Ritika Chopra of The Indian Express receives the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year 2023
Independent journalist Greeshma Kuthar is a joint winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year 2023
Politician and psephologist Yogendra Yadav speaks at The Media Foundation IIC Media Dialogue on How India Voted
Politician and psephologist Yogendra Yadav speaks at The Media Foundation IIC Media Dialogue on How India Voted
Panelists at the Media Dialogue on Draft Broadcast Bill: Regulation or Control
TN Ninan, editor and author, delivers the BG Verghese Memorial Lecture 2024
TN Ninan, editor and author, delivers the BG Verghese Memorial Lecture 2024
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Independent journalist Jatinder Kaur Tur receives the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 from jury chair Seema Mustafa while TMF chairperson Bharat Bhushan looks on

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Priyanka Tupe of Behan Box receives the Kamla Mankekar Award for Journalism on Gender from jury member Supriya Sharma

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Rokibuz Zaman of Scroll.in receives the Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism from jury member Rajesh Joshi

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Journalist and television anchor Rajdeep Sardesai speaks at a Media Dialogue on Is the Media Still a Force in Indian Elections?

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MP Manish Tewari speaking at the Media Dialogue on The Media, Operation Sindoor and India’s Diplomatic Outreach

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Manisha Pande, Managing Editor, Newslaundry, speaking at the Media Dialogue on Electoral Rolls Controversy and the Media

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Justice S. Muralidhar delivers the BG Verghese Memorial Lecture 2025 on Media, the Courts and Freedom of Expression

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The Media Foundation is a non-profit organisation committed to upholding freedom of speech in the media and in the country as a whole. It gives the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year, the Kamla Mankekar Award for Journalism on Gender and the Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism. It also holds the quarterly Media Dialogues and the annual BG Verghese Memorial Lecture.

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  • Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year
  • Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism
  • Kamla Mankekar Award for Journalism on Gender

Last date: 31 January, 2026

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Shorts

Yogendra Yadav on the role of the media in the 2024 general elections

Barkha Dutt on the Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023

Journalist Saba Naqvi on the changing patterns of news consumption

Chameli Devi Jain awardee Greeshma Kuthar speaks on Manipur