Mineral Resources and Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla will give away awards to seven photojournalists at Mahendra Choudhary Memorial State-level photojournalism Award function at Samanvay Bhavan on July 24 at 5 pm.
Shukla will confer photo journalism award to Akhil Hardia of Indore for year 2008, Shri Rajesh Malviya of Jabalpur for 2009, Shri Sandeep Jadiya of Rewa for 2010, Bhopal’s AM Farooqui for 2011, Praveen Vajpayee for 2012 and Prakash Hathvalne for 2013 and Ravi Upadhyay of Gwalior for year 2014. Bank drafts of Rs 1.50 lakh each, letters of citation, shawls and coconuts will be given away as part of award. Jury members Rajendra Jangale, Prakash Kulkarni, Satish Tevre, Umesh Thakur and RC Sahu will also be felicitated at the programe. The Public Relations Minister will also honour family members of late Mahendra Choudhary.
late Mahendra Choudhary was born at Jabalpur. He excelled in photo journalism at a time when modern photography techniques were not developed. Photographs of late Choudhary were published in Jansatta, Nav Bharat Times, Indian Express, Sunday Mail, India Today, Ravivar, Dharmyug, Dainik Bhaskar, Amrit Bazar Patrika, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Nai Dunia, Jai Hind, Nav Bharat and other newspapers and magazines.