Prof. R. A. Mashelkar

Prof. R. A. Mashelkar Mashelkar

Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), India

Fellow of Royal Society (FRS)

CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow National Chemical Laboratory National Research Professor, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

President, Global Research Alliance (network of publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and USA)

  • Board of Directors of several reputed companies, including the Scientific Advisory Board of the Microsoft
  • Chairman of India’s National Innovation Foundation, Reliance Innovation Council, Thermax Innovation Council and Marico Innovation Foundation
  • Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for over eleven years
  • President (former), Indian National Science Academy
  • President (former), Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK)
  • Member (former), Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
  • Chairman (former), Standing Committee on Information Technology of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
  • Member (former), International Intellectual Property Rights Commission of UK Government
  • Vice Chairman (former), Commission in Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) set up by World Health Organization (WHO)