The institute is governed by (a) General body, (b) Governing Body, (c) Research and Academic Committee, (d) Finance and Administration Committee. The Governing body is the highest decision-making body consisting of reputed social scientists, government officials and representatives from faculty of the institute.
GOVERNING BODY
| 1 | Professor Nalini Rewadikar | President |
| 2 | Professor Gopal Krishna Sharma | Vice President |
| 3 | Dr. Usha Shrivastava | Secretary |
| 4 | Dr. Mamta Rani Sharma | Treasurer |
| 5 | Dr. V. D. Sharma | Joint Secretary |
| 6 | Professor Sanghamitra S. Acharya | Member, ICSSR, Nominee |
| 7 | Member Secretary ICSSR | Member Ex-officio |
| 8 | Secretary Higher Education, Govt. of M.P | Member Ex-officio |
| 9 | Secretary Finance, Govt. of M.P. | Member Ex-officio |
| 10 | Dr. Druv Kumar Dixit | Member (M. P. Govt. Nominee) |
| 11 | Dr. Sudhir Kumar Sharama | Member (M. P. Govt. Nominee) |
| 12 | Professor Ganesh Kawadia | Member (Governing Body Nominee) |
| 13 | Professor G.K. Sharma | Member (Governing Body Nominee) |
| 14 | Professor D.K. Verma | Member (Governing Body Nominee) |
| 15 | Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia | Member Ex-officio (Director, MPISSR) |
| 16 | Dr. Ashish Bhatt | Member (Faculty Representative) |