PM reconstitutes committee for 125th anniversary of Nehru

New Delhi, 18 October 2014

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has reconstituted the National Committee to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. The Prime Minister will himself chair the Committee.

The first meeting of the Committee will be held soon after Deepawali.

The composition of the reconstituted committee is as follows:

· Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Chairman

· Home Minister Ex-officio Member

· Minister of External Affairs Ex-officio Member

· Finance Minister Ex-officio Member

· Minister of Human Resource Development Ex-officio Member

· Minister of Culture Ex-officio Member

· Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ex-officio Member

· Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, MP Member

· Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Member

· Shri B.P. Singh, Ex-Governor, Sikkim Member

· Shri Ram Naresh Yadav Member

Governor of Madhya Pradesh

· Shri M.K. Rasgotra, Member

Ex-Foreign Secretary

· Dr. Subash Kashyap Member

Ex-Secretary General, Lok Sabha

· Dr. Lokesh Chandra Member

· Dr. Karan Singh, MP, Rajya Sabha Member

· Shri Suman Dubey Member

· Shri Naresh Chandra, Member

Ex-Cabinet Secretary

· Prof. Madhavan Palat, Editor, Member

Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru,

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust, New Delhi

· Dr. Chandrasekhar Dasgupta, Member

The Energy & Resources Institute, New Delhi

· Prof. Nasir Tyabji, Member

Former Fellow of the Jawaharlal Nehru Trust

and Senior Fellow, NMML, New Delhi

· Vice Adm. K. K. Nayyar Member

· Shri C. R. Gharekhan, IFS (Retd.) Member

· Gen. V. P. Malik, Retd. Chief of Army Staff Member

· Shri Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Member

Centre for Policy Research

· Shri Rajat Sharma, Senior Journalist Member

· Shri Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Journalist Member

· Shri M. J. Akbar Member

· Shri Sudarshan Agarwal Member

Ex-Governor, Uttarakhand

· Director General Member

National Archives of India

· Maulana Md. Madani, MP Member

· Shri Ravindra Singh, Member Secretary

Secretary, Ministry of Culture

Apart from the full Committee, the Prime Minister has also approved the constitution of a National Implementation Committee comprising of the following:

· Home Minister Chairperson

· Minister for External Affairs Member

· Finance Minister Member

· Minister of Human Resoruce Development Member

· Minister of Culture Member

· Shri Naresh Chandra, Ex-CS Member

· Shri C. R. Gharekhan, Ex-IFS Member

· General V. P. Malik, Retd. Chief of Army Staff Member

· Shri Swapan Dasgupta Member

· Shri Subhash Kashyap Member

· Shri Ravindra Singh, Convenor

Secretary, Ministry of Culture