Indian Council of World Affairs

Members of Governing Body

Sr. No.

Name & Designation

1

Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
Hon’ble Vice President of India
President of the Council

2

Dr. S. Jaishankar
Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs
Vice-President of the Council

3

Shri P. P. Chaudhary
Hon'ble Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee of the
Ministry of External Affairs
Vice-President of the Council

4

Shri Rajiv Kumar
Former Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog & Vice-President of the Council

5

Ambassador Vijay Thakur Singh
Director General
Indian Council of World Affairs

6

Ms. Preeti Saran
Chair, Finance Committee
Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India 

7

Dr. Sanjaya Baru
Chair, Programme Committee
Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institution of India

8

Shri Swapan Dasgupta
Eminent Journalist and
Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

9

Dr. Gurmeet Singh
Chair, Research Committee
Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry University

10

Shri Vinay Kwatra
Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

11

Shri Manoj Sahay
Addl. Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs &
FA, ICWA

12

Shri Sanjiv Ranjan 
Dean (SSIFS), Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service,
Ministry of External Affairs

13

Shri Giridhar Armane
Defence Secretary
Ministry of Defence

14

Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar
Secretary
Dept. of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology

15

Shri. Govind Mohan
Secretary
Ministry of Culture