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The Government has constituted a Central Advisory Board on Culture under the Chairmanship of Minister of Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy to evolve a participative process of decision-making by taking an integrated view of the various shades of ideas and interests from different domains of culture.
The Board will advise the Ministry of Culture at the policy level to evolve programmes which would focus attention on the variegated creativity at different levels of Indian society, and in different regions, which hitherto has been either neglected or not sustained through the existing institutional mechanisms. It will also identify the human repositories in the diverse sub-fields and advise on the strategies to ensure a continuity to transmission and to recommend to the Government programmes that will integrate the creativity of these long traditions with the processes of development. The Board will coordinate the functions of each of the bodies under the Ministry so as to bring about a greater measure of cohesive policy. It will examine the extent and manner in which various facets of Indian culture are being addresses by concerned agencies and help to provide inputs for the formulation of new, need based programmes in the field of culture. The Board will guide the work of the National Mission(s) set up by the Ministry of Culture.
The tenure of the Board will be three years with effect from the date of issue of resolution, unless otherwise decided by the Government. The Board will meet at least once in three months. Dr. Kapila Vatsayan will be the Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the Board are: Prof. Yashpal, Prof. Mrinal Miri, Sh. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Sh. Shyam Benegal, Sh. Ramachandra Guha, Sh. Ayyappa Panikkar, Sh. Ranesh Ray, Prof. Mohammad Amin and Secretary (Culture) will be the Member Secretary.
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