New Delhi:
Neelum Sharma, DD News anchor, has passed away, announced the national news channel on Saturday. Sharma was conferred with Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018 and had worked with DD News for more than 20 years. She anchored programmes like Badi Charcha, Tejasvini, and has inspired thousands of journalists with her work on Doordarshan. She was battling cancer.
"#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," tweeted Doordarshan.
#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
Tributes started pouring in as soon as the news of her death broke out.
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
Extremely shocking news for the @DDNewsLive @DDNewsHindi family. star anchor #NeelumSharma has passed away.Unbelievable twist of fate& destiny. Led us from the front establishing #DDnewsBrand globally. In her illustrious career she won many laurels fr us. RIP Mam will miss you.
— Chaitanya Prasad (@Chatty111Prasad) August 17, 2019
Extremely shocking news for the @DDNewsLive @DDNewsHindi family. star anchor #NeelumSharma has passed away.Unbelievable twist of fate& destiny. Led us from the front establishing #DDnewsBrand globally. In her illustrious career she won many laurels fr us. RIP Mam will miss you.
— Chaitanya Prasad (@Chatty111Prasad) August 17, 2019
Tragic news. Neelum Sharma no more. Prayers. Rest in Peace! https://t.co/i7NdCKZgZJ
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 17, 2019
Tragic news. Neelum Sharma no more. Prayers. Rest in Peace! https://t.co/i7NdCKZgZJ
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 17, 2019
Shocking news. RIP Neelum Sharma ðŸ™ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) August 17, 2019
Besides anchoring, scripting and research in the electronic media, Sharna was a widely acclaimed documentary filmmaker with more than 60 such films under her name.
