Prof Sridhar to take over as CIC today

Hyderabad: Noted legal expert Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar (Dr Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu), will take charge as the Central Information Commissioner in New Delhi on Friday.

Prof. Sridhar, the author of 28 books on law and journalism, both in English and Telugu, had been teaching media and patent laws at Nalsar. He is also a media law researcher and has written four books on RTI.

During his decade-long career in journalism, Prof. Sridhar penned around 100 articles, developed lessons in media, law and journalism, and presented papers at international and national seminars.

He continues to write on socio-legal issues in newspapers and journals. He used to write on rent control law for DC.