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President
Prof. Partha Pratim Majumder
Vice-Presidents

Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay
Prof. Debatosh Guha                                 

Secretary
Dr. Arun Bandyopadhyay
Editor Prof. Satyabrata Pal

Treasurer

Dr. Snehasikta Swarnakar

Members

Prof. Amitava Datta
Prof. Biswapati Mandal
Prof. Amita Pal
Prof. Surajit Chattopadhyay
Prof. Tapan Ganguly
Dr. Uday Bandyopadhyay
Dr. Goutam De
Prof. Subrata Ghosh
Dr. P. Sujatha Devi
Dr. Manas Pratim Das  

Immediate Past President

Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay

Sectional Committees (2012 - 2013)

Sectional Committee I: Mathematical Sciences 
Prof. Satyabrata Pal,  (Convener), Prof. Ayanendranath Basu, Prof. Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri, Prof. Manabendra Nath Mukherjee, Prof. Sudeshna Banerjea, Prof. Indrajit Lahiri

Sectional Committee II: Physical Sciences 
Prof. Aswini Ghosh  (Convener), Prof. Debnarayan Jana, Prof. Pabitra K. Chakrabarty, Prof. Indranil Das, Prof. Tapan Ganguly

Sectional Committee III: Chemical Sciences 
Prof. Surajit Chattopadhyay  (Convener ) Prof Subrata Ghosh, Prof Samaresh Bhattacharya, Prof Ashutosh Ghosh, Prof Nitin Chattopadhyay,  Prof Subhas Chandra Bhattacharyya, Dr. P. Sujatha Devi.

Sectional Committee IV: Engineering and Technology 
Prof. Amitava Datta (Convener), Dr. R. N. Basu, Prof. Debatosh Guha, Prof, Bhabani Prasad Sinha, Prof. Mita Nasipuri, Prof. Ujjwal Maulik,  Prof. N. R. Bandyopadhyay

Sectional Committee V: Earth and Planetary Sciences 
Prof. Nibir Mandal  (Convener), Prof. Anindya Sarkar, Dr. Santanu Bose, Prof. Sumit Ray,  Prof. Bijan Saha, Dr. Anupendu Guha, Prof. Sudipta Sengupta.

Sectional Committee I: Mathematical Sciences 
Prof. Satyabrata Pal,  (Convener), Prof. Ayanendranath Basu, Prof. Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri, Prof. Manabendra Nath Mukherjee, Prof. Sudeshna Banerjea, Prof. Indrajit Lahiri

Sectional Committee II: Physical Sciences 
Prof. Aswini Ghosh  (Convener), Prof. Debnarayan Jana, Prof. Pabitra K. Chakrabarty, Prof. Indranil Das, Prof. Tapan Ganguly

Sectional Committee III: Chemical Sciences 
Prof. Surajit Chattopadhyay  (Convener ) Prof Subrata Ghosh, Prof Samaresh Bhattacharya, Prof Ashutosh Ghosh, Prof Nitin Chattopadhyay,  Prof Subhas Chandra Bhattacharyya, Dr. P. Sujatha Devi.

Sectional Committee IV: Engineering and Technology 
Prof. Amitava Datta (Convener), Dr. R. N. Basu, Prof. Debatosh Guha, Prof, Bhabani Prasad Sinha, Prof. Mita Nasipuri, Prof. Ujjwal Maulik,  Prof. N. R. Bandyopadhyay

Sectional Committee V: Earth and Planetary Sciences 
Prof. Nibir Mandal  (Convener), Prof. Anindya Sarkar, Dr. Santanu Bose, Prof. Sumit Ray,  Prof. Bijan Saha, Dr. Anupendu Guha, Prof. Sudipta Sengupta.

Sectional Committee VI: Plant Sciences 
Prof. Amita Pal (Convener),  Dr. Pratip Pal, Prof. Sumita Jha, Prof. Maitrayee Das Gupta, Prof. Kashinath Bhattacharya, Prof. Subir Bera  .

Sectional Committee VII: Animal Sciences 

Dr. Sib Sankar Roy (Convener ),  Prof. Dilip Mukherjee , Prof. Saumen Kumar Maitra, Dr. Ashok Kumar Giri, Dr. Subhash Chandra Biswas,  Dr. Mahitosh Mandal.

Sectional Committee VIII: Medical and Veterinary Sciences 
Dr. Asish K Mukhopadhyay (Convenor),   Prof. Amiya Hati,  Dr. Manoj Kumar Chakraborti, Dr. Parthasarathi Bhattacharya, Prof. Bibhuti Saha,  Dr. Amit Ghosh, Prof. Somnath Roy

Sectional Committee IX: Biochemistry and Biophysics 
Prof. Gaurisankar Sa (Convener ),  Prof.  Parimal C Sen,  Prof. Tanya Das
Dr.  Susanta Roychaudhury,  Prof.  Papiya Nandi,  Dr. Mrinal K. Ghosh

Sectional Committee X: Agriculture and Forestry 

Prof. Biswapati Mandal (Convener ), Dr. P. K. Ghosh, Dr. H. Pathak, Prof. Somnath Bhattacharjyya, Dr. Anirban Roy, Dr. Arin Ghosh, Dr.H.S. Sen,

Sectional Committee XI: Social Sciences 

Prof. Papiya Nandy (Convenor), Sk.E.Islam, Shri G.S.Rautela, Dr. Ambika Charan Banerjee, Dr. Sushil Mitra, Dr. Manas Pratim Das, Dr. Shree Bhagwan Roy, Dr. Amalesh Mukhopadhyay

Sectional Committee XII: Environmental Sciences 
Prof. Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay (Convener), Prof. Aloke Mookerjea, Prof. Sudip Banerjee, Prof. Anup Kr. Mitra, Dr. Arunava Majumdar, Prof. Joydeep Mukherjee.

Permanent Invitees

Prof. Maitree Bhattacharyya, Director, JBNSTS
Prof. Arun Lahiri Majumder, Member NASI Kolkata Chapter,
Prof. Shyamal Roy

To promote the academic activities
there are 12 sections with a Convener in each section
 

Mathematical Sciences  Physical Sciences  Chemical Sciences
 Engineering & Technology   Earth & Planetary Sciences  Plant Sciences  
  Animal Sciences    Medical & Veterinary Sciences  Bio-chemistry and Bio-physics  
 
  Agriculture  & Forests   Social Sciences   Environmental Sciences  

Fellows of the Academy
The Academy has, at present, about 350 Fellows including the Foundation Fellows. Each year the Council nominates a maximum of 25 fellows in respect of its 12 sections. The scientists and technologists from various disciplines have now constituted the body of the Academy. The Academy also nominates Honorary Fellows to outstanding personalities like Dr. A.P. Mitra, Dr. Ashis Datta, Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Prof. Rustom Roy and Prof. Amartya Sen (nominated).


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