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66TH MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BOARD

DATE : 13 February 2024

TIME : 3.00 PM to 4.30 PM

MODE : Hybrid Mode

Auroville Foundation Auroville

Minutes of the meeting

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AUROVILLE FOUNDATION, AUROVILLE

Minutes of the 66th Governing Board meeting (hybrid mode) held on 13.02.2023 at

Raj Bhavan, Chennai

The following were present in the meeting:

1) Hon’ble Shri R. N. Ravi

Governor of Tamil Nadu Chairperson

2) Hon’ble Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

Lt. Governor of Puducherry

Member

3) Prof. Goutam Ghosal Member

4) Dr. Nirima Oza Member

5) Prof. R. S. Sarraju Member

6) Shri Aravindan Neelakandan Member

7) Dr. Jayanti S. Ravi Secretary, AVF

8) Dr. G. Seetharaman OSD, AVF

Prof. Nandana G Basappa, Governing Board member did not attend the meeting.

The following Officers of Ministry of Education were present online during the

meeting:

1. Ms. Anusree Raha, Joint Director

2. Ms. Madhu Bala Soni, Under Secretary

3. Shri Sameer Bakshi, SO

4. Shri Naveen, ASO

Dr. Jayanti S. Ravi, Secretary, Auroville Foundation welcomed the Chairperson and the

Members to the 66

th meeting of the Governing Board.

Hon’ble Shri R. N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chairperson, Governing Board,

Auroville Foundation delivered the opening remarks.

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Then, the Agenda Items were taken up for discussion. The following were the decisions

taken in this meeting:

Item No. 66.01 Confirmation of minutes of the 65th meeting of the

Governing Board held on 12thDecember 2023

The minutes of the 65th Meeting of the Governing Board held on 12th December 2023

were circulated to all the Members. The Ministry has pointed out the omission of the

name of Shri Sanjog Kapoor, JS & FA who attended the meeting online. No other

comments have been received. The Governing Board resolved to confirm the minutes

of the 64th meeting with the correction in the list of attendees as above.

Item No. 66.02 Action taken on important decisions taken by the present

Governing Board

The Governing Board has taken on record the important decisions taken by it since

it took office on 6.10.2021 and the actions taken/present status on the decisions.

Item No. 66.03 Secretary’s Report

The Secretary presented the report on the important activities and achievements since

the last GB meeting. As part of the important activities, the Secretary presented the

action taken by the Foundation to clear the areas of trees and other encroachments on

which roads and other infrastructure facilities are planned as per the Master Plan in the

aftermath of the Supreme Court’s interim order dated 13.12.2023 staying the NGT’s

order dated 28.4.2022. The Board appreciated the action taken in this direction and

advised that the clearance activities be undertaken in one go and not in phases. It advised

to carry out a large scale tree plantation drive. Secretary informed that tree plantation

drive is on the cards with the active involvement of the OSD who is an Indian Forest

Service Officer.

The Board advised that it was time to proceed ahead quickly with the infrastructure

activities so that the city as envisioned by the Mother was realised.

Secretary informed the Board about the meetings held with Community Coordinators

and also about the meetings held with the Residents and three days viz. 7 to 9 Feb 2024

which was attended by around 250 Residents on each day. The Board advised to