Veteran TV anchor and well known face of Doordarshan (DD) News, Neelum Sharma is no more. She was associated with DD for over two decades.
News anchor Neelum Sharma who was attached to India's public service broadcaster Doordarshan News for over 20 years passed away on Saturday. The official twitter handle of DD news posted the news, and as per reports, she was battling cancer.
'DD News mourns passing away of our dear Colleague Neelum Sharma. A founding anchor with over 20 years of association with DD news, she played a stellar role in many capacities. From 'Badi Charcha' to 'Tejasvini' her path-breaking programmes won accolades including Nari Shakti Award,' the tweet read.
#DDNews mourns passing away of our dear Colleague Neelum Sharma. A founding anchor with over 20 years of association with #ddnews, she played a stellar role in many capacities. From 'Badi Charcha' to 'Tejasvini' her path breaking progs won accolades including Nari Shakti Award pic.twitter.com/dYKv3S4aCe
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) August 17, 2019
President Ram Nath Kovind honoured Neelum with Nari Shakti Puruskar earlier this year. A lot of condolences poured in on Twitter from people of all walks of life. Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted: 'Shocked to know that Neelum Sharma is no more. Lots of memories from All India Radio and DD. The sober and gracious anchor would be missed by all.'
Shashi Shekhar, CEO Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan & All India Radio) wrote, 'Just learned of the sad demise of veteran anchor Neelam Sharma who was recently awarded Nari Shakti Award. Prayers and condolences from entire Prasar Bharati Parivar to her family.'
(with inputs from IANS)
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Senior news anchor Neelum Sharma, who was associated with India’s public service broadcaster Doordarshan News for over 20 years, passed away on Saturday. The journalist was reportedly battling cancer.
Paying tributes to the 'founding anchor', DD News tweeted, 'DD News mourns passing away of our dear Colleague Neelum Sharma. A founding anchor with over 20 years of association with DD news, she played a stellar role in many capacities. From ‘Badi Charcha’ to ‘Tejasvini’ her path-breaking programmes won accolades including Nari Shakti Award.'
#DDNews mourns passing away of our dear Colleague Neelum Sharma. A founding anchor with over 20 years of association with #ddnews, she played a stellar role in many capacities. From ‘Badi Charcha’ to ‘Tejasvini’ her path breaking progs won accolades including Nari Shakti Award pic.twitter.com/dYKv3S4aCe
Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) August 17, 2019
Sharma, who started her career with Doordarshan in 1995, was a strong advocate for women empowerment, the channel posted on its official website. She was known for her programmes like Tejaswini and Badi Charcha .
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The veteran journalist was also honored with the Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind last year.
Condolences poured in from all quarters soon after Sharma’s demise.
'Just learned of the sad demise of veteran anchor Neelam Sharma who was recently awarded Nari Shakti Award. Prayers and condolences from entire Prasar Bharati parivar to her family,' Shashi Shekhar, CEO Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan & All India Radio) tweeted.
Just learned of the sad demise of veteran @DDNewsLive anchor Neelam Sharma who was recently awarded Nari Shakti Award https://t.co/4i1l3ToQpr Prayers and condolences from entire @prasarbharati parivar to her family.
Shashi Shekhar (@shashidigital) August 17, 2019
Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash also tweeted, 'We have lost our ‘Tejaswini’.'
'Shocked to know that Neelum Sharma is no more. Lots of memories from All India Radio and DD. The sober and gracious anchor would be missed by all,' Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia posted on the micro-blogging site.