New Delhi, Dec. 3 : Deepak Sandhu, the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), is to be the new media advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

A source in the Prime Minister'' Office (PMO) said that a formal order on her appointment as the next media adviser is expected by this evening.

Mrs Sandhu will succeed Dr. Sanjay Baru, who left the PMO four months ago to join the academic world in Singapore.