New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) has announced the winners of its prestigious awards for 2024, recognizing outstanding contributions to journalism.
Anup Pandey emerged as the Journalist of the Year, taking home a trophy, certificate, and a cash prize of ₹1.5 lakh. Shagun Kapil was named Agriculture Reporter of the Year, receiving a prize of ₹1 lakh.
Other winners were honoured with cash prizes of INR 50,000, in addition to trophies and certificates.
Rajat Mishra in the ‘Publishing Reporting’ category, Abhinav Goel in ‘Broadcast Reporting’, Surabhi Singh in ‘Producer’, Muhammad Sabith U M in ‘Publishing Reporting’ in Indian Languages’, Shatarupa Samantaraya in ‘Broadcast Reporting in Indian Languages’, Saransh Jain in ‘Advertising’, Shillpi A Singh in ‘PR’, Ofactor in ‘Ad Agency’, and Kaizzen in ‘PR Agency’ received the winners’ award.
Additionally, the ‘Jury Special Mention’ category celebrated the entries of applicants who narrowly missed the top spot. Awardees included Abhishek Angad, Ritwika Mitra, Ashutosh Mishra, Manish Mishra, and Nidhi Tiwari in the ‘Journalist of the Year’ category, Diwash Gahatraj in Agriculture Reporting, Parimal Kumar and Vishnukant Tiwari in Broadcast Reporting, Rohan Kathpalia in Producer of the Year category, and Supriya Sundriyal and Nikhil Swami in the ‘PR’ category.
Former Principal DG of PIB Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia, ADG Raj Kumar, Spl. Commissioner of Delhi Govt Sushil Singh; MD of US-India Business Council Rahul Sharma and journalists Prof. Govind Singh, Neelesh Misra, Rupa Jha, Aparna Dwivedi, Lola Nayar, Gyaneshwar, Nitin Pradhan, Rajesh Priyadarshi, Prabhash Jha, Alok Kumar, Priyadarshan, Anupam Srivastava, Sumit Awasthi, Manoj Malayanil, Pramod Chauhan, Mihir Ranjan, Prasad Sanyal, Manoj Roorkiwal, Harvir Singh, SP Singh, Shishir Sinha, Om Prakash, PR expert Samir Kapur, Harshendra Verdhan, marketing expert Shruti Jain, Kalyan Ranjan, Rohit Dubey, Sonia Sarin, and others were present. Most of the guests were part of the Jury who selected the winners.
IIMCAA President Simrat Gulati presided while Executive President Gayatri Shrivastava hosted the award ceremony. Awards auditor Unni Rajen Shanker, Convenor Vineet Handa, Coordinator Puja Mishra, and General Secretary Deeksha Saksena released a souvenir book featuring profiles and works of award winners.
Here is the complete list of winners of IIMCAA Awards 2024…
WINNERS
Journalist of the Year – Mr. Anup Pandey
Agriculture Reporter of the Year – Ms. Shagun Kapil
Reporter of the Year (Publishing) – Mr. Rajat Mishra
Reporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Mr. Abhinav Goel
Producer of the Year (Broadcast) – Mr. Surabhi Singh
Indian Language Reporter of the Year (Publishing) – Muhammad Sabith U M
Indian Language Reporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Ms. Shatarupa Samantaraya
Ad Person of the Year – Mr. Saransh Jain
PR Person of the Year – Ms. Shillpi A Singh
Ad Agency of the Year – Ofactor
PR Agency of the Year – Kaizzen
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Journalist of the Year – Mr. Abhishek Angad
Journalist of the Year – Ms. Ritwika Mitra
Journalist of the Year – Mr. Ashutosh Mishra
Journalist of the Year – Mr. Manish Mishra
Journalist of the Year – Ms. Nidhi Tiwary
Agriculture Reporter of the Year – Mr. Diwash Gahatraj
Reporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Mr. Parimal Kumar
Reporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Mr. Vishnukant Tiwari
Producer of the Year (Broadcast) – Mr. Rohan Kathpalia
PR Person of the Year – Ms. Supriya Sundriyal
PR Person of the Year – Mr. Nikhil Swami
