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Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson
Awarded forJournalism award in India for women
Sponsored byThe Media Foundation
First awarded1981
Last awarded2021
Highlights
Total awarded54
First winnerNeerja Chowdhury
Last winnerAarefa Johari

The Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson is an Indian journalism award named after Chameli Devi Jain, an Indian independence activist who became the first Jain woman to go to prison during India's independence struggle.[1] The award was instituted in 1980 by The Media Foundation and is given to women in the field of journalism. According to Business Standard, the award is "perhaps India's longest running media award for women".[2]

The Media Foundation was founded in 1979 by B. G. Verghese, Lakshmi Chand Jain, Prabhash Joshi, Ajit Bhattacharjea and N. S. Jagannathan. The award was instituted in 1980 by Verghese and the family of Chameli Devi.[3] The criteria for selection include social concern, dedication, courage and compassion in the individual's work. Journalists in print, digital and broadcast are eligible including photographers, cartoonists and newspaper designers; the entries are judged by an independent jury. Preferences are given to rural or small-town journalists and journalists in regional Indian languages.[4]

Neerja Chowdhury won the inaugural award in 1981. In 2015, Supriya Sharma of Scroll.in became the first online journalist to receive the award.[5] The most recent award was given to Aarefa Johari.[6]

Recipients

An image of Homai Vyarawalla
Homai Vyarawalla (right), winner of the 1998 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the Padma Vibhushan from the President of India in 2011.
An image of Pushpa Girimaji
Pushpa Girimaji, winner of the 1991 Chameli Devi Jain Award.
Sucheta Dalal (right), winner of the 1992 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the Padma Shri from the President of India in 2006.
Year Recipient(s) Associated media house(s)/notes Ref.
1981 Neerja Chowdhury The Statesman
The Indian Express 		[7]
1982 Prabha Dutt
Sevanti Ninan 		–
– 		[8]
1983 Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar
Sakuntala Narasimhan 		– [9]
1984 Sheela Barse – [8]
1985 Madhu Purnima Kishwar – [10]
1986 Kalpana Sharma Himmat
The Indian Express
The Times of India 		[11]
1987 No winner – [12]
1988 Tavleen Singh India Today
The Indian Express 		[13]
1989 Chitra Subramaniam India Today [8]
1990 Usha Rai – [14]
1991 Pushpa Girimaji
Mediastorm Collective[a] 		–
– 		[15]
1992 Sucheta Dalal
Teesta Setalvad 		The Times of India
The Indian Express 		[16]
1993 Sheela Bhatt
Alka Raghuvanshi
Manimala 		India Today [17]
1994 Shubha Singh The Telegraph
The Pioneer
The Khaleej Times 		[18]
1995 Patricia Mukhim The Shillong Times [19]
1996 Annam Suresh
Rehana Hakim 		–
– 		[20]
1997 Anita Pratap CNN
Time 		[21]
1998 Homai Vyarawalla – [22]
1999 Barkha Dutt
Pamela Philipose
Vasavi Kiro 		NDTV
The Times of India
Prabhat Khabar 		[23]
[24]
[25]
2000 Kunjal Paanje Kutchji Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan [26]
2001 Bano Haralu Eastern Mirror [27]
2002 Shikha Trivedi – [24]
2003 Sonu Jain
Chitrakoot Rural Women's Collective 		The Indian Express
Khabar Lahariya 		[28]
[29]
2004 Sunita Narain Down to Earth magazine [30]
2005 Ratna Bharali Talukdar – [31]
2006 Nilanjana Bose
Sreerekha B 		CNN-IBN
Vanitha 		[7]
2007 Rupashree Nanda CNN-IBN [32]
2008 Nirupama Subramanian
Vinita Deshmukh 		The Hindu [21]
2009 Monalisa Changkija
Shoma Chaudhury 		Nagaland Page
Tehelka 		[33]
2010 Shahina K. K. Open [34]
2011 Tusha Mittal Tehelka [35]
2012 Alka Dhupkar IBN Lokmat [36]
2013 Anubha Bhonsle CNN-News18 [37]
2014 Supriya Sharma Scroll.in [38]
2015 Priyanka Kakodkar
Raksha Kumar 		The Times of India
– 		[39]
2016 Neha Dixit – [40]
2017 Uma Sudhir NDTV [41]
2018 Priyanka Dubey BBC [42]
2019 Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Rohini Mohan 		The Wire
– 		[43]
2020 Neetu Singh Goan Connection [44]
2021 Aarefa Johari Scroll.in [6]
2022 Dhanya Rajendran The News Minute [45]

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Shohini Ghosh, Ranjani Mazumdar, Sabina Kidwai, Shikha Jhingan, Sabeena Gadihoke and Charu Gargi
Citations
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  3. ^ "The Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016–17". The Hoot. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Media Foundation invites nominations for Chameli Devi Award for women journalists". United News of India. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award". Scroll.in. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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  7. ^ a b "Chameli Devi Award for CNN-IBN journo". News18. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c Nair, Supriya (30 May 2012). "Breaking new ground". Mint. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ Sharma, Kalpana (7 July 2015). "Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference". Rediff.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Prof. Madhu Purnima Kishwar" (PDF). Developing Countries Research Centre. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Kalpana Sharma". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. ^ Singh, Shubha; Padgaonkar, Latika (2012). Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way. Stories by winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons. Tranquebar. p. 6. ISBN 9789381626498.
  13. ^ Mass Media in India. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1990. p. 24.
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  23. ^ "Barkha Dutt gets award". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2019.((cite news)): CS1 maint: others (link)
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  25. ^ "Pamela Philipose to be Ombudsman of The Wire, Serve as Interface With Readers". The Wire. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  26. ^ Virmani, Shabnam (April 2001). "India Together: Kutch Radio program receives an award". India Together. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  27. ^ "Bano Haralu honoured for contributions in journalism, environmental conservation". Eastern Mirror. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  28. ^ Subburaj, VVK (2007). Concise General Knowledge 2007. Sura Books. p. 137. ISBN 9788172540746.
  29. ^ Kohli, Namita (22 July 2007). "Newshounds of the hinterland". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  30. ^ "Sunita Narain presented Chameli Devi Jain Award". Zee News. 30 March 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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  33. ^ "Shoma, Monalisa to share Chameli Devi award". The Hindu. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  34. ^ "Shahina of Open magazine conferred Chameli Devi award". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  35. ^ "Chameli Devi award for Tusha Mittal". The Hindu. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  36. ^ "Chameli winner". The Hoot. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  37. ^ "Section of mainstream media "biased" in covering poll stories". Business Standard. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  38. ^ Scroll Staff (16 March 2015). "Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  39. ^ "Chameli Devi Jain award winners named". Business Standard. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  40. ^ "Neha Dixit Wins Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016". The Wire. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  41. ^ Isaac, Anna (5 March 2018). "28 years in the news: NDTV's Uma Sudhir wins Chameli Devi Jain award 2017". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  42. ^ "BBC journalist gets Chameli Devi award". The Indian Express. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  43. ^ "Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rohini Mohan Win Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women Journalists". The Wire. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  44. ^ "Gaon Connection's Neetu Singh gets Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist". Outlook India. PTI. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  45. ^ PTI (15 March 2023). "Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2022". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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