Winners of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards for 2021, 2022

REGIONAL LANGUAGES

2021, Shabitha MK, Mathrubhumi Daily: For her investigative series that maps the situation of women in Kerala jails

2022, Anand Madhusoodan Sowdi, Kannada Prabha Daily: For his reports on an appointment scam in Karnataka

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Indian Express Group Chairman and Managing Director Viveck Goenka with winners of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2021, during a ceremony. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTING

2021, Jayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times: For her stories on unplanned development in the higher reaches of the Himalayas

2022, Basant Kumar & Ayush Tiwari, Newslaundry: For a series on the slow choking of the Aravallis

UNCOVERING INVISIBLE INDIA

2021, Monica Jha, Freelance (Fifty-Two.in): For her story on how a testimony by four child victims led to conviction in a trafficking case

2022, Rupsa Chakraborty,The Indian Express: For her series of stories on the backwardness of Nandurbar

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC JOURNALISM

2021, Aditya Kalra & Steve Stecklow, Thomson Reuters: For series on how Amazon’s business practices undercut small businesses

2022, Twesh Mishra, The Economic Times: For his story on the import of Made in China wheels by the Indian Railways

REPORTING ON POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

2021, Ritika Chopra, The Indian Express: For her series of stories on the inner workings of the Election Commission

Ritika Chopra. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

2022, Prajwal Bhat, The News Minute: For his coverage of the Udupi hijab row

SPORTS JOURNALISM

2021, Mahender Singh Manral & Mihir Vasavda, The Indian Express: For their story on boxer Deepak Pahal and his descent into the world of crime

2022, Andrew Amsan, The Indian Express: For his story on how an IAS officer got a stadium emptied to walk his dog

Andrew Amsan. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

2021, Devesh Kumar Arun Gondane, Loksatta: For his investigation that uncovered the loopholes in a recruitment exam

2022, Zoya Hussain & Hera Rizwan, TRT World: For their story on hysterectomies among India’s women manual scavengers

FEATURE WRITING

2021, Vandana Menon, The Print: How an SDMC engineer tracked down Dara Shukoh’s burial site

2022, Raj Chengappa, India Today: For his story on the truth behind why Kashmiri Pandits had to flee their homes

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA

2021, Joanna Slater & Niha Masih, The Washington Post: For story on how a group of human rights activists were subjected to surveillance

PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM

2021, Vinod Kumar Menon, Mid-Day: For his series of stories on a raging pandemic

2022, Azeefa Fathima, Balakrishna Ganeshan & Prajwal Bhat, The News Minute: For their investigation on the prevalence of manual scavenging

PHOTOJOURNALISM

2021, Gurinder Osan, PTI: For his series of photographs from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari presents the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2021, for Photo Journalism to PTI Photo Editor Gurinder Osan during a ceremony, in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

2022, Abhinav Saha, The Indian Express: For his image of an IAS officer who got a stadium emptied to walk his dog

Abhinav Saha. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

BOOKS (NON-FICTION)

2021, The Long Game, Vijay Gokhale: For his book that explores the dynamics of negotiation between India and China

2022, The Life and Times of George Fernandes, Rahul Ramagundam: For his biography of the socialist politician

BROADCAST

HINDI

2021, Jugal Purohit, BBC Hindi News: For his documentary on hardships that healthcare workers faced during pandemics

2022, Hridayesh Joshi, Newslaundry: For his documentary on arsenic contamination in groundwater

REGIONAL LANGUAGES

2021, Sofia Bind, Media One TV: For her documentary on the Chola Nayakars of Kerala

2022, Tejas Vaidya, BBC News Gujarati: For his documentary from Bilkis Bano’s village, Randhikpur

ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTING

2021, Princess Giri Rashir, EastMojo: For her documentary on the mushrooming of coking coal factories in Meghalaya

2022, Down To Earth Multimedia team, Down To Earth (Web Portal): For their documentary told from nine of India’s cleanest cities

UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE

2021, Vishnukant Tiwari, The Quint: For his documentary that examines what development means to tribals in Bastar

2022, Vikas Trivedi, BBC News Hindi: For his documentary on the salt workers in the Rann of Kutch

REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

2021, Brut India: For their documentary on a women-led movement in Assam

2022, Abhishek Bhalla, indiatoday.com: For his story on the Kashmiri Pandit community

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

2021, Meghnad Bose, The Quint: For examining the money flow in the PM-CARES fund for vaccine development

2022, Saurabh Shukla, NDTV: For uncovering the truth behind an incident of custodial torture in Saharanpur