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Jawhar Sircar to be Prasar Bharati CEO
Senior IAS officer Jawhar Sircar is all set to be appointed the next CEO of national broadcaster Prasar Bharati after a panel headed by the Vice-President recommended his name to the Government.
Sircar, a 1975 batch officer who is posted as the Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, was picked up from among 12 candidates by a panel which apart from Vice-President Hamid Ansari included Press Council chairperson Markandey Katju and Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary in the I&B Ministry.
Official sources said that the panel’s recommendation was mandatory for the Government and Sircar was expected to take charge of Prasar Bharati, which governs the working of Doordarshan and the All India Radio, in a couple of days. Following the suspension of the previous incumbent BS Lalli, the duties of the CEO Prasar Bharati were being discharged by Rajiv Takru, an additional secretary in the I&B Ministry.
Senior IAS officer Jawhar Sircar is all set to be appointed the next CEO of national broadcaster Prasar Bharati after a panel headed by the Vice-President recommended his name to the Government.
Sircar, a 1975 batch officer who is posted as the Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, was picked up from among 12 candidates by a panel which apart from Vice-President Hamid Ansari included Press Council chairperson Markandey Katju and Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary in the I&B Ministry.
Official sources said that the panel’s recommendation was mandatory for the Government and Sircar was expected to take charge of Prasar Bharati, which governs the working of Doordarshan and the All India Radio, in a couple of days. Following the suspension of the previous incumbent BS Lalli, the duties of the CEO Prasar Bharati were being discharged by Rajiv Takru, an additional secretary in the I&B Ministry.
