Gitanjali Aiyar

Gitanjali Aiyar (née Ambegaonkar, 29 January 19477 June 2023) was India's female news presenter on Doordarshan. She collapsed and died after a morning walk in New Delhi due to brain haemorrhage. She was suffering from Parkinson's disease and was 76.

Early life and education Aiyar attended Loreto College in Kolkata. She also studied for a diploma at the National School of Drama. She featured in many advertisements and also acted in Khandaan, a popular tele-serial on DD in the mid-1980s. She had a daughter, journalist Pallavi Aiyar from her ex-husband Swaminathan Aiyar.

Career Aiyar joined All India Radio after her graduation and then Doordarshan in 1976 She was a contemporary of Neethi Ravindran, Shammi Narang

Awards Aiyar won the Best Anchor award four times. She also won the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Woman in 1989.