| Sl.No | Name of the Expert Committee | Chairperson
| No. of Members |
| 1. |
Expert Committee on Red Sanders |
Chairman
Shri. B. Vijayan, IAS (Retd.)
Co - Chairman
Shri. B. Somasekara Reddy, IFS (Retd.) |
29
Extension |
| 2. |
Expert Committee on Invasive Alien Species
|
Chairman
Dr. C. R. Babu
Co - Chairman
Dr. K. V. Sankaran
|
16
|
| 3. |
Expert Committee to examine the BD Rules 2004 and BD Act 2002 |
Chairman
Shri A. K. Goyal IFS (Retd.)
Co - Chairman
Shri. C. Achalender Reddy, IFS(Retd.)
|
10 |
| 1. |
Expert Committee on Access and Benefit Sharing. |
Chairman
Dr. R. V. Varma
Co - Chairman
Shri. K.S. Sugara, IFS (Retd.)
|
27
|
| 2. |
Working Group for Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) |
Chairman
Dr. V. B. Mathur
|
13 |
| 3. |
Expert Committee on on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) |
Chairman
Shri. C. Achalender Reddy, IFS (Retd.)
|
13 |
| 4. |
Expert Committee on Agro Biodiversity |
Chairman
Dr. K.V. Prabhu
Co - Chairman
Dr. P. Santhanakrishnan
|
16 |
| 5. |
Monitoring Committee (MC ) for overseeing the quality of People’s Biodiversity Registers by evolving a suitable mechanism |
Chairman MC - I
Dr. S.K. Khanduri, IFS (Retd.)
Chairman MC - II
Dr.R.B.S Rawat, IFS (Retd.)
|
13 |
| 6. |
Working Group for developing methodology for assessing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) potential |
Chairman
Dr. Giridhar Kinhal, IFS (Retd.) |
8 |
| 7. |
Expert Committee for identification, management and monitoring of Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) |
Chairman
Dr. A. K. Gupta, Former, IFS (Rtd), |
9 |
| 8. |
Working Group for “Reviewing guidelines for Preparation of Coastal and Marine e-PBR (People’s Biodiversity Register) |
Chairman
Dr. S. K. Khanduri, Former PCCF |
13 |
