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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 is the only terrestrial cum satellite News Channel of the country, with the terrestrial reach of 49% by population and 25% by area of the country. The Satellite footprint of the news channel is spread all across the country. DD News Channel was launched on 3 November, 2003 by converting DD Metro into a 24 hour news channel. Satellite footprint of DD India is also 100% across the country. Both the channels are available on High Definition on various distribution platforms, both cable and D2H.
DD News is currently producing news content in Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit languages. Over 14 hours of LIVE transmission include telecast of more than 20 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.
DD India produces and telecasts over 7 hours of LIVE transmission of news bulletins. The channel also telecasts daily current affairs programmes and special shows on sports, health, youth, cinema, art, culture, government schemes, international events etc. The Prime Time bulletins of Morning, Day and Evening on DD India are LIVE.
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 157 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 47 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 .
| DD News HQ Who’s Who as on 05.10.2021 | ||||
| S.No. | Name | Designation | Landline No (O) | E-mail ID |
| 1 | Sh.Mayank Kumar Agrawal | Director General (News) | 23097601 | dgnews2012.ddnews@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 2 | Ms.Priya Kumar | ADG (Newsroom & Prog) | 23097641 | priya.kumar@nic.in |
| 3 | Sh.Chaitanya Prasad | ADG (Assignment) | 23097603 | chaitanyaprasad@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 4 | Sh.C.Senthil Rajan | ADG (RNU/VVIP) | 23097604 | csenthil.rajan@gov.in |
| 5 | Col. Kalyan Das | DDG(Admn.) | 23114536 | kalyandas.035f@gov.in |
| 6 | Sh.Abhishek Agrawal | DDG (Engg) | 23097618 | abhishekagrawal@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 7 | Sh.Santosh Kumar | Director (Newsroom & Prog.) | 23097605 | sasasee@nic.in |
| 8 | Sh.Vivek Vaibhav | Director (RNU & Coord.) | 23097667 | vivek.vaibhav@gov.in |
| 9 | Sh.Varun Bhardwaj | Director (Assign.) | 23097608 | varun.bhardwaj@nic.in |
| 10 | Sh.Sudhir Singh | Joint Director (Assignment) | 23097625 | sudhir@pib.gov.in |
| 11 | Sh.A. K. Pathak | Director (Engg.) | 23097662 | ashok.pathak@gov.in |
| 12 | Sh.S. N. Yadav | Director (Engg.) | 23075259 | snyadavdd@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 13 | Sh.Himanshu Goel | Director (Engg.) | 23097612 | himanshugoel@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 14 | Sh.Akhlesh Kumar Sharma | Dy. Director (HR) | 9990240279 | akhlesh.sharma@gov.in |
| 15 | Sh.Keshava Murthy B.A. | Dy. Director (NM) | 9873841714 | keshav.murthy@gov.in |
| 16 | Sh.Ritesh Choudhary | Dy. Director (GNR & DD India) | 23097625 | ritesh.chaudhary@gov.in |
| 17 | Sh. A. Dhanasekharan | Dy.Director (RNU) | 8925833904 | a.dhanasekaran@gov.in |
| 18 | Sh.Meeraj Uddin | Deputy Director (Urdu) | 9936407747 | khan.merajuddin@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 19 | Sh.Nitin Nilkant Sapre | Deputy Director (News) | 9869375422 | nitin.sapre@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 20 | Sh.Ankur Lahoty | Deputy Director (Assignment) | 8377954016 | ankur.lahoty@gov.in |
| 21 | Sh.Manish Shiva Zole | Deputy Director (News) | 9679146668 | manish.shiva@gov.in |
| 22 | Ms.Raj Deshmukh | Dy. Director (Admn.) | 9560385900 | rajdeshmukh.ddnews@prasarbhararti.gov.in |
| 23 | Ms.Vijayalakshmi. J | Assistant Director (News) | 9599432677 | vijayalakshmi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 24 | Sh.Shuhaib T | Assistant Director (Social Media) | 9567633533 | shuhaib@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 25 | Sh.Pofale Sarang Bhanudas | Assistant Director (Assignment) | 8766337321 | pofalesarang@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 26 | Ms.Athira Thampi | Assistant Director (News) | 9446493463 | athirathampi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 27 | Ms.Sarla Meena | Assistant Director (News) | 9891127305 | sarlameena88@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 28 | Sh.Sanjay Pratap Singh | Assistant Director (News) | 9838897714 | sanjay.pratapsingh@gov.in |
| 29 | Sh.Vinod Shankar Bairwa | Assistant Director (News) | 9414607759 | vinod.shankarbairwa@gov.in |
| 30 | Sh.Vikas Narain | Assistant Director (DD India) | 9748611519 | vikas.narain@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 31 | Sh.Deepak Kumar | Assistant Director (News) | 9122378045 | deepak.kumar1@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 32 | Ms.Manupriya | Assistant Director (News) | 8376929244 | manupriya@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 33 | Sh. Manoj Roorkiwal | Assistant Director (News) | 8368644653 | r.manoj@gov.in |
| 34 | Sh.Prashant Sharma | Assistant Director (News) | 9179192596 | sharma.prasant38@gov.in |
| 35 | Ms. Ekta Khatri | Assistant Director (News) | 9999772974 | ekta.khatri@gov.in |
| 36 | Ms. Anjana Unnikrishnan | Assistant Director (News) | 9447374954 | anjana.u@gov.in |
| 37 | Shri Jairaj Kishore | Assistant Director (News) | 7999596903 | jairaj.kishore@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 38 | Shri Vasanth Meshach. J | Assistant Director (News) | 9444367178 | vasanth.meshachj@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 39 | Sh.Gopal Kumar Gupta | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9868277398 | gopalkumargupta@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 40 | Sh.Surendra Kumar Verma | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9868716282 | skverma29.ddnews@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 41 | Sh.Ajay Sharma | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9013496085 | ajaysharma@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 42 | Sh.Satish Kumar Galhotra | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 8054340949 | satishkumar6@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 43 | Sh.Prakash Pant | News Editor | 9868418961 | prakash.pant@gov.in |
| 44 | Sh. Bijaya Kumar Mohapatra | Sr.AO | 9439915172 | bkmohapatra1@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 45 | Administration Section | 23097606 | doordarshannewsdelhi@gmail.com | |
| 46 | Accounts Section | 23097622 | ||
| 47 | RNU Section | 23097656 | doordarshanrnu@gmail.com | |
| RNUs OFFICE LIST AS ON 21.12.2021 | |||||
| S.No. | Name of RNU State | Name & Designation of Head of RNU | Designation | Mobile | E-mail address |
| 1. | Agartala | 0381-2370076 | ddnewsagartala@gmail.com | ||
| 2. | Ahmedabad | Sh. Dharmendra Tewari | Director(News) & RNU Head | samacharahmedabad@gmail. com tewari76@gmail.com |
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| Shri Utsav Parmar | Assistant 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 | 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 | |||
| Ms. 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 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 | Shri I Vijayan | Dy. Director (News) | 9444089004 044-25365992 |
podhigainews2007@gmail.co m |
| Shri T Shanmugam | Asstt. Director (News) | 7904660654 | |||
| Ms. S Thanmozhi | Asstt. Director (News) | 9600101499 | |||
| Shri Abdul Manas | News Editor | ||||
| Sh. Philip Mathews | TVANC | 09444089007 | |||
| 9. | Dehradun | Shri Rohit Tripathi (Additional Charge) | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 09953554760 | rnuddkdehradun@gmail.com raghwesh_pandey@yahoo.co m |
| 10. | Guwahati | Shri Ramani Kanta Sharma | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 9435492635 Fax- 0361- 2207728 |
rnuddghy@gmail.com neddkghy@yahoo.co.in |
| Shri Santanu Rawmuria | 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 |
| Shri Vijay Kumar | Deputy Director | 9440406712 | |||
| Ms. D Suprasanthi Devi | Assistant Director (News) |
7032423900 | |||
| 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 |
| Shri Pratyush Kumar Ghosh | Asstt. Director (News) | 09828670030 | pratyushkg@yahoo.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 Verghese | 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 | Shri R P Saroj | ADG (Additional Charge) | 9415501838 6351927422 | |
| Ms. Gargi Malik | Jt. Director (News) | 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 Narendrakumar Vaspute | Assistant 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 | Sh. Vijay Kumar (Additional Charge) | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09431015879 Fax- 0612- 2233838 / 0612-2227281 |
rnupatna@gmail.com vijaykumariis98@gmail.com |
| Ms. Sweta Singh | Jt. Director (News) | 09313404135 | iis.swetasingh@gmail.com | ||
| Shri Syed Salman Haidar | Asstt. Director (News) | 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 | Assistant Director & RNU Head | 09746096718 03642580183/0 3642580086 |
rnuddkshillong@gmail.com & ddnewsshillong@gmail.com gautamskumar93@gmail.com |
| Ms. Ayushi Puri | Asstt. Director (News) | 8800357698 | |||
| 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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