Who led the committee on the functions of the Indian Constituent Assembly ?

Concept

The Constituent Assembly of India (1946-1950) split its work among numerous specialised committees - procedural, drafting, and administrative - each carrying its own specific mandate and each headed by its own chairman. Answering “who led” a given committee therefore requires matching that committee's specific charge to its specific chairman, not simply naming a prominent Assembly figure in general.

Application

The Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly was set up in 1947 to define and recommend the scope of the Assembly's own business and procedure. G.V. Mavalankar, who was also elected Speaker of the Assembly's legislative wing, was chosen to chair this specific committee; its report on the Assembly's functions was submitted around August 1947.

Cross-check

Matching the other names to their actual committee assignments confirms the pick by elimination: B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya headed the House Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru headed the Union Powers, Union Constitution, and States Committees (not this one), and K.M. Munshi headed the Order of Business Committee - none of them chaired the Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly.

The correct answer is therefore G.V. Mavalankar.