The seventh edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, instituted by The Express Group in the memory of its founder and now the most coveted annual event in the Indian media calendar, was held in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Winners with the Chief Guest for the evening, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Also see: Winners of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for 2011
Winners of Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2011 and 2012 with the Chief Guest, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Also see: Winners of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for 2012
Journalist Mariane Pearl delivers the first Ramnath Goenka memorial lecture at the award ceremony. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Express Group Chairman and Managing Director Viveck Goenka presents a photograph to Chief Guest Sumitra Mahajan at the ceremony. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Union Food and Consumer Affaairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Supreme Court judge, Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who was the chief guest for the evening, arrives for the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Sreenivasan Jain from NDTV 24X7 is seen receiving the Journalist of the Year 2012 award from Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan during the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards 2011 and 2012 in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Cabinet Minister Maneka Gandhi with Shekhar Gupta at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
(R to L) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan with Maneka Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury and Viveck Goenka at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
Maneka Gandhi with Anant Goenka, Wholetime Director & Head, New Media, Indian Express and (centre) Delhi BJP leader RP Singh. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Congress leader Kapil Sibal with wife Promila. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Guest for the evening, receives a memento from Viveck Goenka, Chairman, The Express Group. The Express photograph, of her with her son, was taken when she was named Lok Sabha Speaker. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
BJP MP and National General Secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy with Vaidehi Thakar, Director, The Indian Express Limited. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)
(From left) Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, Pearl, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. (Source: Express photo by Ajnavi Tarannum)
Mark Tully receives the award for his book Non-Stop India. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Navy Chief Admiral Robin Dhowan with wife Meenu. (Source: Express photo by Oinam Anand)
(From left) Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan; Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar, Supreme Court judge Arjan Kumar Sikri. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Mariane Pearl delivers the first Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
BJP MP Anurag Thakur (L) with Congress leader Jitin Prasada. (Source: Express photo by Renuka Puri)