Supriya Sahu made DG, Doordarshan; Sheheryar takes charge at All India Radio

Former joint secretary (broadcasting) in the information and broadcasting ministry Supriya Sahu & Fayyaz Sheheryar who holds all the additional charge for two years have been given the tag of full time Director-General of Doordarshan and All India Radio respectively.

Prasar Bharati interviewed 10 candidates and selected two posts and have submitted to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for final appointment. Although the official announcement is to be made said the source.

As the composition of the board wasn’t complete the interviews for the post of Full Time Director General couldn’t be completed. After the appointment of two members the board is now complete.

24 year old Tamilian Sahu in October 2011, was appointed as the joint secretary of ministry of broadcasting was earlier a district collector of the nilgiris where she was the face behind the “Say no to plastics” campaign.
Sheheryar joined AIR in 1981 post that he was labelled as the senior officer of the Indian broadcasting service. At radio Kashmir he served as the station director