Sheyphali B Sharan assumes charge as principal DG of PIB

Sheyphali B Sharan.

Credit: X/@PIB_India

New Delhi: Senior Indian Information Service officer Sheyphali B Sharan on Monday assumed charge as the principal director general of the Press Information Bureau and the spokesperson of the government.

A 1990-batch officer, Sharan is the fifth woman officer to head the PIB after Neelam Kapur, Deepak Sandhu, Shakuntala Mahawal and N J Krishna.

Sharan succeeds Manish Desai, who superannuated as principal director general of PIB. Sharan had earlier served as the spokesperson of the Election Commission and the Finance Ministry.

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