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| Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma, SS Bloeria appointed as members | | Governor reconstitutes SMVD Shrine Board | | Early Times Report
IN HIS capacity as chairman, Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 4(1) (b) of the Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Act, 1988, has nominated E. Sreedharan, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, New Delhi, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, renowned santoor maestro, Sudha Murty, chairperson, Infosys Foundation, Bangalore, Dr. Sudhir S. Bloeria, former chief secretary J&K and advisor to Governor, and Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, chief justice, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, as members.
E. Sreedharan, managing director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, was born in Palghat district of Kerala, and is fondly called the “Wheel of the Nation”, for having changed the very face of Indian public transport by his tireless work in building the Konkan Railway and for his outstanding achievement in establishing the Delhi Metro before the scheduled date and to progressively expand it to cover adjoining areas in UP and Haryana.
Pt Shivkumar Sharma, an internationally acclaimed santoor maestro, has the distinction of bringing forth the folk instrument from the Valley of Kashmir to its classical status. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma appeared for his first national level concert in Mumbai in 1955. This marked a turning point in his career. With his creative genius, the maestro has created a new genre of instrumental music. Through his performances spanning over half a century, he has created millions of new listeners and ardent fans of Indian classical music around the world.
Sudha Murty is chairperson of the well-known Infosys Foundation which she set up in 1996. While she is the wife of the legendary Narayana Murthy, she is a very highly educated and widely respected person in her own right. She holds an M. Tech in computer science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and has been very actively contributing to the social upliftment of poor and the neglected, under the aegis of Infosys Foundation. While she continues to serve as a part-time visiting professor in computer science, she works as a whole time social worker. She is particularly well known for her signal contribution in the medical and educational sectors. After having visited over 800 remote villages in Karnataka, she is implementing a unique project to equip the schools in these villages with a computer and a library. About 3001 such libraries have already come up and several hundred schools have been provided computers by her.
Credited with a distinguished administrative career in the IAS, Dr. Sudhir S. Bloeria, has also served in the Army as a commissioned officer. Before taking over as the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, he was director, Enforcement Directorate in the Ministry of Finance. He also served as advisor to the Governor during the period of Governor’s rule (2008-09) in J&K.
Awarded a Ph. D in 1995 for his research on ‘The Battle of Zoji La-1948’, Dr. Bloeria is the author of several well known books on military history.
He is associated with several social and cultural organisations in the State and has been working for the uplift of the underprivileged sections of the society.
Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, who started his practice in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir, was elected as President of the Bar Association, Jammu, in 1986. He was appointed as additional judge of the High Court of J&K in 1994 and was transferred as a judge of the High Court of Karnataka in 1994 where he was appointed as a permanent judge in 1995. He moved to the High Court of Delhi in 2004 and was appointed as its acting Chief Justice in April 2008. Justice Thakur was elevated as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in August, 2008.
Justice Thakur has served as a member of the law faculty of the University of Jammu and as a member of the first University Council of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. Hailing from a well known family of Jammu, Justice Thakur is known for his keen interest in societal change and balanced socio-economic development.
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