Big Shock To 90's Kids! Famous DD News Anchor Dies

Kids of the 90's who grew up watching Doordarshan, are shocked to know that senior DD News anchor, Neelum Sharma passed away today (17th August 2019).

She had been associated with Doordarshan for over 2 decades. Reports say that, Neelum was battling cancer from years.

As per India TV reports, Neelum Sharma, was also awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2018 by the President of India. She started her career with DD in 1995 and went on to significantly contribute to the industry and inspire an entire generation of journalists.

Young or old people used to run to watch her renowned programmes like Badi Charcha, Tejasvini and many more.

Soon after news of her demise spread, scores of condolences started to pour in.

#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

I am shocked to hear that Neelum Sharma, the celebrated Anchor of Doordarshan is no more. She truly symbolised ‘Naari Shakti’, the national award she received from the Hon. President.

We have lost our ‘Tejaswini’ !@PBNS_India @DDNewsLive @DDNational @prasarbharati @AkashvaniAIR pic.twitter.com/fwriAHKpI2

— A. Surya Prakash (@mediasurya) August 17, 2019