ABP Majha Journalist Mandar Ganjari was conferred with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2024 during a ceremony in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Mandar Ganjari, who received the award from President Droupadi Murmu, won the prestigious award under the category of Regional languages.
The annual awards, instituted by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation, honour the best of journalism showcasing 20 outstanding contributions from journalists across categories, including investigative journalism, sports, politics and government. President Droupadi Murmu was the Chief Guest at the award ceremony this year.
Ganjari won the award for his stories on how an undertrial ran a successful synthetic drug racket from his bed in Pune's Sassoon General Hospital.
The jury of the excellence awards this year include: former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna; Prof C Raj Kumar, founding Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University; Prof K G Suresh, former Vice Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University; Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies; and Dr S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner.