Shri K.N. Shrivastava, was appointed Director, IIC on 1 January 2019. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1978, and was allotted the Karnataka cadre. He worked as District Magistrate of four districts, namely Tumkur, Bangalore, Belgaum and Uttar Kannada (Karwar). He has successfully managed some very important PSUs. He was CMD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and common Chairman of all the four Power Distribution companies of Karnataka State (2002–04). He was MD of Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd. (KBJNL) (1999–2000).

Shri Shyam Saran, is a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1970. He has served as India's Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal and as its High Commissioner to Mauritius. In his final tenure, he was Foreign Secretary to the Government of India from July 2004–September 2006. Upon completing his tenure, he was appointed the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Indo-US Civil Nuclear Issues and later as Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change.