The institute was set up as a Trust Prof. Malcolm Adiseshiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Adiseshiah. The members of the Board of Trust include eminent scholars and experts in different fields. The Board of Trustees are custodians of the assets of the Institute and the Trustees are also represented in the Governing Council of the institute.

The present members of the Board of Trustees:

Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao, IAS [ Retd]
Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Chairman, MIDS,
Villa No 216, Indu Fortune Fields,
KPHB Phase 13, Hyderabad – 500085.

Prof. Govinda Marapalli Rao
[Member of the 14th Finance Commission &
Former Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy [NIPFP], New Delhi
Former Director, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
Counsellor, Takshashila Institution Adviser, Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore]
8B, Sobha Emerald – I, Jakkur
Bengaluru 560 064

Dr. [Mrs] Girija Vaidyanathan, IAS [ Retd]
[Former Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu]
7/4, Central Avenue
Kesavaperumalpuram,Raja Annamalaipuram
Chennai 600 028.

Prof. Ajit Keshav Ranade
[President & Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai]
1103, Lodha Grandeur
Sayani Road
Mumbai 400 023

Prof. P. Duraisamy
[Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras]
New No.3, Third Street
Nehru Nagar, Adyar
Chennai 600 020.

Prof. Suresh Babu M
Director – Member Secretary,
Madras Institute of Development Studies,
79. 2nd Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai – 600 020.

Permanent Invitee to the Board of Trustees Meetings

Prof Brinda Viswanathan
Madras School of Economics
Gandhi Mandapam Road
Behind Anna Centenary Library
Kottur, Chennai - 600 025.

Prof Saikat Sinha Roy Ph.D.
Professor & Former Head
Former Co-ordinator, Centre for Advanced Studies
Principal Scientist, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond-JUECON Project on SEZs and Inequality
Department of Economics
Jadavpur University
Kolkata - 700 032.

Prof Amit Basole
Professor of Economics
Azim Premji University,
Bangalore, Karnataka.