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DD News is the only terrestrial cum satellite News Channel of the country. The News Channel of India’s Public Service Broadcaster has been successfully discharging its responsibility to give balanced, fair and accurate news without sensationalizing as well as by carrying different shades of opinion. DD-News channel was launched on 3 November 2003 by converting DD-Metro into a 24-hours news channel. Its satellite footprint is available across the country. DD News terrestrial reach is 49% by population and 25% by area of the country. DD News is currently producing news content in Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit languages. Over 17 hours of LIVE transmission include telecast of more than 30 news bulletins in these languages. Besides this 14 Regional News Units of DD News are producing four regional shows in a day which are aired on DD News. The channel also telecast daily three sports bulletins, one business show, daily current affairs programme. Special shows on Health, Youth issues, Cinema, Art & Culture, flagships schemes, communal harmony, employment opportunities, international events, market developments etc are produced in-house by the News Channel. The news channel is also scrolling news round the clock in Hindi & English with stock tickers (BSE/NSE) and commodity tickers. News Wing of DD News is also producing news content for its sister channels i.e. DD National, DD India and DD Urdu. Five bulletins in Hindi/English of 15 mts duration are being produced daily by news wing for DD National Channel. Recently news wing started producing 10 LIVE bulletins and news scrolling for DD Urdu. DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 170 news bulletins in 23 languages/dialects. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. DD News is also very active on the social media platforms. Its Twitter handle @DDNewsLive is tweeting news and updates round the clock. The Youtube channel of DD News youtube.com/DDNewsOfficial is putting out headlines, videos and special programmes for netizens regularly.
Who’s Who
| 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. Maneesh Chugh | ADG (Admn.,HR & IT) | 23118810 | adg-admin@prasarbharati.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 (Admn /HR) | 23097667 | vivek.vaibhav@gov.in |
| 9 | Sh.Varun Bhardwaj | Director (Assign.) | 23097608 | varun.bhardwaj@nic.in |
| 10 | Sh.A. K. Pathak | Director (Engg.) | 23097662 | ashok.pathak@gov.in |
| 11 | Sh.S. N. Yadav | Director (Engg.) | 23075259 | snyadavdd@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 12 | Sh.Himanshu Goel | Director (Engg.) | 23097612 | himanshugoel@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 13 | Sh.Sudhir Singh | Dy. Director (Assignment) | 23097625 | sudhir@pib.gov.in |
| 14 | Sh. Pandurangappa D. | Dy. Director (News) | 9810173971 | dpandurangappa@gov.in |
| 15 | Sh.Akhlesh Kumar Sharma | Dy. Director (HR) | 9990240279 | akhlesh.sharma@gov.in |
| 16 | Sh.Keshava Murthy B.A. | Dy. Director (NM) | 9873841714 | keshav.murthy@gov.in |
| 17 | Sh.Ritesh Choudhary | Dy. Director (GNR & DD India) | 23097625 | ritesh.chaudhary@gov.in |
| 18 | Sh. A. Dhanasekharan | Dy.Director (RNU) | 8925833904 | a.dhanasekaran@gov.in |
| 19 | Sh.Meeraj Uddin | Deputy Director (Urdu) | 9936407747 | khan.merajuddin@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 20 | Sh.Nitin Nilkant Sapre | Deputy Director (News) | 9869375422 | nitin.sapre@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 21 | Sh.Ankur Lahoty | Deputy Director (Assignment) | 8377954016 | ankur.lahoty@gov.in |
| 22 | Sh.Manish Shiva Zole | Deputy Director (News) | 9679146668 | manish.shiva@gov.in |
| 23 | Ms.Raj Deshmukh | Dy. Director (Admn.) | 9560385900 | rajdeshmukh.ddnews@prasarbhararti.gov.in |
| 24 | Sh.Adhar Charan | Dy. Director(Accounts) | 7834875778 | adharcharan@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 25 | Ms.Vijayalakshmi. J | Assistant Director (News) | 9599432677 | vijayalakshmi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 26 | Sh.Shuhaib T | Assistant Director (Social Media) | 9567633533 | shuhaib@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 27 | Sh.Pofale Sarang Bhanudas | Assistant Director (Admn.) | 8766337321 | pofalesarang@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 28 | Ms.Athira Thampi | Assistant Director (News) | 9446493463 | athirathampi@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 29 | Ms.Sarla Meena | Assistant Director (News) | 9891127305 | sarlameena88@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 30 | Sh.Sanjay Pratap Singh | Assistant Director (News) | 9838897714 | sanjay.pratapsingh@gov.in |
| 31 | Sh.Vinod Shankar Bairwa | Assistant Director (News) | 9414607759 | vinod.shankarbairwa@gov.in |
| 32 | Sh.Vikas Narain | Assistant Director (DD India) | 9748611519 | vikas.narain@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 33 | Sh.Deepak Kumar | Assistant Director (News) | 9122378045 | deepak.kumar1@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 34 | Ms.Manupriya | Assistant Director (News) | 8376929244 | manupriya@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 35 | Sh. Manoj Roorkiwal | Assistant Director (News) | 8368644653 | r.manoj@gov.in |
| 36 | Sh.Prashant Sharma | Assistant Director (News) | 9179192596 | sharma.prasant38@gov.in |
| 37 | Sh.Gopal Kumar Gupta | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9868277398 | gopalkumargupta@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 38 | Sh.Surendra Kumar Verma | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9868716282 | skverma29.ddnews@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 39 | Sh.Ajay Sharma | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 9013496085 | ajaysharma@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 40 | Sh.Satish Kumar Galhotra | Assistant Director (Engg.) | 8054340949 | satishkumar6@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 41 | Sh.Prakash Pant | News Editor | 9868418961 | prakash.pant@gov.in |
| 42 | Sh.Giridhar Tanwar | TVNC | 23097621 | girdhartanwar@prasarbharati.gov.in |
| 43 | Administration Section | 23097606 | doordarshannewsdelhi@gmail.com | |
| 44 | Accounts Section | 23097622 | ||
| 45 | RNU Section | 23097656 | doordarshanrnu@gmail.com |
| List of Head of Regional News Units of Doordarshan as on 15.03.2021 |
| S.No. | Name of RNU State | Name & Designation of Head of RNU | Designation | Mobile | E-mail address | Remarks |
| 1. | Agartala | Shri Sudipta Kar | News Editor & RNU Head | 09436168609 0381-2370076 |
ddnewsagartala@gmail.com | |
| 2. | Ahmedabad | Sh. Dharmendra Tewari | Director(News) & RNU Head | 09426513964 079-26850299/ 26852073 (fax) |
samacharahmedabad@gmail. com tewari76@gmail.com |
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| Shri Utsav Parmar | Assistant Director | 09428520685 | ||||
| Shri Nishith Joshi | News Editor | 09427690336 | ||||
| 3. | Aizawl | M Touthang | Director | 09436661750 0389-2361101 /2361109 |
ddnewsaizawl@gmail.com | AD (News) AIR given additional charge |
| 4. | Bengaluru | Ms Pallavi Chinya | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09448490242 080-23439377 & 23336040 (o) / 080-23333990 (F) |
chandananews@gmail.com | |
| Shri Yashwant M S | Deputy Director (News) | 09449813477 | ||||
| Shri Keshav Muthy | Deputy Director (News) | |||||
| Shri Shahid T Komath | Assistant Director (News) |
09447067629 | ||||
| Ms. Madhu M | News Editor | 09880087597 | ||||
| 5. | Bhopal | Ms. Pooja P. Vardhan | Dy. 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. Akansha Saxena | News Editor | 9888882888 | ||||
| 8. | Chennai | Shri I Vijayan | Dy. Director (News) | 9444089004 044-25365992 |
podhigainews2007@gmail.co m | |
| Sh. Raj Mohan R | Asstt. Director (News) | 09495886385 | ||||
| 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 | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 09953554760 | rnuddkdehradun@gmail.com raghwesh_pandey@yahoo.co m | On Additional charge from PIB |
| 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 |
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| Shri Vijay Kumar | Deputy Director | 9440406712 | ||||
| Ms. D Suprasanthi Devi | Assistant Director | 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 | Shri Pawan Singh Faujadar | 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) | On Loan Basis | ||||
| 16. | Jalandhar | Ms Usha Pawar | TVANC & RNU Head | 9417222205 0181-2651230 2341107/ 2254044 |
rnuddkjalandhar@yahoo.com | |
| 17. | Jammu | Shri R K Raina | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 7051221472 0191-2535357 Fax 0191- 2534560 |
dogrinews@gmail.com Nehak243@gmail.com | Holding additional charge of AIR also |
| 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 | Correspondent & RNU Head | 09953952918 01982-255036- 37 01982- 252219(F) |
rnuleh@gmail.com | On Additional charge from AIR, Leh |
| 21. | Lucknow | Shri R P Saroj | ADG | 9415501838 6351927422 | On Additional charge from PIB Lucknow | |
| Ms. Gargi Malik | Deputy Director | 09435492635/ 07080152247 | ||||
| Ms. Yashmeen Farooqi | Dy. Director (News) | 09415013652 | ddnewslko@gmail.com yasmeenf98@gmail.com | |||
| Shri Rajeev Kumar Chaturvedi | Assistant Director | 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 | ||||
| Shri Shahu M Patole | Deputy Director (News) | 9436627944 | ||||
| Ms. Manisha H Prakash | Deputy Director | 09870007043 | ||||
| Shri Narendrakumar Vaspute | Assistant Director | 09969048491 | ||||
| Ms. Sangeeta Godbole | Assistant Director | 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 | Director (News) & RNU Head | 09431015879 Fax- 0612- 2233838 / 0612-2227281 |
rnupatna@gmail.com vijaykumariis98@gmail.com | On Additional charge from ROB Patna |
| Ms. Sweta Singh | Dy. Director (News) | 09313404135 | iis.swetasingh@gmail.com | |||
| Shri Syed Salman Haidar | Asstt. Director (News) | 09471000490 | ||||
| Shri Ajay Kumar | Assistant Director (N) | 9470638155 | ||||
| 25. | Raipur | Shri Manoj Kumar Sonone | Assistant Director (N) & RNU Head | 09425602438 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 | Assistant Director | 8800357698 | ||||
| 28. | Shimla | Shri Pritam Singh | Deputy Director & RNU Head | 09459910002 0177- 2652366(O)/ 0177- 2803234 |
rnuddksml@gmail.com | |
| Ms. Nandini Mital | Assistant Director | 9418000038 | ||||
| 29. | Srinagar | Qazi Mohd. Salman Ibrahim | Deputy Director (News) & RNU Head | 09419404338 | 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 |
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