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    About Doordarshan News and DD India (DD News and DD India)

    DD News and DD India are two news channels of Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service Broadcaster. Both News Channels are operational on a 24×7 basis to bring to the people of the country and viewers abroad, news and current affairs programs in Hindi and English languages respectively. These channels have been successfully discharging their responsibilities by providing balanced, fair, accurate and authentic news without sensationalism. This practice has resulted in DD News network becoming the nation’s most trusted news channel as per various surveys (Reuters Institute 2022, CSDS).

    DD News is currently producing news content in Hindi, Sanskrit and Sign languages. The channel broadcasted over 18 hours of LIVE transmission including telecast of more than 30 news bulletins in aforesaid languages. The channel telecast daily current affairs programs and special shows on Sports, Health, Youth issues, Cinema, Art & Culture, flagships schemes, Ground Reports, international events etc in addition to regular news bulletins and prime time shows. The channel also produces and telecasts special DD Conclaves from time to time on important occasions and during electoral processes in various states from ground zero.

    DD News Network also takes pride in live broadcasting entire Republic day parade on Kartavya Path every year. Also as a public service broadcaster the channel has been fulfilling its responsibilities in coverage of constitutional dignitaries and institutions such as the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India, Election commission of India and helping disseminate information to wider public domestic or abroad regarding their events/activities and programs. DD India has been started as a News and Current Affairs channel to showcase Indian story at the global level. The channel migrated to High Definition Platform in the month of October 2020. The DD India channel has now been recognized by BARC as an English News Channel and is constantly competing neck and neck with other top private English News channel. The channel broadcasted live Yoga events organized from across more than 180 countries on International day of Yoga 2022 through special program named Guardian Ring. News Wing of DD News is also producing news content for its sister channels i.e. DD Urdu and DD Sports.

    DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 145 news bulletins in more than 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 50 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News and DD India in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts covering the entire length and breadth of the country.

    Keeping in line with the recent developments in the field of digital/social media, DD News/DD India network has been able to establish its strong presence across digital space through its website and other social media platforms be it Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube, catering to millions of followers with authentic news developments on real time basis. Through its vast presence across social media platforms DD News/DD India network has been contributing in countering fake news in digital space by instant dissemination of fact based information across social media platforms.

    DD News Twitter Handles:

    https://www.twitter.com/ddnewslive and https://www.twitter.com/ddnewshindi
    DD News You Tube: //www.youtube.com/ddnews
    DD News Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddnews_official/
    DD India Twitter: https://twitter.com/DDIndialive
    DD India YouTube: https: and https://www.youtube.com/ddindia
    DD India Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddindialive

    S.No. Name Designation Landline No (O) E-mail ID
    1. Ms.Priya Kumar Director General 23097601 priya[dot]kumar[at]nic[dot]in
    2. Sh. Pankaj Pandey Addnl. Director General(Admn, HR, DD News and DD India) 9891926898 ppandey[at]nic[dot]in
    3. Sh.A. K. Pathak DDG(E) 23097618 ashok[dot]pathak[at]gov[dot]in
    4. Shri Anurag Jain Director (Assignment) DD News 9871579974 anurag[dot]j[at]nic[dot]in
    5. Sh. Anshuman Mishra Director(News) 9958586459 anshuman[dot]mishra25[at]gov[dot]in
    6. Sh.Arvind Kumar Jain Director(News) 9654086465 jain[dot]arvind[at]nic[dot]in
    7. Ms. Parvathy Rahul Joint Director (Admn) 8826853547 parvathy[dot]rahul[at]gov[dot]in
    8. Sh.Akhlesh Kumar Sharma Joint Director (HR) 9990240279 akhlesh[dot]sharma[at]gov[dot]in
    9. Sh.Ritesh Choudhary Joint Director (DD India) 23097625 ritesh[dot]chaudhary[at]gov[dot]in
    10. Shri Ramesh Singh Chouhan DDA, DDNews 9013515375 rschouhan[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    11. Sh. Narendra Kumar Pandurang Vispute Deputy Director (HR) 9969048491 vispute[dot]narendra[at]gov[dot]in
    12. Sh. Umesh Sadashivrao Ujgare Deputy Director (News), DD News 9833888473 umesh[dot]ujgare[at]gov[dot]in
    13. Sh. Sanjay Kumar Deputy Director (News) 9868862423 –
    14. Sh.Nitin Nilkant Sapre Deputy Director (News) 9869375422 nitin[dot]sapre[at]gov[dot]in
    15. Shri Amandeep Yadav Deputy Director(Assignment) 9910154399 ad-media[at]mha[dot]gov[dot]in
    16. Ms.Athira Thampi Deputy Director (News) 23097630 athirathampi[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    17. Sh.Sanjay Pratap Singh Deputy Director (News) 9838897714 sanjay[dot]pratapsingh[at]gov[dot]in
    18. Sh.Vinod Shankar Bairwa Deputy Director (News) 9414607759 vinod[dot]shankarbairwa[at]gov[dot]in
    19. Ms. Ekta Khatri Deputy Director (Social Media) 9999772974 ekta[dot]khatri[at]gov[dot]in
    20. Ms. Anjana Unnikrishnan Deputy Director (Assignment & VVIP Coverage) 9447374954 anjana[dot]u[at]gov[dot]in
    21. Shri Vasanth Meshach. J Deputy Director (Social Media) 9444367178 vasanth[dot]meshachj[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    22. Sh.Ajay Sharma Deputy Director (Engg.) 9013496085 ajaysharma[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    23. Ms. Jayanti Jha Assistant Director (SHABD) 9971985258 jha[dot]jayanti16[at]gov[dot]in
    24. Ms. Ismeet Kaur Assistant Director (News) Assistant Director (News) Ismeetk[dot]g141701[at]gov[dot]in
    25. Ms.Manupriya Assistant Director (DD India) 8376929244 manupriya[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    26. Sh. Sunil Bhatt HOP (DD News and DD India) 9013370280 sunilbhattddnews64[at]gmail[dot]com
    27. Sh. Vinod Kumar DDO 9868121624 vinodkumar[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    28. Administration Section   23097606 doordarshannewsdelhi[at]gmail[dot]com
    29. Accounts Section   23097622  
    30. RNU Section   23097656 doordarshanrnu[at]gmail[dot]com
    31.

    Assignment Desk

    (DD News and DD India)

    		  

    9650110094

    011-23386812

    		 deploymentddnews[at]gmail[dot]com

     

    RNUs OFFICE LIST as on 08.01.2024
    S.No. Name of RNU State Name & Designation of Head of RNU Designation Mobile E-mail address
    1. Agartala Shri Kunal Shinde Assistant Director & RNU Head 09987399377
    0381-2370076    		 ddnewsagartala[at]gmail[dot]com
    2. Ahmedabad Sh. Dharmendra Tewari Director(News) & RNU Head 09426513964
    079-26850299/
    26852073 (fax)    		 samacharahmedabad[at]gmail[dot]com
    tewari76[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Utsav Parmar Deputy Director (News) 09428520685
    Shri Nishith Joshi News Editor 09427690336
    3. Aizawl Shri Nampi Marinmai Joint Director 08076002809
    0389-2361101
    /2361109    		 ddnewsaizawl[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri C Vanlalsiama Prog. Executive 8787554330
    4. Bengaluru Shri Keshav Murthy Deputy Director (News) @ RNU Head 9448490242
    080-23439377
    & 23336040 (o)
    / 080-23333990 (F)    		 chandananews[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Yashwant M S Deputy Director (News) 09449813477 Additional charge with RO CBFC
    Shri George Mathews Deputy Director (News) 09447385230
    Shri Shahid T Komath Assistant Director (News) 09447067629 Additional charge with DPD
    Ms. Madhu M News Editor 09880087597
    5. Bhopal Ms. Pooja P. Vardhan Director (News) & RNU Head 09589943350
    09425006662
    0755-2738064-
    0755-2661202    		 rnuddkbpl[at]gmail[dot]com
    poojapvardhanbhopal[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Abhishek Kumar Deputy Director (News) 9711780773
    Shri Shrikanth Sukumar News Editor 07692836599
    6. Bhubaneshwar Shri Rameshwar Nayak Deputy Director 08895294086
    07750876688
    0674-2951058
    0674-2951048
    0674-2300800
    (FAX)    		 rnuddkbbsr[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Sudarsan Sahoo News Editor 9692434667
    Shri Padmalochana Pradhan News Editor 09692053757
    8658202982
    Shri Padmalochana Pradhan TVANC 09692053757
    8658202982
    7. Chandigarh Ms. Akansha Saxena Assistant Director (News) & RNU Head 09888882888
    0172-2686595.
    Shri Gaurav Patwal News Editor 9650749245
    8. Chennai Sh. Gurubabu Balaraman Director & Head of RNU 09445692016
    044-25365992
    Shri Jaya Singh Dy. Director (News) 9444450027
    Shri T Shanmugam Dy. Director (News) 7904660654
    Ms. S Thanmozhi Dy. Director (News) 9600101499
    9. Dehradun Shri Sanjeev Sundrial News Editor & RNU Head 08171205545 rnuddkdehradun[at]gmail[dot]com
    raghwesh_pandey[at]yahoo[dot]com
    10. Dibrugarh Ms. Subina Roy News Editor & RNU Head 9968723018 dibrugarh[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in
    11. Guwahati Shri Ankur Lahoty Deputy Director & RNU Head 08377954016
    Fax- 0361-
    2207728    		 rnuddghy[at]gmail[at]com
    neddkghy[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
    Shri Maruf Alam News Editor 07838804503
    07838344971
    Shri Santanu Rawmuria News Editor 09958714855
    12. Hyderabad Shri Rahul Gowlikar Joint Director & RNU Head 09871961649
    040-27038753    		 ddnews[dot]hyd[at]gmail[dot]com
    surekha.aitabathula9@gmail.com
    Ms. D Suprasanthi Devi Deputy Director 7032423900
    Shri M Srinivas News Editor 9177168999
    Shri A Srinivas News Editor 9493585669
    13. Imphal Sh. Ibomcha Sharma Assistant Director & RNU Head 09402678759
    0385-2444974
    /0385-2445825    		 ddrnuimphal[at]gmail[dot]com
    nandonongmaithem[at]yahoo[dot]com<
    Shri N Nando Singh News Editor 9436030597
    14. Itanagar Shri Rakesh Doley Correspondent Addl charge 09954545374
    0361-2211392    		 rnuddkitanagar[at]gmail[dot]com
    15. Jaipur Ms. Manju Meena Dy. Director (News) & RNU Head 9414051285
    0141-2705880
    2711490    		 ddnewsjaipur[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Murari Lal Gupta Assistant Director (N) 9414061219
    16. Jalandhar Ms. Gagandeep Kaur Deputy Director & RNU Head 9417259904
    0181-2651230
    2341107/
    2254044    		 rnuddkjalandhar[at]yahoo[dot]com
    17. Jammu Shri R K Raina Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head 9419180842
    0191-2535357
    Fax 0191-
    2534560    		 dogrinews[at]gmail[dot]com
    Nehak243[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Vivek Pathak Assistant Director 09990495392
    09818510700
    18. Kohima Sh. Ngathingpei Khayi News Editor & RNU Head 094360 01671
    0370-2227031
    (Fax)0370- 2227008    		 ddnewskoh[at]gmail[dot]com
    19. Kolkata Ms. Sujata Mitra Deputy Director 9477107720 ddnewskol[at]gmail[dot]com
    Ms Pinaki Sarkar News Editor 09143716635 pinaki[dot]sarkar[at]nic[dot]in
    Dr. Pompi Sharma Roy Chowdhari News Editor 09231500829
    20. Leh Muzafar Hussain Wani News Editor 07862991234
    01982-255036-37
    01982-252219(F)    		 rnuleh[at]gmail[dot]com
    21. Lucknow Ms. Gargi Malik Jt. Director (News) & RNU Head 09435492635 / 07080152247 ddnewslko[at]gmail[dot]com
    yasmeenf98[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Syed Arif Hussain Rizwi Deputy Director 9839073864
    Shri Rajeev Kumar Chaturvedi Assistant Director 07985842402
    Shri Amit Kumar Kanaujia News Editor 09999647111 rnumumbai2010[at]gmail[dot]com
    22. Mumbai Shri Sidharth B Bodke Director (News) & RNU Head 09869260989 022-24965800 rnumumbai2010[at]gmail[dot]com
    Ms. Manisha H Prakash Deputy Director 09870007043
    Ms. Sangeeta Godbole Deputy Director 08149288268
    9834099517
    Ms. Bharti Bhavasar News Editor 08108474834
    23. Panaji Shri Raviraj Saratape Deputy Director & RNU Head 09971838028 0832 – 2223301 / 2220159
    Fax- 0832 – 2220158 / 2223301    		 rnuddkpanaji[at]gmail[dot]com
    24. Patna Shri Syed Salman Haidar Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head 9471000490
    Fax- 0612- 2233838 / 0612-2227281    		 rnupatna[at]gmail[dot]com
    vijaykumariis98[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri Apurva Kumar Singh Assistant Director (N) 9971402988
    25. Raipur Shri Manoj Kumar Sonone Assistant Director (N) & RNU Head 09890004724 0771 – 2284150 rnuraipur[at]gmail[dot]com
    26. Ranchi Sh. Diwakar Kumar News Editor & RNU Head 9431102799
    0651- 2283139    		 rnuddkranchi[at]gmail[dot]com
    diwakariis[at]gmail[dot]com
    27. Shillong Shri Pofale Sarang Bhanudas Deputy Director (N) & Head of RNU 9545282216
    03642580183/0
    3642580086    		 rnuddkshillong[at]gmail[dot]com
    ddnewsshillong[at]gmail[dot]com
    gautamskumar93[at]gmail[dot]com
    28. Shimla Ms. Nandini Mital Deputy Director & Head of RNU 9418000038 0177-
    2652366(O)/ 0177- 2803234    		 rnuddksml[at]gmail[dot]com
    29. Srinagar Qazi Mohd. Salman Ibrahim Joint Director & RNU Head 09419000640 rnusri[at]gmail[dot]com
    salman[dot]m[dot]ibrahim[at]gmail[dot]com
    Sh. Shabir Ahmad Dar News Editor 09419791008
    Shri Sheikh Mudasir Amin News Editor 09419043728 mudasirjsm[at]gmail[dot]com
    30. Thiruvananthapuram Shri Ajay Joy Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head 09447019773
    0471-2730317
    Fax-0471- 2730279    		 rnuddktvpm[at]gmail[dot]com
    Shri M Muhsin News Editor 9400495335
    Shri Ramya Raveendran News Editor 9968921249
    Shri K Anoop Sagar News Editor 9048440777
    31. Vijayawada Dr. G Kondala Rao Deputy Director & RNU Head 09440112865 0866-2489748
    (Phone) 0866-2489749 (Fax)    		 rnu[dot]vij[at]gmail[dot]com