The 16th lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2015 was conferred on Dr Prannoy Roy, executive co-founder and executive co-chairperson, New Delhi Television (NDTV) for Excellence in Public Administration and Management. Justice VN Khare, former Chief Justice gave the award at Vigyan Bhavan.
The award is given by the lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Dwarka every year to accomplished public figure who has excelled in public administration and Dr Roy received the award for his outstanding contribution in the field of TV/digital journalism in India.The award carries a citation, a plaque and cash award of Rs5 lakh.
Earlier recipients of this award have been Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Dr RajendraAchyut Badwe, Tessy Thomas, Prof Yash Pal, Aruna Roy, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Dr E Sreedharan, and Dr MS Swaminathan, Dr Naresh Trehan, Dr C P Srivastava, Ela R Bhatt, Dr RA Mashelkar, NR Narayana Murthy, Sam Pitroda and late Prof CK Prahalad.
Giving his welcome address on the occasion, the convener of the jury and chairman of lBSIM, Anil Shastri said: “ DrPramnnoy Roy has set a high standard of onscreen conduct that is worth emulating for other media persons.”