A.B. Ghosh
P. Kulhara
Abraham Varghese
Prasanna Raj
A. K. Agarwal
P. Raghurami Reddy
Ajit V. Bhide
R. Ponnudurai
Col. G. R. Golecha
R. Srinivasa Murthy
G. G. Prabhu
R. Sathianathan
Indira Sharma
S. C. Malik
J. W. Sabhaney
S. C. Tiwari
K. A. Kumar
S. Kalyanasundaram
K. Kuruvilla
Shridhar Sharma
Narendra N. Wig
S.M.Channabasavanna
P. K. Dalal

International Advisory Board

Abdel Hamid. F. Al-Ali - TAIF, K.S.A.
Alan Gelenberg - USA
Allan Tasman - USA
Anand Pandurangi - USA
Asha Mishra - USA
Bruce Singh - Australia
Choudhary AN - UK
Daniel R.Wilson - USA
David Richard Hampson - Canada
Dinesh Bhugra - UK
George Christodoulou - Greece
George E. Vaillant - USA
Ghanshyam N. Pandey - USA
Glen Bryan Baker - Canada
Harischandra Gambheera - Sri Lanka
Haroon Rashid Chaudhury - Pakistan
Helen Herrman - Australia
J. Sreenivasaraghavan - USA
Joesph Calabrese - USA
Jonathan M. Meyer - USA
Juan E. Mezzich - USA
Kadiamada Nanaiah Roy Chengappa - USA
Karl-Jürgen Bär - Germany
K. W. M. (Bill) Fulford - U.K.
Levent Kuey - Turkey
Mahendra K. Nepal - Nepal
Manuel Ellis Tancer - USA
Mario Maj - Italy
Mohan K. Issac - Australia
Pedro Ruiz - USA
Rajamannar Ramasubbu - USA
Richard Balon - USA
Robert B. Pohl - USA
Robert Michael Carney - USA
Rohan Ganguli - USA
Rudra Prakash- USA
Sanjay Dube- USA
Sekhar Saxena- Geneva
Sheila Hollins- UK
Subhash Chander Bhatia - USA
Tony Elliott- UK
Vijoy K. Varma- USA
Vikram Kumar Yeragani - USA
Vikram Patel- UK
Youssef Bin Ahmed-Shaoush - K.S.A.
 

Distinguished Past Editors

N. N. De	1949 to 1951
L. P. Verma	1951 to 1958
A. N. Bardhan	1958 to 1960
Lt. Col. M. R. Vachha	1961 to 1967
A. Venkoba Rao	1968 to 1976
B. B. Sethi	1977 to 1984
S. M. Channabasavanna	1985 to 1988
A. K. Agarwal	1989 to 1992
K. Kuruvilla	1993 to 1996
J. K. Trivedi	1997 to 2002
Utpal Goswami	2003
T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao	2004
Nimesh G. Desai	2005 to 2006
T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao	2007
G. Swaminath	2007

Statistical Consultants

A. K. Prabhakar, Mysore
P. Nagabhushan, Mysore
B. S. Ramesh, Mysore

IPS Executive Council Members

President
President Elect: E. Mohandas
Trissur, E-mail: emohandas53@gmail.com
Vice President
President Elect: Ajit Avasthi
Chandigarh, E-mail: ancips2005@sify.com
General Secretary
Govind Bang
Nagpur, Maharastra,
E-mail: govindurga@rediffmail.com
Hon. Treasurer
Asim Kumar Mallik
Kolkata, E-mail: drakm_58@yahoo.co.in
Hon. Editor
T. S. S. Rao
Mysore, E-mail: tssrao19@yahoo.com
Immediate Past President
I. R. S. Reddy, Vijayawada.
E-mail: indlas1@rediffmail.com
Immediate Past Secretary
R. R. Ghosh Roy, Kolkata.
E-mail: roy.ranadipghosh@gmail.com

Executive Council Members

(Direct)
Prabir Paul, (Kolkata)
Nand Kishore, (Dehradun)
Gautam Saha, (Kolkata)
Col R. C. Das, (Pune)
Rajeev Jain (Madhya Pradesh)
N. Dinesh, (Kochi)
R. Rangarajan (Chennai)

Zonal Representative

Central Zone:
Ashok Trivedi
P. K. Dalal
East Zone:
Prabir Paul
P. K. Mahapatra
North Zone:
Chander Mohan
Lalit Kumar Batra
South Zone:
K. Chandrasekhar
Ashok Reddy
West Zone:
Kishor Gujar
Mukesh P. Jagiwala

Chairmen of IPS Committees

CME: G. Prasad Rao
Co-chairpersons:
East Zone - O. P. Singh
West Zone - D. M. Dhawale
North Zone - M. S. Bhatia
Central Zone - P. K. Joel
South Zone - Anil Prabhakar
Awards: M. Thirunavukkarasu
P. N. Shukla
Ethics: Ajit Bhide
Constitution: Kari Rama Reddy
Paresh Shah
Journal: T. S. S. Rao
Internation affairs:
I. R. S. Reddy
Mental Hospitals:
Sudhir Kumar, Agra
Membership: Tophan Pati
K. Sudarshan and K. K. Mishra
Parliamentary: N. Bohra
Psychiatry Education: P. Kulhara
Subhangi Parkar
Finance: A. K. Agrawal

Young Psychiatrsts’ Committee

Chairman : Ravi Gupta
Co-chairpersons :
West Zone : Alka Subramaniam
East Zone : Aurobind Brahma
South Zone : Dayal Narayanan
Central Zone : O. P. Roychandani

Conference Committee

R. R. Ghosh Roy
P. K.Singh

IPS Publication

Shiv Gautam
Sandeep Grover and VD Krishnaram

Specialty Sections

Military: Col. H. R. A. Prabhu
Serg Cdr S.Goyal
Biological: Anukant Mittal,
Subho Chakraborty and John P. John
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:
Gauri Devi, Badur Mohideen and
Reema Mukherjee
Geriatric Psychiatry: K. S. Shaji
Venu Gopal Jhanwar
Forensic Psychiatry: Yusuf Matcheswala
Kuruvilla Thomas
Rehabilitation Psychiatry:
V. K. Radha Krishnan
Co-chairmen :
East Zone - Amarnath Malik
Central Zone - Rajani Chaterjee
West Zone - Suwalka
North Zone - B. S. Chouhan
South Zone - C. Ramasubramaniam
Community Psychiatry: Bramha
V. D. Meel and Arnab Bannerji
Private Psychiatry: M. R. Jhanwar
P. M. Madhavan
Addiction and Alcoholism:
Vivek Benegal and T. Sudhir
Sexual Medicine and AIDS:
Mrugesh Vaishnav
Omprakash

IPS Task Forces: Chairmen and Convenors (Term One year)

IPS Task Force on Advocacy:
Vikram Patel
Laxmi Vijay Kumar and Thara
Mental Health Legislation:
A. K. Kala
T. V. Ashokan
Public Interest Litigation:
Rajesh Nagpal
Anita Mahajan
IPS Website:
Mainak Mukherji
Sandeep Shah
Research and Training:
Chitranjan Andrade
Nilesh Shah
Manasi Gautam
Vikas Indla
Women and Mental Health:
Indira Sharma
Sonia Pariyal
Disaster Management:
Shrinivas Murthy
S. Nambi, G. K. Wankar and
Mustaq Magroob
Spirituality and Mental Health:
Avdesh Sharma
Nikhil Patel
Media and Mental Health:
Mohan Agashe
Vidyadhar Watve
Social Security Scheme:
Mukesh Jagiwala
U. C. Garg and O. P. Roychandani
Task force on Non Pharmacological
Management:
K. Kuruvilla
Rajkumar

Election Commission of IPS

Sarvesh Chandra - Chairman
Vinay Kumar - Returning Officer
Jitendra Nanawuala - Member

Tribunal of IPS

S. M. Channabasanna (Bangalore)
S. C. Malik (Delhi)
A. K. Agrawal (Lucknow)
Shiv Gautam (Jaipur)
A. B. Ghosh (Kolkata)