Gaurav Dwivedi appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO

Gaurav Dwivedi appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO : Gaurav Dwivedi, an IAS (Indian Administrative Services) officer of the 1995 batch, has been appointed chief executive officer of state broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

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“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 read with sub- section (4) of Section 4 and sub-section (2A) of Section 6 of that Act, the President, on the recommendation of the Selection Committee, is pleased to appoint Shri Gaurav Dwivedi, IAS(CH: 95) as the executive member (chief executive officer} in Prasar Bharati with effect from the date he assumes charge of the office, for a term of five years,” the ministry of information and broadcasting said in a statement on Monday.

Dwivedi is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch of the Chhattisgarh Cadre. He has worked in various capacities in states like Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He has also been a faculty member at the IAS Training Academy, LBSNAA (Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration), Mussoorie. He is currently posted as chief executive officer, MyGov, ministry of electronics and information technology and is responsible for managing the Indian government’s citizen engagement platform. He is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Administration.

Presently, he is posted as Principal Secretary, Commercial Tax, in the Chhattisgarh government. Prior to this, he was also served as the CEO of MyGovIndia, which was launched by PM Narendra Modi in 2014.

Prasar Bharati founded: 23 November 1997; HQ: New Delhi