NEW DELHI: Shankar Mohan, Joint Director in the Directorate of Film Festivals, will officiate as Director of the International Film Festival of India in November in Panaji this year.

Mohan also holds additional charge as Director of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India in Kolkata.

Mohan has been associated with the DFF for over 20 years, having commenced his innings here as Deputy Director and later being elevated to the rank of Senior Deputy Director and then Joint Director.

Anil Saxena, Director of Public Relations for Railways in the Press Information Bureau, will continue to hold additional charge as Director of Film Festivals. Saxena belongs to the 1984 batch of the Indian Information Service.

Meanwhile, Indrani Bose has joined as Deputy Director of the Directorate of Film Festivals. Prior to this, Bose worked with the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and later with the Network for Promotion for Asian Cinema.