New Delhi: IIS Giridhari Mohanty has been appointed as new Director General DAVP on the advise of Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tiwari.
Mohanty assumed his new office after the order was passed last weekend. Mohanty replaces ex-DG of DAVP Frank Noronha.
Prior to this appointment, Mohanty was Director General (News) in All India Radio from July 2010. He replaces Frank Noronha who was appointed Director General of DAVP in 2009.
With a little more than a year left for the 2014 General Elections, this appointment is said to be part of the UPA government’s preparations for polls. DAVP manages government ads worth more than Rs 750 crore annually. Some of the autonomous bodies also route their advertisements through DAVP.
