Appointment of Shashi Shekhar Vempati as Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification.
任命 Shashi Shekhar Vempati 為中央電影審核委員會主席
Introduction
The Government of India has appointed Shashi Shekhar Vempati to lead the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for a three-year term.
印度政府已任命 Shashi Shekhar Vempati 領導中央電影審核委員會 (CBFC)，任期為三年。
Main Body
The transition of leadership within the regulatory framework of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) was precipitated by the elevation of Prasoon Joshi to the position of Chairman of Prasar Bharati. Mr. Joshi, who had presided over the CBFC since August 2017, vacated his post following the five-month vacancy at Prasar Bharati created by the December 2025 resignation of Navneet Kumar Sehgal. Consequently, the MIB issued a notification on May 6, 2026, designating Mr. Vempati as the successor.
資訊及廣播部 (MIB) 監管框架內的領導層過渡，是由於 Prasoon Joshi 升任 Prasar Bharati 主席而觸發的。Joshi 先生自 2017 年 8 月起領導 CBFC，在 Navneet Kumar Sehgal 於 2025 年 12 月辭職導致 Prasar Bharati 職位空缺五個月後，他隨即卸任。因此，MIB 於 2026 年 5 月 6 日發布通知，指定 Vempati 先生為繼任者。
Mr. Vempati's professional trajectory is characterized by a convergence of technological expertise and media administration. An alumnus of IIT Bombay, his tenure as CEO of Prasar Bharati (2017–2022) involved the implementation of digital initiatives for All India Radio and Doordarshan. Furthermore, his background includes fifteen years of product and technology roles at Infosys, as well as recent directorial involvement with the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). His current extracurricular institutional engagements include the co-founding of AI4India Org and a board membership at BharatGen, both of which focus on the democratization and sovereignty of generative artificial intelligence.
Vempati 先生的職業軌跡以技術專業與媒體行政的融合為特徵。作為孟買印度理工學院 (IIT Bombay) 校友，他在擔任 Prasar Bharati 執行長 (2017-2022) 期間，為全印度廣播電台 (All India Radio) 和 Doordarshan 實施了數位化方案。此外，他的背景還包括在 Infosys 擔任十五年的產品與技術職務，以及近期參與廣播觀眾研究委員會 (BARC) 的董事工作。他目前在機構外的參與還包括共同創立 AI4India Org 以及擔任 BharatGen 的董事會成員，兩者均專注於生成式人工智慧的民主化與主權。
Operationally, the CBFC functions as a statutory body governed by the Cinematograph Act of 1952 and the Certification Rules of 1983. The organization maintains a centralized headquarters in Mumbai supported by nine regional offices. The certification process, which is a prerequisite for the public exhibition of cinematic works in India, is facilitated by government-nominated advisory panels consisting of diverse professional representatives appointed for biennial terms.
在運作上，CBFC 是一個法定機構，受 1952 年《電影法》和 1983 年《審核規則》管轄。該組織在孟買設有中央總部，並由九個區域辦公室提供支援。審核流程是印度電影作品公開上映的前置要求，由政府提名、由不同專業代表組成且每兩年更換一次的諮詢小組協助辦理。
Conclusion
Mr. Vempati has been appointed to lead the CBFC for three years, succeeding Prasoon Joshi.
Vempati 先生接替 Prasoon Joshi，被任命領導 CBFC 三年。
Vocabulary Learning
The Architecture of Institutional Nominalization
To bridge the gap from B2 to C2, a student must move beyond action-oriented prose toward state-oriented academic synthesis. The provided text is a masterclass in Nominalization—the process of turning verbs (actions) into nouns (concepts) to create an objective, authoritative tone.
◈ The 'C2 Shift': From Process to Concept
Observe the evolution of meaning in these specific excerpts:
- B2 Approach (Verb-heavy): The leadership changed because Prasoon Joshi was promoted...
- C2 Execution (Nominalized): *"The transition of leadership... was precipitated by the elevation of Prasoon Joshi..."
Analysis: The writer doesn't just describe a change; they transform the action of transitioning and the action of elevating into entities. This removes the 'human' element and replaces it with 'institutional' weight.
◈ Lexical Precision & Collocational Density
C2 mastery requires an understanding of collocational clusters—words that naturally gravitate toward each other in high-level administrative English.
**The Cluster: "Regulatory Framework" "Precipitated by" "Designating the Successor"
- Precipitated by: While a B2 student uses "caused by," the C2 writer uses precipitated. This implies a sudden catalyst, adding a layer of temporal nuance that "caused" lacks.
- Professional Trajectory: This is a sophisticated alternative to "career path." It suggests a vector—a movement with direction and momentum.
- Convergence of Expertise: Instead of saying "he has both tech and media skills," the author uses convergence, implying that these two distinct fields meet and merge in one person.
◈ Syntactic Density: The 'Appositive' Power-Play
The text utilizes complex appositives to pack maximum information into a single sentence without losing grammatical cohesion:
*"...his tenure as CEO of Prasar Bharati (2017–2022) involved the implementation of digital initiatives..."
By treating the tenure as the subject rather than the person, the writer focuses on the administrative period rather than the individual's biography. This is the hallmark of C2 formal register: the depersonalization of the subject to emphasize the role and the result.