"The committee members include well-known educationist of Vidya Bharti, Dinanath Batra as patron, Gita Manishi, Swami Gyananand and Gurukul Pataudi, Acharya Dharam Dev," the Education Minister said, according to an official release here.
Stating that the government wanted to provide "simple and accessible education", Sharma said "verses of the holy Gita are being made part of the school syllabus" in order to make our children cultured and virtuous".