Administration
It is registered as a Society under the West Bengal Registration of Societies Act, 1961. It is mainly financed by the Ministry of Culture and also the Government of India. His Excellency, Shri M.K. Narayanan, the Governor of West Bengal is the President of the Society of the Institute. Shri Shyam Saran, a former Foreign Secretary of India, is the present Chairman of the Executive Council. Professor H.S.Vasudevan, Professor of History, Calcutta University, is the Institute's present Director.
Some members of the Society are Barun De and Krishnan Srinivasan.
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