Indian bags global award for journalism

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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the 
world’s apex body overseeing global research in agriculture, has awarded 
its Outstanding Journalism Category Award 2003 to Indian photojournalist, 
Pallava Bagla. 

He has been selected for the honour for his article ‘‘Drought Exposes 
Cracks in India’s Monsoon Model’’ published in 2002 in the prestigious 
journal Science and for his articles published in media and journals. 


The award which carries a cash prize of US$ 5000 was presented to Bagla on 
Wednesday at the annual general body meeting of the CGIAR at the UN office 
in Nairobi. This award is the highest honour for agriculture journalism. It 
is for the first time that an Indian has been selected for this.

Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=34586