Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust


	Awards & Scolarships (Please click on the links to view the complete report)

	OUTSTANDING POLITICAL REPORTING OF THE YEAR
	(A sum of Rs. 1 lakh is awarded) Selection is done by an independent jury
	1997	Mr. Haresh Khare Deputy Editor and Deputy Chief of the New Delhi bureau of The Hindu
	1998	Mr. Raj Chengappa Deputy Editor of India Today
	1999	Ms. Seema Mustapha Deputy Editor of Asian Age
	2000	Mr. Amit Baruah Political Correspondent of Hindu, Posted in Islamabad
	2001	Mr. Sankarshan Thakur Assistant Editor - Indian Express (For his outstanding political writing throughout the year and most recently on upheaval in Manipur.)
	2002	Mr. Kingshuk Nag (Resident Editor), The Times of India Ahmedabad (For The Courageous reporting of Gujarat Riots.) Mr. Bharat Desai Chief Reporter, The Times of India Ahmedabad
	2003	Mr. Praveen Swami Special correspondent Front Line
	2004	Mr, Palagummi Sainath of the Hindu For his Superb reporting of hunger, deprivation and death among farmers in Andhra Pradesh.
	2005	Mr. Varghese K. George for his investigative series on how flood relief in Bihar was siphoned off by politicians and bureaucrats.
	2006	Ms. Navika Kumar of Television News Channel Times Now for her hard hitting investigative reports on Election Commissioner having received funds from MPLADS for Trusts run by him and his family members.
	2007	Ms. Pallavi Aiyar The Hindu Correspondent in China. In her sensitive and astute reports she has covered a wide field ranging from the political and strategic, to Indo-Chinese relations and a society in transition.
	2008	Ms. Nirupama Subramanian The Hindu Correspondent In Pakistan Ms. Subramanian has been recognized for her sensitive and astute coverage of the major campaign for the restoration of the independent superior judges, the parliamentary election, and the induction of the new democratic government in Pakistan. She has written several articles and editorials in the newspaper on Pakistani Developments.

	PREM BHATIA SCHOLARSHIP
	(A sum of Rs. 60,000 is awarded) Selection is done by an independent jury The number of scholarships have been increased to three from the year 2000 onwards
	1997	Mrs. Asha Khosa Special correspondent of The Indian Express, Srinagar. Subject: Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, since 1989. (Incomplete)
	1998	Miss. Harvinder Khetal The Tribune Subject: Debt trap of Punjab Farmers
	1999	Mr. Rajinder Bandhu Freelance journalist from Madhya Pradesh Subject: Rural reporting and its future.
	2000	Dr. Anjana Trivedi Freelance Journalist from Indore Subject:- Journalism Centered on Womens Issues Mr. Nagesha Sub-editor, Reporter,Deccan Herald Subject:- Role of mass media in community based health promotion with special reference to six districts of Karnataka Mr. K. G. Suresh Deputy Chief Reporter, Press Trust of India Subject:- Crime & Media Responses
	2001	Miss. Indiradhar Choudhari Hindustan Times Subject- Research on educational and alternative opportunities for children and minors of women in prostitution and total work will be on all India basis. Miss. Sangita Sharma Pioneer Subject- The socio political problems faced by Assam today and the role of media in this regard. Mrs. Devyani Bhardwaj Subject- Inequality of development and consequent displacement of people. (2) Women’s representation in Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan.
	2002	Mr. Luv Puri Correspondent of The Hindu Karan Nagar, Jammu - 180 005 Subject- Insurgency in Jammu Region Mr. M P Basheer The Quest Features & Footage Kochi, Kerala Subject- Patriarchal leaning in editorial content of women publications in Kerala, with a special look into the family magazines run by religious groups.
	2003	Ms. Amulya Gopalakrishnan Reporter Frontline Subject- The State of the Arts in the Media Market Place.n Mr. Riyaz Ahmed Wani Sub-Editor cum-Editorialist for the regional daily Greater Kashmir Subject- Better economic alternative for rural Kashmir as a means to fight insurgency. Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Senior Reporter - Hindustan (Delhi) Subject - Dangers of Unskilled and unscrupulous health reporting and media's role in the ensuing healthcare scenario
	2004	Richard Mahapatra of Down to Earth Subject - On Environmental Meaning of Conflicts in India. Mr. Zafar Iqbal Choudhary Freelancer Subject - Women’s space in Kashmir Politics
	2005	Mr. Jaideep Hardikar Hitavada Subject - Agrarian Crisis in Vidarbha Mr. Jupinderjit Singh The Tribune Subject - Changing Demography of Punjab Effets of Emigration/Immigration.
	2006	Mr. Radheshyam Jadhav Subject - Role of mass media in evolving sustainable rural development paradigm with reference to award winning villages in Sant Gadgebaba Village Sanitation Campaign in Maharashtra Ms. R. Uma Maheshwari Subject - “Taming Rivers, Drawning Hopes : The Polavarm Project – Irrigation or the deluge of Contracts”.
	2007	Mr. Lokendra Singh Kot Subject - Leadership of women in Panchyats and media in Madhya Pradesh (Hindi) Mr. Reji Joseph Subject - Endosulphan Pesticide Victims of Kasargod, Kerala (English)

	OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING OF THE YEAR
	(A sum of Rs. 30,000/- is awarded) Selection is done by an independent jury
	2004	Mr. Ashok B. Sharma Of Financial Express For his indepth analysis of new and emerging environmental issues related to biodiversity, biosafety, agriculture and globalisation, thus widening the scope and relevance of environmental journalism.
	2005	Mr. Jay Mazoomdar Senior Assisstant Editor The Indian Express, New Delhi For his reporting on the Vanishing Tiger Population of the Country.
	2006	Mr. Atul Chandrakant Deulgaonkar Freelance Journalist from Latur, Maharashtra The range of subjects that he has considered has been very wide. His books in Marathi include a study of the cost effective and environmentally friendly architecture of Laurie Baker, which won two awards in 1997. He has also written on the Latur earthquake and the lessons to be learnt from it. His articles dwell on food security, agricultural issues, alternative developmental models, the suicides of farmers and the environmental aspects of disasters like the Bhopal gas tragedy.
	2007	Mr. Max Martin Freelance Journalist, currently editing ‘indiadisaster.org’
	2008	Ms. Keya Acharya Ms. Keya Acharya is an independent freelance journalist based in Bangalore. Keya has been writing specifically on environment and development issued in Indian and international publications for the last 18 years. Her interest in the environment led her to pursue a freelance career in order to be able to pay attention to the subject in depth. She has travelled widely in India and abroad on commissioned assignments for several publications and has been extensively published in a wide and in-depth range of issued pertaining to environment and development.

Awards & Scolarships