The Centre has reconstituted the society and Executive Council of the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML) with several new names being added. File
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The Centre has reconstituted the society and Executive Council of the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML) with several new names being added.
The executive council, which previously had 29 members, has now been expanded to 34 members.
While former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Nripendra Mishra, has been reappointed for a five-year term as the chairperson of the organization, prominent new members added are former Union Minister Smriti Irani, ex-NITI Aayog Vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar, retired Army General Syed Ata Hasnain, renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and Vasudev Kamath from Sanskar Bharati, according to a notification issued by the Union Culture Ministry.
Some of the other new members include Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, and educationist Chamu Krishna Shastry, archaeologist KK Mohammad, who was part of the Babri Masjid excavation team in 1976, and BR Mani, the current head of the National Museum.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the President of the NMML Society and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh the Vice President.
Some of the other members include Prof. Raghvendra Tanwar Chairperson of the Indian Council of Historical Research and Sachidanand Joshi, Chairperson of the IGNCA and lyricist and Adman Prasoon Joshi.
Published – January 14, 2025 10:53 pm IST
