Sheyphali B Sharan takes charge as PIB's Principal Director General
Incumbent PDG Manish Desai’s tenure ended on 31 March
Sheyphali B Sharan has assumed charge as the Principal Director General (PDG) of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) after the formal announcement was made a few days ago. The development marks the end of incumbent PDG Manish Desai’s tenure on 31 March.
Sharan is an officer of the 1990 batch of Indian Information Service.
During an illustrious career spanning over three decades, she has held cadre portfolios of largely looking after media publicity work as Press Information Bureau officer for Ministries such as Finance, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She has also served as the Spokesperson for Election Commission of India.
In addition, she has worked on Central Staffing Scheme Deputations as Director in Ministry of Health (Department of Traditional Systems of Medicine/AYUSH (2002-2007)) and Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs 2013-2017) besides working on cadre post of OSD (Information Policy at Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2000-2002) as also as Director Administration and Finance at LSTV, Lok Sabha Secretariat in 2007-2008.
Sharan is the first female officer to head PIB since the Narendra Modi government came into power in 2014 and the fifth woman to take on the role since Neelam Kapoor, Deepak Sandhu, Shakuntala Mahawal and N J Krishna.
