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PTI quoted Swaraj as saying Kamath has given his verbal consent
for the post to secretary, I&B, Pawan Chopra.
The Prasar Bharati chairman's post had been lying vacant ever since
Prof UR Rao, a former head of the country's premier space research
institute, ISRO, quit last year citing personal reasons.
When Rao quit in August last year, media speculation had pointed
to veteran journalist and seniormost member of the Prasar Bharati
board BG Verghese as a possible candidate. Kamath is the third chairman
of the board after the late Nikhil Chakravarthy and Rao.
Kamath, who was made a member of the board last year, has worked
in several news organisations and was editor of the now defunct
Illustrated Weekly.
The three-member committee comprises the Press Council chairman
and a government nominee, besides the vice-president.
See related headline:
UR
Rao quits as Prasar Bharati chairman
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