Mahesh Rangarajan appointed as Director of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

Environmental historian and political commentator Mahesh Rangarajan was selected and appointed as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, one of the country's top centres for research on modern Indian history. The Delhi High Court had earlier struck down his original appointment on the grounds of an invalid selection process. Dr. Rangarajan's appointment had been challenged in court by a history professor from Rohtak.

Government funded institution, NMML had invited applications rather than advertising the position. The court ruled that the process was in violation of the prescribed procedure and the law and had quashed Dr. Rangarajan's appointment.

However while asking NMML to start the appointment process anew, the court stated that the institution was free to re-appoint Dr. Rangarajan to the post as per established procedure if he was found to be the best candidate for the post.