As on 27th February 2026

National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Materials Committee (NSTC)

M.C. Pant, Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) — Chairperson
Manjul Bhargava, Professor, Princeton University — Co-Chairperson
Sudha Murty, Acclaimed Writer and Educationist
Bibek Debroy (Late), Former Chairperson, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC–PM)
Shekhar Mande, Former Director General, CSIR; Distinguished Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Sujatha Ramdorai, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Shankar Mahadevan, Music Maestro, Mumbai
U. Vimal Kumar, Director, Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Bengaluru
Michel Danino, Visiting Professor, IIT–Gandhinagar
Surina Rajan, IAS (Retd.), Haryana; Former Director General, HIPA
Chamu Krishna Shastri, Chairperson, Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti, Ministry of Education
Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC–PM)
M.D. Srinivas, Chairperson, Centre for Policy Studies, Chennai
Gajanan Londhe, Head, Programme Office, NSTC
Rabin Chhetri, Director, SCERT, Sikkim
Pratyusa Kumar Mandal, Professor, Department of Education in Social Sciences, NCERT, New Delhi
Dinesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NCERT, New Delhi
Kirti Kapur, Professor, Department of Education in Languages, NCERT, New Delhi
Ranjana Arora, Professor and Head, Department of Curriculum Studies and Development, NCERT, New Delhi — Member-Secretary

Textbook Development Team

CAG (Social Science)

Chairperson: Michel Danino, Guest Professor, IIT Gandhinagar

CAG (Economics)

Chairperson: Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, EAC–PM

Contributors

Aasheerwad Dwivedi, Faculty of Management Studies, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi
Alka Singh, Assistant Professor in Geography, Department of Education in Social Sciences and Humanities, RIE, Bhopal, NCERT
Ankur Kakkar, Associate Professor, Centre for Indic Studies, Indus University, Ahmedabad
Aziz Mahdi, Scholar of Persian; Former Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
Bhairu Lal Yadav, Associate Professor of Population Studies, DESS, NCERT
Bhawna Paliwal, Educator and Senior Consultant, Programme Office, NSTC
Divya Indra Chatterjee, Chartered Accountant; Senior Consultant, Programme Office, NSTC
Diya Tanmay Devare, Faculty (Economics), Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune
Javaid Iqbal Bhat, Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of English, University of Kashmir
Johnson Odakkal, Commodore, Indian Navy (Retd.); Former Director, Maritime History Society & Faculty at Aditya Birla World Academy
Kumari Rohini, Assistant Professor, History, DESS, NCERT
M. V. Srinivasan, Professor, DESS, NCERT
Nabajyoti Deka, Faculty of Management Studies, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi
Nikhil Bellarykar, Historian, Author, and Translator
Pawan Kumar, Assistant Professor and In-charge, Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth, Environment and Space Sciences, Chaudhary Bansilal University, Prem Nagar, Bhiwani
Payel Mukherjee, Faculty, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D); Adjunct Faculty, Department of English, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Prachi Lahiri, History Teacher, National Public School, Bengaluru
Probal Roy Chowdhary, Director, Centre for New Indian Studies; Professor, Department of English, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata
Purva Bhatt, Senior Consultant, Programme Office, NSTC
Radha Narayanan, Researcher and Author, History Textbooks, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai
Riddhi Garg, Research Writer and Editor; Senior Consultant, Programme Office, NSTC
Ruchika Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Allahabad; Coordinator, IKS Division, Ministry of Education
Sandeepa Madan, Educator, Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram
Saumya Dey, Professor, Rishihood University
Savita Sagar, Assistant Professor, Political Science, DESS, NCERT
Seema Shukla Ojha, Professor, History, DESS, NCERT (Member Coordinator)
Srishti Chauhan, Young Professional (EAC–PM), NITI Aayog
Suman Gautam, Principal, Shiva International Residential School, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
Suparna Diwakar, Educator and Development Sector Professional; Chief Consultant, Programme Office, NSTC
Surendra C. Thakurdesai, Professor and Head, Department of Geography; Department of Rural Development, Gogate Joglekar College, Ratnagiri

Reviewers

Aditi Misra, Director Principal, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon
Teachers: Kanu Chopra, Avni Mehta, Mamta Kumar, Suparna Sharma
Aparna Pandey, Professor, NCERT
Ashwini Londhe, Educational Psychologist, Samvit Research Foundation, Bengaluru
Birbal Luniwal, Assistant Professor, NCERT
Jaya Singh, Professor, NCERT
Pratima Kumari, Professor, NCERT
Rashmi, Associate Professor, NCERT
Sainath Kabade, Assistant Professor, NCERT
Shankar Sharan, Professor, NCERT
Shipra Vaidya, Professor, NCERT
Shivakumar Jolad, Associate Professor, Public Policy, School of Liberal Education, FLAME University, Pune
Subhash Singh, Assistant Professor, NCERT
Tannu Malik, Professor, NCERT
Uday Kulkarni, Surgeon; Commander, Indian Navy (Retd.); Historian, Author; Member, CAG Social Science
Vanthangpui Khobung, Assistant Professor, NCERT
Vinita Rikhi, Director (India), La Mondiale Group, La Mondiale Academia