Shakti Sinha is Nehru library chief

Shakti Sinha, who served as a private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is the new director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML). The Centre has appointed the retired bureaucrat to the post, relaxing the required age limit for him, for period of three years.

Sinha’s appointment to the post was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, about a year after noted historian and author Mahesh Rangarajan tendered his resignation in the wake of the Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma raising “procedural lapses” in his appointment to the post during UPA regime.

“The ACC has approved the proposal for appointment of Shakti Sinha, retired IAS officer, to the post of Director, NMML, New Delhi, in relaxation of age limit, with a consolidated pay of Rs 2.25 lakh per month, without dearness allowance and HRS for period of three years,” an information note issued by the DoPT on Thursday stated.