PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, 2012. 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, 3. Rural Journalism Mr. R. Sambhan, Deshabhimani, Thiruvananthapuram. 4. Stree Shakti Award 1. Mr. Rajesh Parshuram Joshte, Lokmat, Ratnagiri. Certificate of Exellence 5. Photo Journalism (Single News Picture). 2. Ms. Razia Begum, The Echo of India, Port Blair, South Andaman. 1. Mr. Biplab Banerjee, The Asian Age, 2. Mr. Lattur Rathinam Shankar, The Times of India, Chennai. 3. Mr. Partha Paul, The Indian Express, Kolkata. Certificate of Excellence (for his photograph of farmers at work) Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) Certificate of Excellence (for his photo story moments from life of a lonely old person. Mr. Kamal Kishore, Press Trust of India, Mr. Sanjoy Ghosh, The Telegraph, Kolkata. Mr. Zishaan Akbar Latif, Freelancer, Mumbai.
Jury Committee 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. Hindustan Times Co- opted
PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, 2013. 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award Certificate of Creative Excellence Special Mention Certificate 1. Mr. Santosh Kumar, India Today, New Delhi 2. Mr. C.K. Sivanandan, Malayala Manorama, Mr. Manu Pubby, The Indian Express. 1. Mr. Mohammad Waqas and 2. Mr. Dilip Mandal, India Today. 2. Rural Journalism Certificate of Creative Excellence Brajesh Kumar, Governance Now, Mumbai. Mr. Shrish Khare, Tehelka, Delhi. Special Mention Certificate Raji Joseph, Rashtra Deepika. 3. Developmental Reporting Award Mr. Santosh Singh, The Indian Express, 4. Stree Shakti Award 1. Mr. Upmita Vajpai, Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal. 5. Photo Journalism (Single News Picture). 2. Sebin S. Kottaram, Malayala Manorama, Kottayam. 1. Mr. Sudipto Das, Times of India, 2. Mr. P.N. Pandey, The Indian Express, Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) 1. Mr. J. Suresh, Malayala Manorama, 2. Mr. Subhash Paul, Rashtriya Sahara, 6.. Urdu Journalism 1. Mr. Arif Aziz, Editor of Nadim, Bhopal.
2. Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim Alvi, Chief Editor, Aag, Urdu Daily, Lucknow. Jury Committee 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, Hindi 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. 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, 3. Developmental Reporting Certificate of Creative Excellence 4. Stree Shakti Award Creative Excellence in Stree Shakti 5. Photo Journalism (Single News Picture). Certificate of Creative Excellence Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) Mr. Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Down to Earth, 1. Rahi Gaikwad, The Hindu, 2. Neha Bhatt, Outlook, New Delhi. Ms. Priyadarshani Sen, Outlook, Mr. Davis Pynadath, Deepika Daily, Kerala. Mr. Neeraj Priyadarshi, The Indian Express, Shri Kamal Kishore, PTI, New Delhi 1. Mr. Ravi Kanojia, The Indian Express, And 2.Mr. Piyal Adhikary, European
Pressphoto Agency, West Bengal. 6. Urdu Journalism 1. Md. Wasimul Haque, Akhbar-E- Mashriq, Delhi. 2. Muhammad Atif, Sahafat, Delhi. Jury Committee 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, The Statesman 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, English Fortnightly Member 11. Shri Anis Azmi, Secretary Urdu Co-opted Academy PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA
NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, 2015. 1. Rural Journalism and Developmental Reporting 1. Mr. Sujit Chakraborty, Indo Asian News Service. 2. Mr. Vinoy Mathew, Mathrubhumi. 2. Investigative Journalism Mr. Shrad Vyas, Mid Day. 3. Photo Journalism (Single News Picture). Mr. Shahbaz Khan, PTI Photo Journalism (Photo Feature) 4. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, caricatures and illustrations. Mr. Tashi Tobgyal, Indian Express. Mr. C.R Sasikumar, The Indian Express. Jury Committee 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. 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, 2. Shri X. Xavier Selvakumar, Dinamalar, Coimbatore. 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, Special Mention Certificate Shri Vijay Verma, Press Trust of India, 5. Photo Journalism ( Photo Feature) Smt. Renuka Puri, Indian 6. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, caricatures and illustrations. Express, 1. Shri Baiju Poulose, Malayala 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 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, Resident Editor, Malayala Manorama & The Week: 8. Shri K.G Suresh, Director General, IIMC 9. Tashi Tobgyal, Photo Journalist, Indian Express, Co-opted Co-opted Co-opted
PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, 2017. 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 1. Shri Sam Rajappa, Eminent Journalist. 2. Shri Sarat Mishra, Eminent Journalist. 2. Rural Journalism and Developmental Reporting Ms. Shalini Nair, The Indian Express, Delhi. 3. Investigative Journalism 1. Mr. K. Sujith, Sr. Reporter, Mangalam Daily, Kannur. 2. Ms. Chitrangada Choudhury, Freelance Journalist. 4. Photo Journalism (i) Single News Picture 1. Shri C.K Thanseer, News Photographer, Chandrika Daily, Kerala. 2. Shri Vijay Verma, Principal Photo Journalist, Press Trust of India, (ii) Photo Feature 5. Best Newspapers Art covering cartoons, caricatures and illustrations. 3. Shri J. Suresh, Chief Photographer, Malayala Manorama. Shri Gireesh Kumar MP, Times of India Cochin, Kerala.
Jury Committee 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, Odisha Co-opted Member