INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 28
The government has issued ‘Narayanhiti Palace Museum and Republic Memorial Management and Operation Development
Board (Formation) Order-2019& to protect and promote the museum and oversee its management and operation.
As per the order, there shall be a
five-member Narayanhiti Palace Museum and Republic Memorial Management and Operation Board headed by a secretary at the Ministry of Culture,
Tourism and Civil Aviation
Other office-bearers include representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Department of Archaeology and executive
director of the board.
Functions and duties of the board are to develop the museum and memorial as historical and cultural heritage of the
nation, make the memorial a place for organising wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the martyrs, formulate and implement short-term and
long-term policies for their protection and promotion, fix the entrance fee for general public, put objects of archaeological and cultural
significance on display for public and coordinate with the local level.
The order also stipulates provision of an executive director to act
as an administrative chief of the museum and the memorial
The government will appoint the executive director through open competition by inviting application from eligible candidates.
&Persons
eligible to be appointed as the executive director shall be Nepali citizens having attained 35 years of age and completed master degree in
political science, arts, culture, museum or archaeology, with at least 10 years of experience in the concerned field,& read the order
Any person who is not a Nepali citizen, has been convicted of offence involving moral turpitude and blacklisted under the law or has
acquired permanent residency status of a foreign country shall not be eligible to be appointed as the executive director
Tenure of the executive director shall be four years and he or she may be re-appointed
If the executive director is found incompetent and involved in unethical activities, the government may remove him or her at anytime.
After
30 days of the appointment, the executive shall have to conclude a performance contract with the chief of the board
The order has also set down the functions, duties and powers of the executive director in relation to management and operation of the museum
It empowers the board to hire drivers, gardeners, office assistants and security guards as per necessity
It requires the board to submit annual report to the MoCTCA within three months of completion of each fiscal year.
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