NEW DELHI: The 10th IIMCAA Awards were held in Delhi during the inaugural session of the 14th annual Connections Meet, with top honours across journalism, advertising, public relations and public service announced at the ceremony. Soumya Pillai was named Journalist of the Year under the Jury Awards category. Other winners included Laxmi Devi Aere for Agriculture Reporter of the Year; Safeena Wani for Print Reporting; Medha Yadav for Broadcast Reporting; Mohammad Asad for Producer; Saurav Kumar Borah for Print Reporting in Indian Languages; Alpesh Arvind Karkare for Broadcast Reporting in Indian Languages; Tanzil Asif for Independent Journalist in Digital Video; Hasleen Kaur for Ad Person of the Year; and Panchanan Mishra for PR Person of the Year. The Jury also conferred Special Mention Awards on Garima Singh, Nantha Kishore G K and Gargy Satapathy. Awardees received cash prizes ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh, along with trophies and certificates. In the Committee Awards segment, Chandan Roy and Abhinav Pandey were honoured as Alumni of the Year. Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Milan Vohra, Lipika Sud, Pradeep Kumar Mallik, Dr Sangita Thakur and Mitali Mohanty Ghosh. The Public Service Award recognised Suresh Kumar Vashishth, IAS; Virendra Mishra, IPS; Kapil Sharma; Kumar Abhishek, CAPF; Prerna Prasad; and Ankita Sahoo. Further recognitions included Anand Kumar Dutta and Madhav Sharma as Connecting Alumni of the Year. The Maharashtra and Bihar chapters were named Connecting Chapter of the Year, while IIMC Vicharaks’ Samosa Party received the Connecting Group of the Year award. Under the Pillars of IIMCAA category, honours were presented to Prasad Sanyal, Ramesh Muniyappa, Manoj Kumar, Arvind Kumar and Ezrela Dalidia Fanai, posthumously. MC Joshi was felicitated for completing 50 years since graduation, and 74 alumni were recognised with Silver Jubilee honours. The event brought together alumni, media professionals and senior dignitaries from India and abroad. A souvenir publication was also released on the occasion, and organisers said chapter-level Connections Meets will be held in several cities in the coming months.
Jury Awards
- Soumya Pillai
- Laxmi Devi Aere
- Safeena Wani
- Medha Yadav
- Mohammad Asad
- Saurav Kumar Borah
- Alpesh Arvind Karkare
- Tanzil Asif
- Hasleen Kaur
- Panchanan Mishra
Felicitation
Pillars of IIMCAA
- Prasad Sanyal
- Ramesh Muniyappa
- Manoj Kumar
- Arvind Kumar
- Ezrela Dalidia Fanai
Jury Special Mention
- Garima Singh
- Nantha Kishore G K
- Gargy Satapathy
Alumni of the Year
- Chandan Roy
- Abhinav Pandey
Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Milan Vohra
- Lipika Sud
- Pradeep Kumar Mallik
- Dr. Sangita Thakur
- Mitali Mohanty Ghosh
Public Service Award
- Suresh Kumar Vashishth, IAS
- Virendra Mishra, IPS
- Kapil Sharma
- Kumar Abhishek, CAPF
- Prerna Prasad
- Ankita Sahoo
Connecting Alumni of the Year
- Anand Kumar Dutta
- Madhav Sharma
