India News | IIS Officer Dhirendra K Ojha is New Principal Spokesperson of Government
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra K Ojha was on Thursday appointed the principal spokesperson of the central government.
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra K Ojha was on Thursday appointed the principal spokesperson of the central government.
Ojha, a 1990-batch officer, will also hold the charge of the principal director general, Press Information Bureau, an official order said.
Ojha succeeds Sheyphali B Sharan, who has been appointed as the director general of the Publications Division.
Sharan, also a 1990-batch IIS officer, was given the charge of principal director general, PIB on April 1 this year.
Ojha served as the director general, Central Bureau of Communications (CBC). PIB Director General Y K Baweja succeeds Ojha in the CBC, which looks after the advertising of all central government organisations and acts as an advisory body to the government on media strategy.
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