PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM , 2012.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy No entry could qualify 2. Certificate of Excellence in 1. Ms. Damyanti Datta, India Investigative Journalism Today, .

2. Ms. Priyanka Dubey, Tehelka, New Delhi. 3. Rural Journalism Mr. R. Sambhan, , Thiruvananthapuram. 4. Stree Shakti Award 1. Mr. Rajesh Parshuram Joshte, , Ratnagiri.

Certificate of Exellence 2. Ms. Razia Begum, The Echo of India, Port Blair, South Andaman. 5. Photo Journalism (Single News 1. Mr. Biplab Banerjee, The Asian Picture). Age, New Delhi.

2. Mr. Lattur Rathinam Shankar, , Chennai.

3. Mr. Partha Paul, , .

Certificate of Excellence (for his Mr. Kamal Kishore, Press Trust of photograph of farmers at work) India,New Delhi.

Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) Mr. Sanjoy Ghosh, , Kolkata.

Certificate of Excellence (for his Mr. Zishaan Akbar Latif, photo story moments from life of a Freelancer, Mumbai. lonely old person.

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Neeraj Bajpai, UNI Member 2. Shri Sondeep Shankar, Photo Member Journalist 3. Shri Shravan Garg, Nayi Duniya Member 4. Shri K.S.S. Murthy Malayala Manorma Member 5. Shri Rajeev Sabade, UGC Member 6. Shri Kalyan Barrooah, Assam Tribune Member 7. Shri Arun Kumar, TOI, Patna Member 8. Dr. S.Y Quraishi, Former Chief Co- opted Election Commissioner of India. 9. Shri Harsh Mander, IAS, Social Co- opted Activist and Writer. 10. Shri Vinod Sharmaf, Political Editor. Co- opted Times

PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM , 2013.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 1. Mr. Santosh Kumar, India Today, New Delhi

2. Mr. C.K. Sivanandan, , New Delhi. Certificate of Creative Excellence Mr. Manu Pubby, The Indian Express.

Special Mention Certificate 1. Mr. Mohammad Waqas and

2. Mr. Dilip Mandal, India Today.

2. Rural Journalism Brajesh Kumar, Governance Now, Mumbai.

Certificate of Creative Excellence Mr. Shrish Khare, Tehelka, Delhi.

Special Mention Certificate Raji Joseph, Rashtra . 3. Developmental Reporting Award Mr. Santosh Singh, The Indian Express, New Delhi. 4. Stree Shakti Award 1. Mr. Upmita Vajpai, , Bhopal.

2. Sebin S. Kottaram, Malayala Manorama, Kottayam. 5. Photo Journalism (Single News 1. Mr. Sudipto Das, Times of India, Picture). New Delhi.

2. Mr. P.N. Pandey, The Indian Express, New Delhi.

Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) 1. Mr. J. Suresh, Malayala Manorama, New Delhi.

2. Mr. Subhash Paul, Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi. 6.. Journalism 1. Mr. Arif Aziz, Editor of Nadim, Bhopal.

2. Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim Alvi, Chief Editor, Aag, Urdu Daily, Lucknow.

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Shravan Kumar Garg, Dainik Member Bhaskar 2. Shri Sondeep Shankar, Photo Member Journalist 4. Shri K.S.S. Murthy, Malayala Member Manorma 5. Shri Sheethla Singh, Janmorcha, Member Daily 6. Shri Kalyan Barooah, Assam Tribune Member 7. Shri Abhigyan Prakash, Executive Co- opted Editor, NDTV 8. Shri Anis Azmi, Secretary Urdu Co- opted Academy 9. Shri S.M. Ashraf, Income Tax Co- opted Commissioner 10. Ms. Neeraja Chowdhury, Co- opted Columnist/Journalist 11. Shri Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Co- opted National Duniya

PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM , 2014.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award No entry could qualify the category

2. Rural Journalism 1. Mr. Corenelius Minj, Khabar Mantra, Jharkhand.

2. Mr. R. Samban, Deshabhimani, Kerala.

Certificate of Creative Excellence 1. Mr. M. Shajii Kumar, Malayala Manorama, Kerala.

2. Mr. Uttam Sengupta, Outlook, New Delhi.

3. Developmental Reporting Mr. Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Down to Earth, New Delhi.

Certificate of Creative Excellence 1. Rahi Gaikwad, , New Delhi.

2. Neha Bhatt, Outlook, New Delhi. 4. Stree Shakti Award Ms. Priyadarshani Sen, Outlook, New Delhi.

Creative Excellence in Stree Shakti Mr. Davis Pynadath, Deepika Daily, Kerala. 5. Photo Journalism (Single News Mr. Neeraj Priyadarshi, The Indian Picture). Express, New Delhi.

Certificate of Creative Excellence Shri Kamal Kishore, PTI, New Delhi

Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) 1. Mr. Ravi Kanojia, The Indian Express, New Delhi. And

2.Mr. Piyal Adhikary, European Pressphoto Agency, West . 6. Urdu Journalism 1. Md. Wasimul Haque, Akhbar-E- Mashriq, Delhi. 2. Muhammad Atif, Sahafat, Delhi.

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Krishna Prasad, Outlook Convener 2. Shri Sondeep Shankar, Photo Member Journalist 4. Shri K. Amarnath, Freelancer Member 5. Shri C.K. Nayak, The Shillong Times Member 6. Shri Ravindra Kumar, Member 7. Shri S.N. Sinha, Photo Journalist Member 8. Shri Prakash Dubey, Dainik Bhaskar Member 9. Shri Pankaj Vohra, UGC Member 10. Shri Gurinder SinghIndian Obserever, Member English Fortnightly 11. Shri Anis Azmi, Secretary Urdu Co-opted Academy

PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM , 2015.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Rural Journalism and Developmental 1. Mr. Sujit Chakraborty, Indo Reporting Asian News Service.

2. Mr. Vinoy Mathew, . 2. Investigative Journalism Mr. Shrad Vyas, Mid Day. 3. Photo Journalism (Single News Mr. Shahbaz Khan, PTI Picture).

Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) Mr. Tashi Tobgyal, Indian Express. 4. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, Mr. C.R Sasikumar, The Indian caricatures and illustrations. Express.

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Ravindra Kumar, The Statesman Member 2. Shri Uttam Chandra Sharma, Member Muzaffarnagar Bulletin 3. Shri S.N. Sinha, Photo Journalist Member 4. Shri Prakash Dubey, Dainik Bhaskar Member 5. Shri Rajeev Ranjan Nag, Aaj Samaj Member 6. Dr. Suman Gupta, Janmorcha Member 7. Shri Sudhir Tailaj, Cartoonist Co- opted

PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, 2016.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award Shri S. Nihal Singh, Veteran Journalist. 2. Rural Journalism and Developmental 1. Shri Renjith John, Deepika Reporting Daily, Kerala.

Special Mention Certificate 1. Shri Arvind Kumar, Freelncer, New Delhi.

2. Shri X. Xavier Selvakumar, , .

3. Investigative Journalism No entry could qualify the category 4. Photo Journalism (Single News Picture 1. Shri T.P. Dhanesh, Malayala Category) Manorama, Kerala.

2. Shri Pritam Bandyopadhyay, Asian Age, New Delhi.

Special Mention Certificate Shri Vijay Verma, Press Trust of India, New Delhi. 5. Photo Journalism ( Photo Feature) Smt. Renuka Puri, Indian Express, New Delhi. 6. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, 1. Shri Baiju Poulose, Malayala caricatures and illustrations. Manorama, Kerala.

Special Mention Certificate 2. Shri Rohit Jose, Malayala Manorama, Kerala.

The Jury has also chosen the following veteran journalists/photo journalists to honour them for their outstanding contribution in the field of journalism.

S.No. Name of Awardees Field of journalism

1. Shri Raghu Rai Veteran Photo Journalist 2. Shri Sheetla Singh Veteran Journalist 3. Shri Harish Chandra Shukla (Kaak) Veteran Cartoonist 4. Shri Potturi Venkateswara Rao Veteran Journalist 5. Smt. Mrinal Pande, Veteran Journalist

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Ravindra Kumar, The Statesman Convener 2. Shri Krishna Prasad, Outlook Member 3. Shri Uttam Chandra Sharma, Member Muzaffarnagar Bulletin 4. Shri S.N. Sinha, Photo Journalist Member 5. Shri Kosuri Amarnath, Freelancer Member 6. Shri Prakash Dubey, Dainik Bhaskar Member 7. Shri K. Sachidananda Murthy, Co-opted Resident Editor, Malayala Manorama & The Week: 8. Shri K.G Suresh, Director , Co-opted IIMC 9. Tashi Tobgyal, Photo Journalist, Indian Co-opted Express, New Delhi.

PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM , 2017.

S.No. Category Name of Awardees

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 1. Shri Sam Rajappa, Eminent Journalist.

2. Shri Sarat Mishra, Eminent Journalist.

2. Rural Journalism and Developmental Ms. Shalini Nair, The Indian Express, Reporting Delhi.

3. Investigative Journalism 1. Mr. K. Sujith, Sr. Reporter, Mangalam Daily, Kannur.

2. Ms. Chitrangada Choudhury, Freelance Journalist.

4. Photo Journalism 1. Shri C.K Thanseer, News (i) Single News Picture Photographer, Daily, Kerala.

2. Shri Vijay Verma, Principal Photo Journalist, Press Trust of India, New Delhi.

(ii) Photo Feature 3. Shri J. Suresh, Chief Photographer, Malayala Manorama. 5. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, Shri Gireesh Kumar MP, Times of caricatures and illustrations. India Cochin, Kerala.

Jury Committee

S.No. Name Designation

1. Shri Kundan Raman Lal Vyas, Kutch Convener Mitra 2. Shri Prabhat Dash, Pratidin Member 3. Dr. Suman Gupta, Janmorcha Member 4. Shri Sondeep Shankar, Photo Member Journalist 5. Shri C.K. Nayak, The Shillong Times Member 6. Shri Ravindra Kumar, The Statesman Member 7. Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee, IIMC, Co-opted Member