Budha Chingtham appointed EZCC board member
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 25 2023:
Union Ministry of Culture has appointed theatre critic Budha Chingtham as member of Board of Governors of Eastern Zonal Cultural Council (EZCC), Kolkata.
He was nominated to the Board by Union minister of culture Gangapuram Kishan Reddy.
Budha is the first Manipuri to be made a member of the Board.
It may be mentioned that EZCC works for preservation and development of rich cultural heritage of Eastern India with West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands being the member state of the council.
Previously, Budha Chingtham held two terms as state member of EZCC, Kolkata and NEZCC, Dimapur.
The first meeting of the new EZCC Board of Governors will be held on November 20 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha under the chairmanship of Governor of West Bengal CV Ananda Bose.
The meeting will be attended by Budha Chingtham as representative of Manipur.