Composition of Governing Board

(Section 11 of K.F.Act)

1. A Chairperson, who shall be a person of high eminence in public life, to be appointed by the Central Government;
2. Not more than 12 members to be nominated by the Central Government from amongst persons who –
   1. have rendered valuable service to Kalakshetra;
   2. Have been connected with, or have knowledge of art, culture, folk arts and crafts;
   3. are eminent artistes; and
   4. are patrons of art and culture
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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,
6. The Director, ex officio

Current composition of Governing Board

a. Shri. S. Ramadorai – Chairman

b. 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. Bheru Sigh 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

c. Members nominated to the Governing Board under sub-section11(C)

1. Shri. M.M Murugappan
2. Dr. R. Nataraj

d. Two officers not below the rank of Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Culture -members to be nominated by MoC from time to time

e. An officer of Govt. of Tamil Nadu not below the rank of Joint Secretary

f. Sri. Suresh Kumar Chikkala, Director, Kalakshetra Foundation