Even before the current Doordarshan director general (DG) Tripurari Sharan's term comes to an end later this month, a new person who would later take charge has been found.
Prior to this, She was the former ADG (programmes) in All India Radio and was set to retire in March. Chhabra will be the Director General for a while.
The process of appointing a final DG will be undertaken as soon as some of the vacant posts in Prasar Bharati Board are filled .
It was reported earlier as there were nine contenders for the post of DG, one of whom was Chhabra. The other names that featured in list were MIB joint secretary of broadcasting Supriya Sahu, culture ministry joint secretary V Srinivas, Mahesh Joshi, Deepa Chandra, Aparna Vaish, Mukesh Sharma and Lalsonga.
Doordarshan ADG director general Ranjan Thakur was also one of the names proposed for the position, but due to his unavailability, Chhabra will hold charge till the next DG is found.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/m-s-news/item/5579-cq-vijaya-laxmi-chhabra-named-interim-dg-of-doordarshan.html
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