New Delhi, November 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced a major reshuffle of senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officers, assigning new responsibilities to six Group A officers across the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), All India Radio (AIR) and other organisations.
R.K. Jain has been designated Director General (Coordination) at PIB, New Delhi, with immediate effect.
Kanchan Prasad Mandlaus, Director General of CBC, New Delhi, has been transferred and appointed Director General of the Directorate of Publication Division (DPD), New Delhi.
L Madhu Nag, Director General (Media and Communication), PIB, who also held additional charge as Director General (Training) at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), has been appointed Director General (News), News Services Division (NSD), AIR, New Delhi. He will also hold additional charge as Director General, AIR.
Dhiraj M Kakadia, Director General of DPD, has been appointed Director General (Media and Communication) at PIB. He will also take charge as Director General (Training), IIMC.
Mattu J P Singh, currently serving as Director General (Media and Communication) at PIB and posted at its Lucknow office, will continue in the same position. He has also been assigned the responsibility of Secretary, Press Council of India (PCI), New Delhi.
Shubha Gupta, Additional Director General (Media and Communication), PIB, who is currently serving as Secretary, PCI, will continue in her existing PIB position.
The order also directs all Additional Director General-level IIS officers of CBC to report to the Director General (Coordination), PIB. Chief Media Coordinators of ministries and departments, State Chief Media Coordinators and heads of PIB offices will also report to the newly designated DG (Coordination).
Separately, eight IIS Group B officers have been assigned new postings across Doordarshan, AIR, regional news units and the Press Registrar General of India, with immediate effect.
Earlier this month, the ministry promoted 26 Senior Grade IIS Group B officers to the Junior Time Scale of IIS Group A on a regular basis and issued their new postings.
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