Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Three Members Nominated To Salar Jung Museum Board
The Salar Jung Museum Board has three new or returning members.
The Ministry of Culture chose them for five years.
Their names were published in an official Gazette notification.
The members are Prof. V. Kishan Rao, Dr Sriperumbudur Jaikishan and Dr Seelam Raji Reddy.
Kishan Rao and Jaikishan are serving on the board again.
Raji Reddy is joining the board for the first time.
The appointments were made under the Salar Jung Museum Act of 1961.
Afterward, the three members met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla.
The Ministry of Culture nominated three members to the Salar Jung Museum Board for five years.
Prof. V. Kishan Rao, Dr Sriperumbudur Jaikishan and Dr Seelam Raji Reddy were named in a Gazette notification.
Kishan Rao and Jaikishan were reappointed to the board.
Raji Reddy was appointed to the board for the first time.
The newly appointed members met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla.
- Who
- Prof. V. Kishan Rao, Dr Sriperumbudur Jaikishan and Dr Seelam Raji Reddy were nominated.
- What
- They were nominated to the Salar Jung Museum Board for five years.
- When
- The appointments were announced in a Gazette notification; the notification date was not specified.
- Where
- The board is associated with the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, and the members met the Telangana Governor.
- Why
- They were appointed under the Salar Jung Museum Act, 1961.
- Appointing authority
- Ministry of Culture
- Board
- Salar Jung Museum Board
- Term
- Five years
- Legal basis
- Salar Jung Museum Act, 1961
- Reappointed members
- Prof. V. Kishan Rao and Dr Sriperumbudur Jaikishan
- New member
- Dr Seelam Raji Reddy
- Follow-up meeting
- The members met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla