New Delhi, Mar 1 (UNI) Mr Jaideep Bhatnagar took over as Principal Director General, Press
Information Bureau on Monday.
An officer of the Indian Information Service batch of 1986, he has earlier served in Doordarshan News and as Head of the Commercial, Sales and Marketing Division of Doordarshan.
He has also served as Prasar Bharati's Special Correspondent in West Asia covering nearly 20 countries. He later went on to head the News Services Division of All India Radio.
He has also served at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, in the capacity of Registrar. Prior to his current charge as head of the organisation, Mr Bhatnagar has worked in PIB for six years in different capacities.
Mr Bhatnagar takes over from Mr Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia who superannuated on February 28.
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