NEW DELHI: Indian Information Service officer Prakash B Magdum has been made the new director of the National Film Archives of India (NFAI). He belongs to the 1997 batch.

IIS officer D Murali Mohan, who is currently director (News) in the regional news unit in Guwahati has been asked to hold additional charge of the post of director in the Directorate of Field Publicity in Guwahati vacated by Magdum. However, he will not get any extra remuneration for this.

Alpana Pant Sharma, who is director of media and communications in Press Information Bureau in Pune stands relieved of the additional charge of NFAI, which she was holding for the past few months.