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  • Supriya Sahu takes over as Director General of Doordarshan, four months after selection

    Supriya Sahu takes over as Director General of Doordarshan, four months after selection

    NEW DELHI: Supriya Sahu has taken over as Director-General, almost exactly two years after the tenure of the last full-time DG ended.

    Sahu, who has earlier served in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry as Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) took charge on 29 June, while the last full-time DG Tripurari Sharan had completed his term in July 2014.

    Sahu and F Sheheryar had been selected as full-time Directors-General of Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively by the Prasar Bharati Board on 24 February 2016 and the names were recommended to the Ministry.

    Thereafter, Sheheryar – who as Deputy Director General had been serving as interim DG since February 2014 – took charge as full time DG on 31 May this year.

    DDG C Lalrosanga had been inducted in April last year as interim DG in Doordarshan and Aparna Vaish took over as interim DG after his term ended.

    Sahu, whose term had ended in June 2014 in the I and B but had been on a three-month extension till October 2014 had sought leave for two months thereafter. She was at that time expected to join her home cadre in Tamil Nadu.

    Sahu is also from the Tamil Nadu cadre of IAS 1991 batch. She joined the I and B Ministry as Director in July 2009 and was promoted Joint Secretary in October 2011.

    This decision on 24 February 2014 was taken after the Prasar Bharati Board interviewed ten candidates for the two posts.

    Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com that there were six persons from the Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service, three from the Indian Information Service, and one from the Indian Administrative Service.

    The interviews were held in the backdrop of a decision by the Board earlier last year that the posts for full-time DGs would not be held until the composition of the Board would be complete.

    With two part-time members being appointed, the strength of part-time members of the Board is now complete. The two members are Shashi Shekhar Vempathi, former Principal Architect of Infosys Technologies Ltd and now heading an online media company Niti Digital, and actor Kajol.

    Under the Prasar Bharati Act, the pubcaster should have six-part time members on its Board, which is headed by its chairman.
    Early last year, Chairman A Surya Prakash had told indiantelevision.com that he had made it clear to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that there would be no full time appointments for the posts of the two Directors-General until the composition of the Board was completed.

  • Supriya Sahu takes over as Director General of Doordarshan, four months after selection

    Supriya Sahu takes over as Director General of Doordarshan, four months after selection

    NEW DELHI: Supriya Sahu has taken over as Director-General, almost exactly two years after the tenure of the last full-time DG ended.

    Sahu, who has earlier served in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry as Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) took charge on 29 June, while the last full-time DG Tripurari Sharan had completed his term in July 2014.

    Sahu and F Sheheryar had been selected as full-time Directors-General of Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively by the Prasar Bharati Board on 24 February 2016 and the names were recommended to the Ministry.

    Thereafter, Sheheryar – who as Deputy Director General had been serving as interim DG since February 2014 – took charge as full time DG on 31 May this year.

    DDG C Lalrosanga had been inducted in April last year as interim DG in Doordarshan and Aparna Vaish took over as interim DG after his term ended.

    Sahu, whose term had ended in June 2014 in the I and B but had been on a three-month extension till October 2014 had sought leave for two months thereafter. She was at that time expected to join her home cadre in Tamil Nadu.

    Sahu is also from the Tamil Nadu cadre of IAS 1991 batch. She joined the I and B Ministry as Director in July 2009 and was promoted Joint Secretary in October 2011.

    This decision on 24 February 2014 was taken after the Prasar Bharati Board interviewed ten candidates for the two posts.

    Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com that there were six persons from the Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service, three from the Indian Information Service, and one from the Indian Administrative Service.

    The interviews were held in the backdrop of a decision by the Board earlier last year that the posts for full-time DGs would not be held until the composition of the Board would be complete.

    With two part-time members being appointed, the strength of part-time members of the Board is now complete. The two members are Shashi Shekhar Vempathi, former Principal Architect of Infosys Technologies Ltd and now heading an online media company Niti Digital, and actor Kajol.

    Under the Prasar Bharati Act, the pubcaster should have six-part time members on its Board, which is headed by its chairman.
    Early last year, Chairman A Surya Prakash had told indiantelevision.com that he had made it clear to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that there would be no full time appointments for the posts of the two Directors-General until the composition of the Board was completed.

  • Prasar Bharati Board capable of appointing full-time DGs: I&B sources

    Prasar Bharati Board capable of appointing full-time DGs: I&B sources

    NEW DELHI: The Prasar Bharati Board has the requisite quorum for appointing a full-time directors-general in Doordarshan and All India Radio and need not resort to interim appointments.

     

    Stating this, an Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) official told Indiantelevision.com that the process of filling the four vacancies of part-time members will commence soon.

     

    Nonetheless the Ministry clearly feels that the present strength of the Board is enough for full-time appointments and is surprised at this interim arrangement.

     

    However, according to a Prasar Bharati official, Board chairman A. Surya Prakash is of the view that the present strength of the Board is mostly of government-appointees, and therefore any full-time selection would not be fair. He therefore wants the process of constituting the entire Board to be completed before proceeding with any full-time appointment.

     

    Veteran broadcaster C. Lalrosanga has been appointed interim director general of Doordarshan following the retirement of Vijayalakshmi Chhabra.

     

    Until now, Lalrosanga was holding charge as an additional director general in All India Radio.

     

    Chhabra was named interim DG of Doordarshan in July 2014. She had earlier been ADG Programmes in AIR.

     

    According to information available with this website, contenders for the post of DG include current interim AIR DG F Shehryar, Aparna Vaish, Deepa Chandra, Dr Rajshekhar Vyas, Mukesh Sharma and Mahesh Joshi.

  • Doordarshan appoints C. Lalrosanga as interim DG

    Doordarshan appoints C. Lalrosanga as interim DG

    NEW DELHI: Veteran broadcaster C. Lalrosanga has been appointed as the interim director general of Doordarshan following the retirement of Vijayalakshmi Chhabra.

     

    Until now, Lalrosanga was holding charge as additional director general in All India Radio.

     

    Chhabra had been named the interim DG of Doordarshan in July 2014. She had earlier been ADG Programmes in AIR.

     

    Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com that the process of appointing a final DG will be undertaken as soon as the four vacancies of part-time members of the Prasar Bharati Board are filled.

     

    According to DD sources, contenders for the post of DG include current interim AIR DG F Shehryaar, Aparna Vaish, Deepa Chandra, Dr Rajshekhar Vyas, Mukesh Sharma and Mahesh Joshi.
     
    Lalrosanga has rich and diverse experience in broadcasting, both in sound and visuals.

     

    One of the most onerous tasks await the interim DG as he has taken charge of the public broadcaster in challenging times, especially considering the proposed launch of the ‘Kisan Channel’.

     

    Other tasks include four channels for the north eastern region and increasing the growth of DD‘s direct to home Freedish service.

     

    Lalrosanga joined the North eastern service of All India Radio (NES) Shillong as director after getting selected by Union Public Service Commission in 1991. Prior to that, he was assistant news editor (ANE) at AIR in Aizawl.

  • Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra named interim DG of Doordarshan

    Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra named interim DG of Doordarshan

    MUMBAI: Even before the current Doordarshan director general (DG) Tripurari Sharan’s term comes to an end later this month, a new person who would later take charge has been found.

     

    Vijaya  Laxmi Chhabra has been named as the interim DG of Doordarshan. She was the former ADG (programmes) in All India Radio and was set to retire in March. She will hold charge till the next DG is found.

     

    Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com that the process of appointing a final DG will be undertaken as soon as some of the vacant posts in Prasar Bharati Board are filled.

     

    Indiantelevision.com had earlier reported that there were nine contenders for the post of DG, one of whom was Chhabra. The other names that featured in list were MIB joint secretary of broadcasting Supriya Sahu, culture ministry joint secretary V Srinivas, Mahesh Joshi, Deepa Chandra, Aparna Vaish, Mukesh Sharma and Lalsonga.

     

    Doordarshan additional director general Ranjan Thakur was also one of the names proposed for the position, but due to his unavailability, Chhabra will be the DG for a while.