Doordarshan

Interestingly, the illusory cyber paths that crisscross homes and streets and represent the voice a billion-plus Indians today, actually began with a modest experiment in public service telecasting on September 15, 1959. The makeshift studio and its players beamed their voice and visuals through a small transmitter, daring to dream of becoming the prime vehicle of development of a nation that had shrugged off its yoke of slavery just over a decade earlier. The experiment became a service in 1965, when Doordarshan began beaming signals to reach television sets in living rooms in and around the country’s capital, New Delhi. By 1972, services were extended to Mumbai and Amritsar and then on, to seven other cities by 1975. All this time, it was part of the national broadcaster, All India Radio. On April 1, 1976, it transited to become a separate Department in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, though still serviced by All India Radio, especially for its news. Since then, the organisation has grown to cover the length and breadth of the country, painstakingly caring for the interest of all linguistic, geographical and cultural groups and promoting social, cultural and educational development of the country though an array of transmitter networks equipped with studios and facilities to produce programmes even in regional languages. Over the decades, the results of this melt of engineering and creativity have captivated million who would be glued to television sets to watch anything from news to cricket match telecasts, exhibitions of art, culture and Bollywood to education on the arts and sciences alike, from catering to a vast farming community to catalysing the growth of industry and commerce. Over the years Doordarshan has grown into a network operating 34 satellite channels besides providing free-to-air DTH service having 104 in its bookings. Indeed, that single studio from its small departmental home in All India Radio has grown into 66 studio centers all over the country, including 17 major studio centers at State capitals and 49 other studio centers located in various cities. Shri Rajeev Kumar Jain Director General Doordarshan 011-23114599 / 011-23097555 dgdd[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in E-in-C [Special Initiatives & Common Services] 011-23114501 Shri Ved Prakash ADG (Tech & Official Language) 011-23118812 vedparkash[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri S.K. Saxena ADG(Admn. & HR) 011-23118810 sksaxena[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri R.P. Joshi ADG[IT] 011-23421464 rpjoshi[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Ashish Potnis ADG(HQ, DD Free Dish, Land Management) 011-23114506 [email protected] Shri Prakash Veer ADG[Global] 23114502 p[dot]veer[at]gov[dot]in Smt. Neelam Singh ADG(Integrated Procurement Cell) 011-23421527 [email protected] Shri D.P. Singh ADG (Content Sourcing) 011-23114519 dpsingh[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Devinder Kumar CVO 011-23114504 cvopb[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Smt. Archana M Gupta DDG (Integrated Project Monitoring Cell) 011-23114535 [email protected] Shri Harshit Kumar DDG[F] 011-23114532 harshitkr[dot]ddn[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Ram Bachan Ram DDG(DCS) 011-23114971/72 [email protected] Shri Anil Bhardwaj DDG(HQ), DG:DD 011-23114512 [email protected] Shri Lok Man Singh DDG[Admin] 011-23114536 lokmansingh[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri P S Srivastava DDG[Policy] 011-23113326 pssrivastava[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Amit Kumar DDG(PBRB/PPC/MPA) 23114549 kumar72[dot]amit[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Chandra Shekhar DDG, DDK Delhi 23097540 chandrashekhar2[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Sanjay Prasad DDG[Sales] 24381717 headsales[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri R.A. Warsi DDG(Distribution) 23114529 raw[at]prasarbharati[dot]gov[dot]in Shri Shantanu Batabyal DDG (DCD & Kashir) 23114635 [email protected] Shri Shailesh K. Kanauje DDG(