Burhan Kinu to receive award from PM Modi
Srinagar: Burhaan Kinu, a Kashmiri photojournalist working with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, has been awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for 2015 in the Photojournalism category.
He has received the award for his photographic coverage of the aftermath of the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq on September 29, 2015, at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, 40 km from New Delhi.
At a function in New Delhi on Wednesday, Burhan received the award from Prime Minister, Narendra Modi who was scheduled to give away awards across 28 categories for exceptional work in print, broadcast and online journalism in English, Hindi and regional languages.
The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards recognizes excellence in journalism and showcase outstanding contributions by individuals each year. In both the size of the award and its scope, these are the largest news media awards in the country.