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  • NDTV’s ‘Operation Everest’ gets Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting’ – Broadcast

    NDTV’s ‘Operation Everest’ gets Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting’ – Broadcast

    MUMBAI: NDTV Prime is proud to announce their documentary Operation Everest, was applauded and accorded at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2016. Given Aamir Peerzada, Location Producer and camera crew Rakesh Solanky’s bravery and hard work on ‘Operation Everest’ they were awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting – Broadcast.

    The Ramnath Goenka Awards aim to celebrate excellence in journalism, recognize courage and commitment and showcase outstanding contributions and individuals every year. They are the most prestigious annual event in the Indian media calender, pays tribute to journalists from Print & Broadcast, who maintain the highest standards of their profession despite being in the face of political and economic pressures, who still manage to poduce work that generates and sustains public trust in the media and impact the lives of people.

    Operation Everest is a documentary film saluting the spirit of the Indian Army soldiers who aimed to conquer the highest peak of the world.

    The documentary tracks the life changing journey of Major Ranveer Singh Jamwal and his team from New Delhi to Kathmandu, after successive devastating earthquakes hit Nepal on the 25th April, 2015. On their ascent to the deadly Khumbu Glacier, 22 climbers, along with NDTV’s location producer Aamir Rafique Peerzada along with camera crew Rakesh Solanky got trapped in a series of avalanches while the remaining members were caught at the Everest Base Camp.

    The enthralling documentary showcases the Indian Army’s fight for survival when they change their role from ‘summiteers’ to ‘saviours’ as the brotherhood of mountaineers come together.

    Speaking on the achievement, Shruti Verma Singh, Head, Strategy & Brand, NDTV said, “We’re very proud of Operation Everest, not only because it captures the gritty nature of our Indian Army but also because our Aamir and Rakesh stood up for the moment and displayed new courage in the face of natural disaster.”

    Catch this gripping tale of survival with fascinating visuals and #SaluteIndianArmy on NDTV Prime on Saturday 5th November, at 2 pm.

  • NDTV’s ‘Operation Everest’ gets Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting’ – Broadcast

    NDTV’s ‘Operation Everest’ gets Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting’ – Broadcast

    MUMBAI: NDTV Prime is proud to announce their documentary Operation Everest, was applauded and accorded at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2016. Given Aamir Peerzada, Location Producer and camera crew Rakesh Solanky’s bravery and hard work on ‘Operation Everest’ they were awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for ‘On the spot reporting – Broadcast.

    The Ramnath Goenka Awards aim to celebrate excellence in journalism, recognize courage and commitment and showcase outstanding contributions and individuals every year. They are the most prestigious annual event in the Indian media calender, pays tribute to journalists from Print & Broadcast, who maintain the highest standards of their profession despite being in the face of political and economic pressures, who still manage to poduce work that generates and sustains public trust in the media and impact the lives of people.

    Operation Everest is a documentary film saluting the spirit of the Indian Army soldiers who aimed to conquer the highest peak of the world.

    The documentary tracks the life changing journey of Major Ranveer Singh Jamwal and his team from New Delhi to Kathmandu, after successive devastating earthquakes hit Nepal on the 25th April, 2015. On their ascent to the deadly Khumbu Glacier, 22 climbers, along with NDTV’s location producer Aamir Rafique Peerzada along with camera crew Rakesh Solanky got trapped in a series of avalanches while the remaining members were caught at the Everest Base Camp.

    The enthralling documentary showcases the Indian Army’s fight for survival when they change their role from ‘summiteers’ to ‘saviours’ as the brotherhood of mountaineers come together.

    Speaking on the achievement, Shruti Verma Singh, Head, Strategy & Brand, NDTV said, “We’re very proud of Operation Everest, not only because it captures the gritty nature of our Indian Army but also because our Aamir and Rakesh stood up for the moment and displayed new courage in the face of natural disaster.”

    Catch this gripping tale of survival with fascinating visuals and #SaluteIndianArmy on NDTV Prime on Saturday 5th November, at 2 pm.

  • 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.

  • Architect of autonomy for AIR DD breathes his last

    Architect of autonomy for AIR DD breathes his last

    NEW DELHI: Veteran journalist BG Verghese, who in 1975 won the Ramon Magsaysay award for outstanding journalism, died on 30 December, aged 87.

    Verghese, a former editor of the Hindustan Times, passed away at 6 p.m. at his son’s residence, a family member said. The former information advisor to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi leaves behind wife Jamila and sons Vijay and Rahul.

    Verghese headed the group set up by the then Information and Broadcasting Minister L K Advani during the Janata Party rule in 1977 to work on an autonomous All India Radio and Doordarshan. The Verghese Committee recommended setting up Akash Bharati as an autonomous trust,

    Born on 21 June 1927, he was a veteran journalist. He was editor of the leading papers The Hindustan Times (1969–75) and The Indian Express (1982–86).In 1975, he received the Ramon Magsaysay award for outstanding contribution to journalism. Since 1986, he has been associated with the New Delhi think-tank Centre for Policy Research.

    Verghese attended The Doon School. He then studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and pursued a Master’s degree from Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Doon, Verghese edited The Doon School Weekly.

    Verghese started his journalistic career in The Times of India. He was information adviser to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1966-69 and wrote her speeches. Subsequently, he joined as editor, Hindustan Times, but he lost his post for criticising Indira Gandhi during the dark years of the Emergency. His integrity in those years earned him immense respect and he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay award that year. Immediately afterwards, he contested Lok Sabha elections in 1977 from Mavelikkara in Kerala but lost.

    A crusader for civil rights, Verghese has long worked on problems of development. He was also on the Editors Guild of India Fact Finding Mission after the Gujarat riots, 2002.

    He has written extensively on developmental issues. Waters of hope (1990) and ‘Winning the future (1994) discuss managing the Himalayan watershed. Design for tomorrow (1965), India’s North East resurgent and Reorienting India: Rage, reconciliation and security (2008) are other books with a progressive theme. He is also the author of Warrior of the Fourth Estate (2005), an acclaimed biography of Ramnath Goenka, owner of the Indian Express. In October 2010, he published his autobiography First Draft: Witness to Making of Modern India, which discusses the steady degradation of democratic processes during the tenures of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv.

     

  • IBN7 Wins at Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

    IBN7 Wins at Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

    New Delhi, July 24, 2013: IBN7, India ’s Channel of Impact, has once again won an award at the sixth Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. At a grand ceremony held in the capital on Tuesday, IBN7 journalist Smita Sharma received the award in the Reporting on Politics and Government category.

    She was recognised for her reportage on the Kashmir valley uprising in 2010 and the political dialogue process that followed. Her show Ground Zero Mission Kashmir captured the reasons behind the youth anger and discussed the challenges that lay ahead for the state and central governments to bring about peace and reconciliation in the state.

    Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards are one of India ’s biggest and most prestigious awards. These awards recognise print and broadcast journalists, who do stories that create a far-reaching impact. 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.

    Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN7 said, “It gives us great pride to have become a recipient of a Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to Smita Sharma for her undying efforts and encourage all our reporters to continue their excellent work and to strive for the best.”

  • Ramnath Goenka journalism awards on 16 January

    Ramnath Goenka journalism awards on 16 January

    NEW DELHI: Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism will be held on 16 January, and will be presented in 17 categories including the Journalist of the Year.

    The awards ceremony will cover the entire gamut of Indian media – Print and Broadcast – in English and Indian languages.

    The Ramnath Goenka foundation was set up in 1992 in the memory of late freedom fighter Ramnath Goenka, founder of The Indian Express, to encourage and propagate high-quality, objective journalism. Apart from working towards raising the issues of national interest, the foundation also organises training programmes and scholarships for young journalists and holds a national award for journalism every year.

    The awards were instituted by the Express Group as part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder Ramnath Goenka to recognise courage and commitment and showcase outstanding contributions and individuals every year.

    The 10-member jury includes filmmaker Shyam Benegal and jurist Fali S Nariman, apart from agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan and former diplomat Naresh Chandra.

    Other members are Dr Bakul Dholakia (advisor, Adani Group); HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh; Mahindra & Mahindra chairman Keshub Mahindra; Infosys chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy; Rama Bijapurkar (marketing consultant and author); and Shobhana Bhartia (HT Group chairperson and editorial director).

    The other categories include: Reporting from Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast; Hindi; Regional languages; Environmental reporting; Uncovering India Invisible; Foreign correspondent covering India; Business and economic journalism; Reporting on politics and government; Sports journalism; Film and Television journalism; Books non-fiction; Excellence in reporting on HIV/AIDS (English and Marathi); Civic journalism; Investigative reporting; On-the-spot reporting, and Commentary and interpretative writing.

  • DNA journo wins ‘Picture of the Year’ award

    DNA journo wins ‘Picture of the Year’ award

    MUMBAI: Four years and running. The Express Group brought the World press photo exhibition, an annual exhibition shown at about 85 venues in 40 countries all over the world, and for the second time they took an initiative to identify, promote and reward the Indian Press photographer and photojournalist, through Ramnath Goenka India Press photo awards.

    This year’s winner of the most prestigious award – The Ramnath Goenka Picture of the Year – went to 27-year-old Vipin Pawar of DNA newspaper. He confessed that press photographers were always looked down upon by their fellow journalists. Vipin started out clicking Page Three parties, eventually got a chance to do more constructive shoots, but always wanted to do sports photography.

    The India Press winning photos and some selected entries were credited as ‘Honourable Mention’.

    The occasion was marked by the presence of Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, an avid photographer himself.

    The Awards sought participation of photo journalists from all over India under 10 categories namely Spot news, General news, Daily news, People in the news, Arts and entertainment, Sports, Nature and enviornment, Contemporary Issues, Advertising photography and international photograhers covering India. The panel of judges included Devika Daulat Singh-director of photography at Photoink, Pablo Bartholomew-photojournalist/documentary photographer, Gamma-Liason Photo News Agency, New York, Prashant Panjiar – Time magazine.

    Click here for the award winning photographs

    Express Group CEO and editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta said that press photograhers, through their unique skill and effort, tell a story. Strong stories of what happen around us – our neighbourhood, city, state and in our country. They capture the essence of news through their eyes and their lenses.

    The best encapsulation of News and Press photography can be seen from 16-30 December at Express Towers, Mumbai.