M V Kamath to be Prasar Bharati chairman

NEW DELHI: Noted columnist M V Kamath will be the next Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board.
The high-level Committee headed by Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has recommended Kamath''s name for the post, Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj said.
Swaraj said Kamath has given his verbal consent for the post to Secretary, Information and Broadcasting, Pawan Chopra.
Kamath, who was made a member of the Prasar Bharati Board last year, has worked in several news organisations and was editor of the now defunct . He had been US correspondent for many years.
The post of Prasar Bharati Chairman had been lying vacant ever since space scientist U R Rao quit last year. Kamath is the third Chairman of the Board after late Nikhil Chakravarthy and Rao.
The three-member Committee comprises the Press Council Chairman and a government nominee besides the Vice President.