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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. These National News Channels are operational on a 24×7 basis to bring to the people of the country and viewers abroad, news and current affairs programmes in English and Hindi. These channels are successfully discharging their responsibilities to give balanced, fair, accurate and authentic news without sensationalizing as well as by carrying different shades of opinion. DD News was launched as a separate channel on 3 November, 2003. Its satellite footprint is available across the country.
DD News is currently producing news content in Hindi, Sanskrit and Sign languages. The channel does over 18 hours o f LIVE transmission including telecast of more than 30 news bulletins in these languages. The channel telecast daily current affairs programmes apart from special shows on Sports, Health, Youth issues, Cinema, Art & Culture, flagships schemes, international events etc are produced and telecast by the News Channel.
Channel DD India is also in the process of being transformed into a News and Current Affairs channel to showcase India at the global level. The channel migrated to High Definition Platform in the month of October 2020, Aiming for the transformation of DD News into National Hindi News channel and DD India into complete English Global News channel various new initiatives have been taken in the past two years. The DD India channel has now been recognized by BARCas an English News Channel and is constantly competing neck and neck with other top private English News channel.
News Wing of DD News is also producing news content for its sister channels i.e. DD Bharati and DD Urdu.
DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the 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.
On Social Media, DD News and DD India have significant presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. DD News Twitter handles are https://www.twitter.com/ddnewslive and https://www.twitter.com/ddnewshindi and its YouTube channels are https://www.youtube.com/ddnews and https://www.youtube.com/ddindia .
| S.No. | Name | Designation | Landline No (O) | E-mail ID |
| 1 | Sh.Mayank Kumar Agrawal | Principal Director General | 23097601 | dgnews2012.ddnews@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 2 | Ms.Priya Kumar | ADG (Admn., Newsroom & Progg.) | 23097641 | priya.kumar@nic.in |
| 3 | Ms. Rina Sonowal Kouli | ADG (RNU, Social Media, Library & Archives) | 9560988099 | adgddnews2022@gmail.com |
| 4 | Sh. K.K Maurya | DDG(Admn.) | 23114555 | kkmaurya@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 5 | Sh.Abhishek Agrawal | DDG (Engg) | 23097618 | abhishekagrawal@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 6 | Sh.Santosh Kumar | Director (Newsroom & Prog.) | 23097605 | sasasee@nic.in |
| 7 | Sh.Varun Bhardwaj | Director (Assign.) | 23097608 | varun.bhardwaj@nic.in |
| 8 | Sh.Sudhir Singh | Joint Director (Assignment) | 23097625 | sudhir@pib.gov.in |
| 9 | Sh.Arvind Kumar Jain | Joint Director(RNU) | 9654086465 | jain.arvind@nic.in |
| 10 | Sh.A. K. Pathak | Director (Engg.) | 23097662 | ashok.pathak@gov.in |
| 11 | Sh. Zile Singh Jakhar | Director (Engg.) | 8178449940 | zilesinghjakhar@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 12 | Sh.Himanshu Goel | Director (Engg.) | 23097612 | himanshugoel@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 13 | Sh. Bijaya Kumar Mohapatra | Dy. Director (Account) | 9439915172 | bkmohapatra1@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 14 | Sh.Akhlesh Kumar Sharma | Dy. Director (Coord.) | 9990240279 | akhlesh.sharma@gov.in |
| 15 | Sh.Ritesh Choudhary | Dy. Director (GNR & DD India) | 23097625 | ritesh.chaudhary@gov.in |
| 16 | Sh.Nitin Nilkant Sapre | Deputy Director (News) | 9869375422 | nitin.sapre@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 17 | Sh.Manish Shiva Zole | Deputy Director (News &HR) | 9679146668 | manish.shiva@gov.in |
| 18 | Ms.Raj Deshmukh | Dy. Director (Admn.) | 9560385900 | rajdeshmukh.ddnews@prasarbhararti.gov.in |
| 19 | Sh.Shuhaib T | Deputy Director (News) | 9567633533 | shuhaib@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 20 | Sh.Pofale Sarang Bhanudas | Deputy Director (Assignment) | 8766337321 | pofalesarang@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 21 | Ms.Athira Thampi | Deputy Director (News) | 9446493463 | athirathampi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 22 | Ms.Sarla Meena | Deputy Director (News) | 9891127305 | sarlameena88@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 23 | Ms.Vijayalakshmi. J | Deputy Director (News) | 9599432677 | vijayalakshmi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 24 | Sh.Sanjay Pratap Singh | Deputy Director (News) | 9838897714 | sanjay.pratapsingh@gov.in |
| 25 | Sh.Vinod Shankar Bairwa | Assistant Director (News) | 9414607759 | vinod.shankarbairwa@gov.in |
| 26 | Ms. Ismeet Kaur | Assistant Director (News) | Assistant Director (News) | Ismeetk.g141701@gov.in |
| 27 | Sh.Vikas Narain | Assistant Director (News) | 9748611519 | vikas.narain@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 28 | Sh.Deepak Kumar | Assistant Director (News) | 9122378045 | deepak.kumar1@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 29 | Ms.Manupriya | Assistant Director (News) | 8376929244 | manupriya@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 30 | Sh. Manoj Roorkiwal | Assistant Director (News) | 8368644653 | r.manoj@gov.in |
| 31 | Sh.Prashant Sharma | Assistant Director (News) | 9179192596 | sharma.prashant38@gov.in |
| 32 | Ms. Ekta Khatri | Assistant Director (News) | 9999772974 | ekta.khatri@gov.in |
| 33 | Ms. Anjana Unnikrishnan | Assistant Director (News) | 9447374954 | anjana.u@gov.in |
| 34 | Shri Jairaj Kishore | Assistant Director (News) | 7999596903 | jairaj.kishore@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 35 | Shri Vasanth Meshach. J | Assistant Director (News) | 9444367178 | vasanth.meshachj@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 36 | Sh.Gopal Kumar Gupta | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9868277398 | gopalkumargupta@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 37 | Sh.Ajay Sharma | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9013496085 | ajaysharma@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 38 | Sh.Satish Kumar Galhotra | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 8054340949 | satishkumar6@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 39 | Sh. Rajeev Kumar Gupta | Assistant Director (E) | 9414780534 | rajeevkumargupta@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 40 | Sh.Prakash Pant | News Editor | 9868418961 | prakash.pant@gov.in |
| 41 | Administration Section | 23097606 | doordarshannewsdelhi@gmail.com | |
| 42 | Accounts Section | 23097622 | ||
| 43 | RNU Section | 23097656 | doordarshanrnu@gmail.com | |
| RNUs OFFICE LIST AS ON 21.12.2021 | |||||
| S.No. | RNU State | Name & Designation of Head of RNU | Designation | Mobile | |
| 1. | Agartala | Dr.Nongmaithem Reena | News Editor, RNU, AIR & DD (Additional charge) | 0381-2370076/
8732866934 |
ddnewsagartala |
| 2. | Ahmedabad | Sh. Dharmendra Tewari | Director(News) & RNU Head | samacharahmedabad@gmail. com tewari76@gmail.com |
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| Shri Utsav Parmar | Deputy director (News) |
09428520685 | |||
| Shri Nishith Joshi | News Editor | 09427690336 | |||
| 3. | Aizawl | Sh. M Touthang | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09436661750 0389-2361101 /2361109 |
ddnewsaizawl@gmail.com |
| 4. | Bengaluru | Ms.Mayusha A.M | Joint Director(News) | 9567604865 | |
| Sh. Keshav Murthy | Dy. Director (News) & RNU Head | 09448490242 080-23439377 & 23336040 (o) / 080-23333990 (F) |
chandananews@gmail.com | ||
| Shri Yashwant M S | Deputy Director (News) | 09449813477 | |||
| Shri Shahid T Komath | Assistant Director (News) |
09447067629 | |||
| Mr. Madhu M | News Editor | 09880087597 | |||
| 5. | Bhopal | Ms. Pooja P. Vardhan | Jt.. Director (News) & RNU Head | 09589943350 09425006662 0755-2738064- 0755-2661202 |
rnuddkbpl@gmail.com poojapvardhanbhopal@gmail.c om |
| Shri. Abhishek Kumar | Deputy Director (News) | 9711780773 | |||
| Shri Satyendra Sharan | Assistant Director (News) |
09425006663 | |||
| Shri Shrikanth Sukumar | News Editor | 07692836599 | |||
| 6. | Bhubaneshwar | Shri B N Adhikari | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09437097171 0674-2951058 0674-2951048 0674-2300800 (FAX) |
rnuddkbbsr@gmail.com |
| Mrs. Rizwana Akhtar | TV ANC | 099383-64002 | riz.akhtar11@gmail.com | ||
| Shri Sudarsan Sahoo | News Editor | 9692434667 | |||
| 7. | Chandigarh | Shri Dev Karan Singh | Asstt. Director (News) & RNU Head | 09463702863 0172-2686595. |
rnuddkchd9@gmail.com |
| MS. Akanksha Saxena | Asstt. Director (News) | 9888882888 | |||
| 8. | Chennai | Ms. S. Thenmozhi | Deputy Director (News) | 9600101499 | |
| Shri T Shanmugam | Deputy Director (News) | 7904660654 | |||
| Shri M. Jaya Singh | Deputy Director | ||||
| Shri Abdu Manaf | News Editor | ||||
| Sh. Philip Mathews | TVANC | 09444089007 | |||
| 9. | Dehradun | Raghwesh Pandey | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 9424208181 | |
| 10. | Guwahati | Maruf Alam | News Editor & RNU Head | 7838804503 Fax- 0361- 2207728 |
rnuddghy@gmail.com neddkghy@yahoo.co.in |
| Sh.Ankur Lahoty, | Deputy Director (News) and RNU Head DDK Guwahati | 8377954016 | ankurlahoty.dff@gmail.com | ||
| Shri Santanu Rowmuria | News Editor | 09958714855 | |||
| 11. | Hisar | Shri Pankaj Sharma | News Editor & RNU Head | 09953755489 | ddnewshisar@gmail.com |
| 12. | Hyderabad | Ms. A. Surekha | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 9949038532 040-27038753 |
ddnews.hyd@gmail.com surekha.aitabathula9@gmail.c om |
| Ms. D Suprasanthi Devi | Assistant Director (News) |
7032423900 | |||
| Sh.Mahesh Srinivas | Assistant Director (News) | 9985997466 | |||
| 13. | Imphal | Sh. N. Nando Singh | News Editor & RNU Head | 09436030597 08837430012 P 0385-2444974 /0385-2445825 |
ddrnuimphal@gmail.com na ndonongmaithem@yahoo.com |
| 14. | Itanagar | Shri Priyabhanshu Ranjan | News Editor | 9870151498 0361-2211392 |
rnuddkitanagar@gmail.com |
| 15. | Jaipur | Ms. Manju Meena | Dy. Director (News) & RNU Head | 09414051285 09828670030 0141-2705880 2711490 |
ddnewsjaipur@gmail.com |
| Shi Dharmesh Bharti | Asstt. Director (News) | 09414203811 | |||
| Shri Murari Lal Gupta | Assistant Director (N) | ||||
| 16. | Jalandhar | Sh. Shishu Kumar Sharma | Asstt. Director (News) & RNU Head | 9417222204 9417222205 0181-2651230 2341107/ 2254044 |
rnuddkjalandhar@yahoo.com |
| Ms. Usha Pawar | TVANC | ||||
| 17. | Jammu | Shri R K Raina | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 7051221472 0191-2535357 Fax 0191- 2534560 |
dogrinews@gmail.com Nehak243@gmail.com |
| 18. | Kohima | Sh. Ngathingpei Khayi | News Editor & RNU Head | 094360 01671 0370-2227031 (Fax)0370- 2227008 |
ddnewskoh@gmail.com |
| 19. | Kolkata | Shri Nijo Varghese | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 9821965059 | ddnewskol@gmail.com |
| Ms. Priyanka Charan | Deputy Director (News) | 09953646114 | |||
| Ms Pinaki Sarkar | News Editor | 09143716635 | pinaki.sarkar@nic.in | ||
| Dr. Pompi Sharma Roy Chowdhari | News Editor | 09231500829 | |||
| Sh. Snehasis Sur | TVNC | 09830028644 | ssur62@gmail.com | ||
| Sh. Rajeev Bhattacharya | TVANC | 09432671985 | rajiv_b@vsnl.net | ||
| 20. | Leh | # Shri Ramesh R Chandra (Additional Charge) | Correspondent & RNU Head | 09953952918 01982-255036- 37 01982- 252219(F) |
rnuleh@gmail.com |
| 21. | Lucknow | Ms. Gargi Malik | Joint Director (News)& RNU Head |
09435492635/ 07080152247 | |
| Ms. Aditi Agrawal | Asstt. Director (News) | 09415013652 | ddnewslko@gmail.com | ||
| Shri Rajeev Kumar Chaturvedi | Assistant Director (News) |
07985842402 | |||
| Shri Amit Kumar Kanaujia |
News Editor | 09999647111 | |||
| 22. | Mumbai | Shri Sidharth S Bodke | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09869260989 022-24965800 |
rnumumbai2010@gmail.com |
| Shri Nana S Meshram | Deputy Director (News) | 09869087061 | |||
| Ms. Manisha H Prakash | Deputy Director | 09870007043 | |||
| Shri. Narendera Kumar Pandurang Vispute | Deputy Director(News) | 09969048491 | |||
| Ms. Sangeeta Godbole | Asstt. Director (News) | 08149288268 9834099517 | |||
| 23. | Panaji | Shri Raviraj Saratape | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 09971838028 0832 – 2223301 / 2220159 Fax- 0832 – 2220158 / 2223301 |
rnuddkpanaji@gmail.com |
| 24. | Patna | Shri Syed Salman Haidar | Deputy Director (News)& RNU Head |
09471000490 | |
| Shri Ajay Kumar | Asstt. Director (News) | 9470638155 | |||
| 25. | Raipur | Shri Manoj Kumar Sonone | Assistant Director (N) & RNU Head | 09890004724 0771 – 2284150 |
rnuraipur@gmail.com |
| 26. | Ranchi | Sh. Diwakar Kumar | News Editor & RNU Head | 9431102799 0651- 2283139 |
rnuddkranchi@gmail.com diwakariis@gmail.com |
| 27. | Shillong | Shri Gautam S Kumar | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head |
09746096718 03642580183/0 3642580086 |
rnuddkshillong@gmail.com & ddnewsshillong@gmail.com gautamskumar93@gmail.com |
| 28. | Shimla | Shri Pritam Singh | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 09459910002 0177- 2652366(O)/ 0177- 2803234 |
rnuddksml@gmail.com |
| Ms. Nandini Mital | Asstt. Director (News) | 9418000038 | |||
| 29. | Srinagar | Qazi Mohd. Salman Ibrahim | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 09419000640 | rnusri@gmail.com salman.m.ibrahim@gmail.com |
| Sh. Shabir Ahmad Dar | News Editor | 09419791008 | |||
| 30. | Thiruvanantha puram | Shri Ajay Joy | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 09447019773 0471-2730317 Fax-0471- 2730279 |
rnuddktvpm@gmail.com |
| Ms. Lemi G. Nair | Deputy Director (News) | 09447019774 | |||
| Shri M Muhsin | News Editor | 9400495335 | |||
| 31. | Vijayawada | Shri Ratnakar Pamula | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 09849846834 0866-2489748 (Phone) 0866-2489749 (Fax) |
rnu.vij@gmail.com |
| Shri M Srinivas | News Editor | 8826525345 | |||
| 32 | Dibrugarh | Shri P K Nath | Asstt. Director (News) | 9971829862 | |
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