Deepak Sandhu enjoyed the privilege of being administered the oath of office as the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission by the President of
India,
Pranab Mukherjee. Prior to taking the portfolio, she worked in posts like principal director general (Media and Communications)
Press Information Bureau, director general
DD News and director general (News)
All India Radio. She was appointed information commissioner in 2009. She has traveled extensively across the world representing India on varied issues, including international film festivals hosted in
Cannes,
Berlin,
Venice and
Tokyo, the International Conference on Terrorism and Electronic Mass Media at
Gelendzhik,
Russia and
Cyprus, and the heads of news meetings at
Atlanta,
U.S.A., and
Beijing. ==References==