Team Details
Principal Investigator(s)
Co-Principal Investigator(s)
Co-Principal Investigator(s)
Dr. V. B. Mathur
Former Director WII
August 2014 – August 2019
Former Director WII
August 2014 – August 2019
Dr. Pratap Singh
Scientist G
August 2014 – January 2020
Scientist G
August 2014 – January 2020
Dr. Krishnamurthy Ramesh
Scientist F
Scientist F
Dr. G. S. Rawat
Former Director WII
Sept 2019 – Nov 2019
Former Director WII
Sept 2019 – Nov 2019
Dr. Asha Rajvanshi
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Dr. J. Antony Johnson
Scientist F
Scientist F
Dr. Dhananjai Mohan
Former Director WII
Jan 2020 – Aug 2020
Former Director WII
Jan 2020 – Aug 2020
Dr. Ruchi Badola
Scientist G
Scientist G
Dr. Gautam Talukdar
Scientist F
Scientist F
Nodal Scientist DST NMSHE
Dr. S. Sathyakumar
Scientist G
Dr. S. Sathyakumar
Scientist G
Dr. Virendra P. Uniyal
Scientist G
Scientist G
Dr. Abhijit Das
Scientist E
Scientist E
Dr. Kuppusamy Sivakumar
Scientist F
Scientist F
Project Personnel
Dr. Tapajit Bhattacharya – Project Scientist
Dr. Soumya Dasgupta – Project Scientist
Mr. Arun Kumar – Project Scientist
Mrs. Sujata Upgupta – Project Scientist
Dr. Vineet K. Dubey – Project Scientist
Dr. Nishikant Gupta – Project Scientist
Dr. Ishwari Datt Rai – Project Scientist
Dr. Devendra Kumar – Project Associate
Dr. Manish Bhardwaj – Project Associate
Dr. Soumya Dasgupta – Project Scientist
Mr. Arun Kumar – Project Scientist
Mrs. Sujata Upgupta – Project Scientist
Dr. Vineet K. Dubey – Project Scientist
Dr. Nishikant Gupta – Project Scientist
Dr. Ishwari Datt Rai – Project Scientist
Dr. Devendra Kumar – Project Associate
Dr. Manish Bhardwaj – Project Associate
Ms. Ranjana Pal – SRF
Ms. Aashna Sharma – SRF
Ms. Pamela Bhattacharya – SRF
Ms. Tanvi Gaur – SRF
Mr. Shashank Arya – SRF
Mr. Naitik G. Patel – JRF
Ms. Aashna Sharma – SRF
Ms. Pamela Bhattacharya – SRF
Ms. Tanvi Gaur – SRF
Mr. Shashank Arya – SRF
Mr. Naitik G. Patel – JRF
Ms. Priyanka Kashyap – PF
Mr. Prashant Tariyal – PF
Ms. Shagun Thakur – PA
Mr. Shuvendu Das – PA
Ms. Anshu Panwar – PA
Ms. Gunjan Gulati – PA
Ms. Neha Aswal – PA
Mr. Amar Pal Singh – PA
Mr. Nikhil Singh Kahera – PA
Ms. Monika Bist – PA
Ms. Malvika Pandey – PA
Mr. Prashant Tariyal – PF
Ms. Shagun Thakur – PA
Mr. Shuvendu Das – PA
Ms. Anshu Panwar – PA
Ms. Gunjan Gulati – PA
Ms. Neha Aswal – PA
Mr. Amar Pal Singh – PA
Mr. Nikhil Singh Kahera – PA
Ms. Monika Bist – PA
Ms. Malvika Pandey – PA
Principal Investigator(s)
Shri Virendra R Tiwari
Former Director WII
2022–2025
Dr. G. S. Bharadwaj
Director WII
2025–onwards
Nodal Scientist DST NMSHE
Dr. S. Sathyakumar
Scientist G
2022–2025
Dr. J. A. Johnson
Scientist F
2025–onwards
Co-Principal Investigator(s)
Dr. Ruchi Badola
Scientist G
Dr. Krishnamurthy Ramesh
Scientist F
Dr. R. Suresh Kumar
Scientist F
Dr. Gautam Talukdar
Scientist F
Dr. Abhijit Das
Scientist E
Dr. Navendu Page
Scientist C
Dr. Ashish Jha
Scientist C
Mr. Ritesh Gautam
Scientist C
Project Personnel
Project Scientist
Dr. Vineet K. Dubey
Dr. Ranjana Pal
Senior Project Associate
Dr. Aashna Sharma
Dr. Priyanka Kashyap
Ms. Shagun Thakur
Dr. Irina Das Sarkar
Mr. Ankit Singh
Senior Research Associate
Ms. Pooja Pant
Ms. Deepali Bansal
Mr. Krishnendu Banerjee
Junior Research Associate
Mr. Himanshu Borah
Ms. Meghavi Purophit
Mr. Anuj Joshi
Mr. Ahmed Omar Haroon
Ms. Lakshita Bhati
Junior Research Associate
Ms. Manisha Mathela
Ms. Amarjeet Kaur
Mr. Anand Sharma
Project Assistant
Mr. Rakshit Rayal
Ms. Tuheina Thakur
Ms. Sameera Hindalekar
