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AUROVILLE FOUNDATION
AUROVILLE
Minutes of the 59th Meeting of the Governing Board
Hybrid mode
12-04-2022 AT 11-00AM
2022
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AUROVILLE FOUNDATION, AUROVILLE
Minutes of the 59
th Governing Board meeting (hybrid mode) held on
12th April 2022
The following persons were present:
1) Shri. R. N. Ravi
Governor of Tamil Nadu Chairperson
2) Dr Jayanti S. Ravi
Secretary, Auroville Foundation Secretary
Joined On-line
3) Smt. Darshana Dabral, JS &FA
Ministry of Education, New Delhi
Member
4) Smt. Neeta Prasad, Joint Secretary
Ministry of Education, New Delhi Member
5) Shri. Aravindan Neelakandan Member
6) Dr Nirima Oza Member
7) Prof. Goutam Ghosal Member
8) Prof. R. S. Sarraju Member
9) Prof. Nandana G Basappa Member
10) Dr G. Seetharaman OSD
Leave of absence was granted to the following Member:
1) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan
Lt. Governor of Puducherry Member
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Shri. R. N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chairman, Governing
Board, Auroville Foundation, Auroville delivered the opening remarks of
the 59th Meeting of the Governing Board.
Dr Jayanti Ravi, Secretary, Auroville Foundation, Auroville welcomed the
Chairman and the Members to the 59th meeting of the Governing Board.
Agenda Items were taken up for discussion. The following were the items
noted and decisions taken in this Meeting:
Note:
MoEand Integrated Finance Division (IFD), New Delhi have sent their
comments on the said agenda points before commencement of meeting
and the comments were considered.
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Confirmation of Minutes of the 58th
Meeting of the
Governing Board, held on 18th
January 2022
Item No
59.01:
The Minutes were circulated to the members. The members of Governing
Board resolved to confirm the minutes of the 58
thMeeting of the
Governing Board held on 18thJanuary 2022.
Approval of the Minutes of 34th meeting of the Finance
Committee
Item No
59.02:
The members approved the minutes of the 34thmeeting of the Finance
Committee held on 17thJanuary 2022.
Approval of the Minutes of 35thmeeting of the Finance
Committee
Item No
59.03:
The members approved the minutes of the 35th meeting of the Finance
Committee of the Auroville Foundation was held through circulation.
Action taken report on the Minutes of 58
th meeting of the
Governing Board
Item No
59.04:
The action-taken report on the decisions of the 58
thmeeting of the
Governing Board was noted by the Board.
Report of Secretary, AF
- The action points of the 58
th Governing Board meeting of 18th
January2022 have been discussed with the concerned Working Groups
of Auroville and relevant office order communicating the same are
being issued.
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- Each Working Group has taken up one or more action items for
implementation. Some Working Groups have taken the help of
resource persons.
- The Working Committee, ATDC, FAMC and Entry Board have
prepared presentations with the highlights of progress made thus far
and the plans ahead.
- Township Development Budget for 2022-23 is approximately
Rs.1196.72/- Crore. The regular meetings with officials of the Tamil
Nadu Government for the acquisition of city lands & the establishment
of a New Town Development Authority (for land use regulation) are in
progress.
- Secretary informed the Board that Auroville Foundation has recently
signed an MoU with CPWD, pursuant to discussions with Secretary,
MoE in respect of GoI grants.
- Temporary recruitment will be completed by 1stMay 2022 and
permanent recruitment will be conducted by end of this year. Before
the Permanent recruitment, AVF has to get the approval from MoE
regarding the recruitment rules for the sanctioned posts.
- The FC approved the estimate of Rs. 1.98/- Crores for the preparation
of the detailed development plans on the basis of the Auroville Master
Plan. The agreement between ATDC and Vastushilpa Sangath LLP has
been drafted and is being finalised.
- The FC approved the estimate of Rs. 30/- lakh for a comprehensive
audit of trusts, units and other entities in Auroville by the CAGs office
and established auditors in the private sector. This exercise may