By Our Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 3 Jan: Following the retirement of Additional Director, Information, Dr Anil Chandola, Joint Director Ashish Tripathi has been promoted as Additional Director, and has now been given charge as Office Head at the Information Directorate. Orders to this effect were issued today by Director General of Information Bansidhar Tiwari.
As per the orders, responsibilities to various senior officers of the Directorate have been redistributed with immediate effect.
Additional Director Ashish Tripathi has been entrusted with heading the office. Joint Director KS Chauhan has mainly been entrusted with the work related to electronic media advertisements, enlistment, inspection, media coordination during Chief Minister’s visits to New Delhi, etc., as well as Appellate Officer under the Right to Information Act.
Joint Director Dr Nitin Upadhyay has mainly been entrusted with the responsibility of the Raj Bhavan Information Complex, with work related to hoardings and outdoor media, to film production, and the Uttarakhand Film Development Council. Deputy Director Manoj Srivastava has mainly been entrusted with work related to the Vidhan Sabha Media Centre, Publication Branch, Arrangement Branch and Event Management.
Deputy Director Ravi Bijarnia has mainly been entrusted with work related to the Media Centre, Chief Minister’s Publicity Unit, listing of social media, advertisements, etc., listing of print media and classified and decorative advertisement etc at the Secretariat. Assistant Director Archana will look after Drawing and Distribution at the headquarters and the work related to the inspection branch. Assistant Director Lalita Prasad Bhatt has been assigned work as Public Information Officer.
Chief Administrative Officer Paan Singh Bisht has been entrusted with the task of examining the files related to print media and presenting them to higher officials. Chief Administrative Officer Chandra Singh Tomar has been entrusted with the task of examining the files related to the Electronic Media and Film Development Council and presenting them to higher officials. Chief Administrative Officer Bhuwan Chandra Joshi has been entrusted with the task of examining the files related to film production, outdoor media and presenting them to higher officials. Chief Administrative Officer Surendra Singh Bisht has been entrusted with the task of examining the files related to Inspection Branch, Publication Branch, Clearance Branch and presenting them to higher officials.
