Harish Khare resigned as Media Advisor to PM Manmohan Singh

Harish Khare resigned as media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 19 January 2012 following the appointment of television journalist Pankaj Pachauri as Communication Advisor in the PMO. Pankaj Pachauri will report to Pulok Chatterjee, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. Pachauri was given the rank of additional secretary while Khare enjoyed the rank of special secretary.

Khare (65) had replaced Sanjaya Baru in June 2009 soon after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance came to power for the second term. As media advisor, Khare held the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.

Khare who completed his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in the United States was senior Associate Editor and Chief of Bureau with The Hindu in New Delhi before joining the PMO in 2009. He had also served as Resident Editor of Times of India in Ahmedabad.