Shri J Kamaraj assumed charge as the Additional Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Region, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India today (04.09.2026). He will also hold charge as the Additional Press Registrar General (ADPRG) for the region.

An officer of the 2008 batch of the Indian Information Service (IIS), Shri Kamaraj initially secured selection into the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) and served a brief stint of two years.

He later joined IIS as Assistant Director in 2011 in News Services Division of Akashvani, New Delhi, and later took over as Assistant Director at DD News, New Delhi, in 2013. Subsequently, he served as the Head of Regional News Unit DD Tamil (Podhigai) TV channel from 2016 to 2018.  In 2018, Shri Kamaraj joined back the News Services Division of Akashvani, New Delhi as Joint Director.

He assumed charge as Joint Director at the Regional Outreach Bureau (now renamed as Central Bureau of Communication) Chennai, in 2020 and served as its Director from 2021 onwards except for a brief stint as the Director of the Regional News Unit at Akashvani Chennai in 2024-25

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