One of the first English news presenters on Doordarshan Gitanjali Aiyar on Wednesday died. She worked with Doordarshan as news presenter from August 1971 to August 2002 (31 years).
She was the recipient of the best anchor award four times. Her Linkedin profile suggested that she was working as a head, Major Donors at WWF-India since 2011.The news of her demise triggered a flood of condolence posts on social media.
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