A selection committee comprising I&B secretary Sunil Arora and journalists Swapan Dasgupta and Rajat Sharma will take a final call, said officials. The government was not keen on continuing with Sunit Tandon, the current director-general, but after recent controversies on appointments chose to let him stay. Tandon's tenure would end in November and the ministry started the process of finding a new head in July. Its ad for the post received 55 responses. - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sangh-man-sachidananda-joshi-leads-iimc-chief-race/articleshow/49250004.cms