Lok Sabha Question No. 1208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Reconstitution of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1208 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## RECONSTITUTION OF NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

## 1208. PROF. SAUGATA RAY :

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  reconstituted  Nehru  Memorial  Museum  and  Library society in New Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the persons newly inducted in the society;
- (c) the reasons for terminating the services of the existing society;
- (d) whether the Government  followed any criteria for selection  of  members to the society; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) to (e) : The Government has reconstituted the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) Society in accordance with the Memorandum of Association and Rules & Regulations of the NMML Society. List of members nominated to the NMML Society is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1208  FOR  25 TH   NOVEMBER,  2019  REGARDING RECONSTITUTION OF NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

|   Sl. No. | Name/Designation (Shri/Smt.)                                             | Category          |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India                              | President         |
|         2 | Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Defence                                 | Vice-President    |
|         3 | Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs                                | Member            |
|         4 | Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance                            | Member            |
|         5 | Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Minister of HRD                                  | Member            |
|         6 | Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting          | Member            |
|         7 | V. Muraleedharan, Union Minister of State (External Affairs)             | Member            |
|         8 | Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State (IC) of Culture & Tourism   | Member            |
|         9 | Vinay Sahasrabudhhe, Chairman-ICCR                                       | Member            |
|        10 | A. Surya Prakash, Chairman- Prasar Bharti                                | Member            |
|        11 | Secretary, Department of Expenditure, M/o Finance, Gol                   | Ex-officio Member |
|        12 | Secretary, M/o Culture, Gol                                              | Ex-officio Member |
|        13 | Secretary, M/o Housing and Urban Affairs, Gol                            | Ex-officio Member |
|        14 | Chairman-UGC                                                             | Ex-officio Member |
|        15 | Representative of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund                     | Ex-officio Member |
|        16 | Raghvendra Singh, Director, NMML                                         | Ex-officio Member |
|        17 | Rajat Sharma, Journalist                                                 | Member            |
|        18 | Anirban Ganguly, Policy Researcher and Author                            | Member            |
|        19 | Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secy - Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts | Member            |
|        20 | Prasoon Joshi, Lyricist & Ad man                                         | Member            |
|        21 | Lokesh Chandra, Vedic and Buddhist Scholar                               | Member            |
|        22 | Swapan Dasgupta, Journalist                                              | Member            |
|        23 | Ram Bahadur Rai, President, IGNCA                                        | Member            |
|        24 | Kapil Kapoor, Academic                                                   | Member            |
|        25 | Makarand Paranjape, Academic                                             | Member            |
|        26 | Kishore Makwana, Writer                                                  | Member            |
|        27 | Kamlesh Joshipura, Academic                                              | Member            |
|        28 | Rizwan Kadri, Researcher                                                 | Member            |