DG (West Zone), Ministry of I&B assumes charge

Mumbai, June 16: R. N. Mishra, an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of Batch of 1988, has taken charge on promotion as Director General (West Zone), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, at the office of PIB Mumbai today. He succeeds K. Muthukumar, who superannuated in March 2018.

During his three decades in IIS, Mr. Mishra has served in News Services Division, All India Radio; DD News, PIB Delhi, PIB Srinagar and other organizations under the Ministry of I&B. He has also served as Special Correspondent of Prasar Bharati in Kathmandu. Immediately prior to this, Mr. Mishra was the head of PIB Raipur, as Additional Director General.

As DG (West Zone), Mr. Mishra will be in charge of the functioning of the offices of both Press Information Bureau and Regional Outreach Bureau in the West Zone, comprising Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa, Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli.

Additional Director General (Western Region), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Nitin Wakankar welcomed the DG, on behalf of the officers and staff of PIB Mumbai.

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