Moving forward on the reconstitution of CABE, the highest decision-making body on education in India, the government has now selected about 20 of its 43 nominated members, among them the chairman of IIT- Delhi Vijay Bhatkar, Rohan Narayan Murty and Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Central University, SA Bari.
Former chairman of Editors' Guild of India, DN Bezboruah, VC of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal Central University, Jawaharlal Kaul, and educationist Indumati Rao are some of the other members of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) selected by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, sources said.
Apart from the nominated members, CABE comprises education ministers of all the states, six Members of Parliament, heads of different bodies such as UGC, CBSE, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, among others.
The selection of Murty, son of Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy, assumes significance as he had conceived of the idea of publishing the classical texts of India. He is an alumni of Cornell University and Harvard University.
Bhatkar, on the other hand, is the chairman of IIT-Delhi's Board of Governors.
Sources said the reconstitution of CABE would be completed soon, so that its first meeting can be convened early under the new government.
Indications are that the formulation of the new national education policy would be deliberated upon at length at the meet followed by an interaction of the HRD Minister with the state education ministers.
The consultation process for formulating the policy was launched on January 26. Suggestions are invited on 33 themes identified for discussions.
