News Edition 24 Desk: Doordarshan’s famous and first English news anchor Gitanjali Iyer passed away on Wednesday at the age of 76. For almost 30 years, she served on the National Broadcaster. Geetanjali joined Doordarshan in 1971. During her tenure of three decades, she received the Best News Anchor award four times. She was also given the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women in 1989.
She presented the popular Friday night show ‘A Date With You’ on All India Radio. After a decades-long career in the news industry, she moved into corporate communications, government relations and marketing.