 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 28: After completing a one-year media fellowship programme of the National Foundation for India (NFI), Early Times journalist Avinash Azad got National Media Award-2020, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 26th February 2020.
The Media Awards were given by the Chief Guest, Dr. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Chairperson NFI, Writer, and Feminist. Avinash was among 12 journalists from across India awarded with the prestigious award.
During his fellowship programme, Avinash Azad highlighted the unreported and unnoticed the suffering of the Sanitation workers (Safai Karamcharis) of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Municipal Councils/Committees of Kathua, Samba and Rajouri districts of the Jammu division.
The NFI's National Media Award recipients of this years are Avinash Azad (Early Times), Kelly Kislaya (The Pioneer), Rachna Priyadarshini (Prabhat Khabar), Nileena Atholi (Mathrubhumi), freelancers Makepeace Sitlhou, Umesh Kumar Ray and Asghar Khan, Prem Vijay Patil (Nayi Duniya), Bhartesh Singh Thakur (The Tribune), Neha Sharma (Times of India) and doctoral fellow Afaque Haider.
The NFI has been giving media awards and C.Subramanium awards for the last 28 years. The NFI was founded by some of India's most eminent personalities including Ratan Tata, Dr. MS Swaminathan, C Subramanium and Kamla Chudhury, the NFI is an independent grant-making organization with a core mandate for social transformation and to encourage philanthropy in India. |
