Governing Board
Composition of Governing Board
(Section 11 of K.F.Act)
- A Chairperson, who shall be a person of high eminence in public life, to be appointed by the Central Government;
- Not more than 12 members to be nominated by the Central Government from amongst persons who-
- have rendered valuable service to Kalakshetra;
- Have been connected with, or have knowledge of art, culture, folk arts and crafts;
- are eminent artistes; and
- are patrons of art and culture
- Two persons possessing one or more of the qualifications referred to in sub-clauses (i) to (iv) of clause (b) to be nominated by the State Government.
- Two officers of the Central Government, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary, to be nominated by that Government to represent the Ministry of the Central Government dealing with culture, ex officio
- One officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Joint Secretary, to be nominated by that Government, to represent the Department of Education of that Government, ex-officio,
- The Director, ex officio
Current composition of Governing Board
I. Shri. S. Ramadorai – Chairman
II. Members nominated to the Governing Board under Section 11(b)
1. Dr. Smt. Sudha Ragunathan
2. Shri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan
3. Dr. Anupama Hoskere
4. Shri. Bhairu Singh Chauhan
5. Shri. P.T.Narendran
6. Smt. Veena Murthy Vijay
7. Shri. Mukund Marathe
8. Dr. Jayaraman Mahadevan
9. Dr. Shashank Subramanyam
10. Shri. L. Venkatesh
11. Adv. Renjini Suresh
12. Shri. Aneesh Raghavan
III. Members nominated to the Governing Board under sub-section11(C)
1. Shri. M.M Murugappan
2. Dr. R. Nataraj
IV. Members nominated to the Academic Committee under sub-section 15 (1)(c)
1. Smt. Dhakshayani Ramachandran
2. Dr. Smt. Vrushali Dabke
3. Dr. Srikantham Nagendra Shastry
V. Two officers not below the rank of Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Culture -members to be nominated by MoC from time to time
VI. An officer of Govt. of Tamil Nadu not below the rank of Joint Secretary
VII. Smt. Revathi Ramachandran, Director, Kalakshetra Foundation