All India Radio

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Akashvani

Type	Government Organisation
Country	India
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Akashvani Bhavan Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110001, Delhi, India
Motto	Bahujanahitāya Bahujanasukhāya[1] For the benefit of many people and the happiness of many people
Ownership
Owner	Prasar Bharati
Parent	Government of India
Key people	Mousumi Chakraborty, Director General
History
Launch date	8 June 1936; 88 years ago (1936-06-08) (as All India Radio) AIR 5 May 2023; 18 months ago (2023-05-05) (as Akashvani)
Coverage
Availability	National International
Links
Website	All India Radio, News on AIR

All India Radio (AIR), also known as Akashvani (lit. 'Voice from the sky' or 'Oracle'), is an Indian state-owned public radio broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. It was established in 1936.^[2] It is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, an Indian television broadcaster.^[3] Headquartered in the Akashvani Bhavan building in New Delhi, it houses the Drama Section, the FM Section, and the National Service, and is also home to the Indian television station Doordarshan Kendra, (Delhi).

In terms of the number of languages transmitted, the range of socioeconomic variety it serves, and the size of its broadcasting organisation, Akashvani is the largest radio network in the world. AIR's home service comprises 420 stations located across the country, reaching nearly 92% of the country's area and 99.19% of the total population, and has programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects.^[4]