Hyderabad|India|December'2009: Seyed E Hasnain, Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad has been invited to be a member on the newly constituted Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (SAC-PM) as per the communication from the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. Hasnain who was also member of the SAC-PM during 2004-2009 has been re-invited by the Prime Minister to serve in his Advisory Council for another term. Hasnain is also a Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet and Chairman, Biotechnology Advisory Council, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The SAC-PM is the highest body comprising of select Scientists and Secretaries of Science Departments of the Government of India with a mandate to advise the Prime Minister on all matters relating to Science and Technology in the country. The Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India serves as the Member-Secretary of SAC-PM.

Mathematician Sujatha Ramadorai, geneticist B K Thelma, physicists Mustansir Barma and A K Sood are among the new entrants to the re-constituted Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM) which will continue to be headed by top chemical scientist C N R Rao. The apex advisory body on scientific matters will now have 32 members as against 28 earlier. They have been chosen to cover a wide range of fields including government research centres, academic institutions and the industry. V K Singh, Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, D V Khakhar, Director of IIT-Powai and Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Motor Company are the other new members.