Governing Board meets

Members of the Governing Board visited Auroville on 23rd – 25th January to attend their 55th meeting. In an open session with the residents on Thursday, 23rd, the Chairman, Dr Karan Singh, admitted that the Board could have acted differently in relationship to accusations they had received concerning certain Aurovilians [see Auroville Today # 366, January, 2020]. Instead of immediately forwarding these accusations to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for further action, Aurovilians who were explicitly named should have been given the opportunity to defend themselves.

He also noted that the term of office of the present Governing Board would end in November, 2020. In reply to a request that he consider staying on as Chairman, he emphasized this is not in his hands but up to the Government of India. However, he would not seek a further term as he felt a younger person should now take up the task.