Shri Hoshiar Singh ITS (1994) has been appointed as Registrar of Copyrights.The office of Copyrights, under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, is mandated to protect the music and film industry besides addressing its concerns, among others.
The competent authority has approved appointment of Singh, a 1994 batch officer of Indian Telecom Service, as the Registrar, Copyrights office for a period of five years, an order issued recently by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
The Copyright office is under the immediate control of a Registrar of Copyrights, who acts under the superintendence and directions of the central government, as per the norms.