Governing Body

The management of the affairs of the Council is entrusted to the Governing Body of this Council. The constitution of the Governing Body is as under

1. Minister for Health and F.W. President

2. MOS for Health and Family Welfare Vice-President I

3. Dr. N.C. Ganguly Director General
ICMR, New Delhi Vice-President II

4. Secretary (AYUSH), Member

5. Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser Member

6. Joint Secretary (AYUSH) Member

Non-Official Members
Experts in Ayurveda

1. Dr. Narendra Bhatt

Vice-President,
Ayurveda Drug Manufacturers Association

2. Dr. Balendu Prakash

Physician at CP Memorial Foundation,
Dehradun.

3. Dr. C.K. Katiyar

Director R & D,
Herbal Division,
Ranbaxy Laboratories,
Gurgaon.

4. Dr. P.R. Ramesh

Physician,
Arya Vaidyasala,
Kottakkal,
New Delhi.

5. Dr. V.R. Seshadri

Secretary and CEO,
IMPCOPS,
Chennai

6. Dr. (Ms.) P.V. Tiwari Ex-Dean

Faculty of Ayurveda,
BHU, Varanasi.

Experts in Siddha

1. Dr.G.Veluchamy

No-24, Chokkanathar Street,
Karthikeyan Nagar,
Maduravayil, Chennai-95.
Ph-044 23780327, 23780735.

2. Dr.P.Jeyaprakash Narayanan

No.70, Panchali Amman Kovil Street,
Arumbakkam, Chennai-106.
Ph-09884012532

3. Dr. A.Kumaravel

Vice Principal,
Santhigiri Siddha Medical College,
Koliyacode (Post)
Thiruvananthapuram
Ph-09840822484/p

4. Dr. Palanichamy

250/2-HIG flats,
Pioneer Colony,
Annan agar West Ext.
Chennai-101.
Ph-09444045497

5. Dr.V.Subramaniyan

Principal,
Sri Sai Ram Siddha Medical College,
Sai Leo Nagar, west Thambaram,
Chennai-600044.
Ph-044 22212851,044 32507771.

6. Dr. T.Anandan

Assistant Director,
Central Research Institute for Siddha
A.A.G.H.I.M-Campus
Arumbakkam, Chennai-106.
Ph-044 26214925

7. Dr.V.Arunachalam

Principal,
Santhigiri Siddha Medical College,
Koliyacode (Post)
Thiruvananthapuram
Ph-0471-2410316.

Modern Medicine Expert

1. Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy

Deputy Director General,
ICMR, New Delhi.

Pharmacology Expert

1. Dr. Y.K. Gupta

Prof. & Head of the Department of Pharmacology,
AIIMS, New Delhi.

Chemistry Expert

1. Dr. G.N. Qazi

Director, Regional Research Laboratory,
Jammu.

Botany Expert

1. Dr. P. Pushpangadhan Former Director, NBRI

Ex-Officio Member:

1. Director, National Institute for Ayurveda, Jaipur.

2. Director, Central Research Institute (Siddha), Chennai

3. Director, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai

4. Dr. Ramesh Babu Devalla, Director General, CCRAS, Member-Secretary

The tenure of appointment of Non-Official Members shall be for a period of three years from the date of their nomination to the Governing Body.