The Press Council of India announced winners of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism in different categories comprising of a citation and specified cash award. Santosh Kumar of India Today, New Delhi and C.K. Sivanandan of Malayala Manorarma, New Delhi have been given joint Award in the category of Raja Ram Mohan Roy for their investigative journalism in this category they will be given Rs. 50,000/-each. Manu Pubby of The Indian Express has been given Certificate of Creative Excellence with cash of Rs. 25,000/-in the same category. Mohammad Waqas and Dilip Mandal of India Today have been chosen for Special Mention Certificate for their co-contribution for articles in India Today. Brajesh Kumar of Governance Now, Mumbai, has been chosen for the Main Award for Rural Journalism, which carries Rs. 50,000/-in cash apart from citation. Shirish Khare of Tehelka, Delhi has been given Certificate of Creative Excellence and Rs. 25,000/-in cash in the same category while Raji Joseph of Rashtra Deepika got the certificate of Special Mention Certificate.Santosh Singh of The Indian Express, New Delhi has bagged the top honour Developmental Reporting Award which carries Rs. 50,000/-in cash for reporting on development. Upmita Vajpai of Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal and Sebin S. Kottaram of Malayala Manorama, Kottayam have been jointly chosen for top honour Stree Shakti Award. They will be given Rs. 25,000/-each apart from citation. Sudipto Das of The Times of India, New Delhi and Shri P.N. Pandey of The Indian Express, New Delhi have been given joint Award in the category of Photo Journalism (single news picture) they will be given Rs. 25,000/-each. J. Suresh of Malayala Manorama, New Delhi and Subhash Paul of Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi have been given joint Award in the category of Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) Rs. 25,000/-each. Arif Aziz, Editor of Nadim, Bhopal and Ahmed Ibrahim Alvi, Chief Editor of Aag, Urdu Daily, Lukcnow have been given joint Award in the category of Urdu Journalism,as theyare well known senior Urdu Journalists. They will be given Rs. 25,000/-each apart from citation.
The awards to be conferred on November 16, 2013 on the occasion of National Press Day were chosen by a jury comprising of S/Shri Sharvan Garg, K.S. Murthy, Kalyan Barooah, Sondeep Shankar, Sheetla Singh, Members, Press Council of India, Abhigyan Prakash, Executive Editor, NDTV, Anis Azmi, Secretary, Urdu Academy, S.M. Ashraf, Income Tax Commissioner, Ms.Neerja Chowdhury, Columnist/Journalist and Shri Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, National Duniya.
The Press Council of India entrusted with the responsibility of encouraging the media to observe the principle of Freedom with Responsibility while perusing ts duties, has instituted these awards to encourage ethical and responsible journalism.
The awards to be conferred on November 16, 2013 on the occasion of National Press Day were chosen by a jury comprising of S/Shri Sharvan Garg, K.S. Murthy, Kalyan Barooah, Sondeep Shankar, Sheetla Singh, Members, Press Council of India, Abhigyan Prakash, Executive Editor, NDTV, Anis Azmi, Secretary, Urdu Academy, S.M. Ashraf, Income Tax Commissioner, Ms.Neerja Chowdhury, Columnist/Journalist and Shri Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, National Duniya.
The Press Council of India entrusted with the responsibility of encouraging the media to observe the principle of Freedom with Responsibility while perusing ts duties, has instituted these awards to encourage ethical and responsible journalism.
