Secretary’s departure leads to confusion

The Government of India has still not appointed a new Secretary nor a new Acting Secretary to replace former Secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi, whose term of office ended in July 2024. Confusion is caused as Dr Ravi continues to regularly visit Auroville and is still being named as the Secretary in the press. A report of a meeting with the Chairman of the Governing Board, which was circulated by some of the Aurovilians present, stated that the Chairman had insisted on several occasions that Dr Ravi was no longer Secretary. The same had been mentioned by the hon’ble Union Home Minister in a meeting with a group of Aurovilians on September 24th.