Monalisa Changkija honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at 3rd Kalyan Barooah Awards

DIMAPUR — Veteran journalist and former editor of Nagaland Page, Monalisa Changkija, has been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 3rd Kalyan Barooah Awards–2025, instituted by the North East Media Forum (NEMF) in association with My Home India. The winners were announced on Sunday in New Delhi.

A press release issued by the organisers stated that the award recognises her remarkable and sustained contribution to journalism in the Northeast, marking another significant milestone in her decades-long career as one of the region’s most influential journalistic voices.

A five-member jury comprising former AIR Director General Moushumi Chakrabarty, senior journalists Achinta Bora (PTI), Sandeep Phukan (The Hindu), Sachin Gogoi (BBC), and Prof. Shashwati Goswami, Regional Director of IIMC Aizawl, evaluated the nominations across multiple categories.

In the print category, Amal Goswami, chief staff reporter of Dainik Janambhumi, Assam, was declared the winner. The electronic media award went to Kshetrimayum Premchand, chief reporter of SKTV News, Imphal, Manipur.

In the digital media category, Mridul Kumar Handique of Pratidin Digital, Assam, won the award. No entries were received for the Still Photography and Videography categories this year.

The awards will be presented on December 11 at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, coinciding with the birth anniversary of the late Kalyan Barooah, after whom the awards are named.

The NEMF is a Delhi-based organisation of journalists from the Northeast working in Delhi-NCR, as well as journalists covering the region. My Home India is an NGO working to foster emotional integration between people from the North East and the rest of the country.