Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Prasanna Mohanty Nominated to Press Council of India Again
Prasanna Mohanty is a journalist from Odisha.
He has been chosen to serve on the Press Council of India again.
The council helps address issues concerning the press and journalists.
The government ministry announced the new members on Wednesday.
Its list includes six editors and seven working journalists.
Mohanty works with both print and electronic media.
He is currently an editorial adviser at Indus Valley Times.
He has also spoken up about journalists’ safety and welfare.
People have congratulated him on his nomination.
Senior journalist Prasanna Mohanty has been nominated to the Press Council of India for a second time.
A Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting notification announced the new council members on Wednesday.
The published list includes six editors and seven working journalists.
Mohanty is Chief Editorial Advisor at the English newspaper Indus Valley Times and has worked in print and electronic media.
He leads the Odisha Union of Journalists and previously raised journalist safety and welfare issues at the Council.
- Who
- Senior journalist Prasanna Mohanty.
- What
- He was nominated as a Press Council of India member for a second time.
- When
- The notification was issued on Wednesday; no date is specified.
- Where
- The Press Council of India; the report is datelined Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Why
- The articles do not state a specific reason for the nomination.
- Nominee
- Prasanna Mohanty
- Council
- Press Council of India
- Nomination
- Second time
- Announcing body
- Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
- New council list
- Six editors and seven working journalists
- Current position
- Chief Editorial Advisor of Indus Valley Times
- Journalist organization
- President of the Odisha Union of Journalists