Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: Full list of winners

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: Full list of winners

Print 2017

REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST

* Namrata Biji Ahuja, The Week: For her dispatch from inside Camp Hebron where NSCN (I-M) runs a parallel government

* Rikynti Marwein, Highland Post: For first reporting on the molestation charges against the Meghalaya Governor linked to jobs in the Raj Bhavan

HINDI

* Amit Kumar Singh, Thewire.in: For his story on the lives of policemen in Kashmir: the challenges and hopes, the threats and fears

REGIONAL LANGUAGES

* Sandeep Ashok Acharya
* Nishant Dattaram Sarwankar, Loksatta:

For their expose on the irregularities and corruption that has plagued the Slum Rehabilitation Authority in Mumbai

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

* Sandhya Ravishankar, Thewire.in: For her investigative reports on illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu

UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE

* Parth Meena Nikhil, Ruralindiaonline.org: For reports on how agrarian distress impacts everyday life in rural India

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM

* Team Reuters, Thomson Reuters: For a series of reports on a secret operation inside a tobacco giant’s campaign to subvert the global anti-smoking treaty

POLITICAL REPORTING

* Sushant Kumar Singh, The Indian Express: For his inside reports on strategic affairs, including the Doklam crisis and a secret meeting between India and Pakistan

SPORTS JOURNALISM

* Nitin Sharma, The Indian Express
* Daksh Panwar, The Indian Express

For tracking the dreams of women cricketers in Punjab’s Moga

ON THE SPOT REPORTING

* Mridula Chari, Scroll.in: For exposing how a sedition case against 15 men accused of celebrating a Pakistan win in cricket fell apart

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

* Vijay Kumar S, The Hindu: For his reports on how taxmen alerted officials about payoffs in the Tamil Nadu gutka scam – but were ignored

FEATURE WRITING

* Dipankar Ghose, The Indian Express: For his ground report on how victims of rape deep inside Bastar are struggling to make themselves heard

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA

* Annie Gowen, The Washington Post: For her report on the life of a teenaged pellet victim, a cricketer, in Kashmir

COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATIVE WRITING

* Gulab Kothari, Rajasthan Patrika: For his powerful editorials against attempts in Rajasthan to silence the media, and clip the powers of judiciary and police

CIVIC JOURNALISM

* Shalini Nair, The Indian Express: For exposing glaring gaps in the urban development mission

PHOTO JOURNALISM

* Tashi Tobgyal, The Indian Express: For his powerful images documenting the life and death of those who keep our cities clean – manual scavengers and sewage workers

BOOKS (NON-FICTION)

* Milan Vaishnav: For his study of the symbiotic relationship between crime and Indian politics, When Crime Pays: Money and muscle in Indian politics

Broadcast 2017

REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST

* Zaffar Iqbal, NDTV India: For reporting on radicalisation and stone-pelters in South Kashmir

HINDI

* Abhisar Sharma, ABP News: For driving home the horror of Encephalitis in East UP

REGIONAL LANGUAGES

* M Gunasekaran, News 18 Tamil Nadu: For his reports on fisherfolk during Cyclone Ockhi

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

* Sushil Chandra Bahuguna, NDTV India: For painstakingly documenting the lives submerged in Pancheshwar ki Padtal

UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE

* Pratima Mishra, ABP News: For reporting on caste discrimination against Dalits in Gujarat

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM

* Sushil Kumar Mohapatra, NDTV India: For documenting the impact of GST on ragpickers

POLITICAL REPORTING

* Brajesh Rajput, ABP News: For reporting on the use of sub-standard material in a government housing scheme in Madhya Pradesh

SPORTS JOURNALISM

* Moumita Sen, India Today TV: For exploring the question of violence in the Valley through the lens of football

ON THE SPOT REPORTING

* Jagwinder Patial, ABP News: For his fearless reporting on the violence following the arrest of the Dera Sacha Sauda head

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

* Anand Kumar Patel, India Today TV: For reporting on the problem of over-priced drugs

Internal Awards 2017

SANJIV SINHA MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING

* Aanchal Magazine, The Indian Express

PRIYA CHANDRASHEKHAR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDITING

* Ram Sarangan, The Indian Express