Information as may be prescribed

1. Name & details of  current Transparency Officer(TO), First Appellate Authority(FAA) and Central Public Information Officer(CPIO)

(a) Current Transparency Officer
Current TO: Dr. Neelam Jain Gupta, Chief Scientist, TO from 03.06.2025

(b) Current First Appellate Authority
Current FAA: Dr. K. Ravinder, Chief Scientist, FAA from 13.01.2023
Alternate FAA: Smt. Lalita Jangpangi, Sr Principal Scientist, in absence of Dr. K. Ravinder on leave/ tour etc. FAA from 13.01.2023

(c) Current Central Public Information Officer
Current CPIO: Sh. Rajesh Rana, Sr. Technical Officer(3), CPIO from 01.12.2025
Alternate CPIO: Dr. A.K.Sagar, Chief Scientist in absence of Sh. Rajesh Rana on leave/ tour etc. CPIO from 01.11.2023

Name & details of  Earlier TO, FAAs and CPIOs

(a) Earlier Transparency Officer
Dr. Niraj Sharma, Chief Scientist, TO from 09.02.2024 to 31-05-2025

(b) EarlierFirst Appellate Authoritys from 01.01.2015
Shri T.K.Amla, FAA from 01.01.2015 to 31.3.2017
Dr. Neelima Chakrabarty, FAA from 11.10.2018 to 12.01.2023

(c) Earlier Central Public Information Officers from 01.01.2015
Shri R.K.Swam, CPIO from 01.01.2015 to 15.12.2015
Shri J.B.Sengupta, CPIO from 16.12.2015 to 31.03.2017
Dr. A.K.Sagar, CPIO from 01.04.2017 to 29.06.2020
Shri Naresh Kumar Sharma, CPIO from 30.06.2020 to 31.10.2023
Ms. Kamini Gupta, CPIO from 01.11.2023 to 30.11.2025

2. Details of third party audit of Voluntary Disclosure

(a) Dates of audit conducted i) Year 2019-20 - 18-06-2020, ii) Year 2020-21 - 03-03-2021 and iii) Year 2021-22 - 01-07-2022 , iv) Year 2022-23 - 26-07-2023 , v) Year 2023-24 - 26-06-2024
vi) Year 2024-25 - 29-07-2025
(b) Reports of audit conducted:
Transparency Audit report for the year 2019-2020 (921.9 KB)
Transparency Audit report for the year 2020-2021 (497.95 KB)
Transparency Audit report for the year 2021-2022 (68.46 KB)
Transparency Audit report for the year 2022-2023 (70.43 KB)
Transparency Audit report for the year 2023-2024 (72.93 KB)
Transparency Audit report for the year 2024-2025 (78.16 KB)

3. Appointment of Nodal Officers not below the rank of Joint Secretary/ Additional HoD

(a) Date of appointment : Not Applicable
(b) Name & Designation of the officers : Not Applicable

4. Consultancy committee of key stake holders for advice on suo-motu disclosure

(a) Dates from which constituted - Not Applicable

(b) Name & Designation of the officers - Not Applicable

5. Committee of PIOs/FAAs with rich experience in RTI to identify frequently sought information under RTI

(a) Dates from which constituted : 09.02.2024

(b) Name & Designation of the Officers : Dr. K. Ravinder, FAA and Ms. Kamini Gupta, CPIO (w.e.f. 01-11-2023) and all the Heads of Divisions/ Sections in CSIR- CRRI