Winners of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for 2011

The awards were presented by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Express Group MD and chairman Viveck Goenka.
Radheshyam Bapu Jadhav of the Times of India gets the Prakash Kardaley award for his stories from Pune on garbage mess in the city. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Anil Padmanabhan & Cordelia Jenkins of the Mint get the Uncovering India Invisible (Print) award for the 'Past Present Future' series that tracks India. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Umesh Aggarwal of the Doordarshan gets the Uncovering India Invisible (Broadcast) award for the incisive report that put prominent journalists in the spotlight. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Priyanka Dubey of the Tehelka gets the Hindi (Print) award for the spotlight on Bundelkhand where at least 15 girls were burnt alive in just one year. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Dipti Nagpaul of The Indian Express gets the Film & Television Journalism (Print) award for bringing alive the world of almost-famous 'extras'. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Reji R. Nair of the Mathrubhumi gets the Regional Languages (print) award for her articles on organ donation. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Siddu Biradar of the TV 9 gets Regional Languages (Broadcast) award for his ground report from the famine-struck district of Raichur. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Anand Vasu of the Sports Illustrated India gets the Sports Journalism (Print) award for his exclusive interview of Rahul Dravid and V V S Laxman. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Vinayak Deepak Gaikwad of the IBN Lokmat gets the Sports Journalism (Broadcast) award for his comprehensive report on the growing popularity of football in traditionally kushti-centric Kolhapur. (Source: express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Sreenivasan Jain of the NDTV 24X7 gets the Reporting from J&K and the Northeast (Broadcast) award for his investigations questioning the role of different players during the siege that plunged Manipur into 100-day economic blockade. Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Lambok Thabah of the U Nongsain Hima gets the Reporting from J&K and the Northeast (Print) award for his series highlighting misappropriation of rice and sugar under the government’s PDS scheme in Meghalaya. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

R Samban of the Deshabhimani gets the Environmental Reporting (Print) award for the series on Vellayani Kayal, a freshwater lake in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Arti Dattatray Kulkarni of the IBN Lokmat gets the Environmental Reporting (Broadcast) award for exposing the threat from the proposed power projects. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Dinesh Unnikrishnan of the Mint gets the Business & Economic Journalism (Print) award for the changing face of microfinance. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Stephanie Nolen of The Globe and Mail gets the Foreign Correspondent Covering India (Print) award for sensitive and dispassionate reporting on gender and caste issues in rural India. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Karma Paljor of the CNN-IBN gets the Business & Economic Journalism (Broadcast) award for comprehensive investigations into the corruption within Air India. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Vinayak Deepak Gaikwad of the IBN Lokmat gets the Sports Journalism (Broadcast) award for his comprehensive report on the growing popularity of football in traditionally kushti-centric Kolhapur. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Surbhi Khyati of the The Indian Express gets the Investigative Reporting (Print) award for series exposing the corruption in the National Rural Health Mission in UP. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Jajati Karan of the CNN-IBN gets the Investigative Reporting (Broadcast) award for compelling exposé of illegal mining in Orissa that shook the state government. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Manu Pubby of the Indian Express gets the On the Spot Reporting (Print) award for stories from ground zero in Cairo capturing the protests at Tahrir Square, President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster and elections for a ‘new’ Egypt.
Manu Pubby's father and Resident Editor, Indian Express Chandigarh, Vipin Pubby is seen receiving the award on his behalf. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Vinod K Jose of The Caravan gets the Reporting On Politics and Government (Print) award for gripping account of Karunanidhi's changing fortunes and for tracking Manmohan Singh's waning influence. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Christophe Jaffrelot of The Caravan gets the Commentary and Interpretative Writing (Print) award for incisive writings on some of the most discussed themes of the day. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Vishnu Som of the NDTV 24X7 gets the On The Spot Reporting (Broadcast) award for being the only Indian journalist to enter the Sendai disaster zone and giving ground zero report. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Smitha Nair of the CNN-IBN gets the Reporting On Politics and Government ( Broadcast) award for vivid profile of the average Kerala Muslim and views of mainstream political players and radical elements in Kerala. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)