panaji dattaguru amonkar has been appointed as the regional director of the indira gandhi national centre for the arts ignca goa regional centre amonkar has assumed the charge of the postamonkar who has a doctorate in cultural history and vast experience of event organisation was selected through an open interview after ignca new delhi invited applications from the eligible candidates for the post tnn mumbai the maharashtra state cabinet has approved extending the lease for the national gallery of modern art by another 30 years at a nominal annual rent of re 1 the lease is extended for the land and the building located at fort and is spread over 14896 sq metres the gallery is under the jurisdiction of the central government recently when the lease expired the union ministry of cultural affairs sought an extension which has been done under the maharashtra land revenue code 1966