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{{Infobox award|awardname=Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize|sponsor=[[New India Foundation]]|country=India|eligibility=Non-fiction books about contemporary and modern India|firstawarded=2018}}<br />
The '''Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize''' is awarded annually for non-fiction books on modern or contemporary India which were published in the preceding year. The Prize was established in 2018 by the [[New India Foundation]], a charitable trust that also awards research fellowships and book grants to Indian scholars and writers. Winners of the prize include politician and writer [[Jairam Ramesh]], and historian [[Ornit Shani]], and authors shortlisted for the prize include [[Aanchal Malhotra]], Sujatha Gidla, [[Katherine Eban]], [[Christophe Jaffrelot]], [[Piers Vitebsky]], [[Alpa Shah]], and [[Manoranjan Byapari]].<br />
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== Establishment ==<br />
The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize was established by the New India Foundation, a charitable organisation which also awards research fellowships and book grants for Indian writers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New India Foundation |url=https://www.newindiafoundation.org/nif |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=New India Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> Trustees of the foundation include political scientist [[Niraja Gopal Jayal]], businessmen Manish Sabharwal and [[Nandan Nilekani]], historians [[Ramachandra Guha]], and [[Srinath Raghavan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New India Foundation Trustees |url=https://www.newindiafoundation.org/trustees |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=New India Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> The foundation provides grants for scholars and writers who are writing non-fiction and fiction books about India, and also provides translation grants for works translated from Indian languages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Kanishka |title=How the New India Foundation is dealing with the pandemic for its fellowships for non-fiction books |url=https://scroll.in/article/970459/how-the-new-india-foundation-is-dealing-with-the-pandemic-for-its-fellowships-for-non-fiction-books |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Scroll.in |date=16 August 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize was established in 2018, to recognise and foster non-fiction writing about India, and is awarded annually for books published in the preceding year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=New India Foundation Book Prize |url=https://www.newindiafoundation.org/book-prize |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=New India Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> The prize is awarded to authors of any nationality, for books published in any language, and comes with a financial award of {{INRConvert|15|l|year=2022}}.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=The New India Foundation announces an annual non-fiction book prize worth Rs 15 lakh |url=https://shop.scroll.in/book/874799/the-new-india-foundation-announces-an-annual-non-fiction-book-prize-worth-rs-15-lakh |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> Books which have already been the subject of fellowships awarded by the foundation are ineligible, and the jury is composed of the foundation's trustees.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]]<br />
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== Recipients ==<br />
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!Year <br />
!Winner <br />
!Shortlist<br />
!Source <br />
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|2018<br />
|[[Milan Vaishnav]], ''[[When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics]]'' (Yale University Press 2017)<br />
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* Abhinav Chandrachud, ''The Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India'' (Penguin India)<br />
* [[Aanchal Malhotra]], ''Remnants of a Separation: A History of Partition Through Material Memory'' (Harper Collins) <br />
* [[Anirudh Krishna]], ''The Broken Ladder: The Paradox and Potential of India’s One Billion'' (Penguin Random House) <br />
* Sujatha Gidla, ''[[Ants Among Elephants]]: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India'' (HarperCollins)<br />
* [[Francesca R Jensenius]], ''Social Justice Through Inclusion: The Consequences of Electoral Quotas in India'' (Oxford University Press) <br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=New India Foundation announces its shortlist for the first Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize |url=https://shop.scroll.in/book/892488/new-india-foundation-announces-its-shortlist-for-the-first-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-10-27 |title=Milan Vaishnav wins first Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/award-for-milan-vaishnav/article25349920.ece |access-date=2022-10-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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|2019<br />
|[[Ornit Shani]], ''How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise'' (Penguin Random House India)<br />
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* [[Manoranjan Byapari]], I''nterrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography Of A Dalit'' (Sage Publications)<br />
* [[Rohit De]], ''A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic'' (Princeton University Press) <br />
* [[Snigdha Poonam]], ''Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World'' (Penguin Viking) <br />
* [[Alpa Shah]], ''Nightmarch: A Journey into India's Naxal Heartlands'' (HarperCollins) <br />
* [[Piers Vitebsky]], ''Living Without the Dead: Loss and Redemption in a Jungle Cosmos'' (University of Chicago Press) <br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-11 |title=NIF Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize 2019 awarded to Ornit Shani's How India Became Democratic |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/nif-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-book-prize-2019-awarded-to-ornit-shanis-how-india-became-democratic-7635271.html |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref><br />
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|2020 <br />
|Jointly awarded to:<br />
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* [[Amit Ahuja]]'', Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements'' (Oxford University Press)<br />
* [[Jairam Ramesh]], ''A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon'' (Penguin Random House)<br />
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* [[Arun Mohan Sukumar]],''Midnight’s Machines: A Political History of Technology in India'' (Penguin Random House) <br />
* [[Arupjyoti Saikia]], ''The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra'' (Oxford University Press)<br />
* [[Katherine Eban]], ''Bottle of Lies: Ranbaxy and the Dark Side of Indian Pharma'' (Juggernaut)<br />
* [[Stephen Alter]], ''Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth'' (Aleph Book Company)<br />
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-20 |title=New India Foundation has announced the shortlist for the third edition of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize-2020-shortlist/article33142354.ece |access-date=2022-10-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize announces joint winners for 2020 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize-announces-joint-winners-for-2020/2148715/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Financialexpress |date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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|2021 <br />
|[[Dinyar Patel]], ''Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism'' (Harvard University Press)<br />
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* [[Ashutosh Bhardwaj]], ''The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country'' (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins Publishers)<br />
* [[Christophe Jaffrelot]] & [[Pratinav Anil]], ''India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975-77'' (HarperCollins Publishers)<br />
* [[Sumathi Ramaswamy]], ''Gandhi in the Gallery: The Art of Disobedience'' (Roli Books)<br />
* [[Radhika Singha]], ''The Coolie’s Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict 1914-1921'' (HarperCollins Publishers); <br />
* [[Vinay Sitapati]]. ''Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi'' (Penguin Random House).<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-01 |title=Dinyar Patel wins Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize for 2021 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/dinyar-patel-wins-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize-for-2021-101638347773003.html |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New India Foundation: 2021 Shortlist |url=https://www.newindiafoundation.org/nif-book-prize-2021-shortlist |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=New India Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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|2022 <br />
|[[Shekhar Pathak]], ''The Chipko Movement: A People’s History'' (translated from the Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry, Permanent Black and Ashoka University)<br />
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* [[Swethaa S Ballakrishnen]], ''Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite (''Princeton University Press)<br />
* [[Ghazala Wahab]], ''[[Born a Muslim]]: Some Truths about Islam in India (''Aleph Book Company)<br />
* [[Suchitra Vijayan]], ''Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India'' (Context/Westland)<br />
* [[Rukmini S]]., ''Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India'' (Context/Westland) <br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize for 2022 announces its shortlist of five nonfiction books |url=https://scroll.in/article/1036823/kamaladevi-chattopadhyay-nif-book-prize-for-2022-announces-its-shortlist-of-five-nonfiction-books |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Scroll.in |date=8 November 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><br />
|-<br />
|2023<br />
|[[Akshaya Mukul]] <br />
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|<ref name=":2" /><br />
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|2024<br />
|[[Ashok Gopal]], ''A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of [[B. R. Ambedkar|B.R. Ambedkar]]''<br />
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* [[Neerja Choudhry]], ''How Prime Ministers Decide'' (Aleph)<br />
* [[Radhika Iyengar]], ''Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras'' (HarperCollins)<br />
* [[Kunal Purohit]], ''H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars'' (HarperCollins)<br />
* [[Chitralekha Zutshi]], ''Sheikh Abdullah: The Caged Lion of Kashmir'' (HarperCollins).<br />
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2024-11-16 |title=NIF Book Prize 2024: Ashok Gopal bags award for his Ambedkar biography 'A Part Apart' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/nif-book-prize-2024-ashok-gopal-bags-award-for-his-ambedkar-biography-a-part-apart/article68875140.ece |access-date=2025-03-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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