A 14 member National Advisory Council has been constituted. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has nominated 14 persons as Members of the Council in consultation with the Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. <br/><br/>Prominent among them are Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, MP, Dr. Ram Dayal Munda, MP, Prof. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Prof. Pramod Tandon, VC, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong and Dr. Jean Dreze, GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad.<br/>