Overview
- The Trust began one‑on‑one interviews on Tuesday and continued on Wednesday with 18 candidates chosen from about 5,200 applications.
- The selection panel comprises former Justice Pramod Kohli, Lt Gen (retd) Vishnukant Chaturvedi and scientist Suresh Haware and will forward three names for the Trust’s final choice.
- Applicants completed a 34‑point form and faced questions about administrative experience as well as personal religious practices and lifestyle such as vegetarianism, alcohol use, shikha and janeu.
- Interviews are held behind closed doors at the temple complex with candidates transported and instructed not to speak to media, prompting at least one applicant to demand the Trust publish shortlisting criteria and names.
- The recruitment follows a June probe into alleged embezzlement of temple donations that led to a SIT investigation, an FIR and arrests, and the CEO role is framed to strengthen financial controls, crowd management and systems for the complex.