Sitanshu Kar takes over as Director General of Press Information Bureau
Kar, a 1983-batch officer of Indian Information Service, is the 27th Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India and Director General of Press Information Bureau. He has replaced Frank Noronha
Sitanshu Ranjan Kar, a 1983-batch officer of the Indian Information Service, took over as the 27th Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India and Director General of Press Information Bureau in New Delhi today.
Kar succeeds Frank Noronha, who had held the post since 2014.
In a career spanning nearly 35 years, Kar has worked in key positions in various media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
After attending the foundation course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and orientation course at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, Kar joined the News Services Division of All India Radio for a short stint. He then moved on to Doordarshan News. He spent nearly 17 years in this medium and played a substantial role in its growth.
In 1988, he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Visnews Fellowship of London after a world-wide competition and travelled through Europe and North America to experience the cutting-edge technologies being used in the production of television news by leading broadcasters.
Kar joined the Press Information Bureau in 2003. He anchored the publicity of several key ministries such as Environment & Forests, Rural Development, Human Resource Development, Science & Technology, Atomic Energy and Space before joining as the Directorate of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, as the Principal Spokesperson in August 2005.
He has the distinction of being the longest serving spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence. He served there for over a decade at a stretch.
In December 2015, he was appointed as the Director General of the News Services Division of All India Radio.
Kar had graduated in Humanities from BJB College, Bhubaneswar, and secured the first rank in Political Science Honours in Utkal University. He earned his post-graduate degree in Political Science and M. Phil in Chinese and Japanese Studies from Delhi University.
Kar succeeds Frank Noronha, who had held the post since 2014.
In a career spanning nearly 35 years, Kar has worked in key positions in various media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
After attending the foundation course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and orientation course at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, Kar joined the News Services Division of All India Radio for a short stint. He then moved on to Doordarshan News. He spent nearly 17 years in this medium and played a substantial role in its growth.
In 1988, he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Visnews Fellowship of London after a world-wide competition and travelled through Europe and North America to experience the cutting-edge technologies being used in the production of television news by leading broadcasters.
Kar joined the Press Information Bureau in 2003. He anchored the publicity of several key ministries such as Environment & Forests, Rural Development, Human Resource Development, Science & Technology, Atomic Energy and Space before joining as the Directorate of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, as the Principal Spokesperson in August 2005.
He has the distinction of being the longest serving spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence. He served there for over a decade at a stretch.
In December 2015, he was appointed as the Director General of the News Services Division of All India Radio.
Kar had graduated in Humanities from BJB College, Bhubaneswar, and secured the first rank in Political Science Honours in Utkal University. He earned his post-graduate degree in Political Science and M. Phil in Chinese and Japanese Studies from Delhi University.
