• The Vice-Chancellor as the Chairperson
• The Pro-Vice-Chancellor
• Deans of the concerned Faculty/ School
• Professors and Associate Professors of the University, as nominated by the Vice-chancellor
• Three Experts nominated by the Governing Board for a period of three years
• One of the Professors or Associate Professors from among the members appointed by the Vice-Chancellor – Member Secretary
• Registrar – Permanent Invitee member
• Controller of Examinations – Permanent Invitee member
• The Supervisors of ongoing Ph.D. research work may be present as ‘Invitees’ as and when required

• to plan and recommend the activities for the university to conduct quality research
• Approval of Ph.D. Programmes.
• to consider appeals for change of research topic of those scholars who have already been registered in the university’s Ph.D. Programme
• to examine the cases of differences of opinions, if any, between examiners of a Ph.D. thesis and recommend appropriate actions
• to look into disciplinary issues including ethics of research and plagiarism issues pertains to the research conducted.

The Board of Research (BoR) has been constituted to provide direction and supervise the Doctoral (Ph.D.) programs. It comprises of:

• Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj, S.J. – The Chairperson
• Dr. Soma Sur - The Member Secretary
• Dr. Manodip Ray Chaudhuri - Member
• Dr. Somak Maitra - Member
• Dr. Achyut Chetan - Member
• Rev. Dr. A. Arockiasamy S.J. - Member
• Dr. Pratyusha Das - Member
• Dr. Mononita Kundu Das- Member
• Dr. Sitangshu Khatua - Member
• Dr. Subhanil Chowdhury - Member
• Dr. Suranjan Das – Member (External Expert)
• Dr. Sudipti Banerjea – Member (External Expert)
• Dr. Sugata Marjit – Member (External Expert)
• Prof. Ashis Mitra - Permanent Invitee
• Dr. Indra Kanta Maitra - Permanent Invitee