Improving presentation qualities of Doordarshan and All India Radio and filling up of key vacancies are the top priorities of new Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar, who assumed office today.

Talking to newsmen in New Delhi after assuming office, Mr. Sircar said, both AIR and Doordarshan are high on content but presentation is an area where the improvement is needed.

Mr Sircar said that another area he would pay attention to was staff-related issues. He asked his colleagues to move ahead in a positive direction. Referring to unfilled posts, he said, there are nearly 14,000 vacancies and added that a task force had re-evaluated the number of critical posts to be filled up immediately.

In reply to a query whether he needed more funds for expansion programmes, Mr Sircar said that he would rather like to generate funds to meet the capital expenses.

Mr Sircar succeeds Mr B S Lalli, whose tenure ended in the wake of allegations of irregularities. In the interim period, Rajiv Takru, Additional Secretary in Information and Broadcasting Ministry, was holding the additional charge.