New Delhi : The union ministry of information and broadcasting has appointed former journalist Kanchan Gupta as a senior advisor for a period of one year.
Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar shared the announcement on Twitter, congratulating Gupta.
Congratulations @KanchanGupta on new role at @MIB_India pic.twitter.com/DNU4gpAkkO
— Shashi S शशि शेखर (@shashidigital) June 11, 2021
Earlier this year, Gupta was made a member of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 125th Birth Anniversary Commemoration High Level Committee, which is headed by prime minister Narendra Modi. He has also been the chairperson of the Kolkata based Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation.
A senior journalist with over three decades of experience, Gupta started his career with The Telegraph in 1982 and went on to work with The Statesman and The Pioneer. He mostly wrote on national and regional politics, international affairs and security issues.
