Governing Board
Governing Board of SIC formulates the policies and regulates the ongoing activities of SIC. Governing Board is created by selecting the members from member contries for a period of 3 years. But the country can change its members. Director appoints a Member Secretary for conducting daily administrative tasks of Centre. The structure of Governiung Board is as follows:
 Member from
each member country |
8 |
|
| Representative from SAARC Secreteriat |
1 |
|
| Representative of Government of Nepal, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs |
1 |
|
| Director of SIC
|
1 |
|
Current GB Members of SIC:
|
|
Afghanistan |
|
Mr.
Syed Hasinur Rahman
Additional
Secretary
Ministry
of Information, Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
|
Mr.
Tsering Yonten
Director
Department
of Information and Media, Bhutan
|
Bhutan |
|
Mr.
S. M. Khan
Additional DG
Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting, India
|
India |
|
Ms.
Hawwa Nasiha
Asst. Director
Ministry of Legal Reform
Information and Arts, Maldives |
Maldives |
|
Mr.
Narayan Pd Regmi
Joint Secretory
Ministry
of Information and Communication, Nepal |
Nepal |
|
Mr.
Mansoor Suhail
Director
General
External
Publicity Wing Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Pakistan
|
Pakistan |
|
Mrs.
Dharsana Senanayake
Senior Asst. Secretary
Ministry of Information and Media, Sri-Lanka |
Sri-Lanka |
|
Mr.
Shreedhar Gautam
Director
SAARC
Information Centre (SIC), Nepal |
SIC |
|
Mr.
Rishi Ram Ghimire
Director
SAARC
Secretariat, Kathmandu |
SAARC
Secretariat |
|
Mr.
Ghana Shyam Lamsal
Section
Officer,
SAARC
Division
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nepal |
MOFA |
Director of the SIC
The Director shall work as an executive head of the SIC. The director will be nominated by the host country. The director shall manage and administer the centre and shall be responsible to the Governing Board for the SAARC operation and management for the centre and for ensuring that its programmes are properly developed and carried out.
Mr. Shanta Raj Subedi, former Director General of the Department of Information
is the first Director of the SIC. Now, Mr. Shreedhar Gautam is acting
as the Director of SIC. Mr. Gautam is the Director General of the Department
of Information, Government of Nepal.
The director will be the legal representatives of the center. The director shall sign all deeds, contracts, agreements and other legal documents, which the necessary to ensure the normal functioning of the Center within the scope to determined by the Board. The director will be ex-offico member to the Board, and will also attend the meeting of the relevant bodies.
Funding System of the SIC
There are three types of budget
- Capital Expenditure
The host country shall provide the accommodation of the centre with office space, water, telecommunications and major maintenance of the same.
- Institutional Cost
The host country will bear 40% of the Institutional expenses. The remaining 60% will then be distributed among the seven member states, as per the agreed sharing percentage followed by the SAARC Secretariat.
- Program Cost
The program cost of the SIC will be borne by Member states as per the agreed formula followed by the SAARC Secretariat |
