Council of Scientific Advisers

Council Members

The Council of Scientific Advisers (CSA) is composed of fifteen eminent scientists and technologists in the substantive fields of ICGEB. The members of the Council are elected by the Board of Governors, with the Director of ICGEB serving as the Secretary. The members of the CSA hold office for a period of three years and are eligible for reappointment for two further periods of three years. The main functions of the CSA include:

- examining the draft work programme and the budget of the Centre and making recommendations to the Board of Governors;
- reviewing the implementation of the approved work programme and reporting back to the Board;
- elaborating on the medium and long-term prospectives of the Centre's programmes and planning, including specialised and new fields of research, and making recommendations to the Board;
- assisting the Director on all substantive, scientific and technical matters concerning the activities of the Centre, including co-operation with Affiliated Centres and Networks;
- approving safety regulations for the research work of the Centre.

The CSA holds a regular session once a year, generally alternating the meetings between the three Component laboratories in Trieste, New Delhi and Cape Town.

The sixteenth session of the CSA will be held from 8-9 November, 2010 in Trieste, Italy.