The Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai became the first women chairperson of the Press Council of India.
She had recently headed the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir which was set up to redraw the Assembly constituencies of the Union Territory.
Press Council of India
PCI was established under the PCI Act of 1978.
It Consists of a chairman and 28 other members.
The PCI only overviews the functioning of print media.
It does not have the power to review the functioning of the electronic media like radio, television and internet media.