay : Senior Expert and Administrative Officer (on contract since May ’05)

Dr. V.P. Kharbanda : Publications Advisor (Honorary)

Mr. Rahul Kumra : Private Secretary to Director

Mr. Sunil Kumar : Accounts Manager

Mr. Pankaj Buttan : Data Processing Manager

Mr. Jayakumaran : Public Relations Manager

Mr. Ramesh Negi : Website Manager

Mr. Hansha Ram Arya : Librarian and Documentation Manager

Mr. Pooran Ram : House Keeper

Besides the above staff, the Centre employs fresh science post-graduates on monthly stipend basis until such time as they get suitable employment elsewhere, subject to a maximum tenure of 3 years with the Centre. Currently the following Scientific Assistants are working in the Centre. Through this arrangement the Centre is helping in capacity building in scientific affairs without gender bias.

Mr. Gaurav Gaur

Mrs. Sudipta Chakraborty