Gaurav Dwivedi appointed Prasar Bharati CEO

Gaurav Dwivedi appointed Prasar Bharati CEO

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: November 16 2022

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  • Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
  • A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Mr. Dwivedi will have a five-year tenure from the date he assumes charge.
  • Earlier, Mr. Dwivedi was the Chief Executive Officer of MyGovIndia, the citizen engagement platform of the government.
  • Shashi Shekhar Vempati was the CEO of Prasar Bharati from 2017 to 2022.
  • He succeeds Mayank Agrawal, the Director General of Doordarshan who holds additional charge as Prasar Bharati CEO.
  • Prasar Bharati is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the Doordarshan Television Network and Akashvani All India Radio, which were earlier units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
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