Kajol named part-time member of Prasar Bharti

NEW DELHI: Bollywood actress Kajol and Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who heads an online media company , were on Friday appointed as part-time members of the Prasar Bharati board which runs public broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR).
The actress will serve as a part-time member on the board till November 2021, sources said.

“It is expected that Kajol will be present during the upcoming meeting of the Prasar Bharati board on February 24,“ a senior official said.

Among the key matters that will be taken up at the meeting is the appointment of DGs of Doordarshan and AIR which have been functioning under interim heads for close to a year. Recently , C Lalrosanga, interim chief of Doordarshan, had put in his papers citing personal reasons.

Earlier, a committee headed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari and comprising I&B secretary Sunil Arora and Press Council of India chairman Justice (retd) C K Prasad had chosen Kajol and Vempati for the two vacant positions on the Prasar Bharati board.

The I&B ministry had forwarded around 7-8 names for the positions.