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Management And Organization

The Museum was being managed under the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (Gandhi Memorial
Trust), New Delhi, in whose campus  it  is located, till 1965. On November 6, 1965,
'Gandhi Smarak  Sangrahalaya   Samiti' (GSSS; Gandhi Memorial Museum Society),
Rajghat, New Delhi, was registered  under the Societies  Registration  Act of 1860,
vide Regn. No. S.2873 of 1965-66 on  26 November 1965.

Since then the Museum is managed by the GSSS through its Governing Body, whose
present  membership is as under:

Prof. Bimal Prasad Chairman
Shri B. R. Nanda Member
Dr. Razi Ahmad Member

Shri Ram Chandra Rahi  
Secretary, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, New Delhi

Member -Treasurer
Dr. N. Radhakrishnan Member
Prof. Aparna Basu Member
Shri Anil Nauriya Member
Prof. S.R. Mehrotra Member
Prof. Margaret Chatterjee Member
Shri M. Mariappan Member
Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar Member
Shri B.P. Singh Member
Prof. T.N.Madan Member
Shri Jawhar Sircar
The Secretary, Ministry of Culture
Government  of India
Member
Dr. Varsha Das Director &
Member-Secretary

Shri Sadiq Ali, one of the most respected Gandhians, was the Chairman from 21
January 1965 till his sad demise on 17th April 2001. After that Sh. B.R. Nanda was the Chairman till 30 July, 2008.

Director , Dr. Varsha Das , is  the executive head of  the Museum. She is assisted
by an Administrative Officer, a Head of Library, and about 29 other regular staff.

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