Navneet Kumar Sehgal appointed as new Prasar Bharati chairman

Navneet Kumar Sehgal, a retired bureaucrat, has been appointed as the brand new Chairman of Prasar Bharati. An order issued by the Data & Broadcasting Ministry states that Sehgal’s time period will final for 3 years or till he reaches the age of seventy, whichever comes earlier.

The chairperson’s publish has been vacant since A Surya Prakash reached the obligatory retirement age of 70 in February 2020.

The order acknowledged that the President had made the appointment on the choice committee’s suggestion.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar chaired a gathering on Friday to nominate the chairman of the nation’s public broadcaster.

The order stated, “The phrases and circumstances of his appointment shall be ruled by the provisions of Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Company of India) Act, 1990, and guidelines made thereunder.”

Sehgal is a retired IAS officer of the 1988 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He’s recognized for enjoying a major position in UP’s international investor summit. Throughout his stint as the extra chief secretary of sports activities and youth within the UP authorities, Noida hosted the primary version of MotoGP in India final 12 months.