Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) are the departments under this ministry.
Mr. Kapil Sibal did his M.A. (History) from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi and L.L.M. from Harvard Law School. By profession he is a senior advocate.
Positions held
December 1989 - December 1990: Additional Solicitor General of India
1995-96,1997-98 and 2001-2002: President, Supreme Court Bar Association
July 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha. (Upper house of parliament)
July 2001: Member, Executive Council, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies
August 2001: Member, Business Advisory Committee
January 2002: Member, Committee on Home Affairs
2002: Co-Chairman, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum, Member, Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, headquartered in the US
2003: Member, Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Indian AIDS Initiative
