Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 1990 batch, Ms. Sheyphali B. Sharan, has been appointed as the new Principal Director General (PDG), Press Information Bureau, upon superannuation of Mr. Manish Desai.
Ms. Sharan today assumed charge as well. She has also served as the Spokesperson for Election Commission of India.
During an illustrious career spanning over three decades, she has held cadre portfolios of largely looking after media publicity work as Press Information Bureau officer for Ministries such as Finance, Health and Family Welfare, and Information and Broadcasting.
In addition, she has worked on Central Staffing Scheme Deputation as Director in Ministry of Health (Department of Traditional Systems of Medicine/AYUSH (2002-2007)) and Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs 2013-2017) besides working on cadre post of OSD (Information Policy at Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2000-2002), as also as Director Administration and Finance at LSTV, Lok Sabha Secretariat in 2007-2008.
