Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association announced winners of the ‘3rd IFFCO IIMCAA Awards’ during the annual alumni meet – Connections 2019 on Sunday.
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) announced winners of the ‘3rd IFFCO IIMCAA Awards’ during the annual alumni meet – Connections 2019 on Sunday at IIMC HQ in New Delhi.
The seventh edition of the national-level alumni meet started with two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the CRPF soldiers martyred in Pulwama.
The national meet of Connections 2019 in Delhi will be followed by chapter-level meets in more than 15 cities in India and abroad including Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Patna, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Raipur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Singapore and Dhaka – in next two months.
The IIMC Alumni Association also hosted a Kavi Sammelan and Mushayara in the memory of the Pulwama martyrs in which Prof. Waseem Barelwi, Dr. Nawaz Deobandi, Poet Gajendra Solanki and Dr. Praveen Shukla presented poems on patriotism.
Speaking on the occasion KG Suresh, Director General, announced several new initiatives taken by IIMC and shared recent achievements of the institute including getting the letter of intent to become a deemed university. “Our Alumni have made a mark for themselves bringing laurels for themselves and for the institution,” he said.
IIMCAA President Prasad Sanyal, in his presidential address, announced to start the IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund for alumni in medical need which will be chaired by a committee led by Kalyan Ranjan. IIMCAA also announced to give 7 scholarships of 25,000 INR each to IIMC students every year.
In the 3rd IFFCO IIMCAA Awards, 35 Mass Communication professionals were awarded cash prizes of Rs 21,000 to Rs 51,000.
This year, Tuberculosis awareness campaigner Nandita Venkatesan was felicitated as Alumni of the Year and Goonj Co-Founder Meenakshi Gupta was felicitated for Public Service.
Awards were given in various categories including 11 Awards in Reporting, 12 awards in Production, 9 awards in Advertising, PR & Communications and 1 in media research. Shruti Jain was awarded with the highest winning amount of Rs 51,000 for Agricultural reporting while others received the winning amount of Rs 21,000.
IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2019 Full Winners List
1. Alumni Of The Year- Nandita Venkatesan, The Economic Times
2. Public Service- Meenakshi Gupta, Goonj
3. Agricultural Reporting- Shruti Jain, The Wire
4. Investigative Reporting- Ranveer Singh- ABP News
5. Developmental Reporting- Itishree Singh Rathaur, My City Links
6. Political Reporting- Vineet Khare, BBC World Service (Hindi)
7. Sports Reporting - Shantanu Srivastava, Firstpost
8. Economic and Business Reporting- Vireshwar Tomar, Business Standard
9. Crime Reporting- Prabir Pradhan, News 18 Odia
10. Environmental Reporting- Garvit Garg, The Bihar Mail
11. Entertainment Reporting- TR Vivek, The Hindu
12. Feature Writing- Meena Kotwal, BBC Hindi
13. Data Journalism- Abhimanyu Kumar Saha, BBC Hindi
14. Print Production- Large Publications- Vivekanand Singh, Prabhat Khabar
15. Broadcast Production- Large Network- Anshul Singh, ABP News
16. Digital Production- Content- Jajati Karan, Ommcom News
17. Digital Production- Innovation- Kaushiky Kashyap, The Quint
18. Digital Production- Video- Rajnish Kumar, Delhi Knowledge Track
19. Presenter/ Broadcaster- Audio- Mohd Shahid, BBC Hindi
20. Anchor/ Broadcaster- Video- Anika Aren, Swaraj Express TV
21. Documentary Film Making- Sumit Osmand Shaw, Baanyan Tree Productions
22. Photography– Amateur- Aman Gupta, Freelance Journalist
23. Photography– Professional- Abhishek Kumar, ABP News
24. Advertising- Saransh Jain, STAR TV Network
25. Media Innovation- Mohit Pasricha, McCann Worldgroup
26. Image Building (Public Relations)- Puja Mishra, IFFCO-Tokio GIC
27. Advocacy- Renu Kakkar, Apeejay Surrendra Group
28. Image Management- Avilash Panigrahi, Freelance Social Media Consultant
29. Social Media Management- Small- Rudra Prasanna Rath, Freelance Consultant
30. Social Media Management- Big- Harshil Dhawan, The Glitch
31. Social Media Influencer- Varun Vagish, MountainTrekker
32. Research Paper in Mass Communication- Niky Tiwari, AMU
IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2019 Jury Special Mention
33. Economic and Business Reporting- Piyush Pandey, The Hindu
34. Economic and Business Reporting- Jayajit Dash, Business Standard
35. Crime Reporting- Praveen Mohta, Navbharat Times
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