Gitanjali Aiyar was among the first English newsreaders in India. She became a household name during her time at Doordarshan and was recognised for her perfect enunciation and dignified delivery. She passed away on Wednesday
New Delhi: Eminent Doordarshan news reader and anchor Gitanjali Iyer is no more. One of the oldest faces of the national news channel, who read the 9 o’clock English news bulletin with equal proportions of calm and grace, breathed her last on June 6, Tuesday. She was 72.