<div>Government has nominated Professor J S Rajput, former Director NCERT, as India's representative to the Executive Board (EXB) of UNESCO.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Professor J S Rajput is an eminent educationist with rich experience in various fields including UNESCO.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar during his participation in the General Conference of UNESCO meeting last year actively mobilised support from various nations for India's membership to the Executive Board, by meeting their Ministers.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The Executive Board has a four-year term of office and 58 seats. It is one of the constitutional organs of UNESCO and is elected by the General Conference.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The executive board examines the work for the organization and the corresponding budget estimates. In practice, the executive board is the main organ responsible for all policies and programmes of UNESCO.</div>