The Faculty Forum at IIT Bombay is an association of faculty members, and is registered under the `Societies Registration Act 1860', with the Registrar of Societies Bombay in 1977. The forum serves as a platform for faculty members to express their opinions to the institute and other relevant bodies. As per a resolution taken in the GBM held in 2012, all regular faculty members currently on roll at the institute as Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor or Professor (including those on probation) are members of the forum; no membership subscription is collected any more from the forum members.

The Executive Committee (EC) comprises the following members:

• President: Prof. Rajkumar S. Pant (Aerospace Engineering)

• Joint Secretary: Prof. R. B. Sunoj (Chemistry)

• Web-Secretary: Prof. Madhu N. Belur (Electrical Engineering)

Other members of EC:

     Prof. Kishore Chatterjee (Electrical Engineering)

     Prof. Arpita Sinha (System and Control Engineering)

     Prof. Sharat Chandran (Computer Science and Engineering)

     Prof. K. Narasimhan (Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science)

Recent press-releases

• Press-release by the faculty forum dated 21st Sept 2026

• Press-release by the faculty forum dated 20th Sept 2026

Some history of the faculty forum:

• Memorandum of Association (1982)

• Report of the Statutes Review Committee (1984)

Contact: facfor[AT]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in

Website queries: belur[AT]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in