• Prof. B Ravindran, Professor Emeritus and Former Director, Institute of Life Science (DBT-ILS), Bhubaneswar – Chairperson
  • Prof. Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA.
  • Prof. Gagandeep Kang, Dept. of Gastroenterology, CMC, Vellore and Former Executive Director, DBT-THSTI, Faridabad.
  • Dr. Satyajit Rath, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
  • Dr Dinakar Salunke, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi
  • Prof. Helen Skaer, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Prof. Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor, Simons Center for the Social Brain, MIT, Harvard, USA
  • Dr. K Thangaraj, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (DBT-CDFD), Hyderabad
  • Prof. Vidita Vaidya, Department of Biological Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
  • Prof. Umesh Varshney, J. N. Tata Chair Professor, Dean, Faculty of Science, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 

             Prof. Maneesha S Inamdar, Director, DBT-inStem, Bangalore
             Dr. Kamakshi Chaitri, DBT Nodal Officer, iBRIC-inStem