(1) The Chairperson of the Authority and every part-time Member thereof shall be appointed by the Central Government on the recommendation of a Search-cum-Selection Committee consisting of —
(a) Cabinet Secretary — Chairman ex officio;
(b) Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training — Member ex officio;
(c) Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance — Member ex officio;
(d) Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology — Member ex officio;
(e) two experts from the relevant field to be nominated by the Minister in-charge of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
1Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide Notification No. G.S.R. 680(E), dated 12th July, 2016.
(2) The Search-cum-Selection Committee may regulate its own procedure for the purpose of sub-rule (1).