23 Mass Communicators receive IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2018 at IIMC Alumni Meet
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) announced the winners of its ‘IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2018’ during the 6th Annual Alumni Meet – Connections 2018, on Sunday, 18th February at the IIMC HQ in New Delhi. Aaj Tak Managing Editor Supriya Prasad received Alumni of the Year Award while Delhi MLA Pankaj Pushkar was awarded Public Service Award. This was the first alumni meet in a series of 16 alumni meets in India, Tashkent and Singapore this year. Odisha Chapter will host Dhenkanal Connections on 26th February, while Maharashtra Chapter will organise Mumbai Connections on 10th March.
IIMC DG KG Suresh, Uzbekistan Ambassador Farhod Arziev, IIMCAA President Suresh Kumar Vashishth, Connections Convenor Nitin Pradhan, Connections Souvenir Editor Sudhir Chaudhary, IIMCAA Awards Convenor Ashish Chakravarty, Senior journalist Brjaesh Kumar Singh, Nirmal Pathak, Utpal Chaudhary, Mukesh Sharma, Ad Guru Ramesh Tahliani, Shruti Jain, Marketing expert Sunila Dhar along with stalwarts of mass communications industry presented the awards to winners.
20 categories of IFFCO IIMCAA Awards carried a cash prize of INR 21,000 with trophy, certificate and Samsung Tablet. Agriculture Reporting Award has the highest cash prize of INR 51,000. This year, IIMCAA introduced- ‘Alumni of the Year Award’ and ‘Public Service Award’ to recognise the voice of those, whose work made noise. Supriya Prasad received ‘Alumni of the Year Award’ for bringing new trends in Television Journalism. Pankaj Pushkar received the ‘Public Service Award’ for his enormous social work in children’s education.
IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2018 Winners Full List:
1. Alumni of the Year – Supriya Prasad, Managing Editor, Aaj Tak
2. Public Service – Pankaj Pushkar, Member, Delhi Legislative Assembly
3. Agricultural Reporting – Utkarsh Kumar Singh, ABP News
4. Investigative Reporting – Aadil Raza Khan, The Wire
5. Developmental Reporting – TR Vivek, Newslaundry
6. Political Reporting – Shruti Jain, The Wire
7. Sports Reporting – Andrew Amsan, The Indian Express
8. Economic & Business Reporting – Athar Imam Khan, BBC Hindi
9. Features – Amit, Gaon Connection
10. Print Production-Large Publications – Priya Ranjan Jha, Navbharat Times
11. Broadcast Production-Large Network – Ankur Tyagi, Zee Business
12. Digital Production-Original Story Telling – Gaura Naithani, ScoopWhoop
13. Digital Production-Innovation – Vishnu Kumar Soni, News 18 Hindi
14. Broadcaster – Umashankar Singh, NDTV India
15. Documentary Film Making – Pragya Srivastav, Chalat Musaafir
16. Advertising – Vipin Dhyani, Thoughtshop Advertising
17. Media Innovation – Sumantra Talukdar, Dentsu Webchutney
18. Image Building – Chaithanya Krishnaraju, Cranker Studios
19. Advocacy – Sukanya Jena, Odisha Livelihoods Mission
20. Social Media Management – Sanya Grover, Edelman Digital
21. Developmental Reporting (Jury Mention) – Abhinav Goel, ABP News
22. Broadcast Production-Large Network (Jury Mention) – Neeraj Jha, Pixpo Media
23. Central Committee Mention – Suraj Kumar, Johnsons-Suraj Films
This year, IIMCAA will host Chapter Meets in 15 cities, which include Dhenkanal (Odisha), Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Singapore and Chandigarh. Tashkent and Singapore will host first International Chapters Alumni Meets in the history of IIMC.