New Delhi: Gaurav Dwivedi, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharti. He will serve as the CEO for a term of five years. He is presently serving as the CEO of MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

“The President, on the recommendation of the Selection Committee, is pleased to appoint 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 official order stated.

“The terms and conditions of his appointment shall be governed by the provisions of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 and the rules made thereunder as amended from time to time,” the order further said.

Prasar Bharati is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises Doordarshan Television Network and Akashvani All India Radio.

Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who had worked with IT major Infosys and later headed an online media firm, was appointed the CEO of Prasar Bharati in 2017. After his tenure ended in June this year, the additional charge was given to 1988-batch Indian Information Service officer Mayank Agarwal — in addition to holding charges of Director General, Doordarshan, and Director General, DD News.

Gaurav has earlier served in various capacities in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and has also been a faculty member at the IAS Training Academy, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie. /BI/