Navneet Sehgal is Chairperson of Prasar Bharati

• The Government of India appointed retired bureaucrat Navneet Sehgal as Chairperson of Prasar Bharati.
  • The Prasar Bharati Chairman’s post has been vacant since A. Surya Prakash completed his tenure in February 2020.
• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, headed the selection panel for the post of Prasar Bharati Chairman.
  • The chairperson of the Press Council of India and a nominee of the President complete the three-member panel.
• The post of the Prasar Bharati Chairman has a three-year tenure or until the person attains the age of 70 years.

ABOUT PRASAR BHARATI

• Prasar Bharati is a statutory autonomous body established under the Prasar Bharati Act and came into existence on 23.11.1997.
• It is the Public Service Broadcaster of the country.
• The objectives of public service broadcasting are achieved in terms of Prasar Bharati Act through All India Radio and Doordarshan, which earlier were working as media units under the Ministry of I&B and since 1997 became constituents of Prasar Bharati.