The Hindu journalist wins Prem Bhatia Award

Smita Gupta

Smita Gupta, Associate Editor with The Hindu , has been selected for the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting.

The Prem Bhatia Awards, instituted in the memory of one of the most eminent journalists of his era, have gone this year to two “exceptional journalists” for their reporting on politics, and environment and development issues, respectively.

While Ms. Gupta has been selected for “her excellent reporting and analysis of the major political parties in India,” the award for excellence in environmental and development reporting has gone to Nitin Sethi, Associate Editor,

Business Standard , for his reporting on key environmental and development topics.

The awards will be presented at the 19th Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture at the India International Centre on August 11.

The annual lecture this year would be delivered by T.N. Ninan, Chairman, Business Standard Ltd., on “Reviving the Indian economy”. It will be presided over by economist Bibek Debroy.