DOORDARSHAN

Key facts: 

• Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD) is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. 
  
  
• Headquarters: New Delhi. 
  
  
• Motto: Satyam Shivam Sundaram. 
  
  
• Established in: 1959.  
  • Doordarshan, which began as an experiment in 1959 in Delhi, became a service in 1965.
    
    
  • By 1972, services were extended to Mumbai and Amritsar and then to seven other cities by 1975. 
    
    
  • All this time, it was part of the national broadcaster, All India Radio. On April 1, 1976, it transited to become a separate department in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.