Prasar Bharati

Prasar Bharati
Praśar Bharati; प्रसार भारती
Agency overview
Formed	23 November 1997
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New delhi, India
Minister responsible	Shri Anurag Singh Thakur;
Parent department	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
Child agencies	Doordarshan; (Television Network); All India Radio; (Radio Network);
Website	www.prasarbharati.gov.in

Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB; Hindi: Praśar Bharati, lit. Indian Broadcaster) is Indian state-owned public broadcasting, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the Doordarshan Television broadcasting and Akashvani (formerly All India Radio AIR), which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Parliament of India passed the Prasar Bharati Act to grant this autonomy in 1990, but it was not enacted until 15 September 1997.

The Prasar Bharati board chairperson's position remains vacant since Dr A. Surya Prakash finished his second term in February 2020. He had succeeded Dr Mrinal Pande. Sh. Gaurav Dwivedi is the CEO of Prasar Bharati (he succeeded Shashi Shekhar Vempati who was the CEO until June 2022).

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 said that DD News and All India Radio are the most trusted News brands in India.

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