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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Yearly award given by the Press Council of India}}<br />
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| name = Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award<br />
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| awarded_for = Excellence in journalism<br />
| presenter = [[Press Council of India]]<br />
| location = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| date = {{start date and age|2013|df=y}}<br />
| reward = 1 lakh [[rupee]]<br />
| year = 2013<br />
| holder_label = Most recently awarded to<br />
| holder = Anne Bhavani Koteswara Prasad<br />
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| website = [https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/ presscouncil.nic.in]<br />
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The '''Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award''' is a yearly award given by the [[Press Council of India]] for those who have made the most excellence in journalism in India.<ref name="presscouncil1">{{cite web |title=National Awards for Excellence in Journalism |url=https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/NationalAwardsforExcellenceinJournalism.aspx |website=www.presscouncil.nic.in |publisher=[[Press Council of India]] |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> It was presented at an annual event in [[New Delhi]] on 16 November, the occasion of India's National Press Day. It is one of the "National Award for Excellence in Journalism" in various fields established by [[Press Council of India]] in 2012 and awarded since 2013, the other fields include Rural journalism, Development report, Photo journalism, Best newspaper art, Sports reporting, Gender Based Reporting, and Financial Reporting, etc.<ref name="presscouncil1"/><br />
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The first Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award was awarded to Santosh Kumar of [[India Today]] and C.K. Sivanandan of [[Malayala Manorama]] in recognition of his outstanding contribution to investigative journalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=NAEJ Awardees 2013 |url=https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/ViewPdfContent.aspx?Page=NationalAwardsNew&PdfofPublication=Awardee&Title=Awardees,%202013 |website=www.presscouncil.nic.in |access-date=30 June 2023|publisher=[[Press Council of India]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=17 journalists bag Press Council Of India award |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/17-journalists-bag-press-council-of-india-award/story-kX8QkfWGyYbk4Jq8t7LKlI.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=16 November 2013}}</ref> The award is administered by the Press Council of India and is considered India's most prestigious award that a journalist can receive in journalism. As of 2020, a total of 8 individuals have been awarded the Award.<ref name="presscouncil1"/><br />
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==Awardees==<br />
* 2012: None<br />
* 2013: Santosh Kumar, ''[[India Today]]'', C.K. Sivanandan, ''[[Malayala Manorama]]''<br />
* 2014: None<br />
* 2015: None<br />
* 2016: [[S Nihal Singh]], veteran journalist<br />
* 2017: Sam Najappa, journalist, Sarat Mishra, journalist<br />
* 2018: [[N Ram]], ''[[The Hindu]]''<br />
* 2019: [[Gulab Kothari]], ''[[Rajasthan Patrika]]''<br />
* 2020: Anne Bhavani Koteswara Prasad<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/NationalAwardsforExcellenceinJournalism.aspx Official list of Awardees]<br />
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[[Category:Indian journalism awards]]<br />
[[Category:Journalism in India]]<br />
[[Category:Awards established in 2013]]</div>Godavari