# Governance Mechanism ### **Program Steering Group** * Chairperson - Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India * Co-Chairperson - Secretary DHR and Director General, ICMR * Convener - Dr Meenakshi Sharma, Scientist F, ICMR Hqrs * Additional Secretary, National Health Mission * Joint Secretary – NCD program/ Director – NCD program * Director General of Health Services, and/or a representative * Executive Director, NHSRC * WHO Representative to India, and/or a representative * Secretary Health, State governments implementing the project, and/or a representative * Secretary Health, State governments implementing the project, and/or a representative ### Technical Advisory Group * Chairperson -Dr Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR * Co-Chairperson – Dr Roderico H. Ofrin, WHO Representative to India * Convenor - Dr Meenakshi Sharma, Scientist F, ICMR Hqrs * WHO - Dr Fikru Tullu, Dr Abhishek Kunwar * ICMR - Dr Prabhdeep Kaur, Scientist E, NIE, Chennai * DGHS – Dr Tanu Jain, DADG, Dr Sudhir Gupta, Addl DDG (NCD) * AIIMS - Dr Ramakrishnan, Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi * NHSRC – Focal point for HWC * Resolve to Save Lives Initiative – Dr Bhawna Sharma, India Country Lead * Special invitees – Experts * Two state nodal officers - invited in rotation © Copyright 2022 IHCI. All rights reserved. Maintained by ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.ihci.in/about/goverence.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.