Rajdeep Sardesai was one of the previous recipients of the award.
The Editors Guild of India has announced that it has taken on the responsibility of awarding the two prestigious Prem Bhatia journalism awards—one for Excellence in Political Journalism and the other for Environmental Journalism from 2025. In addition, the Guild will organize the annual Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture.
Instituted in 1995 in memory of the late Prem Bhatia, the former editor of The Tribune, the Editors Guild will assume these twin responsibilities following an agreement with the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust, the Guild said in a statement.
As part of this agreement, the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust has donated its entire corpus to the Editors Guild, enabling the Guild to fund the two awards and the memorial lecture from next year
Over the years, the annual awards and memorial lectures have become highly anticipated events in Indian journalism. The Editors Guild says it is committed to ensuring that these traditions remain as prestigious in the future.Â
Previous recipients of the two awards include the People’s Archive of India (PARI), Rajdeep Sardesai, Neerja Chowdhury, Aakar Patel, Josy Joseph, and Dainik Bhaskar. Notable figures who have delivered the memorial lecture include Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. MS Swaminathan, Ms. Zoya Hasan, Soli Sorabjee, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Shyam Saran, Inder Malhotra, and TN Ninan.
The Guild says it extends its gratitude to the Trustees of the Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust for entrusting it with the responsibility of carrying forward the legacy of a visionary editor.
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