D. Srinivasa Reddy took charge as the new director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad on Friday. He took charge from NGRI director V.M. Tiwari officiating as the director additional in-charge since December 2021.
Prior to this, Dr. Reddy was the director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, since 2020, and director (additional charge) CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, since February 2022.
As full time director of CSIR-IICT, Dr. Reddy will also hold the additional charge of the post of director of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu and director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow.