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  • Ajay Mittal will be I&B ministry secretary on Sunil Arora’s retirement

    Ajay Mittal will be I&B ministry secretary on Sunil Arora’s retirement

    NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Ajay Mittal is to take over as secretary in the Information & Broadcasting ministry. He will succeed Sunil Arora, who is retires on 30 April. At present, Mittal is based in his home cadre in Himachal Pradesh and belongs to the 1982 batch. His predecessor Arora is an IAS officer from Rajasthan from the 1980 batch.
    Arora joined the ministry on 31 August last year just as the ministry was making preparations for the Digital Addressable System Phase III and was in the midst of the Phase III auctions of FM radio. His successor will have the onerous task of overseeing the implementation of the last phase in DAS which will cover all remaining urban and all rural areas of the country.

    Born on 24 February 1958, Mittal is a law graduate and also has an masters degree in rural development. His first posting was as principal secretary to the then chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and in the Information and Public Relations wing in the state. Mittal was empanelled as secretary in December last year when he was additional chief secretary, Transport, Social Justice & Empowerment department, Shimla.

  • Ajay Mittal will be I&B ministry secretary on Sunil Arora’s retirement

    Ajay Mittal will be I&B ministry secretary on Sunil Arora’s retirement

    NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Ajay Mittal is to take over as secretary in the Information & Broadcasting ministry. He will succeed Sunil Arora, who is retires on 30 April. At present, Mittal is based in his home cadre in Himachal Pradesh and belongs to the 1982 batch. His predecessor Arora is an IAS officer from Rajasthan from the 1980 batch.
    Arora joined the ministry on 31 August last year just as the ministry was making preparations for the Digital Addressable System Phase III and was in the midst of the Phase III auctions of FM radio. His successor will have the onerous task of overseeing the implementation of the last phase in DAS which will cover all remaining urban and all rural areas of the country.

    Born on 24 February 1958, Mittal is a law graduate and also has an masters degree in rural development. His first posting was as principal secretary to the then chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and in the Information and Public Relations wing in the state. Mittal was empanelled as secretary in December last year when he was additional chief secretary, Transport, Social Justice & Empowerment department, Shimla.

  • Supriya Sahu & F Sheheryar to take over as full-time DGs of Doordarshan and AIR

    Supriya Sahu & F Sheheryar to take over as full-time DGs of Doordarshan and AIR

    NEW DELHI: Former Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Supriya Sahu, and F Sheheryar, who has been holding additional charge for two years, have been named as the new full-time Directors-General of Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively.

    This decision is understood to have been taken after the Prasar Bharati Board today interviewed 10 candidates for the two posts.

    Sheheryar, Deputy Director General, had taken over as interim DG in February 2014 in AIR, while C Lalrosanga was inducted in April last year as interim DG in Doordarshan. Thus, Sheheryar has been confirmed for the post he was holding as additional charge.

    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.

    While Shashi Shekhar Vempathi, former Principal Architect of Infosys Technologies, who now heads an online media company Niti Digital, formally joined the Board today, actor Kajol will join when she comes back from overseas where she is shooting for a film.

    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 Dr A Surya Prakash had informed this website 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 & F Sheheryar to take over as full-time DGs of Doordarshan and AIR

    Supriya Sahu & F Sheheryar to take over as full-time DGs of Doordarshan and AIR

    NEW DELHI: Former Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Supriya Sahu, and F Sheheryar, who has been holding additional charge for two years, have been named as the new full-time Directors-General of Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively.

    This decision is understood to have been taken after the Prasar Bharati Board today interviewed 10 candidates for the two posts.

    Sheheryar, Deputy Director General, had taken over as interim DG in February 2014 in AIR, while C Lalrosanga was inducted in April last year as interim DG in Doordarshan. Thus, Sheheryar has been confirmed for the post he was holding as additional charge.

    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.

    While Shashi Shekhar Vempathi, former Principal Architect of Infosys Technologies, who now heads an online media company Niti Digital, formally joined the Board today, actor Kajol will join when she comes back from overseas where she is shooting for a film.

    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 Dr A Surya Prakash had informed this website 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.

  • Bharti Sihag to be AS and FA in I&B Ministry

    Bharti Sihag to be AS and FA in I&B Ministry

    NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service Officer Bharti S. Sihag has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

     

    An officer from Himachal Pradesh cadre of the 1983 batch, she is presently posted in the state.

     

    The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also cancelled orders issued earlier for appointment of Annie Moracs, IP & TA & FS (1979) for this post.