Indian Council of World Affairs

Members of Governing Body

Sr. No.

Name & Designation

1

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
President of the Council
Hon’ble Vice President of India

2

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

3

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

4

Shri Sitaram Yechury
Vice President of the Council
Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

5

Dr. T C A Raghavan
Director General
Indian Council of World Affairs

6

Shri Salman Haidar, IFS (Retd.)
Former Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

7

Shri Sheel Kant Sharma, IFS (Retd.)

8

Prof. Girijesh Pant
Former Vice Chancellor of Doon University
(Former Dean, SIS, JNU)

9

Shri Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, IFS (Retd.)

10

Shri Vijay Gokhale
Foreign Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs

11

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

12

Shri J.S. Mukul 
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. Arun Goel
Secretary
Ministry of Culture