Amitabh Mattoo -- academic who advised Mufti is now Mehbooba's advisor
April 28, 2016 13:51
J&K government appoints noted academic Amitabh Mattoo as advisor to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
During his last tenure as advisor to the chief minister, Mattoo did
not draw any salary from the government and took a token one rupee as
monthly remuneration.
Mattoo also served as advisor to chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died on January 7.
A Kashmiri Pandit, his parents did not leave the Kashmir Valley after militancy erupted in 1989-90 and his mother continued to teach in a local college till her retirement.