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Tributes Pour In As Iconic Doordarshan Anchor And Nari Shakti Award Winner Neelum Sharma Passes Away
Swarajya Staff
Aug 17, 2019, 04:26 PM | Updated 04:26 PM IST
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Among the founding anchors of Doordarshan (DD) News and among its most recognisable faces, Neelum Sharma passed away today (17 August). She was suffering from cancer, as reported by Lokmat.
A strong advocate for women empowerment, Sharma was known was her programmes like ‘Tejaswini’ and ‘Badi Charcha’ and had been awarded the Nari Shakti Puruskar by President Ram Nath Kovind in 2018.
#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
Apart from the anchoring, scripting and research in electronic media she was also a widely acclaimed documentary filmmaker with more than 60 such films under her name.
Tributes poured in for the late media personality from several quarters.
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
As part of her ‘Tejaswini’ program, Sharma highlighted the achievements of woman achievers from the remotest parts of India who went on to become role models for the society.
She was also the visiting faculty in several media institutes and had won several prestigious awards like the Best News Anchor Award, Aadhi Aabadi Award and KPS Gill Fearless Journalist Award among others.
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