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V S Ramamurthy - Director

Research Interests:
Nuclear Physics, Applications of Low Energy Accelerator

Telephone:  91-80-2360 1969; 2218 5075
Fax: 91-80-2218 5076
Telex: 0845-8349 IISC IN

Email:
vsramamurthy@nias.iisc.ernet.in


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R Narasimha - Professor Emeritus

Research Interests:
Aeronautics and Physics

Telephone : 91-80-22185072
Fax :          91-80-22185028
Email:        roddam@nias.iisc.ernet.in,
                 roddam@caos.iisc.ernet.in

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K Kasturirangan - Professor Emeritus

Research Interests:
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Telephone : 91-80-22185075
Fax : 91-80-22185076
Telex : 0845-8349 IISC IN
Email: krangan@nias.iisc.ernet.in krangank@gmail.com

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        School of Humanities

S Ranganathan - Homi Bhabha Visiting Professor and Dean
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Physical Metallurgy, Materials Policy, Nanomaterials, Metallurgical Heritage

Telephone: 91-80-22185073      
Fax:          91-80-22185028 
Email:       rangu@met.iisc.ernet.in

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Sangeetha Menon - Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Definitions of and methods to understand Consciousness
Intentionality and self-awareness
Experience-Experiencer duality problem Levels of I-ness
Advaita vedanta of Adi Sankaracharya,
Novels methods in Digital archiving and Electronic publication

Telephone:  91-80-22185090
Fax:           91-80-22185028
Email:        prajnana@yahoo.com
Website:     http://www.samvada.com

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Arindam Chakrabarti - Professor
School of Humanities

Email:        arindam.chakrabarti@gmail.com

 

M G Narasimhan - Associate Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Science Studies -interdisciplinary study of various aspect of scientific knowledge

Telephone:  91-80-22185081           
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:         narasim@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Sharada Srinivasan - Associate Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Applications of scientific studies in art and archaeology, archaeomaterials, archaeometallurgy, history of science and classical Indian dance and performing arts, crafts documentation

Telephone:  91-80-22185125           
Residence: 91 80 6582829 
Mobile:       9844303643
Fax:           91-80-22185028           
Email:         sharadasrinivasa@yahoo.com,
                  sharada@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Rajesh Kasturirangan- Associate Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind.
Current work relates to applying a combination of philosophical argument, mathematical techniques and empirical observations to classical problems in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind, such as the semantics of natural languages, the epistemology of beliefs, the structure of intentionality and consciousness.

Telephone:    91-80-22185148           
Fax:             91-80-22185028
Email:          rkasturi@gmail.com
Website: http://www.rajeshkasturirangan.org

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B V Sreekantan - Visiting Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Cosmic Rays; High Energy Physics;
High Energy Astronomy (170 publications);
and Philosophy of Science-Consciousness Studies

Telephone : 91-80-22185082      
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:         bvsreek@math.tifr.res.in , bvs@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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S Settar -Visiting Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
History and Archaeology

Telephone : 91-80-22185069
Mobile :      9448062760
Fax :          91-80-22185028
Email: settar@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Malavika Kapur - Visiting Professor
School of Humanities

Research Interests: Developmental Psychology, Community Mental Health Programmes for Children and Adolescents in Urban and Rural Schools, Primary Health Care and Anganawadi workers and Development of Assessment Tools and Intervention Packages for Children and Adolescents in the Indian Contextge.

Telephone: 91-80-22185091    
Fax:          91-80-22185028 
Email: malavikakapur@yahoo.co.in

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Samir Karmakar- Research Associate
Cognition Programme

School of Humanities

Telephone:    91-80-22185051        
Fax:             91-80-22185028
Email: samirkrmkr@yahoo.co.in

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Smriti Haricharan- Research Associate
Heritage Science Program
School of Humanities

Research Interests:
Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, landscape alteration, Iron age-early historic period burials, South Indian Archaeology

Telephone:           
Fax:             91-80-22185028
Email: smriti.march.forth@gmail.com

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       School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

P K Shetty - Professor and Dean
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Biosecurity & Agro-ecology, Energy and Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship, Science and Technology Policy Studies.

Phone:       91-80-22185120 
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:        pks@nias.iisc.ernet.in
Homepage: www.pkshetty.org

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Prabhakar G Vaidya - Professor
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Advanced Signal Processing, Cryptography, Application of Mathematics to Biological Sciences.

Telephone: 91-80-22185127
Fax:          91-80-22185028
Email:       pgvaidya@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Anindya Sinha - Professor
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Primate behavioural ecology; cognitive ethology; animal molecular genetics; evolutionary biology; conservation biology; philosophy of biology

Telephone:  91-80-22185117
Fax:           91-80-22185028
Email:        asinha@nias.iisc.ernet.in 

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K Ramachandra - Visiting Professor
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Classical analystical theory of numbers. algebraic numbers, 
transcendental  numbers, diophantine equations,
prime numbers,riemann zeta-function and dirichlet series

Telephone:  91-80-22185123, 22185124        
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:        kram@math.tifrbng.res.in

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Sindhu Radhakrishna - Associate Professor
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Primatology, Behavioural  Ecology, Conservation Biology 

Telephone:  91-80-22185115
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:        sindhu@nias.iisc.ernet.in,
                 sindhu.radhakrishna@gmail.com

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Kshma Lakshman - Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests:
Biopolymers and Fermentation technology, Ecological physiology of microorganisms.
Environmental microbiology, Microbial diversity, Biosecurity, Bioethics and Intellectual property rights.

Telephone:  91-80-22185156
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:        kshama99_1999@yahoo.com

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       School of Social Sciences

Narendar Pani - Professor and Dean
School of Social Sciences

Telephone:  91-80-22185145     
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:        narendar@nias.iisc.ernet.in

 


A R Vasavi - Professor
School of Social Sciences

Research Interests: Sociology of India; Agrarian and Rural Societies; Sociology of Education;
Social and Cultural change, Development Studies

Telephone: 91-80-22185122 
Fax:          91-80-22185028
Email: arvasavi@gmail.com

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N Shantha Mohan - Professor
School of Social Sciences

Telephone:  91-80-22185143           
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:        shantham@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Dilip R Ahuja - ISRO Professor of S & T Policy Studies
School of Social Sciences

Research Interests:
Policy options for addressing global climate change, renewable energy systems, and environmental impacts of biomass and fossil fuel combustion.

Telephone:  91-80-22185135
Fax:           91-80-22185028
Email:        dahuja@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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B K Anitha - Associate Professor
School of Social Sciences

Research Interests:
An educationist by training, has engaged in extensive field based research and theoretical analysis on issues related to education and gender. Her current research interests are in the area of equity and quality of higher education with a focus on science and engineering education; academic leadership, educational management, innovations in higher education and gender, science and technology.

Telephone:  91-80-22185144           
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:        anibk@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Carol Upadhya - Professor
School of Social Sciences

Research Interests:
Theoretical and historical anthropology; development and social transformation in India; globalisation; history of Indian sociology.

Telephone:  91-80-22185141           
Cell:           93413-11453
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:       carol.upadhya@gmail.com carol@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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Solomon Benjamin - Associate Professor
Urban Research and Policy Program
School of Social Sciences

Research Interests:
Urban governance, globalization, land and poverty issues

Telephone:  91-80-22185142         
Fax:           91-80-22185028  
Email:       sollybenj@yahoo.co.in ; benjamin@nias.iisc.ernet.in

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M Amarjeet Singh- Assistant Professor
Conflict Resolution Programme

School of Social Sciences

Research Interests: Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Conflict and Development, Identity Politics and Northeast India

Telephone:  91-80-22185052
Fax:       91-80-22185028  
Email:   amarjeetdelhi@gmail.com  

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Chidambaran G. Iyer- Assistant Professor
RBI Programme on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economic issues

School of Social Sciences

Research Interests: Industrial and Agricultural Economics

Telephone:  91-80-22185052
Fax:       91-80-22185028  
Email:   chidambaran.iyer@gmail.com  

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SS Meenakshisundaram - Visiting Professor
Rural Development and Decentralisation

Advisor: Village Resource Centres Project, ISRO

Research Interests:
Rural development, poverty alleviation and panchayatiraj
Enhancing government capacity and performance through decentralization; Impact of decentralization and economic reforms on rural development in India; Interface between the officials and the elected representatives in the institutions of governance voluntary organisations and local government institutions, empowerment of women in development and governance natural resources management

Telephone: 91-80-22185070      
Fax:          91-80-22185028
Email:       ssms@nias.iisc.ernet.in
                meenakshi54@hotmail.com

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Malati Das - Visiting Professor

Research Interests:
Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Governance, Gender, Social Exclusion, Human Development, People’s Participation and Decentralized Governance


Telephone: 91-80-22185089    
Fax:          91-80-22185028
Email:       malatidas@gmail.com

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D P Sen Gupta - Visiting Professor
School of Social Sciences


Telephone:  91-80-22185062
Fax:     91-80-22185028       
Email:     sengupta.dp@gmail.com

 

 


       International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Rajaram Nagappa - Visiting Professor and Head
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Research Interests:
Rocket and Missile Propulsion

Telephone:  91-80-22185087
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:        r.nagappa@gmail.com

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S Chandrashekar - Visiting Professor
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Telephone:  91-80-22185084
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:         schandra@iimb.ernet.in

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N Ramani - Visiting Professor
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Telephone:  91-80-22185094
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:       narayan.ramani@gmail.com

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Lalitha Sundaresan - Visiting Professor
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Telephone:  91-80-22185116
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:        sundaresan.lalitha@gmail.com

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S Gopal - Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Visiting Professor
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Telephone:  91-80-22185080
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:      muthason@gmail.com

 

 

Manabrata Guha - Assistant Professor
International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Telephone:  91-80-22185053
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:         manav.guha@gmail.com

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Ambassador Saurabh Kumar (Retd)
Shri T V Raman Pai Chair Visiting Professor

Telephone:  91-80-22185079
Fax:           91-80-22185028 
Email:        saurabhkumar1610@gmail.com

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Honorary Professors


S.Balachandra Rao


V.J. Sundaram, Lt. General

 

 

Administration

P Srinivasa Aithal - Head Administration

Telephone: 91-080-22185020, 22185000
Fax: 91-080-22185028 
Email: admin@nias.iisc.ernet.in

       Library

Hamsa Kalyani - Deputy Librarian

Telephone: 91-080-22185022, 22185000
Email: hamsakalyani@yahoo.co.in

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