President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Awards for excellence in journalism to Sujit Chakraborty, a senior Journalist of Tripura and Bureau Chief and Special Correspondent of IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) at the National Press Day celebrations, at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on November 16, 2015.

The Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Chairman Press Council of India, Justice Chadramauli Kumar Prasad and other dignitaries were also presented during the programme.

The Press Council of India (PCI) has announced the winners of its national awards for excellence in journalism for 2015.

Sujit Chakraborty of Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) Vinoy Mathew of Matrubhumi were named joint winners in the developmental reporting and rural journalism category. Press Trust of India (PTI)s Shahbaz Khan was selected for the award for photo-journalism in single news picture category, while Tashi of Indian Express bagged the honour in the photo feature category.

Sujit Chakraborty, who heads the IANS Tripura bureau, won the Press Council of India's National Award for Excellence in Journalism in the category of Rural Journalism and Developmental Reporting.

Born in February 24, 1962 Sujit Chakroborty studied in MBB College under Calcutta University. He is an excellent journalist, and as well as experienced too.