A NAC has been constituted to provide overall direction and guidance for this initiative. The NAC, composed of high-level representatives from the Key Ministries, Departments and Agencies, is Chaired by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and Co-chaired by the Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. In the first meeting of the NAC, held on 4 th August 2022, it was recommended that a Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics (CSTIS) be established as one-stop coordinated mechanism to address the challenges face by India's STI Statistics system and improve the usability of STI indicators for policy and programme planning.