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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2009) | | awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2009) | ||
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==Awards and honours== | ==Awards and honours== | ||
Shekhar Gupta has received assorted awards: the 1985 Inlaks award for young journalist of the year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort%3Dold%26Type%3DS |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829034147/http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort=old&Type=S | title=Alumni | publisher=Inlaks Foundation | archive-date=29 August 2012 }}</ref> [[G. K. Reddy|G. K. Reddy Award for Journalism]],<ref>{{cite news| title = National events in March 1997 | url=http://www.hindu.com/revents/01/19970103.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006073020/http://www.thehindu.com:80/revents/01/19970103.htm |archive-date=2003-10-06 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu}}</ref> and the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200810192070.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed awards for Shekhar Gupta, Shabana Azmi | date=19 October 2008}}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] by the then | Shekhar Gupta has received assorted awards: the 1985 Inlaks award for young journalist of the year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort%3Dold%26Type%3DS |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829034147/http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort=old&Type=S | title=Alumni | publisher=Inlaks Foundation | archive-date=29 August 2012 }}</ref> [[G. K. Reddy|G. K. Reddy Award for Journalism]],<ref>{{cite news| title = National events in March 1997 | url=http://www.hindu.com/revents/01/19970103.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006073020/http://www.thehindu.com:80/revents/01/19970103.htm |archive-date=2003-10-06 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu}}</ref> and the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200810192070.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed awards for Shekhar Gupta, Shabana Azmi | date=19 October 2008}}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] by the then Indian Government in 2009 for his contribution to journalism.<ref name="Hindu Padma Bhushan">{{cite news |title= Madhavan Nair, Abhinav Bhindra receive Padma awards|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/15/stories/2009041557342200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416224021/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/15/stories/2009041557342200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-16|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2009-04-15 |access-date=31 March 2008 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> | ||
Under his leadership, ''The Indian Express'' won the [[Vienna]]-based [[International Press Institute]]'s Award for Outstanding Journalism in the Public Interest thrice: The first time for its coverage of the [[2002 Gujarat riots|Gujarat riots of 2002]], the second time for uncovering the Bihar flood relief scam in 2009 and the third time for its sustained investigation into the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|Malegaon and Modasa blasts of 2008]] and the alleged role of extremists and organisations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/for-tracking-malegaon-blast-plot-express-gets-ipi-excellence-award/594406/ |title = For tracking Malegaon blast plot, Express gets IPI Excellence award - Indian Express}}</ref> | Under his leadership, ''The Indian Express'' won the [[Vienna]]-based [[International Press Institute]]'s Award for Outstanding Journalism in the Public Interest thrice: The first time for its coverage of the [[2002 Gujarat riots|Gujarat riots of 2002]], the second time for uncovering the Bihar flood relief scam in 2009 and the third time for its sustained investigation into the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|Malegaon and Modasa blasts of 2008]] and the alleged role of extremists and organisations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/for-tracking-malegaon-blast-plot-express-gets-ipi-excellence-award/594406/ |title = For tracking Malegaon blast plot, Express gets IPI Excellence award - Indian Express}}</ref> | ||