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Organization

Main Bodies:

Academy Assembly
Academy Council
Service Commission
Academy Secretariat
Academic Structure
Administrative Structure

1. Academy Assembly

Academy Assembly is the supreme body of RNA with powers to give guidelines and directives to the Council, to approve plans, programmes and budget, to frame necessary rules and regulations, and to decide upon awards, honours, fellowships, and life and honorary memberships to be conferred.

The Academy Assembly Comprises of:

1	Chancellor	Chairman
2	Pro-Chancellor	Vice-Chairman
3	Vice-Chancellor	Member
4	One of the University Vice-Chancellors nominated by the Chancellor	Member
5	One of the former Vice-Chancellors	Member
6	Life Member, RNA	Member
7	Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, HMG	Member
8	Secretary, Ministry of Finance, HMG	Member
9	Thirty persons who have made significant contributions to Nepali and other languages, literature, art and craft, music and drama, culture and social sciences.	Member
10	Member-Secretary, RNA	Member-Secretary

The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chancellor, and the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation is the ex-officio Pro-Chancellor of the Academy. The following are the members of the Assembly at present :

1	Bhairab Bahadur Thapa
2	Beti Bajracharya
3	Bhaupanthi (Tilak Pradas Sharma)
4	Bhuvan Dhungana
5	Bishu Raj Atreya (Lato Sathi)
6	Bishwambhar Ghimire
7	Bulu Mukarung
8	Bunda Rana
9	Durga Lal Shrestha
10	Geeta Keshari
11	Govind Tandon
12	Govinda Bhatta
13	J.B. Tuhure (Juth Bahadur Khadgi)
14	Jagman Gurung
15	Jeevendra Deo Giri
16	Kancha Kumar Karmacharya (K.K. Karmacharya)
17	Kanchan Pudasini
18	Milan Shakya
19	Nanda Krishna Joshi
20	Prem Raman Upreti
21	Ragini Upadhayay
22	Ram Bahrosh Kapadi (Bhramar)
23	Ratnakar Devkota
24	Sarubhakta Shrestha
25	Shakti Ballabh Shrestha
26	Shekhar Giri
27	Thakur Prasad Mainali
28	Vijay Bajimaya
29	Yadhav kharel

2. Academy Council

Academy Council, an executive body of RNA, implements the decisions, plans and programmes of the Academy Assembly. It also regulates the annual programme and budget of the Academy. It makes necessary arrangements for fellowships, honours, awards, and prizes. The Vice-Chancellor heads the Academy Council of nine members and a Member-Secretary. The tenure of the nominated members is five years.

The Council Comprises of:

1	Vice-Chancellor	Chairman
2	Nine nominated persons	Members
3	Member-Secretary, RNA	Member-Secretary

3. Service Commission

The Service Commission is a recommendatory body for the appointment and promotion of permanent employees.

The Service Commission Comprises of:

1	Member of the Public Service Commission, HMG, deputed by its Chairperson	Member
2	Member nominated by RNA	Member
3	Member-Secretary, RNA	Member-Secretary

4. Academy Secretariat

Nearly two hundred artists and employees are involved in the administrative and academic functions of the Academy Secretariat, which forms committes, sub-committees, and advisory boards as needed. The following two charts help us understand the structure of the administrative and the academic committees.

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