Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 November 2016 presented the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism at a function in New Delhi.
The honour acknowledges exceptional work across 28 categories in print, broadcast and online journalism in English, Hindi and regional languages.
Ramnath Goenka was an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications.
Complete list of winners
| Award | Winner |
| Prakash Rakesh Kardaley Memorial Award for Civic Journalism | Christin Mathew Philip (The Times of India) |
| Uncovering India Invisible | Print: Ashwaq Masoodi (Mint) Broadcast: Sarada Lahangir (Kalinga TV) |
| Hindi | Print: Santosh Kumar (India Today) Broadcast: Sanjay Nandan (ABP news), Syeda Afifa Khatoon (NEWS24) |
| Regional Languages | Print: Firos Khan M (Madhyamam Daily), Nileena Atholi (Mathrubhumi) Broadcast: Pramod Shastri G (TV9) |
| Sports Journalism | Print: Devendra Pandey (The Indian Express) Broadcast: Sanjeeb Mukherjea (CNN-IBN) |
| Reporting from J&K and the Northeast | Print: Esha Roy (The Indian Express) and Maddipatla Rajshekhar (Scroll.in) Broadcast: Shubhajit Sengupta (CNN-IBN) |
| Environmental reporting | Print: Pritha Chatterjee, Aniruddha Ghoshal (The Indian Express) Broadcast: Sushil Chandra Bahuguna (NDTV India) |
| Business and Economic Journalism | Print: Khushboo Narayan (The Indian Express) and Rajeev Dubey (Business Today) Broadcast: Archana Shukla (CNBC TV18) |
| Foreign Correspondent covering India | Print: Victor John Mallet (Financial Times) |
| Investigative reporting | Print: Maneesha Pandey, Sandeep Pai (Newslaundry) Broadcast: Ganesh Suratchand Thakur (ABP news) |
| On-the-spot reporting | Print: Nayantara Narayan (Scroll.in) Broadcast: Aamir Rafiq Peerzada, Rakesh Solanky (NDTV) Feature writing: Shamik Bag (Mint), Sreedevi TV (Malayala Manorama) |
| Reporting on Politics and Government | Print: Ashutosh Bhardwaj (The Indian Express) Broadcast: Halimabi Abdul Kureshi (IBN Lokmat) |
| Photo Journalism | Burhan Kinu (Hindustan Times) |
| Commentary and interpretative writing | Anna MM Vetticad (BLink), Pramit Bhattacharya (Mint) |
| Books | Author: Akshaya Mukul (Non-fiction) Book: Gita Press & The Making of Hindu India Publication: Harper Collins |
| Sanjiv Sinha Memorial Award for Excellence in Reporting | Aditi Vatsa (The Indian Express) |
| Priya Chandrashekar Memorial Award for Excellence in Editing | Saikat Kumar Bose (The Indian Express) |
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