Dr. Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan, Assistant Professor, Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Dr. R Venkatesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Dr. K Geetharani, Assistant Professor, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Dr. Mayank Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering and Dr. V R Supradeepa, Assistant Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering are new associates of Indian Academy of Sciences selected in 2018.