Veteran journalist and editor of Dainik Asam Radhika Mohan Bhagawati has been awarded the R N Borooah and Protiva Borooah Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the field of journalism in Assam.
The awards instituted in memory of R N Borooah, former Editor of The Assam Tribune, and his wife Protiva Borooah, consist of Rs 50,000 in cash and a citation.
R N Borooah Memorial Award for best reporting on environment, tourism, conservation of nature for 2014-2015 has been awarded to Bikash Sarma, Correspondent of Asomiya Pratidin from Golaghat district.
The Protiva Borooah Memorial Award for best reporting on uplift of poor and needy for 2014-2015 has been given to Gagan Kumar Nath, correspondent of Asomiya Khabor from Sipajhar in Darrang district.
