All activities of the BASE are carried out in accordance with the Memorandum of Association, Rules and Regulations, approved by the Government of Karnataka, and governed by its Governing Council. The Governing Council comprises 8 eminent scientists/educators, 4 senior officials of the Government of Karnataka and the Director of the Planetarium.
Base Governing Council Members
Sri A S Kiran Kumar – Chairman
Former Chairman, ISRO
Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor
ISRO, Bengaluru
Dr. T K Alex – Vice Chairman
Honourable Distinguished Professor, ISRO, Bengaluru
Prof. B R Iyer
Symons Visiting Professor, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru
Dr. P Sreekumar
Satish Dhawan Professor, ISRO , Bengaluru
Prof. Ajit K Kembhavi – Member
Emeritus Professor, Inter-University of Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Prof. M R N Murthy – Member
Senior Professor (He is retired; there’s another position & Dept
affiliation)
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru
Prof. Renee Borges - Member
Senior Professor (He is retired; there’s another position & Dept affiliation)
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru
Dr. E V Ramana Reddy, IAS - Ex-officio Member
Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Dept. of Electronics, Information Technology & Biotechnology and Science & Technology
Government of Karnataka
Bengaluru
Sri I S N Prasad – Ex-officio Member
Additional Chief Secretary
Finance Department
Government of Karnataka
Bengaluru
The Mayor - Ex-officio Member
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Bengaluru
The Commissioner- Ex-officio Member
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Bengaluru
Shri. Pramod G Galgali - Member Secretary
Director, JNP