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NDTV awarded as India’s most trusted brand; Dr Prannoy Roy falicitated with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
MUMBAI: 2015-2016 has truly been a golden year for NDTV in more ways than one with NDTV being awarded India’s most trusted brand across all television in India for the 3rd year in a row, based on Trust Research Advisory’s Brand Trust Report, India Study. NDTV co-founder and executive co-chairperson Dr Prannoy Roy received the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in public administration, academics and management 2015.
Not only has NDTV taken on some major projects and delivered cutting edge work , it has also been a year when they earned several accolades and honours. Spearheading this successful journey has been the NDTV Non Tabloid Campaign.
The NDTV non tabloid campaign was started keeping in mind the basic ethics and principles the organization was founded upon. NDTV kick started this campaign with two promotional videos and then began its incredible journey. The campaign resonated with the audience as it reflected upon aspects responsible in everything that is going wrong with media nowadays. It focused on how the biggest threat to Indian television is tabloid news and that it needs to be stopped.
The promo went on to win several awards including two world golds at the New York festival International TV and film awards where it beat entries from 52 countries. At the Goa Fest, one of the most coveted advertising awards in the country, it was the only campaign to win the Broadcasters Abby Award.
NDTV’s The Buck Stops Here – Srinagar Floods Coverage was also announced as one of the 8 International Emmy nominees for the 2015 News & Current Affairs categories for its week-long ground reportage and broadcasts on the floods in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first time that India has been nominated in the News category.
Another feat that NDTV has won significant accolades for is their remarkable documentary on human survival – Operation Everest. This documentary has won the Award of Excellence in Environment Category at Canada International Film Festival 2016; the Best Documentary (Jury) Award at 6th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2016 and also won the Mumbai Press Club’s RedInk Excellence in Sports Journalism Award 2016
NDTV’s Editors, Anchors, correspondents and programmes have received many prestigious awards through the year including the Journalist of the Year: Ravish Kumar (NDTV India) Red Ink Awards ; National Award for Outstanding Efforts in Communication in the Electronic Medium – Pallava Bagla, NDTV (Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI) with Best News Website for NDTV.com. (IAMAI Awards 2015); Best Film Critic- Prashant Shishodia – NDTV India (Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation Award).
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CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
