The Consortium operates through its Headquarter set-up at the INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar and Ministry of Education provides funds required for subscription to electronic resources for Universities, Colleges and Centrally Funded Technical Institutions in India.
The Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD) has constituted the National Advisory Committee for e-Shodh Sindhu to advise and guide the Consortium on rates negotiated by it as well as on collaborative services between MoE-funded institutions. The e-Shodh Sindhu is being operated by the INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar under the overall guidance of a National Steering Committee that guides and steers the activities of the Consortium. The National Steering Committee is responsible for operational aspects of the Consortium. The Committee decides on e-resources to be subscribed from various publishers for numbers beneficiary institutions. The Negotiation Committee is responsible for negotiating the rates of subscriptions of e-resources under Consortium.
| Sl. No. | Members of the Committee | Name of the Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secretary (HE), MoE (Ex-Officio) | Mr. K Sanjay Murthy |
| 2 | Additional Secretary (TE), MoE & Mission Director, NMEICT (Ex-Officio) | Mr. Rakesh Ranjan |
| 3 | Joint Secretary (HE), MoE (Ex-Officio) | -- |
| 4 | Additional Secretary (TEL), MoE (Ex-Officio) | Mr. Vineet Joshi |
| 5 | JS & FA, MoE (Ex-Officio) | Ms Darshana M Dabral |
| 6 | Chairman, UGC (Ex-Officio) | Prof. D P Singh |
| 7 | Chairman, AICTE (Ex-Officio) | Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe |
| 8 | Adviser, (Higher Education) NITI Aayog, New Delhi (Ex-Officio) | -- |
| 9 | Librarian, IIT Delhi (Ex-Officio) | Dr. Nabi Hasan |
| 10 | Domain Expert | Prof. Asoke Kumar Sen, Dean, Science, Assam University |
| 11 | Domain Expert | Prof. Pratosh Bansal, Professor of IT, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore |
| 12 | Domain Expert | Dr. T.S. Kumbar, Librarian, IIT Gandhinagar |
| 13 | Domain Expert | Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Librarian, Assam University, Silchar |
| 14 | Director, IIT Delhi (Ex-Officio) | Prof V Ramgopal Rao |
| 15 | Director, IISER, Mohali (Ex-Officio) | Prof. J Gowrishankar |
| 16 | Director, IIT Bombay (Ex-Officio) | Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri |
| 17 | Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad (Ex-Officio) | Prof Appa Rao Podile |
| 18 | Vice Chancellor, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Ex-Officio) | Prof. Keshari Lal Verma |
| 19 | President, Manipal University, Jaipur (Ex-Officio) | Dr G K Prabhu |
| 20 | NAC Nominated Member | Dr Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| 21 | NAC Nominated Member | Prof. P P Das, Professor, Dept of Computer Science, IIT Kharagpur |
| 22 | Joint Secretary (SE-I), Department of SEL, MoE | Mr Maneesh Garg |
| 23 | NAC Nominated Member | Prof. Huzar Saran, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi |
| 24 | Director, INFLIBNET Centre (Convener) | Prof J P Singh Joorel |
| Sl. No. | Members of the Committee | Name of the Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chairman | Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
| 2 | Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University | Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla |
| 3 | Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai | Prof Suhas Pednekar |
| 4 | Vice Chancellor, VIT University | Dr. Rambabu Kodali |
| 5 | Vice Chancellor, IGNOU | Prof. Nageshwar Rao |
| 6 | Vice Chancellor, NLS Bengaluru | Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy |
| 7 | Director, IIT Madras | Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi |
| 8 | Director, NIT Surathkal | Prof Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao |
| 9 | Director, IISER Pune | Prof Jayant B Udgaonkar |
| 10 | Director, IIM Kolkata | Prof. Subir Bhattacharya |
| 11 | Director, IISc Bengaluru | Prof. Govindan Rangarajan |
| 12 | Director, IIIT Kancheepuram | Prof Banshidhar Majhi |
| 13 | Director, IIT Guwahati | Prof. Dr. T. G. Sitharam |
| 14 | One Domain expert | Prof Ajit Kembhavi, Emeritus Professor, IUCAA, Pune |
| 15 | Librarian, IIT Delhi (Ex-Officio) | Dr. Nabi Hasan |
| 16 | Coordinator (CeRA) (Ex-Officio) | -- |
| 17 | Coordinator, NKRC (CSIR and DST) (Ex-Officio) | Mr Mukesh A. Pund |
| 18 | Coordinator, DelCON (DBT) (Ex-Officio) | Dr. D D Lal |
| 19 | Coordinator, DRDO Consortium (DRDO) (Ex-Officio) | Mrs Alka Bansal |
| 20 | Coordinator, MoES Consortium (Ex-Officio) | Dr. Prabir G. Dastidar |
| 21 | Dy. Secretary, TEL (MoE) | -- |
| 22 | Joint Secretary (IUC), UGC (Ex-Officio) | Dr (Mrs) Manju Singh |
| 23 | Additional Secretary (TE), MoE (Ex-Officio) | Mr. Rakesh Ranjan |
| 24 | Director, INFLIBNET Centre (Convener) | Prof J P Singh Joorel |
| Sl. No. | Members of the Committee | Name of the Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chairman | Prof Virander Singh Chauhan |
| 2 | Nominee, NSC | Dr Anand T Byrappa, Librarian, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru |
| 3 | Nominee, NSC | Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| 4 | Nominee, INFLIBNET GB | Prof Rajesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur |
| 5 | Nominee, INFLIBNET GB | Prof K P Singh, Dept of Library & Information Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi |
| 6 | One member from Integrated Finance, Division of MoE | To be nominated by JS & FA, MoE |
| 7 | One member from TEL Bureau | To be nominated by AS(TE), MoE |
| 8 | Senior Scientist, In-charge of e-Shodh Sindhu, INFLIBNET Centre (Ex-Officio) | Mr Ashok Kumar Rai, Scientist E (CS) |
| 9 | Coordinator (CeRA) (Ex-Officio) | Dr P S Pandey, Assistant Director General (EP&HS) & Nodal Officer, CeRA |
| 10 | Coordinator, NKRC (CSIR and DST) (Ex-Officio) | Mr Mukesh A Pund |
| 11 | Coordinator, DelCON (DBT) (Ex-Officio) | Dr D D Lal |
| 12 | Coordinator, DRDO Consortium (DRDO) (Ex-Officio) | Sh Kuldeep Singh, Scientist-G & Coordinator |
| 13 | Coordinator, ERMED Consortium (Ex-Officio) | Dr Hitendra Kumar Loh, Director, National Medical Library, New Delhi |
| 14 | Member from New IIT | Dr Dinesh Siddaiah, Librarian, IIT Ropar |
| 15 | Member from IIM | Dr M K Singh, Librarian, IIM Lucknow |
| 16 | Member from NIT | Dr Mallikarjun Angadi, Librarian, NIT Surathkal |
| 17 | Member from IISER | Dr P Visakhi, Librarian, IISER, Mohali |
| 18 | Member from Central University | Dr D K Singh, Librarian, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
| 19 | Member from State University | Dr Suparna Sengupta, Librarian, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh |
| 20 | Director, INFLIBNET Centre (Convener) | Prof J P Singh Joorel |
The National Steering Committee of e-Shodh Sindhu has constituted two committees (one for CFTIs and other for University and Colleges)to consider the requests for new e-resources from members as well as evaluatation the existing e-resources under e-ShodhSindhu and recommend for renewal/subscriptions to NSC. The Members of the committees are given below:
| Sl. No. | Members of the Committee |
|---|---|
| 1 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IISc Bengaluru (Chairman) |
| 2 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIT Delhi |
| 3 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIT Kharagpur |
| 4 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIT Gwahati |
| 5 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIT Gandhiangar |
| 6 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIT Bhubaneshwar |
| 7 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIM Ahmedabad |
| 8 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IIM Raipur |
| 9 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, IISER Bhopal |
| 10 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, NIT Kurukshetra |
| 11 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, NIT Calicut |
| 12 | One Nominee, Chairman, NSC e-Shodh Sindhu |
| 13 | Director, INFLIBNET Centre (Convener) |
| Sl. No. | Members of the Committee |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (Chairman) |
| 2 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, Delhi University, Delhi |
| 3 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, Pondicherry University, Puducherry |
| 4 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, University of Mumbai, Mumbai |
| 5 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, University of Calcutta, Kolkata |
| 6 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, National Law University, New Delhi |
| 7 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, Assam University, Silchar, Assam |
| 8 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur |
| 9 | Professor-in-Charge/Librarian, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
| 10 | One Nominee, Chairman, NSC e-Shodh Sindhu |
| 11 | Director, INFLIBNET Centre (Convener) |