NEW DELHI: The first NT Awards, organised by Indiantelevision.com, kicked off today with the first round of jury meetings in a hall packed with some of the best known professionals in the field of journalism, film-making and related fields.

The meeting saw more than 70 TV news reports being screened in the categories of current affairs (Hindi and English), investigative reports (Hindi and English) and crime reports (English).

The jury were first informed of the rules and regulations and the aspects on which to make their nominations. The members were given rough sheets to make their first marking, and then finally transfer their marks on to the actual, signed ballot, which was evaluated by a professional and highly reputed audit firm.

The jurors had at the start agreed to see a clip for some duration and then decide whether they had a consensus on watching the entire clip for some more time or pass it over.

The second session after lunch saw some of the more detailed investigative reports, many of which were watched in great detail by the jurors.

The second day of jury meetings will be held on 12 June where 16 eminent jurors have been invited to make their decisions.

The jury meetings in Delhi will culminate on 13 June and later, some of the categories would be continued in Mumbai. The awards ceremony is expected to be held in the middle of July in New Delhi.