No. 17/7/2016-M.I

Government of India

Ministry of Culture

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated 19th January, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Filling up the one post of Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi under Ministry of Culture reg.

Applications are invited for appointment to the 1 post of Director in Level-13 of Pay Matrix (118500-214100) (Pre Revised : Pay Band 4 : 37400-67000 + Grade Pay of Rs. 8700/-) in National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, a subordinate office under the Ministry of Culture. The post is proposed to be filled by Composite Method [Deputation (Including short term contract) plus Promotion].

2. Job Description

The National Gallery of Modern Art, a premier museum of India with a rich and exquisite collections of contemporary paintings, under the Ministry of Culture is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director for its branch at New Delhi. The incumbents will be responsible for Administration of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and planning and implementation of all technical and academic programmes of the gallery. He/She will also organize and implement special exhibition programmes/ Cultural Exchange Programmes and joint exhibitions with other countries besides the regular display of art works in the galleries. He/She will also look after the conservation laboratory and restoration work, art storage, digitization programmes etc. He/She will also be responsible for implementing the publication programme, functioning of the library and organizing academic courses on art and appreciation under formal and non-formal stream.

3. Eligibility

Officers of the Central Government or State Governments or Autonomous or Statutory bodies or Research Institutions or Universities or semi-Government or Public Sector Undertakings:-

a) (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or department; or

(ii) with five years service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis in posts in the Level-12 of Pay Matrix (78800-209200) (Pre Revised : Pay Band -3, Rs. 15600-39100 plus Grade Pay of Rs. 7600/-) or equivalent in the parent cadre or department; and

b) possessing the educational qualifications and experience as under:-

Essential

(i) Masters Degree in Fine Arts or History of Art or Museology from a recognised university; and

(ii) Ten years experience including research work in one or more of the fields of Fine Art or History of Art out of which three years experience should be in administrative matters

Desirable:

Masters degree in Public Administration or Masters Degree in Business Administration from a recognised university.

Note 1: Departmental Deputy Director (Programme) in the the Level-12 of Pay Matrix (78800-209200) (Pre Revised : Pay Band -3, Rs. 15600-39100 plus Grade Pay of Rs. 7600/-) with five years regular service in the grade shall also be considered along with outsiders and in case he or she is selected for appointment to the post, the same shall be deemed to have been filled by promotion.

Note 2 : The period of deputation (including short term contract) including the period of deputation (including short term contract) in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organisation or department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not to exceed five years.

Note 3 : The maximum age limit for appointment by deputation (including short term contract) shall not be exceeding 56 years as on the closing date of receipt of applications.

Note 4: For the purpose of appointment on deputation basis, the service rendered on a regular basis by an officers prior to the 1st January, 2006 or the date from which the revised pay structure based on the 6th Central Pay Commission recommendation has been extended, shall be deemed to be service rendered in the corresponding grade pay or pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission except where there has been merger of more than one pre-revised scale of pay into one grade with a common Grade Pay or Pay scale and where this benefit will extend only for the post (s) for which that Grade Pay or Pay Scale is the normal replacement grade without any upgradation.

4. Application, in duplicate, in the enclosed prescribed proforma alongwith complete up-to-date ACR dossiers of the Officers (last five years duly attested on each page by an officer not below the rank of Under Secretary and above) who can be spared in the event of their selection should reach the undersigned through proper channel within a period of 60 days from the date of publication of the advertisement in the Employment News. Applications received after the last date or otherwise found incomplete will not be considered and stand rejected. Certification by the

forwarding authority at the end of the proforma may invariably be done certifying the correctness of the information submitted by the applicant together with conveying the vigilance clearance, certification regarding integrity and certification regarding non-imposition of the penalty upon the officer during the last 10 years.

5. The crucial date for determining the eligibility, experience, age etc. will be last date prescribed for the receipt of the applications. The last date for receipt of the applications will be counted after excluding the first date of publication of the vacancy/post in the Employment News.

6. The details regarding eligibility conditions, educational qualifications and experience, application form etc. are also available on the website of the Ministry at www.indiaculture.gov.in

(S.K. Singh)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Tel. No. 23380136

Room No. 210-D,

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110115

To,

1. All Ministries/Department of Govt. of India for further circulation of the vacancy among all the Attached / Subordinate Offices / Autonomous Bodies / Public Sector Undertakings / Universities / Recognized Research Institutions / Semi-Government / Statutory Organizations under their control.

2. Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories.

3. The Director General, Doordarshan, Doordarshan Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001 with the request to telecast the vacancy in their Bulletins / News on Employment.

4. Director General, Akashwani (AIR) Akashwani Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi for dissemination in their Bulletins / News on Employment.

5. The Director General (Resettlement Division), Ministry of Defence, West Block-IV, Wing-I, R.K. Puram New Delhi for wide publicity among eligible officers.

6. All Attached/Subordinate Offices/Autonomous Organizations under the Ministry of Culture.

7. National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai for uploading on the website.

8. National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru for uploading on the website.

9. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi for uploading on the website.

10. Registrars of all Universities.

11. Director, Employment News, West Block, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110066.

12. NIC Cell, Ministry of Culture for uploading the notice on Ministry of Cultures website.