Some people recall the faces and some people recall the names. Here are images of some of the famous readers and presenters of Doordarshan down the years. If you recognize any of them, leave a comment.
[Update 1: Most of the faces now have names thanks to helpful comments by olio-gallimaufry]
[Update 2: Included image of one of the earliest presenters, Gopal Kaul. Send in generously from personal collection by son, Ashutosh Kaul. Sept, 2010.]
[Major Update 3: Got a tip-off about a documentary about the famous faces of Doordarshan from the makersof“The Golden Trail , DD@50 :Special feature on Golden Jubilee of Doordarshan” from which these caps were taken. I managed to catch the incredible documentary and am adding some more faces/name and part of the docu here. New ones can be found after the image of Narotam Puri. 30th Oct, 2010]

Gopal Kaul with Raj Kapoor.

Melville De Mello

Another one of Minu Talwar

One more of Jyotsana Rai

Another one of Jyotsana Rai

Veena Mishra (updated based on comment)

Mukta Shrivastav

Gitanjali Ayyar

Gitanjali Iyer in print ad for Solidaire Tv. 1988. The Indian Express. (for reference check comments)

Kaveri Mukherjee

Shobhana Jagdish

Rama Pandey

Avinash Kaur Sarin

Baritone Tejeshwar Singh

Gerson Da Cunha

Glamorous Komal G. B. Singh. Last famous appearance - at the start of year 2010 in a televison ad for e-bay with Narrotam Puri. Still with DD

Dolly Thakore interviewing Hema Malini in a phone-in program. Trivia: Indira Gandhi's defeat in 1977 election and Janta Party's win was announced on Doordarshan by newsreader Dolly Thakore. It is said that she, characteristically of a Doordarshan reader, was smiling.

Jayanthi Natarajan interviewing General Cariappa. She started her career at Doordarshan Madras. She went on to join politics. Shobhna Ravi

Sashi Kumar interviewing Kamal Hassan. Sashi Kumar. Started at madras station of Doordarshan and later among other things went on to launch Asiannet, India's first regional satellite channel. Bhakti Barve, theater artist and film actor, started her career at Bombay station of Doordarshan. Smita Patil started at Bombay station of Doordarshan as a reader. Luku Sanyal, daughter of actor Pahari Sanyal, the first face of English news in Mumbai, with 'The News'. Rajiv Mehrotra Prannoy Roy hosting 'The week that was'The World This Week. Suneet Tandon N. Vishwanathan, from Calcutta Doordarshan. Acted in Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjunga (1962) Sarla Maheshwari Neethi Ravindran Shobhana Jagdish Ved Prakash

As I have written a bit about Kashmir station while writing about Doordarshan, it was an added delight to see Doordarshan Kashmir make a special appearance in the Documentary.

Syed Shabir Ahmed. Urdu voice at the Srinagar Station. Later also worked at Calcutta station.

Naseem Khan joined Doordarshan Srinagar in 1973.

Crew of Doordarshan Kashmir

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The video:

‘Ruthuragalu’ was the first Telugu serial to go on air on Doordarshan. The serial went on air for more than two years without any break. It is said that the Telugu television industry is incomplete without the mention of ‘Ruthuragalu.' Not only the serial created a milestone in the television industry, even the makers of the serial, Naidu Sisters (Manjula Naidu and Bindu Naidu) became a name to get recognized in every home of Andhra. After this serial, both the sisters became the reigning queens of the small screen.

It is a general belief in those days that when the title track ‘Vasantha Sameeranla’ was heard in Doordarshan, every household in the neighborhood and life in the city would stand still. That was the magic of this popular show. Ruthuragalu's title song, ‘Vasantha Sameeranla’ was a unique hit in the television world and remains still fresh in everyone’s mind. Dr. Bunty composed the title song in this serial. It gave a good break to the composer.

The reason why this serial is considered as a mega serial is that of the serial paved way for many budding TV artists who later got name and fame in the film industry. For example, actor Prabhakar Podakandla got great fame only after being cast in this serial. Since the serial is a big hit till date, the maker of the serial takes pride of being associated with the concept that broke all TRPs in the small screen industry.

With every episode, season after season, the serial kept the viewers’ interest alive which led to the increasing count of TRP rates. This eventually paved the way for Naidu sisters to come up with many more innovative serials for the small screen. Telugu, actress Sri Divya, was a person who faced the camera at the age of three with this serial. Director Manjula Naidu spotted Sri Divya at a dance concert of her elder sister’s, and that is how Sri Divya got into acting. Initially, she was signed for a few episodes, later on, due to the public’s interest in her character, her role got extended.