Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

Awards 2011

Winners

Radheshyam Bapu Jadhav The Times of India PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM
Anil Padmanabhan Mint UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (PRINT) For 'Past Present Future' tracking India's changings professions
Cordella Jenkins Mint UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (PRINT) For 'Past Present Future' tracking India's changings professions
Umesh Aggarwal PSBT & Doordarshan UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (BROADCAST) For reporting that put the spotlight on phenomenon of paid news
Priyanka Dubey Tehelka HINDI (PRINT) For reporting on the burning alive of at least 15 girls in a year in Bundelkhand
Dipti Nagpaul The Indian Express FILM & TELEVISION JOURNALISM (PRINT) For bringing alive the world of almost-famous 'extras of Bollywood
Mark Tully Penguin Books BOOKS (NON-FICTION) Non Stop India
Reji R.Nair Mathrubhumi REGIONAL LANGUAGES (PRINT) For reports that laid bare lack of processes in organ-donation
Siddu Biradar TV 9 REGIONAL LANGUAGES (BROADCAST) For ground report from famine-hit Raichur that woke govt from slumber
Anand Vasu Sports Illustrated India SPORTS JOURNALISM (PRINT) For interview in which Dravid and Laxman spoke about the game and each other
Vinayak Deepak Gaikwad IBN Lokmat SPORTS JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) For his report on the popularity of football in kushti-focussed Kolhapur
Lambok Thabah U Nongsain Hima REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (PRINT) For reporting on misappropriation of PSD rice and sugar in Meghalaya
Shreenivasan Jain NDTV 24X7 REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (BROADCAST) For investigating the role of multiple players in the 100-day siege of Manipur
R Samban The Indian Express ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (PRINT) For his series on Kerala lake being killed by encroachments and sand mining
Arti Dattatray Kulkarni IBN Lokmat ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (BROADCAST) For reporting on threat to Konkan coast from proposed power projects
Dinesh Unnikrishnan Mint BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (PRINT) For his report on the changing face of microfinance.
Karma Paljor CNN-IBN BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) For investigations into the corruption within Air India, which led to financial doom
Stephanie Nolen The Globe and Mail FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA For sensitive, dispassionate reporting on gender and caste in rural India
Jajati Karan CNN-IBN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (BROADCAST) For his exposé of illegal mining in Orissa
Manu Pubby The Indian Express ON THE SPOT REPORTING (PRINT) For his stories from Cairo, capturing the protests at Tahrir Square and later
Vishnu Som NDTV 24X7 ON THE SPOT REPORTING (BROADCAST) The only Indian journalist to report from the Sendai nuclear disaster zone
Christophe Jafferelot The Caravan COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATIVE WRITING For incisive writings on new political sadhus and other current matters
Vinod K Jose The Caravan REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PRINT) For his chronicling Karunanidhi's fortunes Manmohan Singh's waning powers
Smitha Nair CNN-IBN REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (BROADCAST) For profiling the Kerala Muslim and the views of mainstream and radical elements