Shri Amarntahji Shrine Board (SASB) reconstituted

JAMMU: Seventeen days after the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday reconstituted the Shri Amarntahji Shrine Board (SASB), for a period of three years, with immediate effect.

Malik has nominated Swami Avdheshanand Giri ji Maharaj, Prof Anita Billawaria, Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Dr CM Seth, IFS (Retd), Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, DC Raina, Dr Sudershan Kumar, Tripta Dhawan and Prof Vishwamurti Shastri as Members.

Malik nominated these members in his capacity as Chairman, SASB, in exercise of powers conferred upon him under the Jammu and Kashmir Shri Amarnathji Shrine Act, 2000,

Swami Avdheshanand is a highly respected Chairman of Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha Trust and is nominated Member of World Council of Religious Leaders; Pt. Bhajan Sopori is a renowed music maestro, bearer of the fabled “Sufiana Gharana” of Kashmir and Santoor Legend and Music Composer and has received number of awards including the Padma Shri; Dr Shetty, an eminent doctor, Chairman and founder of Narayana Health, a hospital chain and also a recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri; DC Raina, Senior Advocate and Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir; Dr Seth, is a retired Indian Forest Service Officer, former Chairman, State Pollution Control Board, Former Project Director and Registrar, SMVDU and presently also member of J&K State Cultural and Heritage Authority and State Bio-diversity Board; Dr Kumar is a distinguished Scientist and former Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Prof. Billawaria is the Professor and Head in the Department of History, University of Jammu; Dhawan is currently Trustee for the Vyakti Vikas Kendra and oversees all Art of Living activities for North India and Prof Shastri is a well known Sanskrit/ Vedic Scholar, retired Principal, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and presently Director, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul.