Research Advisory Committee (RAC)

Apex body which gives overall direction for research activity in the institute and it also reviews the research progress. The recommendations of the committee are approved by the Council. The committee has a panel of experts drawn from different fields in which the institute undertakes research activity. The duration of the committee is for three years. The committee meets once in a year. The constitution of the XX committee is as follows:

Name	Designation
Prof. (Dr) S. M. Ishtiaque, Former Dy. Director (A), IIT Delhi, Former Director, NITRA, Ghaziabad, Emeritus Professor, Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering	Chairman
Dr. Y. G. Prasad, Former Director, ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur	Member
Dr. Shiv Kumar, Director (Acting), ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi	Member
Dr. T. V. Sreekumar, Director, The Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), Mumbai	Member
Dr. Umesh Ghanekar, Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra	Member
Dr. K. Narsaiah, Assistant Director General (PE), Agricultural Engineering Division, ICAR, New Delhi	Member
Dr. S. K. Shukla, Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai	Member
Dr. V.G. Arude, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai	Member-Secretary