Composition

The composition of the GEAC has been prescribed in Rules 1989 as given below:

Chairman- Special Secretary/Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC); Co-Chairman - Representative of Department of Biotechnology.

Members: Representative of concerned Agencies and Departments, namely, Ministry of Industrial Development, Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Atomic Energy.

Expert members: Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Director General of Health Services, Plant Protection Adviser, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and storage, Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board and three outside experts in individual capacity.

Member Secretary: An official of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

The committee may co-opt other members/experts as necessary.

The present composition of GEAC is as follows:
Chairman
Shri Naresh Pal Gangwar
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Aliganj, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Co- Chairman
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Scientist H,
Department of Biotechnology,
Block 2 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Vice-Chairman
Ms. Rita Khanna
Advisor
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Aliganj, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Member
Dr. Satish Wate
Former Director
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Nagpur- 440020
Member
Dr. H. K. Sharma
Director
National Institute of Technology, Agartala,
Tripura- 799 046
Member
Dr. Dinkar M. Salunkhe
Director
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
New Delhi-110 067
Member
Dr. S. J. Rahman
Professor & Univ. Head of Entomology
Agricultural Research Institute (ARI),
Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agri. University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030
Member
Dr. Vinay K. Nandicoori
Director,
CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Hyderabad - 500 007
Member
Dr. J. P. Shukla
Scientist
CSIR-Advanced Materials and Process Research Institute
Bhopal- 462 026
Member
Dr. U. S. N. Murthy
Director,
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Guwahati- 781 101
Member
Dr. Chaitanya Joshi
Director
Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Gandhinagar
Gujarat- 382 011
Member
Dr. Rekha S. Singhal
Professor
Food Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology
Mumbai- 400 019
Member
Dr. Nitin K Jain
Scientist F
Department of Biotechnology
Block 2 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Member
Dr. P. Suprasanna
Scientific Officer H (Retd.)
Biosciences group
BARC, Mumbai-400085
Member
Ms. Shruti Singh
Joint Secretary, IPR
Department for Promotion Of Industry And Internal Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi 110011
Member
Dr. D.K. Yadav
ADG (Seed), Crop Science Division
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
Member
Dr. Geeta Jotwani
Scientist G
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Ramalingaswami Bhavan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi—110029
Member
Dr. Sanjeev Khosla
Director
CSIR-Institute Of Microbial Technology
Chandigarh- 160 036
Member
Dr. P.K. Dass
Department of Anatomy LHMC & Associated hospitals
New Delhi- 110 001
Member
Dr. J.P. Singh
Addl. Plant Protection Adviser(APPA)
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, NH IV,
Faridabad-121001. New Delhi
Member
Shri V.P. Yadav
Scientist F
Central Pollution Control Board
Parivesh Bhawan, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi-110 032
Member
Dr. V. G. Somani
Drugs Controller General of India
Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, FDA Bhavan, ITO
Kotla Road, New Delhi -110002
Member
Dr. Triveni Dutt
Director
ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Bareilly (UP) - 243122
Member
Dr. Alka Rao
Principal Scientist, Protein Science and Engineering & Adjunct Associate Professor, AcSIR
# P206, GNR Protein Centre, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Sector 39-A
Chandigarh-160036
Member
Shri Sunil Kumar Bakshi
Head, Regulation
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla
New Delhi - 110002
Member Secretary
Dr. Satyendra Kumar
Director, CS-III Division
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Aliganj, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi - 110 003