Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar won Chameli Devi Jain Award

 Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar on 15 March 2016 were named as joint winners of the 2015-16 Chameli Devi Jain Award. 
•    They were awarded for their work that clubs social concern and compassion with pioneering reportage and analytical skills.
•    Kakodkar's reports, targeted on the acute farming crisis in Maharashtra, were published on the front page of The Times of India in the year 2015. 
•    More than 50 of her reports were published in a year by the paper.
•    Independent journalist Raksha Kumar won the honour as her reports focused on the perilous features of the Union Government's proposal to amend the Land Acquisition Act, the Forest Rights Act and the Coal Act.
•    The award will be presented by former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on 17 March 2016 at the India International Centre, Delhi.
•    The annual Chameli Devi Award of The Media Foundation is the premier award for women media persons in India.
•    It was first awarded in 1982.