Gitanjali Aiyar, award winning Doordarshan news presenter, passed away yesterday at the age of 71.
She was associated with the national broadcaster for three decades. She joined Doordarshan in 1971 and received the best anchor award four times.
She was a graduate from Kolkata’s Loreto College and held a diploma from the National School of Drama. Prior becoming a news presenter on television, she was a newsreader on the All India Radio.
In an interview to a digital publication, Aiyar spoke about the days of DD News. She said, “Once a man came and rang the doorbell to ask me to do something about bringing electricity to the chawl he was living in. Another time, an auto driver in Dehradun would not take any money after dropping me to the school where my son was studying. Many felt we were doing a lot for the nation. It was all very touching.”
After her career in the news industry, Aiyar ventured into corporate communications, government liaison and marketing. In 1989, she won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women.
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