Janardan Prasad has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), an official said.

• Mr. Prasad, who took charge of the 174-year-old institution on June 1, succeeds Dr. S. Raju, who has held the post since April 2022.
• Mr. Prasad is an MSc in Geology from Patna University and joined GSI, Gandhinagar, as a geologist in 1988.
• He was also posted in Shillong, Patna, Faridabad, Ranchi and Hyderabad in various capacities.