Jawhar Sircar, until now secretary in the culture ministry, is to be the new CEO of Prasar Bharati. Sircar's name was cleared after a three-member selection panel headed by Vice-President, Hamid Ansari with Press Council of India Chairman, Justice Markanday Katju and Information and Broadcasting secretary, Uday Kumar Varma as members recommended his name for the position.
The appointment of the CEO is done by the President on the recommendation of the selection panel.Sircar is due to retire from his present job next month, and will take over from acting CEO Rajiv Takru, the Additional Secretary in I&B ministry and its representative on the Prasar Bharati board.Takru had been asked to hold additional charge of CEO in January last year after the suspension of the then CEO, BS Lalli, following a series of corruption charges established by the Central Vigilance Commission.