Prasar Bharati CEO elected Vice President of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union

Shashi Shekhar Vempati, CEO, Prasar Bharati, has been elected as the Vice President of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), one of the largest broadcasting associations in the world. He has been elected to this office for three years with immediate effect. The election took place yesterday (December 16, 2020) during the General Assembly of the Union, which was held virtually due to COVID-19.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar congratulated Vempati on his election and thanked all ABU members who voted in favour of India.

Almost all of the Public Broadcasters of the member countries in the Asia Pacific region strongly supported the candidature of India’s Public Broadcaster, which was forwarded by NHK Japan. The candidature of the nominee from China’s NRTA was unsuccessful, failing to garner support from any of the members, paving the way for CEO Prasar Bharati India’s election to the Vice Presidency of ABU.

The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union was formed in 1964 as a professional association of broadcasting organisations with over 286 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching the potential population of about 3 billion people.