Governing Body

a) The Governing Body will consist of 15 persons of whom one shall be appointed as Chairman, one as Vice-Chairman and another as the Chief Executive Officer of the Board. While the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Punjab shall be the Chairman, the Animal Husbandry Minister shall be Vice-Chairman, Administrative Secretary Animal Husbandry shall be Chief Executive Officer and Additional Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the State Government. However the State Govt may nominate any other specialist in the relevant field in addition to the above members from time to time. b) The following persons will constitute the first Governing Body: 1. Hon'ble Chief Minister, Punjab (Ex-Officio Chairman); 2. Animal Husbandry Minister (Ex-Officio Vice-Chairman); 3. Administrative Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development (Ex-Officio Chief Executive Officer); 4. Any Officer not below the rank of Joint Director (A.H.) as may be Appointed by the Government (Ex-Officio Additional Chief Executive Officer); 5. Secretary to Govt. of Punjab Deptt. of Finance or his Representative not below the Rank of Joint Secretary (Ex-Officio Member); 6. Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana or His nominee (Ex-Officio Member); 7. Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana (Ex-Officio Member); 8. A representative of the National Project Authority (Govt. of India) (Ex-Officio Member); 9. Joint Commissioner, Govt. of India Ministry of Agriculture, Deptt. of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (Ex-Officio Member); 10. Regional Director/ Chief General Manger, NABARD, Chandigarh (Ex-Officio Member); 11. Four progressive/Cattle Breeders to Be nominated by Govt. of Punjab (Member); 12. A Technical Expert of National level (Member).