Advisory Board
Sri M. N. Venkatachaliah
Former Chief Justice of India
Sri M.N. Venkatachaliah was the twenty fifth Chief Justice of India. He served from 1993 to 1994. Retirement did not stop him from continuing working towards human rights. He pro actively supported the launch of IC Centre for Governance and has worked as Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. Relentlessly committed towards restoring national values, Dr Venkatachaliah was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2004.
Dr E. Sreedharan
Life President, FRNV
Dr E. Sreedharan is a technocrat, known for completing both the Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro projects within budget and ahead of schedule. He was awarded Padma Shree in 2001, Knight of the Legion of Honour by the Government of France in 2005, and Padma Vibhushan in 2008.
Smt Vibha Parthasarathi
Educationist and Former Chairperson, National Commission for Women
Smt Vibha Parthasarathi is a prominent Indian educationalist. She was the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women from 1999 to 2002. Educated at Cambridge University and Boston University, she has remanded the Principal of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi.
Sri T. S. Krishnamurthy
Former Chief Election Commissioner
Sri T.S. Krishnamurthy was the Chief Election Commissioner of India. He started his career as an Indian Revenue Service Officer. He served the government at various levels. He has held the post of Secretary at the Department of Company Affairs. Also, he was the first Indian Revenue Service officer to become Secretary to the Government of India. He has also served as an IMF advisor in Ethiopia, Georgia.
Sri O P Rawat
Former Chief Election Commissioner
Shri Rawat ji served in various capacities in the Government of India. He was Chief Election Commissioner till 1st December 2008. His rich experience and administrative acumen will enrich FRNV in its journey on ethical values and values-based education in the country.
Shri Satyananda Mishra
Former Chief Information Commissioner
Member on the Advisory Board of FRNV from 8th December 2023. His rich experience will enhance FRNV in its journey.
Justice Grover
Justice Grover started his practice at the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1981 and held a diverse practice in the fields of civil, commercial and criminal laws. After having a successful practice, he was elevated to the Bench in 2006 where he continued to display his legal acumen till he demitted office
Justice Grover delivered judgments across a spectrum of subjects, which were thought provoking all the same. He expressed his liberal views on freedom of expression while deciding cases on sedition in the case of India Today and expounded the principles of the Constitution on freedom of religion and faith in the case regarding the samadhi of Ashutosh Maharaj,
Justice Grover also authored judgments in the commercial field, including rulings on the powers of Division Bench to entertain appeal from cases instituted directly in the high court in international commercial arbitrations. He was also instrumental in expanding the powers of the high court to hear cases involving state responsibility and sovereign reliability in government contracts.