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  • CNN-IBN bags 3 journalism awards at the Ramnath Goenka

    CNN-IBN bags 3 journalism awards at the Ramnath Goenka

    MUMBAI: CNN-IBN has bagged 3 awards at the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards at a grand ceremony held on 23 November 2015 at ITC Maurya in New Delhi.

     

    The senior editor of the channel, Karma Paljor roped the award in the category of on the spot reporting for his coverage of Cyclone Phailin in the year 2013. The bureau chief of Bengaluru, Deepa Balakrishnan, was awarded in the category of reporting on politics and government for exposing the nexus between mining and politics against the backdrop of the impending elections in the state. Senior associate editor, Marya Shakil has bagged the award in the reporting on politics and government category for her outstanding coverage of the General Elections 2014. 

     

    The awardees were felicitated by the chief guest – honorable minister of finance, corporate affairs and information and broadcasting, Arun Jaitley.

     

    Commenting on this the A+E Network TV18 president and IBN Network CEO Avinash Kaul asserted, “At   CNN-IBN, we hold ourselves to the highest standards in terms of journalistic excellence. Our teams constantly push the envelope to bring content to our viewers that is relevant, insightful and impactful. It is thus heartening and humbling to be recognized for our work.”

     

    Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards was started in 2006 to honour the late Ramnath Goenka, freedom fighter and founder of The Indian Express Group.  These awards acknowledge accuracy, courage, credibility and fairness in journalism, and honour the best and the brightest in Indian media every year.

  • Amol Palekar to head CMS Vatavaran Environment Filmfest Jury

    Amol Palekar to head CMS Vatavaran Environment Filmfest Jury

    NEW DELHI: Eminent actor, director and producer Amol Palekar will head the jury for the coveted 7th CMS Vatavaran Awards in national and international categories.

     

    The Award Jury is meeting from today for three days at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi.

     

    The jury comprises 14 eminent personalities from widely divergent sectors and streams, that is filmmaking, conservation, research and media will be headed by Amol Palekar

     

    The jury members include World Bank New Delhi senior environmental specialist, Dr Anupam Joshi; Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) member secretary (Chief Executive Officer) Dipali Khanna; author, columnist, birder Ranjit Lal; filmmaker, Vichitra Nirmiti, Pune Sumitra Bhave; film critic and senior columnist The Indian Express Shubhra Gupta; The Hindu, New Delhi features editor Ziya Us Salam.

     

    CMS Vatavaran received a total of 541 entries out of which 86 Indian and International films have been nominated in 11 categories. The Awards will be conferred on 2 February 2014 during the 7th CMS VATAVARAN 2014 International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum which is scheduled from 30 January to 3 February 2014 at IGNCA Lawns, New Delhi.

     

    Vatavaran is India’s only International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum organised as initiative of Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi. The festival is not just a film festival celebrating the cinematic art of films but focuses more on using the films as a tool and catalyst for creating impact. The festival has an International recognition and till date 39 festivals have been organised in 26 cities of India ever since its maiden run in 2002.