Bureaucracy Today meets the charismatic CEO of Prasar Bharati, Jawhar Sircar. The 1975 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is our Bureaucrat of the month. He is on a mission to transform Prasar Bharati and is using his astute skills to enable this
It is twilight when we walk into Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer Jawhar Sircar's immaculately done office at PTI Bhawan, New Delhi. The atmosphere is lively as Sircar conducts a meeting with a group of people and invites us to be part of what is a normal day for him. "I always wanted to get into a relatively free profession such as teaching", he says as we settle down and take in the warm tones of his office. However, various incidents at the time of doing graduation at Kolkata's Presidency College which he attended during the peak of the Naxalite movement put an end to his teaching aspirations. "I appeared for the IAS exams and by luck or fluke I got through", smiles the former Ministry of Culture Secretary who is considered to be one of the best bureaucrats in our country. At the helm of Prasar Bharati since February 2012, Sircar has been instrumental in using his acumen to bring about changes and infuse life into this organization.
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