Gazette Notification for the Constitution of High Level Committee

EXTRAORDINARY PART I—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 198] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY, AUGUST 17 , 2023/ SHRAVANA 26, 1945 CG-DL-E-17082023-248165 MIN ISTRY OF CULTURE (Special Cell) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th August , 2023 F. No. CM -21037/1/2023 -Special Cell .—With a view to celebrate the 200th Birth Anniversary of Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati in a befitting manner, Government of India has constituted a High -Level Committee as under: Sl.No. Name and Designation Designation 1. Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Chairman 2. Shri Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Ex-officio Member 3. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women & Child Development and Minority Affairs Ex-officio Member 4. Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region Ex-officio Member 5. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Information & Broadcasting a nd Youth Affairs & Sports Ex-officio Member 6. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ex-officio Member 7. Dr. P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM Ex-officio Member 8. Shri Acharya Devvrat, Governor, Gujarat Ex-officio Member 9. Shri Banwarilal Purohit , Governor, Punjab Ex-officio Member 10. Smt. Anandiben Patel, Governor, Uttar Pradesh Ex-officio Member 11. Shri Kalraj Mishra , Governor, Rajasthan Ex-officio Member 12. Shri R.N. Ravi , Governor, Tamil Nadu Ex-officio Member 13. Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor, Haryana Ex-officio Member 14. Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar , Governor, Bihar Ex-officio Member 15. Lt. General (Rtd) Gurmit Singh , Governor,Uttarakhand Ex-officio Member 16. Dr. C.V. Anand Bose , Governor, West B engal Ex-officio Member 17. Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor, Assam Ex-officio Member 18. Ms. Mamata Banerjee , Chief Minister of West Bengal Ex-officio Member 19. Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Haryana Ex-officio Member 20. Shri Nitish K umar, Chief Minister of Bihar Ex-officio Member 21. Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ex-officio Member 22. Shri Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ex-officio Member 23. Shri Prem Singh Tamang, Chief Minister of Sikkim Ex-officio Member 24. Shri M.K. Stalin Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Ex-officio Member 25. Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam Ex-officio Member 26. Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami , Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Ex-officio Member 27. Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel , Chief Minister of Gujarat Ex-officio Member 28. Shri Bhagwant Singh Maan , Chief Minister of Punjab Ex-officio Member 29. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State in the Ministry ofFisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ex-officio Member 30. Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Ex-officio Member 31. Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla , Home Secretary Ex-officio Member 32. Shri Govind Mohan , Secretary, Ministry of Culture Member -Secretary 33. Dr. Satya Pal Singh , Ex-Minister, Govt. of India Member 34. Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati , MP(LS) Member 35. Baba Ram Dev , Patanjali Yogpith Member 36. Shri Kamlesh Patel, Shri Ram Chandra Mission Member 37. Swami Suvirananda, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Member 38. Prof. Yogesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Uni versity of Delhi Member 39. Prof. Rama Shanker Dubey, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat Member 40. Prof. Sudhir Jain, Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University Member 41. Prof. Basuthkar Jagadeeshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, CentralUniversity of Hyderabad Member 42. Dr Poonam Suri President, DAV Management Committee Member 43. Shri Sureshchandra Arya, President, SarvadeshikAryapratinidhi Sabha Member 44. Shri Surendra Kumar Arya , Akhil Bhartiya Dayanand Sewashram Sangh Member 45. Shri Dhara mpal Arya , President, Delhi Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Member 46. Shri Suman Kant Munjal, Chairman Rockman Industries Member 47. Swami Dharmanand Saraswati , Head, Utkal Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Odisha Member 48. Swami Sadanand, Head, Dayanand Math, Deena Nagar , Punjab Member 49. Swami Aryavesh Arya, Vidwan and Sanyasi, Haryana Member 50. Acharya M.R. Rajesh, President Kashyap Veda ResearchFoundation, Kojhikode, Kerala Member 51. Shri Ajay Sehgal , Secretary, Shrimad Dayanand Saraswati Smarak Trust, Tankara Mem ber 52. Shri Deen Dayal Gupta , Patron, APS, West Bengal Member 53. Shri Sudarshan Sharma , Head, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab Member 54. Shri Bhuvnesh Khosla, Head, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, USA Member 55. Shri Vishrut Arya, Secretary, Arya Pratinidhi Sab ha, USA Member 56. Shri Harideo Ramdhony, Pratinidhi, Arya Sabha, Mauritius Member 57. Shri Surendra Vijaysingh Mahabali, Pradhan, Arya PratinidhiSabha, Netherlands Member 58. Shri Indra Ganga Bishan Singh, Pradhan, Arya Diwakar, Suriname Member 59. Shri Yogesh Arya, Coordinator, Arya Samaj, Pacific Region, Sydney, Australia Member 60. Dr. Bisram Ramvilas, Arya Samaj, South Africa Member 61. Shri Subhash Chander Punia, Canada Member 62. Shri Ashok Khetrapal, Pradhan, Arya Samaj Pratinidhi Sabha,Myanm ar Member 63. Shri Prakash Arya, Pradhan , Madhya Bhartiya, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Member 64. Shri Radha Krishan Arya , President, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Haryana Member 65. Dr. Rajendra Vidyalankar, Internal Member, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Haryana Member 66. Shri Vinay Arya , Mahamantri, Delhi Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Member 67. Shri Jogendra Khattar , Mahamantri, Akhil Bhartiya DayanandSewashram Sangha Member 68. Shri Sanjeev Chourasia, Head, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Bihar and MLA Member 69. Shri Arun Choudhar y, Head, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Jammu Member 70. Shri Piyush Arya , Secretary, DAV Group of Schools, Chennai Member 71. Shri Satyananda Arya , Head, Paropkarini Sabha Member 72. Dr. Shashiprabha Kumar , Former HOD, Sanskrit Department, JNU, Delhi Member 73. Acharya Dr. Sumedha, Acharya Shrimadayanand Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Chotipura Member 74. Acharya Nandita Shastri Chaturveda, Acharya Panini KanyaGurukul, Varanasi Member 75. Dr.Dharmteja, PratinidhiTelenganaAryasamaj Member 76. Shri Madhav Prasa d Pudel , Head of Department, Central Department of Sanskrit, Tribhuvan University, Nepal Member 77. Shri Mahender Singh Rajput, Head, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Assam Member 78. Shri Siddharth Bhargava, Founder Director, Anandadhama Retreats Pvt. Ltd. Bangal ore Member 79. Shri O.P. Rai, Pradhan, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Singapore Member 80. Shri Kamlesh Kumar Arya, Director, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Fiji Member 81. Shri Rajiv Gulati, Chairman, MDH Pvt. Ltd. Member 82. Swami (Dr.) Dev Vrat Acharya, President, A rya Veedal Member 83. Dr. Ved Prakash Garg, President, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Mumbai Member 84. Shri S.K. Ralli, President, Arya Kendriya Sabha, Delhi Member 85. Shri Ashok Arya, Satyarth Prakash Trust, Udaipur Member 86. Shri Devendra Pal Verma, Prati nidhi, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Uttar Pradesh Member 87. Acharya Swadesh , President, Gurukul, Vrindavan, Mathura Member 88. Acharya Vachonidhi President, Jeevan Prabhat Anathalaya, Gujarat Member 89. Acharya Sukama, Kanya Gurukul, Rurki, Rohtak Member 90. Shri P.C. Sood , President, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Himachal Pradesh Member 91. Shri Yog Muni President, Maharashtra Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Member 92. Dr. Vageesh Acharya , Priest of First Arya Samaj, Mumbai Member 93. Swami Vivekanand ji Saraswati , Guruku l Prabhat Ashram, Meerut Member 94. Dr. Jwalant Kumar, Shastri Amethi Vedic Scholar Member 95. Shri Arun Prakash Mishra , Senior Vice President, Delhi AryaPratinidhi Sabha Member 96. Shri Satish Chaddha , General Secretary, Arya Kendriya Sabha Delhi Rajya Member 97. Dr. Shashi Kant Sharma , Professor, Department of MassCommunication, Himachal Pradesh University Member 2. The terms of reference of the Committee shall be to provide policy, direction and guidelines for formulation of programmes for th e commemoration of 200th Birth Anniversary of Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati. 3. The term of the Committee commences with immediate effect and will be until further orders. 4. The Committee shall have power to co -opt members. UMA NANDURI , Jt. Secy . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.