Indian Council of World Affairs

Members of Governing Body

Sr. No.

Name & Designation

1

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
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
Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog

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
Former Secretary General, FICCI

8

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

9

Shri Swapan Dasgupta
Eminent Journalist and Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

10

Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

11

Shri Raj Kumar Goyal
Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser
Ministry of External Affairs & FA, ICWA

12

Shri Arun Chatterjee 
Dean (FSI)
Ministry of External Affairs

13

Dr. Ajay Kumar
Secretary
Ministry of Defence

14

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Secretary
Dept. of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology

15

Shri. Raghvendra Singh
Secretary
Ministry of Culture