{"id":35648,"date":"2026-09-02T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/retd-air-marshal-jitendra-mishra-appointed-ram-mandir-ceo\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:23:40","slug":"retd-air-marshal-jitendra-mishra-appointed-ram-mandir-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/retd-air-marshal-jitendra-mishra-appointed-ram-mandir-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Retd. Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra Appointed Ram Mandir CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/whatsapp-image-2026-09-02-at-1636421788347219_1788347686.jpeg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/whatsapp-image-2026-09-02-at-1636421788347219_1788347686.jpeg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/whatsapp-image-2026-09-02-at-1636421788347219_1788347686.jpeg\" alt=\"Former Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force from the Air Force Academy on December 6, 1986. He retired on April 30 of this year - Bhaskar English\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><span>Former Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force from the Air Force Academy on December 6, 1986. He retired on April 30 of this year<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">On Wednesday, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust approved the appointment of former Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Mishra led the Western Air Command during Operation Sindoor. He is a native of Deoria.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is holding its third meeting following the case of theft of offerings from the Mandir. The trust has announced three new trustees, including a woman for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Delhi-based Mahesh Bhagchandka, Ayodhya advocate Madan Mohan Pandey and Nirmala Yadav from Shikohabad, who is associated with the RSS, have been appointed as trustees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Mahesh Bhagchandka is a relative of former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal. He was the main yajman during the religious rituals held for the Ram Mandir&#8217;s bhoomi pujan in 2020. He also served as a \u2018yajman\u2019 during the Mandir&#8217;s pran pratishtha ceremony on 22 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The offering theft case came to light on 7 June, with eight accused currently in jail. Earlier, at the meeting held on 2 July, the resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra were accepted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Retired IFS officer Krishna Mohan was appointed acting general secretary. On 26 July, a religious committee comprising nine saints was also formed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/mahesh-final_1788348017.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/mahesh-final_1788348017.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/02\/mahesh-final_1788348017.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Know the new trustees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Advocate Madan Mohan Pandey:<\/strong> Pandey was part of the legal team that represented Ram Lalla in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri dispute. He played a role in presenting arguments related to the Ram Janmabhoomi case before the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme Court. In an interview in January 2024, he said the Supreme Court verdict was the biggest achievement of his 51-year career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Mahesh Bhagchandka:<\/strong> Bhagchandka is a Delhi-based businessman and runs the Ashok Singhal Foundation. He has also authored several books, including Ashok Singhal: Hindutva Ke Purodha, Bolti Anubhutiyan and Shri Ram Mandir Kavya Yat<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force from the Air Force Academy on December 6, 1986. He retired on April 30 of this year On Wednesday, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust approved the appointment of former Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra as the first Chief&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32590,16505,15315,32589,32591,22772,27258,27261],"class_list":["post-35648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-air-marshal","tag-ayodhya","tag-ayodhya-news","tag-jitendra-mishra","tag-latest-appointment","tag-ram-mandir","tag-ram-mandir-ceo","tag-temple-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}