The Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA) which organised its 11th annual alumni meet – Connections 2023 – on Sunday, 26th February, at its New Delhi headquarters also declared the 7th IFFCO IIMCAA Awards winners during the event. Prof. Gita Bamezai, Anita Kaul Basu, Prakash Patra, Samudra Gupta Kashyap and Anurag Vajpeyi were honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.
Odisha’s litterateur Dr. Gayatribala Panda received the ‘Alumni of the Year’ award. ‘Public Service Award’ went to Sushil Singh, Amit Katoch, Pee Lee Ete and Pankaj Chandra Goswami. In the competitive categories, the ‘Journalist of the Year’ award with prize money of INR 1.50 lakh was given to Utkarsh Singh of Bihar. Rohit Vishwakarma of Delhi got the award for Agriculture Reporter with a prize of INR 1 lakh.
The ‘Reporter of the Year’ award with prize money of INR 50,000 went to Andrew Amsan of Delhi in Publishing and Nibir Deka of Assam in Broadcasting. The ‘Indian Language Reporter of the Year’ award went to Bijin Samuel from Kerala in Publishing and Sandhya Manikandan from Kerala in Broadcasting. ‘Producer of the Year’ – Jyoti Jangra of Delhi, ‘PR Person of the Year’ – AR Hemant of Karnataka and ‘Ad Person of the Year’ award was given to Mohit Pasricha of Delhi. Jury Special Awards were also given to Harshita Rathore, Jyoti Yadav, Harikishan Sharma, N Sundresha Subramanian, Shambhu Nath, Rajshree Sahoo, Abhishek Yadav, Jyotismita Nayak, Surabhi Singh and Shubham Tiwari.
IIMC Director-General Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi awarded the cheque, and trophies to the winners and felicitated winners at the yearly get-together.
List of IFFCO IIMCAA Awards 2023 Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award: Prof. Gita Bamezai
Lifetime Achievement Award: Anita Kaul Basu
Lifetime Achievement Award: Prakash Patra
Lifetime Achievement Award: Samudra Gupta Kashyap
Lifetime Achievement Award: Anurag Vajpeyi
Alumni of the Year: Dr. Gayatribala Panda
Public Service: Sushil Singh
Public Service: Amit Katoch
Public Service: Ete Pee Lee
Public Service: Pankaj Chandra Goswami
Connecting Alumni of the Year: Braj Kishore
Connecting Chapter of the Year: IIMCAA Odisha Chapter
Connecting Group of the Year: 1993-94 Batch
Journalist of The Year: Utkarsh Singh
Agriculture Reporter of the Year: Rohit Vishwakarma
Reporter of the Year – Publishing: Andrew Amsan
Indian Languages Reporter of the Year – Publishing: Bijin Samuel
Reporter of the Year – Broadcast: Nibir Deka
Indian Languages Reporter of the Year – Broadcasting: Sandhya Manikandan
Producer of the Year: Jyoti Jangra
PR Person of the Year: A R Hemant
AD Person of the Year: Mohit Pasricha
Jury Special Mention
Journalist of the Year: Harshita Rathore
Journalist of the Year: Jyoti Yadav
Agriculture Reporter of the Year: Harikishan Sharma
Reporter of the Year – Publishing: N Sundaresha Subramanian
Reporter of the Year – Publishing: Shambhu Nath
Indian Languages Reporter of the Year – Publishing: Rajshree Sahoo
Reporter of the Year – Broadcast: Abhishek Yadav
Indian Languages Reporter of the Year – Broadcasting: Jyotismita Nayak
Producer of the Year: Surbhi Singh
Producer of the Year: Shubham Tiwari
