Basharat’s well deserved award is a recognition for his writing skills to highlight the plight of the weaker sections of Kashmiri society
(Mr. Syed Basharat, 30, was born in Kreeri, Baramulla, and did his schooling in Kreeri, and later in Uri and Sopore. He graduated from the Degree College in Baramulla and completed his Master’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from the Kashmir University in 2005. He has been a reporter for Kashmir Images, a Srinagar based daily, London based website Gaashonline.Com, and a Srinagar based journal, Globe. Currently, he is working as a special correspondent with Jammu based daily newspaper, The Kashmir Times.)
Syed Basharat Awarded
Mumbai: Syed Basharat, special correspondent with Kashmir Times, has won the “Pradeep Shinde Excellence in Journalism Award” instituted by Press Club Mumbai. He was honoured at a glittering ceremony held at JK Banquets, Mumbai. Chief guest former Indian ambassador to Romania Julio Riberio and legendary cricketer Ajit Wadekar handed out the award to the winner. Some of the jury members, Justice (Retd) B N Srikrishna, senior journalists Ayaz Memon and Kumar Ketkar and former Director General of Police, Arvind Inamdar were also present on the occasion. The prestigious awards instituted by Press Club Mumbai are given in two categories: Pradeep Shinde Award for the crime story of the year and K N Prabhu award for cricket story of the year. The all-India competition for these awards attracted around 140 entries from many states. Syed Basharat won the award in the crime story category. His crime story was about the crimes against women in Kashmir. The award ceremony started with the short documentary film on the Press Club Mumbai history and the contribution of late K N Prabhu and late Pradeep Shinde in the field of journalism.