Over nearly six decades, NCAER’s member-elected Governing Board has included almost every prominent Indian economist and industrialist, including former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh as a member during 1976-82, and Mr Ratan Tata as Chairman during 1994-98. NCAER’s current Governing Board is headed by Mr Nandan M Nilekani, ex-Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India and Co-Founder and Chairman, Infosys Ltd.

At present, Shri Suresh Goyal is the Director General of NCAER and Dr Anil K Sharma is the Secretary to the NCAER Governing Board.