New Delhi, March 29: Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management has conferred on Dr Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-founder & Executive Co-Chairperson, New Delhi Television (NDTV) the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri award for excellnce in public administration and management 2015.
Justice VN Khare, Former Chief Justice of India, in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, gave the award to Roy. Roy receives 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 Rs.5 lakhs.
Earlier recipients of this Award have been Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Tessy Thomas, Prof Yash Pal, Aruna Roy, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Dr E Sreedharan, and MS Swaminathan, Dr NareshTrehan, Dr CP Srivastava, Ela R. Bhatt, Dr RA Mashelkar, NR Narayana Murthy, Sam Pitroda and late Prof CK Prahalad.
A Jury consisting of 12 eminent members,listed below,made this selection out of a total of an of 110 nominations received from among prominent academicians, administrators and management experts, both from public and private sector.
