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

The DOMU Committee reviews the operations and upgradation activities of the telescope and it submits its report to Director. The composition of DOMU (w.e.f. 01.04.2020) is as follows.
1. Prof. S. Ananthakrishnan, TIFR-NCRA, Pune - Chairperson
2. Director, ARIES Nainital - Co-Chairperson
3. Dr. Brijesh Kumar, ARIES, Nainital Member-Convener
4. Dr. Amitesh Omar, IIT Kanpur - Member
5. Dr. S. B. Pandey, ARIES, Nainital - Member
6. Dr. T. S. Kumar, ARIES, Nainital - Member
7. Dr. Hum Chand, Central University of HP - Member
8. Dr. Saurabh, ARIES, Nainital - Member
9. Dr. Maheswar Gopinathan, IIA Bengaluru - Member
10. Domain Experts - by invitation

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 - Member
7. Dr Resmi Lekshmi, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram - Member
8. Dr. Y. C. Joshi, ARIES, Nainital - Member-convener
9. Dr. Saurabh, ARIES, Nainital - Member - ADOT

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. Saurabh, Chairperson
2. Dr. T. S. Kumar, Member
3. Dr. J. C. Pandey, Member
4. Dr. Brijesh Kumar, Member
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. Saurabh is A-DOT and Dr. J. C. Pandey is assistant A-DOT. The engineering and technical activities are managed by the Engineering Division of ARIES.