As many as 20 Scientists have been granted with the variable increments and also promoted from the grade of Scientist G to the grade of Scientist H. They are, Dr. P. Theerathamalai, PVG Brahmanandam , P. Varadharaj, PK Sharma, Dr. TK Nandy, K. Ram Babu, M. Balachary, B. Lionel, Dr. Hina A. Gokhale, Dr. Sudhir Kamath, Dr. DR Saroha, Dr. NE Prasad, NB Krishnan, GN Rao, Dr. Ahmed Zakwan, Ms. V. Pramela, Dr. S. Karunanidhi, P. Radhakrishna, GAS Murthy and Dr. S. Ganesan.
