Reconstitution of the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC)

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has reconstituted the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC). The new members of the CPAC are as follows:

S. No.	Name of the Representative	Association/Union/Federation
1	Shri Frank Noronha (Chairman), Director General (M&C), Press Information Bureau, Government of India, New Delhi	Ex-officio
2	Shri Pramod Kumar	National Union of Journalists (India), International Federation of Journalists
3	Shri Surendra Verma	Association of Accredited News Cameraman (Regd.)
4	Shri Shyam Babu	Indian Federation of Working Journalists
5	Shri Rabi Rath	Association of Small and Medium Newspapers of India
6	Ms. Meenakshi Pandit	All India Journalists Welfare Association
7	Shri Supriya Prasad	News Broadcasters’ Association
8	Shri Rahul Kanwal	Broadcast Editors’ Association
9	Ms. Ira Jha	Press Association
10	Shri L.C. Bhartiya	All India Small & Medium Newspapers Federation
11	Ms. Sabina Inderjeet	Indian Journalists Union
12	Shri M.K. Mahadev Rao	Working News Cameramen’s Association

The names of the nominated members are as follows:

S. No.	Name of the Representative	Organization
1	Ms. Navika Kumar	Times Now
2	Shri Diwakar Asthana	The Times of India
3	Ms. Coomi Kapoor	Indian Express
4	Shri Jayanto Ghoshal	ABP
5	Shri Amitabh Sinha	IBN-7 TV
6	Shri Akhilesh Sharma	NDTV
7	Shri Kalyan Barua	Assam Tribune
8	Shri Iftikhar Geelani	DNA
9	Ms. Nistula Hebbar	The Hindu
10	Shri Shekhar Iyer	Deccan Herald

The tenure of the CPAC shall be for a period of two years from the date of its first meeting.

CP/GV

Courtesy:pib.nic.in