ASTHITVAM STATE AWARDS
CATEGORY- JOURNALIST
| Year | Name | About the Awardee |
| 2017 |
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Shri. Abdul is good at writing in Telugu. He is sub-editor at Andhra Bhoomi. He is a recipient of Nandi Award-2004 and Relangi Award-2005. He has seen life with a different prospective and is on the journey of achieving milestones. He has blended words with musical rhythm in his style of writing. Asthitvam’s appreciation letter has been designed by him. |
| 2018 |
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Smt. Anitha Yelishetti is professionally a Journalist (Incharge at Metro India for Women and Family page). She worked at Mana Telangana for three years and worked as Sub-Editor for Metro TV. She served as Ladies Club Secretary at SCCL consecutively for five years, Singareni Employees Wives Association (SEWA) and Akansha NGO at Kothagudem(Khammam). She is woman with a passion to serve |
| 2019 |
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Smt. Yashoda has been into journalism since long time. She has penned many articles and is good at it. Her passion and liking for her profession is appreciable. She is tough and strong. Women with her capabilities and strength are found in rare. She wrote hundreds of articles. |
| 2020 |
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Shri. Erra Johnson is journalist who works 24/7. His enthusiastic towards his profession and society is admirable. He is very disciplined, honest and simple. His zeal of commitment for projecting the happening in society to people is appreciable. |
| 2021 |
5. Shri. M. Ravi Kumar.
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Shri. M. Ravi Kumar was awarded for Best documentary-Life In A Day in 2020. Out of 3, 25, 000 entries 500 were selected and Shri. Ravi’s video was in the Top Ten in the Discovery Channel. It was selected by Hollywood Director Mr. Kevin MacDonald. He was honoured with the Seva Ratna Award by Surabhi-2020 and the Best Film Maker Award by Discovery Channel-2020. |
| 2022 |
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Shri. Vanga Bhumeshwar has been working in the media since three decades. He started his career from Andhra Prabha and performed duties in cable TV, satellite channels, Mana Telangana and social media. There are hundreds of articles written in the print media and events that shook the society and the government. Bhumeshwar’s article in Andhra Prabha in 1996 made people think that the Telangana movement was inevitable before the separate Telangana State Sadhana Movement started. He unearthed the history of Durgam pond. Presently employed at Andhra Prabha. |
| 2023 |
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Shri. Naga Bhushanam hails from Peepalpahad, Choutuppal, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri. He has been member of Indian Language Newspapers Association, New Delhi. He is a member of Hyderabad Union of Journalists and Advisor for News and Information Service, Hyderabad. He works for Delhi Press Group of Publications, New Delhi. He contributed many articles on various topics. He has a contributed in the area of Telugu as a Language. |
| 2024 |
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Shri Nelanti Madhu is a senior journalist at Prajasakti. He worked as an Editor. He is a man of values and sensitive towards the society. He has been participating in physical media seminar and workshops to put forward his opinion. He is both in print and digital media platform. He is a faculty of journalism. He contributes to the social issues as a columnist. His journey in journalism continues since 39 years. |
| 2025 |
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Shri. Venkatesan began his journey in the field of journalism from 1996 onwards. He grew from reporter to Editor. He contributed to Bimonthly magazines, Film News and articles on social issues in print media. From 2011 he updated to the electronic medi. He worked for Times of India for their Surabhi monthly edition. He is a freelance journalist and has translated over 2000 documentaries from National Geographical Channel and Discovery Channel. His contribution as a translation is towards, Environmental Safeguard, Social movement, Contemporary issues and society. He righty believes that his profession is a social responsibility towards society. Presently he is working for Sony BBC. |
