Who is in charge of Auroville?
A. While the assets of Auroville, and overall responsibility for ensuring that it achieves its goals, are in the hands of the Auroville Foundation, day-to-day running of the affairs of Auroville is entirely in the hands of the Aurovilians. Auroville maintains a totally non-hierarchical society. Bodies like the ‘Working Committee’ and ‘Auroville Council’ are elected bi-annually from volunteers willing to dedicate themselves to meeting the basic administrative needs of the community, but have no ongoing power. Most major decisions are taken at ad-hoc Residents Assembly meetings where all Aurovilians are equally free to express themselves. In other words, all are essentially equal and have an equal voice in the affairs of the community; no one individual or group is ‘in charge’. In addition to the WC and AVC (above), Auroville also encourages the formation of ‘working groups’ able to deal with specialised matters such as the economy, the farms, the health care, the entry process, the need
