After it reconstituted the management of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), the government is likely to soon announce some high-level appointments to organisations under the Culture Ministry.
Around 50 high-level posts are currently lying vacant in about 15 organisations under the Ministry with as many as 36 of these to be filled up in Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) alone.
"The process for appointment to these posts is almost in the final stages. Things are moving very fast and Culture Ministry may soon come out with the names," a source said.
A Parliamentary panel had recently expressed concern over vacancies at higher levels in various organisations under the Culture Ministry and called for time-bound steps to fill up those.
Another source said, all 50 vacant posts may not be filled in one go.
"In the first round, the vacancies may be filled in some of the organizations, including National Archives of India (NAI), National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art," he added.
The posts of Director General are vacant at the National Museum and NAI, while post of Director is lying vacant in National Gallery of Modern Art.
According to the source, the post of Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library lying vacant, after Mahesh Rangarajan stepped down post, may not be filled in the first phase.
In September last year, Rangarajan had quit the post after the BJP government questioned the way his appointment was approved by the previous UPA government on its last legs.
About eight posts of Directors are lying vacant in various organisations, including Indian Museum and Delhi Public Library, while 3 posts of Directors General are yet to be filled in National Archives of India (NAI), National Museum and National Library.
Last month, the Modi-government had reconstituted the management of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) bringing in veteran Hindi journalist Ram Bahadur Rai as its head in place of Chinmaya Gharekhan, a former diplomat.
