Introduction:

According to the government of the United Kingdom, Dr. Samir Shah, a media expert who was born in India, is the preferred candidate for the job of chairman of the BBC.

This information was disclosed in a public announcement. A number of members of parliament who are members of the House of Commons Media Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will interrogate Shah in order to conduct pre-appointment scrutiny before he fully assumes his job.

These members of parliament come from a variety of political parties.

Indian media executive Dr. Samir Shah reveals UK government’s proposed BBC chairman

As a token of appreciation for the significant achievements that Dr. Shah has made to the fields of television and heritage, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed upon him the rank of Commander of the British Empire in the year 2019.

Richard Sharp, who had been forced to quit due to the scrutiny that was placed on his correspondence with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will be replaced by him. He will fulfill the role that Richard Sharp had previously held.

Who is Samir Shah?

Samir Shah was born in Aurangabad in the west Indian state of Maharashtra in 1952. His family moved to England in 1960, where he attended an independent British school and got his degree in Geography from the University of Hull.

He also studied for a DPhil degree at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford in 1979.

Soon after this, he joined London Weekend Television, where he worked with John Brit (who later became the director-general of BBC) and Michael Wills (from whom he later purchased Juniper TV).