The 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) Facility is operated and managed by ARIES. The 3.6m DOT Operation, maintenance and up-gradation committee (DOMU), the instrument committee for DOT, the 3.6m DOT Time Allocation Committee (DTAC) act as advisory bodies and guide the Director for smooth functioning.

The composition of DOMU (w.e.f. 20 April 2020) is as follows.
1. Prof. S. Ananthakrishnan, Pune - Chairperson
2. Director, ARIES, Nainital - Co-Chairperson
3. Prof. Hum Chand, Central University, HP - Member
4. Dr. Maheswar Gopinathan, IIA Bengaluru - Member
5. Dr. Amitesh Omar, - Member
6. Dr. S. B. Pandey, - Member
7. Dr. T. S. Kumar, - Member
8. Dr. Brijesh Kumar - Member-convener

The composition of D-TAC, the DOT Time allocation committee (w.e.f. 30 June 2023) is as follows.
1. Prof. Nissim Kanekar, TIFR-NCRA, Pune - Chairperson
2. Dr. Anandmayee Tej, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram - Member
3. Prof. G. C. Anupama, IIA Bengaluru - Member
4. Dr Smitha Subramanian, IIA Bengaluru - Member
5. Prof. Gulab Devangan, IUCAA Pune - Member
6. Dr Manoj Puravankara, TIFR Mumbai
7. Dr Resmi Lekshmi, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram
8. Dr. Brijesh Kumar, ARIES, Nainital - Member
9. Dr. Y. C. Joshi ARIES, Nainital - Member-convener

The following committee (w.e.f. 25 November 2022) is responsible for overall management of existing instruments and development of new instruments on 3.6m DOT.
1. Dr. Brijesh Kumar, Chairperson
2. Dr.T. S. Kumar, Member
3. Dr. J. C. Pandey, Member
4. Dr. Saurabh, Member-convener
5. Dr. Neelam Panwar, Member
6. Dr. Suvendu Rakshit, Member
Astronomer In-charge (A-DOT) is responsible for the overall management of the facility. At present Dr. Brijesh Kumar is A-DOT and Dr. Saurabh is assistant A-DOT. The engineering and technical activities are managed by Dr. T. S. Kumar, in-charge of all the electronics related aspects and Dr. Tarun Bangia as in-charge of all the mechanical and related works.