Shashi Shekar Vempati Appointed as CEO of Prasar Bharati

Shashi Shekar Vempati has been appointed as the CEO of Prasar Bharati based on the recommendation of the three-member committee headed by Vice President. The other two members of thecommittee was Chairman, Press Council of India and the Secretary, Information and Broadcasting, who was also the President’s nominee. Shashi Shekar Vempati will hold the post for a period of five years. Since February 2016, Vempati is currently serving as a Member (part time) of the Prasar Bharati Board.
Vempati is an alumnus of IIT Bombay. He has over two decades of experience in areas like Corporate Management, Technology Consulting and Digital Media. He is an ex-employee of Infosys and worked for the company as  Product Strategist and Digital Innovator in North America.
Vempati has also served as Chairman of Audit Committee, Member of Finance and Accounts Committee, Technology Committee, Sports Rights Committee and HR Committee.
He has two patents under his name: “Real Time Business Event Monitoring, Tracking and Execution Architecture” and “System and method for monitoring and management of inventory of products and assets in real time”. He has also authored many books namely “Broadcasting Technologies in India”, “National Digital Security Architecture in India”, “Creating a Global Media Platform out of India” among others.

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017