IT News
Imphal, Dec 3:
Veteran journalist Kishore Seram from Manipur has been selected by a Jury of North East Media Forum (NEMF) and My Home India for Lifetime Achievement Awards. The NEMF and My Home India on Saturday announced the names of the winners of the prestigious 2nd Kalyan Barooah Awards-2024.
The winners have been selected under three different categories including print, electronic and digital media.
In the Print media category, Mubina Akhtar (Freelance journalist) named as winner whereas in the Electronic media category Mridusmanta Boruah (Pratidin Times) named as winner. For Digital media category Dr Kshetrimayum Chitrabhanu Devi (Imphal Review of Arts & Politics) named as winner.
Farhana Ahmed from The Assam Tribune for her stories on human trafficking and forced migration got special mention in the print media category by the Jury. Similarly, Aparamita Das also got special mention by the Jury for her photo essay under the still photography category.
“No awards have been given in videography category as there was no entry,” an official from the organizing committee said.
The award ceremony will be held on December 11 at the Constitution Club in New Delhi.
The Awards bestowed upon journalists and media persons based in Northeast and any other parts of India for their efforts in promoting the northeastern region through reporting and story-telling.
The first Kalyan Barooah Awards took place on the same day last year. In fact, the Awards commemorate the birth anniversary of one of the most prominent journalists from Assam, late Kalyan Barooh. Barooah and his wife Nilakshi Bhattacharya passed away in 2021 due to Covid19 disease.
Barooah was associated with The Assam Tribune for more than 27 years. He always highlighted different issues of the northeast in general and Assam in particular at the national platform through his writings.
Recognising Barooah’s contributions for the development of northeastern region, founder of “My Home India”, a social welfare organization, Sunil Deodhar announced in 2022 giving Kalyan Barooah Awards every year in coordination with NEMF.
The announcement of instituting the awards was made during the memorial meeting in 2022.
The 2nd Kalyan Barooah Awards have received several nominations from across the country following which the respected Jury for the Awards decided to make three different categories including print, electronic and digital media.
The five-Jury members comprising senior journalists and eminent personalities after a thorough review of the nominations have selected the following names as the winners for the 2nd Kalyan Barooah Awards-2024.
The Jury members including Utpal Borpujari,Maushumi Chakravarty, Sandeep Phukan, Prof Shashwati Goswami, and Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty adopted marking system to select the winners. Every Jury member was able to provide 20 marks for each entry and each entry was judged on the basis of a total of 120 marks.
