Prasar Bharati

Prasar Bharati
Agency overview
Formed23 November 1997
(26 years ago) (1997-11-23)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Gaurav Dwivedi, IAS, CEO
Parent departmentMinistry of Information and Broadcasting
Child agencies
Websitewww.prasarbharati.gov.in

Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB) is an Indian state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the Doordarshan television broadcasting and Akashvani (formerly, All India Radio or AIR), which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Parliament of India passed the Prasar Bharati Act to grant this autonomy in 1990, but it was not enacted until 15 September 1997.[1][2]

Navneet Kumar Sehgal, a retired bureaucrat, was appointed as the new chairman of Prasar Bharati on 16 March 2024 as A. Surya Prakash finished his second term in February 2020.[3] Prakash had succeeded Mrinal Pande.[4] Gaurav Dwivedi is the CEO of Prasar Bharati (he succeeded Shashi Shekhar Vempati who was the CEO until June 2022).

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 said that DD News and All India Radio are the most trusted news brands in India.[5]

  1. ^ "Prasar Bharati Act, 1990". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Prasar Bharati". Prasar Bharati. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  3. ^ "A Surya Prakash demits Prasar Bharati chairman's office after two terms". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Prasar Bharati Board". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Digital News Report 2021". reutersinstitute.