KOLKATA: The government today announced a major reshuffle at the level of addiitonal secretaries, accross ministries. Amongst the ones relevant to the broadcasting sector is the appointment of Neerja Sekhar as addiitonal secretary of the ministry of information & broadcasting. An announcement had been made on 22 September that five IAS officers of the Haryana cadre and one from Himachal Pradesh were are among the 51 officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) empanelled for additional Secretary level posts at the centre. And the The appointments committee of the cabinet approved their empanelment today. Sekhar replaces Atul Kumar Tiwari who has been moved as addiitonal secretary of the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.

Sekhar, a 1993 cadre IAS, was appointed as joint secretary of MIB in February 2020.

Earlier this year, Amit Khare also started his second stint at MIB as secretary replacing Ravi Mittal.

More to follow.