IIMCAA Awards 2024 announced: Anup Pandey wins ‘Journalist of the Year’ trophy

NEW DELHI: The winners of the IIMCAA Awards 2024, selected by the eminent jury of Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA), were announced and felicitated on Sunday at a glittering ceremony held in the national capital. Anup Pandey won the coveted ‘Journalist of the Year’ trophy with a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh while Shagun Kapil won the "Agriculture Reporter of the Year" award and walked away with Rs 1 lakh. Other winners were honoured with cash prizes of Rs 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. 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.IIMCAA president Simrat Gulati presided over the function 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 the award winners. The event was attended by 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 Professor Govind Singh, Prasad Sanyal, 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, 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 AWARDS 2024 – LIST OF WINNERSJournalist of the Year – Anup PandeyAgriculture Reporter of the Year – Shagun KapilReporter of the Year (Publishing) – Rajat MishraReporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Abhinav GoelProducer of the Year (Broadcast) – Surabhi SinghIndian Language Reporter of the Year (Publishing) - Muhammad Sabith U MIndian Language Reporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Shatarupa SamantarayaAd Person of the Year – Saransh JainPR Person of the Year – Shillpi A SinghAd Agency of the Year - OfactorPR Agency of the Year – KaizzenJURY SPECIAL MENTIONJournalist of the Year – Abhishek AngadJournalist of the Year – Ritwika MitraJournalist of the Year – Ashutosh MishraJournalist of the Year – Manish MishraJournalist of the Year – Nidhi TiwaryAgriculture Reporter of the Year – Diwash GahatrajReporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Parimal KumarReporter of the Year (Broadcast) – Vishnukant TiwariProducer of the Year (Broadcast) - Rohan KathpaliaPR Person of the Year – Supriya SundriyalPR Person of the Year – Nikhil Swami