Lyricist and CBFC chairperson Prasoon Joshi has been appointed chairperson of Prasar Bharati, the I & B ministry announced on May 2. The post had been vacant since the resignation of former IAS officer Navneet Kumar Sehgal in December last year.
Joshi, who had been serving as the CBFC chairperson since 2017, has stepped down from that post. He served as CBFC chairperson for a little less than nine years.
Union I & B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw expressed confidence that Joshi’s leadership would infuse “renewed energy, deeper purpose and a fresh creative voice” into the organisation.