NBA's new composition effective 2nd Oct'12

The following is the composition of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) w.e.f. 2.10.2012:

Chairperson:

Justice (Retd.) J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India and former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission.

Members representing eminent persons’ category:

1. Nitin Desai, Economist and former Under Secretary General of United  Nations
2. Dipankar Gupta, former Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru  University
3. Chokila Iyer, former Foreign Secretary, Government of India
4. Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Members representing Editors’ category:

1. Rahul Kanwal, Managing Editor – Headlines Today
2. Vivek Law, Editor, Bloomberg TV India
3. Ajit Anjum, Managing Editor – News 24
4. Johny Lukose, Director, News – Manorama News