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Prasar Bharati discusses issues related to All India Radio, Doordarshan functioning

The Prasar Bharati Board On Wednesday Discussed Issues Related To The Functioning Of All India Radio (AIR) And Doordarshan At A Meeting In New Delhi.

PTI | Updated on: 28 Jun 2017, 09:49:07 PM
Prasar Bharati (Image: PTI)

New Delhi:

The Prasar Bharati Board on Wednesday discussed issues related to the functioning of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan at a meeting in New Delhi.

It was the Board’s first meeting after Shashi S Vempati assumed charge as the chief executive officer of the public service broadcaster.

43-year-old Vempati is the first non-Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer to head the organisation.

Under the chairmanship of A Surya Prakash, the meeting was also attended by Board Member (Finance) Rajeev Singh, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Jayashree Mukherjee, and part-time member Ashok Tandon, among others.

However, part-time member and actress Kajol did not attend the meeting, amid reports that she may lose her membership on the account of repeated absence from the meetings.

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First Published : 28 Jun 2017, 09:47:00 PM

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