Sanjiv Mittal given additional charge of Nehru Museum director

September 21, 2015 21:37

A senior culture ministry official was today given the additional charge of Director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, following the controversial exit of Mahesh Rangarajan from the post last week. Sanjiv Mittal, Joint Secretary with the Ministry of Culture, has been given the additional charge of NMML Director, sources said here.

"It is an interim arrangement as another Joint Secretary, who was supposed to be given the (in-charge) Director post of NMML is on leave. We did not want to keep the Director's post vacant. Henceforth, he has been given the additional charge," a ministry official said.

As soon as the joint secretary who is on leave returns, the additional charge would be handed over to that official, the sources said, adding that Mittal would be holding the in-charge of Director's post till then.

Mittal is already holding the additional charge of Director General of National Museum situated here.

Official sources further said that an expert to fill the post of NMML Director will be identified by a search committee, which would be constituted for the purpose.

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