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IIMC Alumni Association announces winners of 4th IFFCO IIMCAA Awards at Connections 2020
The IIMC Alumni Association on Sunday announced the winners of the fourth IFFCO IIMCAA Awards during the annual alumni meet-Connections 2020, at IIMC HQ in New Delhi.
The IIMC Alumni Association on Sunday announced the winners of the fourth IFFCO IIMCAA Awards during the annual alumni meet-Connections 2020, at IIMC HQ in New Delhi.
According to a communication issued by IIMC Alumni Association, Priyamvada Rana and Pratyush Deep Kotoky were jointly awarded the highest winning amount of ₹51,000 for Agricultural reporting, while other winners received the winning amount of ₹21,000 each.
The awards were given in various categories, including 11 in Reporting, 12 in Desk Production, 7 in Advertising, PR and Communications and 1 in media research.
Journalist Somesh Jha was declared alumni of the year, while Chennai-based lake restoration activist Arun Krishnamurthy got public service award.
Seventeen Delhi students got IIMCAA Scholarships of ₹25000 each, while 10 other campus students will be given the same in chapter meets. Noted satirist Surendra Sharma and Sampat Saral enthralled the audience with their performance at Hasya Kavi Sammelan.
IIMCAA President Prasad Sanyal chaired the event that was attended by Principal DG of PIB KS Dhatwalia, DD News DG Mayank Agrawal, IIMC ADG K Satish Nambudiripad, IFFCO IIMCAA Awards Convenor Rajeev Deshpande, Principal Organiser Supriya Prasad, National Meet Convenor Rahul Sharma, State Meets Convenor Nitin Pradhan, IIMCAA Medical Assistance Fund Chairman Kalyan Ranjan and IIMCAA Scholarships Chairman Anuranjan jha apart from alumni across the India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
The national meet of Connections 2020 in Delhi will be followed by chapter-level meets in other major cities in India and abroad, including Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Ranchi, Pune, Kochi, Bengaluru, Dubai, Singapore, Dhaka and Kathmandu- over the next two months.
IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2020 Winners
Alumni of the Year: Somesh Jha
Public Service: Arun Krishnamurthy
A1 - Agricultural Reporting: Priyamvada Rana & Pratyush Deep Kotoky
A2 - Investigative Reporting: Ranveer Singh
A3 - Developmental Reporting: Meena Kotwal
A4 - Political Reporting: Aman Gupta
A5 - Sports Reporting: Anand Dutta
A6 - Economic & Business Reporting: Somesh Jha
A7 - Crime Reporting: Rounak Kumar Gunjan
A8 - Environment Reporting: TR Vivek
A9 - Entertainment Reporting: Shweta Thakkur
A10 - Feature Writing: Diwash Gahatraj
A11 - Data Journalism: Gunjan Goswami
B1 - Print Production - Large Publications: Prashant Asthana
B2 - Print Production - Medium & Small Publications: NO WINNER
B3 - Broadcast Production - Large Network: Abhinav Pandey
B4 - Broadcast Production - Small & Medium Network: Pragya Barthwal Dhyani
B5 - Digital Production - Content: Aman Gupta
B6 - Digital Production - Innovation: NO WINNER
B7 - Digital Production - Video: Haritha KP
B8 - Anchor/ Presenter/ Broadcaster (Audio): Swati Bakshi
B9 - Anchor/ Presenter/ Broadcaster (Video): Neeraj Bhatt
B10 - Documentary Film Making: Jajati Karan
B11 - Photography - Amateur: Mark Valerian Lakra
B12 - Photography - Professional: Kumar Abhishek
C1 - Advertising: Mohit Pasricha
C2 - Media Innovation: Neharika Bhasin
C3 - Image Building (Public Relations): Parnika Deora
C4 - Advocacy: Pinky Pradhan
C5 - Crisis Management: Pragati Kandpal
C6 - Image Management: NO WINNER
C7 - Social Media Management - Small: Chaithanya Krishnaraju
C8 - Social Media Management - Big: NO WINNER
C9 - Social Media Influencer: Dheeraj Vashistha
C10 - Research Paper in Mass Communication: Om Prakash Das
Jury Special Mention
A2 - Investigative Reporting: Meena Kotwal
A3 - Developmental Reporting: Madhav Sharma
A3 - Developmental Reporting: Ayushi Jindal
A3 - Developmental Reporting: Kishan Barai
A6 - Economic & Business Reporting: Aprajita Sharma
A6 - Economic and Business Reporting: Rohin Kumar
A7 - Crime Reporting: Sonia Yadav
A11 - Data Journalism: Mukesh Rawat
B11 - Photography - Amateur: Akram Shakeel
C3 - Image Building: Badri Nath
C7 - Social Media Management - Small: Gargi Bhardwaj & Mandeep Yadav
C10 - Research Paper in Mass Communication: Dev Vrat Singh
