The dynamic website of Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar (www.ddkbbsr.gov.in) is launched on dt-28.11.2014. The district correspondents can now send the photographs, news and video through this portal to DDK, Bhubaneswar for instant telecast.
The portal was inaugurated by Smt. Jayanti Rath, Dy. Director General (P) of DDK, Bhubaneswar at the Auditorium Hall, DDK, Bhubaneswar. Other dignitaries present in the occasion were Sri L. K. Pradhan, DDG(E), Sri P. K. Pati, DDG(E), RSTI Bhubaneswar, Sri D. Nanda, DDG(E), Eastern Zone, Kolkata, Sri P. K. Mohapatra, Dy. Director(Engg), Door Darshan, Dr. R. N. Behera, Sr. Technical Director, NIC, Bhubaneswar and Sri K. C. Pattnaik, Scientist-D, NIC, Bhubaneswar.
The portal is developed by the team headed by Dr R N Behera, STD and Sri K. C. Pattnaik, Scientist-D and Sri B. L. Gupta, SO/Engr-SB under the guidance of Sri S. K. Panda, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. It is developed with open source technologies and Drupal as CMS.
The portal contains about the Kendra profile, program schedule, popular programs to watch, important videos , news, sponsored programs, RTI, tenders etc . Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) can also visit the website as it is compliant to accessible guidelines.
Speaking on the occasion Smt Jayanti Rath, DDG(P) hoped that this portal will fulfill the long awaited demand of our people to get the website for getting daily news even if away from home.
In the concluding speech Dr. R N Behera, Sr. Technical Director, NIC, Bhubaneswar explained different functionalities of the website and the need of such a website for people interested to view different programms of Doordarshan.