Dr. Bhan Takes Additional Charge as Director General, CSIR

Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, has taken over the additional charge as Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, for a period of three months with effect from January 5, 2007.

Dr. Bhan’s appointment comes in the wake of the approval by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, after Dr. V. Prakash, Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute of CSIR, who was earlier selected to succeed Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, expressed his inability to join on medical grounds.

Dr. Mashelkar retired on 31 December 2006.

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : January 08, 2007