The Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism -- 2016 were presented on Tuesday evening at a glittering awards night in Mumbai with veteran business journalist TN Ninan being conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Ravish Kumar the Journalist of the Year Award for his consistent and down to earth reporting on politics and issues that concern the common man. The other award winners are:

Posthumous Award for Brave Reporting: Jagendra Singh        
Science & Innovation                   
Print  Gunjan Sharma, The Week
TV Pallava Bagla, NDTV

Human Rights                    
Print  Meher Ali, The Wire
TV Rana Yashwant, India News

Crime           
Print  Gunjan Sharma, The Week
Print  Pavithra S Rangan, Outlook
TV     Mukesh Singh Sengar, NDTV
                      
Politics                     
Print  Vivekananda Nemana & Suresh Ghattamaneni, Grist Media
TV Seemi Pasha, India Today

The Big Picture                  
Winner B Muralikrishnan, Mathurbhumi Daily
Runner-Up  Sibu K B, Malayala Manorama Daily
Runner-Up Kamal Kishore Kamboj, The Press Trust of India
                      
Business                  
Print Madhavankutty Pillai, Open Magazine
 
Environment                       
Print  Anirudha Ghoshal & Pritha Chatterjee, The Indian Express

Sports           
Print  Jonathan Selvaraj, The Indian Express
TV Aamir Rafiq Peerzada, NDTV
                      
Health & Wellness             
Print Lhendup Gyatso Bhutia, Open Magazine
TV India News Team, India News
TV Sunetra Choudhury, NDTV
                      
Lifestyle & Entertainment            
Print Sumana Ramanan, The Caravan
TV Ezaz Ahmed, India News


Pic: Jagendra Singh of Shahjahanpur Samacharwas set on fire and died as a result of his injuries in June last year. The journalist had exposed the local MLA and UP minister for Dairy Development, Ram Murti Verma, for his links with illegal sand mining. He was killed allegedly at the behest of the minister.  Singh was given a posthumous award for Brave Reporting.