| S. NO. | Award Category | Name | Publication | Story | Year |
| 1 | PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Radheshyam Bapu Jadhav | The Times of India | For his stories from Pune on the garbage mess in the city and on the fast vanishing open spaces. | 2011 |
| 2 | PRAKASH KARDALEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Kunal Rajnikant Purohit | Hindustan Times | For his series of stories related to the BMC land surveys in Mumbai. | 2012 |
| 3 | UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (PRINT) | Anil Padmanabhan & Cordelia Jenkins | Mint | For their ‘Past Present Future’ series that tracks India’s changings professions– from a spa for dogs to the day in the life of a wedding planner. | 2011 |
| 4 | UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (PRINT) | Neelesh Misra & Manish Mishra | Gaon Connection | For bringing stories of aspirations and change from rural India. | 2012 |
| 5 | UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (BROADCAST) | Umesh Aggarwal | Doordarshan | For his incisive report that put prominent journalists in the spotlight, bringing to light the practise of paid news | 2011 |
| 6 | UNCOVERING INDIA INVISIBLE (BROADCAST) | Alka Atmaram Dhupkar | IBN Lokmat | For her gripping report on the absence of regulations protecting the rights of surrogate mothers | 2012 |
| 7 | HINDI (PRINT) | Priyanka Dubey | Tehelka | For putting the spotlight on Bundelkhand where at least 15 girls were burnt alive in just one year. | 2011 |
| 8 | HINDI (PRINT) | Brijesh Singh | Tehelka | For his story capturing the plight of refugees in the Jammu region. | 2012 |
| 9 | HINDI (BROADCAST) | No Winner | – | – | 2011 |
| 10 | HINDI (BROADCAST) | Sharik Rahman Khan | NDTV India | For his hard hitting reports exploring the politics behind the Muzaffarnagar riots | 2012 |
| 11 | FILM & TELEVISION JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Dipti Nagpaul | The Indian Express | For bringing alive the world of almost-famous ‘extras’– the junior artistes, background models and foreigner ‘actors’. | 2011 |
| 12 | FILM & TELEVISION JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Shweta Thakur Nanda | The Week | For exploring how a growing breed of bare-all celebs is reflecting changing attitudes among women in a changing India. | 2012 |
| 13 | FILM & TELEVISION JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | No Winner | – | – | 2011 |
| 14 | FILM & TELEVISION JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | Yaseer Usman | ABP News | Complete with archival footage and interviews, his show shared secrets of behind-the-scenes romance between film stars | 2012 |
| 15 | BOOKS (NON-FICTION) (PRINT) | Mark Tully For Non Stop India | Penguin Books | – | 2011 |
| 16 | BOOKS (NON-FICTION) (PRINT) | Mr. Adrian Levy and Ms.Cathy Scott-Clark For The Meadow | Penguin Books | – | 2012 |
| 17 | REGIONAL LANGUAGES (PRINT) | Reji R. Nair | Mathrubhumi | For her articles on organ donation that showed how there is no coordination in getting organs to those who need them. | 2011 |
| 18 | REGIONAL LANGUAGES (PRINT) | Soman T. | Mathrubhumi | For his six-part series that captures the new face of Kerala with its migrant workers and their stories of exploitation and hope. | 2012 |
| 19 | REGIONAL LANGUAGES (BROADCAST) | Siddu Biradar | TV 9 | His ground report from the famine-struck district of Raichur that led the government to take corrective measures | 2011 |
| 20 | REGIONAL LANGUAGES (BROADCAST) | Prajakta R. Dhulap | IBN Lokmat | If the former news report celebrated the courage of young girls who said no to child marriage in Jalna district of Marathwada, the second exposed the reasons behind the skewed sex ratio in Beed | 2012 |
| 21 | SPORTS JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Anand Vasu | Sports Illustrated India | For his exclusive interview of Rahul Dravid and V V S Laxman where the two talk of their growth in the game and share the secrets of their two-decade old friendship. | 2011 |
| 22 | SPORTS JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Shantanu Guha Ray | India Today | For taking a hard look at what’s ailing Indian cricket after its 0-4 loss to Australia in the 2012 Tests. | 2012 |
| 23 | SPORTS JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | Vinayak Deepak Gaikwad | IBN Lokmat | For his comprehensive report on the growing popularity of football in traditionally kushti-centric Kolhapur | 2011 |
| 24 | SPORTS JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | Vimal Mohan | NDTV India | His in-depth back story documented the poor infrastructure that thwart India’s Olympics dreams and the challenges faced by athletes | 2012 |
| 25 | REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (PRINT) | Lambok Thabah | U Nongsain Hima | For his series highlighting misappropriation of rice and sugar under the government’s PDS scheme in Meghalaya. | 2011 |
| 26 | REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (PRINT) | Bashaarat Masood | The Indian Express | For bringing the story of five grieving families who lost their kin in the Pathribal fake encounter. | 2012 |
| 27 | REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (BROADCAST) | Sreenivasan Jain | NDTV 24X7 | For his investigations questioning the role of different players during the siege that plunged Manipur into 100-day economic blockade | 2011 |
| 28 | REPORTING FROM J&K AND THE NORTHEAST (BROADCAST) | Maya Mirchandani | NDTV 24X7 | For her thorough analysis of the clashes in Assam’s Kokrajhar and chronicling the Bodo movement for autonomy | 2012 |
| 29 | ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (PRINT) | R Samban | Deshabhimani | For his series on Vellayani Kayal, a freshwater lake in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district, that is facing an imminent death because of encroachments and sand mining. | 2011 |
| 30 | ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (PRINT) | Vinod Kumar Menon | Mid-Day | For reporting from Thane district’s parched interiors on its acute water scarcity. | 2012 |
| 31 | ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Arti Dattatray Kulkarni | IBN Lokmat | For exposing the threat from the proposed power projects that will dot the peaceful coastline in Konkan | 2011 |
| 32 | ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Ajay Suri & Asif Khan | National Geographic | Their film probed the man-animal conflict in Uttarakhand, how leopards and elephants in the hill station are increasingly feeling the heat of urbanisation | 2012 |
| 33 | BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Dinesh Unnikrishnan | Mint | For his story on the changing face of microfinance. | 2011 |
| 34 | BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (PRINT) | Nidhi Verma | Reuters | For her series of stories on Iran’s oil imports to India that were impacted because of US sanctions. | 2012 |
| 35 | BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | Karma Paljor | CNN-IBN | For his comprehensive investigations into the corruption within Air India, that led to its financial collapse | 2011 |
| 36 | BUSINESS & ECONOMIC JOURNALISM (BROADCAST) | Manu C. Kumar | Manorama News | His incisive story unveiling malpractices while importing from China and pressed on the need for tax proficiency | 2012 |
| 37 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA (PRINT) | Stephanie Nolen | The Globe and Mail | For her sensitive and dispassionate reporting on gender and caste issues in rural India | 2011 |
| 38 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT COVERING INDIA (PRINT) | Victor John Mallet | Financial Times | For his report on Narendra Modi titled ‘The man who would be PM’. | 2012 |
| 39 | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (PRINT) | Surbhi Khyati | The Indian Express | For her series exposing the corruption in the National Rural Health Mission in UP. | 2011 |
| 40 | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (PRINT) | Mehul Srivastava, Andrew Macaskill & Adi Narayan | Bloomberg News | For their story of how malnutrition affects India’s children. | 2012 |
| 41 | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Jajati Karan | CNN-IBN | For his compelling exposé of illegal mining in Orissa that shook the state government | 2011 |
| 42 | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Geeta Datta | News X | She uncovered the world of illegal testing of experimental drugs on unknowing human subjects | 2012 |
| 43 | ON THE SPOT REPORTING (PRINT) | Manu Pubby | The Indian Express | For his stories from ground zero in Cairo capturing the protests at Tahrir Square, President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster and elections for a ‘new’ Egypt. | 2011 |
| 44 | ON THE SPOT REPORTING (PRINT) | Ashutosh Bhardwaj | The Indian Express | For his poignant stories and hard-hitting exposes from the Naxal heartland. | 2012 |
| 45 | ON THE SPOT REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Vishnu Som | NDTV 24X7 | He was the only Indian journalist to enter the Sendai disaster zone and give ground zero report of the nuclear disaster | 2011 |
| 46 | ON THE SPOT REPORTING (BROADCAST) | Arijit Sen | CNN-IBN | His poignant reports from the heartland of flood-affected Assam revealed the plight of the homeless and exposed the corruption plaguing rescue operations | 2012 |
| 47 | COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATIVE WRITING | Christophe Jaffrelot | The Caravan | For his incisive writings on some of the most discussed themes of the day, from how India needs to deal with contract-driven diplomacy of the West to the new breed of political sadhus. | 2011 |
| 48 | COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATIVE WRITING | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha | Mint | For his incisive commentary on India’s economy. | 2012 |
| 49 | REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PRINT) | Vinod K Jose | The Caravan | For his gripping account of Karunanidhi’s changing fortunes and for tracking Manmohan Singh’s waning influence. | 2011 |
| 50 | REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PRINT) | Muzamil Jaleel | The Indian Express | For his story on how in the branding of people as SIMI activists, innocuous objects take the form of “incriminating material”. | 2012 |
| 51 | REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (BROADCAST) | Smitha Nair | CNN-IBN | For her vivid profile of the average Kerala Muslim and views of mainstream political players and radical elements in Kerala | 2011 |
| 52 | REPORTING ON POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (BROADCAST) | Marya Shakil | CNN-IBN | Her extensive tour across Uttar Pradesh disclosed the mindset of Muslims yearning to be part of the mainstream | 2012 |
| 53 | THE SANJIV SINHA MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING (PRINT) | Appu Esthose Suresh | – | – | – |
| 54 | THE PRIYA CHANDRASHEKHAR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDITING (PRINT) | Ipsita Chakravarty: Opinion team | – | – | – |
| 56 | JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 2012 | Sreenivasan Jain | NDTV 24X7 | – | – |
