Question: Recently who has been appointed as the full-time director general of the state broadcaster Doordarshan?
(a) Archana Ramasundaram
(b) Supriya Sahu
(c) Deepak Pathak
(d) Aparna Vaishya
Ans:(b)
Related facts:
- On 16 June 2016 the appointments committee of cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of the Indian administrative service (IAS) officer Supriya Sahu as the full-time director general of the state broadcaster Doordarshan.
- She is a 1991 batch IAS from the Tamil Nadu cadre.
- She would replace Aparna Vaish who was acting head of Doordharsan. She was appointed after the board decided to appoint the senior-most additional director general (ADG) at Doordarshan.
- Tripurari Sharan was the last full-time director general at Doordarshan who stepped down in July 2014.