Navneet Kumar Sehgal, a retired bureaucrat, has been appointed as the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati. An order issued by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry states that Sehgal’s term will last for three years or until he reaches the age of seventy, whichever comes earlier.
The chairperson’s post has been vacant since A Surya Prakash reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in February 2020.
The order stated that the President had made the appointment on the selection committee’s recommendation.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar chaired a meeting on Friday to appoint the chairman of the nation’s public broadcaster.
The order said, “The terms and conditions of his appointment shall be governed by the provisions of Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990, and rules made thereunder.”
Sehgal is a retired IAS officer of the 1988 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is known for playing a significant role in UP’s global investor summit. During his stint as the additional chief secretary of sports and youth in the UP government, Noida hosted the first edition of MotoGP in India last year.