Mridulika Jha wins Ramnath Goenka Award in Journalism 2025
Award and Honour
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Mridulika Jha of Aaj Tak won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism 2025 for her coverage of the ‘‘Dunki route’ adopted by the youths of Haryana to illegally enter the United States of America.
27 journalists were felicitated in 20 categories at the 19th Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism 2025 in a function held in New Delhi on 19 March 2025.
Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism was instituted by the Indian Express Group on the birth centenary anniversary of its founder Ramnath Goenka. The award is administered by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation.
The award was first given in 2005 and it honours Print/Digital & Broadcast journalists in India in various categories for their courage and excellence in journalism despite facing considerable political and economic pressures.
Who gave the Award?
President Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest of the 19th Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism 2025. She gave awards to the winners of the 19th edition of the award.
The winners were presented with a citation, a Trophy, and a cash prize of Rs one lakh.
Jury Member of 19th Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism 2025
The award winners were selected by an eminent jury consisting of:
Justice B N Srikrishna, former judge at the Supreme Court of India; Prof C Raj Kumar, founding Vice Chancellor, OP Jindal Global University; Prof K G Suresh, former Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication; Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies; and Dr S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner.
Award Winners of the 19th Ramnath Goenka Award 2025
The award is given in Print/Digital & Broadcast journalism. Following are the list of winners of the 2025 Awards.
Print Category
|
Serial Number |
Category |
Winner |
Organisation |
|
1 |
Hindi |
Mridulika Jha |
Aaj Tak |
|
2 |
Regional Language |
Jisha Elizabeth |
Madhyamam (Malayalam language) |
|
3 |
Environment, Scientific and Technology Reporting |
Sibu Kumar Tripathi |
India Today |
|
4 |
Uncovering Invisible India |
Satyasundar Barik |
The Hindu |
|
5 |
Business and Economic Journalism |
Twesh Mishra |
The Economic Times |
|
6 |
Reporting on Politics and Government |
Maitri Porecha |
The Hindu |
|
7 |
Sports Journalism |
Shahab Ali, Amarnath Kashyap |
Hindustan |
|
8 |
Investigative Journalism |
Nihal AP Koshie, Mahender Singh Manral, Mihir Vasavda |
The Indian Express |
|
9 |
Feature Writing |
Shubhajit Roy |
The Indian Express |
|
10 |
Foreign Correspondent Covering India |
Nilesh Christopher |
Rest of World |
|
11 |
Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award for Civic Journalism |
Jeet Mashru, Somita Pal |
Hindustan Times |
|
12 |
Photo Journalism |
P. Ravikumar |
The New Indian Express |
|
13 |
Books (Non-Fiction) |
A.R. Venkatachalapathy For his book “ Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire” |
Penguin Random House |
Broadcast
|
Serial Number |
Category |
Winner |
Organisation |
|
1 |
Hindi |
Siddhant Mohan |
The Lallantop |
|
2 |
Regional Language |
Mandar Gonjari |
ABP Majha (Marathi Language ) |
|
3 |
Environment, Scientific, and Technology Reporting |
Joel Michael, Rohini Krishnamurthy |
Down To Earth |
|
4 |
Uncovering India Invisible |
Vishnukant Tiwari, Athar Rather |
The Quint |
|
5 |
Reporting on Politics and Government |
Ashutosh Mishra |
India Today TV |
|
6 |
Sports Journalism |
Tejas Vaidya, Enakshi Rajvanshi |
BBC Hindi |
|
7 |
Investigative Reporting |
Anurag Dwary |
NDTV |
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