Question- Recently President Ramnath Kovind, has appointed which of the given as Protem Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi?
(a) Dr. Vinay Mohan
(b) Prof. Rajendra Kumar
(c) ML Srivastava
(d) Prof. Ashutosh Kumar
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On March 31st, 2018, On the recommendation of the Minister of Culture, the President has appointed Shri M.L. Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Akademies), Ministry of Culture as Protem Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi with immediate effect.
- He will continue to hold the office till a regular Chairman is appointed.
- At this post he replaced Krishna Shetty.
- It is notable that the Lalit Kala Akademi is an autonomous body formed in independent India which was established by the Government of India on August 5th, 1954.
- Its headquarter is in New Delhi.
Reference:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/joint-secy-appointed-as-lalit-kala-akademi-protem-chairman-5118917/
http://lalitkala.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=2
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=178237