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{{short description|Journalism award in India}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson
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| awarded_for = Journalism award in India for women
| sponsor = The Media Foundation
| firstawarded = 1981
| lastawarded = 2024
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| holder_label = Most recent winner
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| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 54
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Neerja Chowdhury]]
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner = Ritika Chopra,
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The '''[[Chameli Devi Jain]] Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson''' is an Indian journalism award named after Chameli Devi Jain, an [[Indian independence activist]] who became the first [[Jainism|Jain]] woman to go to prison during India's independence struggle.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sarcajc.com/chameli-devi-jain.html | title=Chameli Devi Jain | access-date=6 February 2023 | archive-date=6 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206171426/http://www.sarcajc.com/chameli-devi-jain.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The award was instituted in 1980 by The Media Foundation and is given to women in the field of journalism. According to ''[[Business Standard]]'', the award is "perhaps India's longest running media award for women".<ref name="business-standard">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bbc-journalist-priyanka-dubey-gets-chameli-devi-jain-award-119030700881_1.html|title=BBC journalist Priyanka Dubey gets Chameli Devi Jain Award|date=7 March 2019|work=Business Standard|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=7 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307175640/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bbc-journalist-priyanka-dubey-gets-chameli-devi-jain-award-119030700881_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Media Foundation was founded in 1979 by [[B. G. Verghese]], Lakshmi Chand Jain, [[Prabhash Joshi]], [[Ajit Bhattacharjea]] and N. S. Jagannathan. The award was instituted in 1980 by Verghese and the family of Chameli Devi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asu.thehoot.org/resources/opportunities/the-chameli-devi-jain-award-2016-17-9855|title=The Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016{{endash}}17|date=18 December 2016|website=The Hoot|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224040303/http://asu.thehoot.org/resources/opportunities/the-chameli-devi-jain-award-2016-17-9855|url-status=live}}</ref> The criteria for selection include social concern, dedication, courage and compassion in the individual's work. Journalists in print, digital and broadcast are eligible including photographers, cartoonists and newspaper designers; the entries are judged by an independent jury. Preference is given to rural or small-town journalists and journalists in regional Indian languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/media-foundation-invites-nominations-for-chameli-devi-award-for-women-journalists/india/news/1467454.html|title=Media Foundation invites nominations for Chameli Devi Award for women journalists|website=United News of India|date=14 January 2019|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702102721/http://www.uniindia.com/media-foundation-invites-nominations-for-chameli-devi-award-for-women-journalists/india/news/1467454.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Neerja Chowdhury]] won the inaugural award in 1981. In 2015, Supriya Sharma of ''[[Scroll.in]]'' became the first online journalist to receive the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/713959/scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-wins-prestigious-chameli-devi-jain-award|title=Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award|website=Scroll.in|date=16 March 2015|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807045237/https://scroll.in/article/713959/scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-wins-prestigious-chameli-devi-jain-award|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Recipients ==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Smt. Homai Vyarawalla, at an Investiture Ceremony II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 01, 2011.jpg|thumb|alt=An image of Homai Vyarawalla|[[Homai Vyarawalla]] (right), winner of the 1998 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the [[Padma Vibhushan]] from the [[President of India]] in 2011.]]
[[File:Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2017 to Ms. Pushpa Girimaji, Gurugram, Haryana, at a function, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=An image of Pushpa Girimaji|[[Pushpa Girimaji]], winner of the 1991 Chameli Devi Jain Award.]]
[[File:The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Shri Award – 2006 to Ms. Sucheta Dalal, a well-known business journalist, in New Delhi on March 20, 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Sucheta Dalal]] (right), winner of the 1992 Chameli Devi Jain Award, receiving the [[Padma Shri]] from the [[President of India]] in 2006.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Associated media house(s)/notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1981
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Chowdhury|[[Neerja Chowdhury]]}}
|''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] [[The Indian Express]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1982
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dutt|Prabha Dutt}} {{Sort|Ninan|[[Sevanti Ninan]]}}
|{{endash}} {{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=ground>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/d1M0PTCpcyxced7WllZtAP/Breaking-new-ground.html|title=Breaking new ground|last=Nair|first=Supriya|date=30 May 2012|work=Mint|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=21 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721115646/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/d1M0PTCpcyxced7WllZtAP/Breaking-new-ground.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1983
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Aiyar|Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar}} {{Sort|Narasimhan|[[Sakuntala Narasimhan]]}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/kalpana-sharma-shahnaz-anklesaria-aiyar-believed-what-she-wrote-could-make-a-difference/20150707.htm|title=Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference|last=Sharma|first=Kalpana|date=7 July 2015|website=Rediff.com|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618141220/https://www.rediff.com/news/column/kalpana-sharma-shahnaz-anklesaria-aiyar-believed-what-she-wrote-could-make-a-difference/20150707.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1984
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Barse|Sheela Barse}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=ground/>
|-
|1985
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Kishwar|[[Madhu Kishwar|Madhu Purnima Kishwar]]}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcrc.du.ac.in/img/dummies/faa/cv/Madhu.pdf|title=Prof. Madhu Purnima Kishwar|work=Developing Countries Research Centre|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702105407/http://dcrc.du.ac.in/img/dummies/faa/cv/Madhu.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1986
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Sharma|[[Kalpana Sharma]]}}
|''Himmat The Indian Express [[The Times of India]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/kalpana-sharma/|title=Kalpana Sharma|access-date=9 March 2019|publisher=Penguin Books|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328191846/http://penguin.co.in/author/kalpana-sharma/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1987
! scope="row" | No winner
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite book|title=Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way. Stories by winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|last2=Padgaonkar|first2=Latika|last1=Singh|first1=Shubha|year=2012|publisher=Tranquebar|isbn=9789381626498|page=6}}</ref>
|-
|1988
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Singh|[[Tavleen Singh]]}}
|''[[India Today]]'' ''The Indian Express''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite book|title=Mass Media in India|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=24|year=1990}}</ref>
|-
|1989
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Subramaniam|[[Chitra Subramaniam]]}}
|''India Today''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=ground/>
|-
|1990
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Rai|Usha Rai}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Ravindranath|first=Sushila|date=29 April 2012|title=Does a journalists gender matter|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/does-a-journalists-gender-matter/942858/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603060601/https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/does-a-journalists-gender-matter/942858/|archive-date=3 June 2021|access-date=9 March 2019|website=The Financial Express}}</ref>
|-
|1991
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Girimaji|[[Pushpa Girimaji]]}} Mediastorm Collective{{efn|[[Shohini Ghosh]], Ranjani Mazumdar, Sabina Kidwai, Shikha Jhingan, Sabeena Gadihoke and Charu Gargi}}
|{{endash}} {{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/others/an-opaque-state-is-asking-for-public-transparency/articleshow/58116255.cms|title=An opaque state is asking for public transparency|last=Das|first=Priyanka|date=11 April 2017|website=Pune Mirror|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|1992
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dalal|[[Sucheta Dalal]]}} {{Sort|Setalvad|[[Teesta Setalvad]]}}
|''The Times of India The Indian Express''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=427441019&capId=20990355&previousCapId=&previousTitle=|title=Sucheta Dalal: Executive Profile & Biography|website=Bloomberg|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1993
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Bhatt|Sheela Bhatt}} {{Sort|Raghuvanshi|Alka Raghuvanshi}} Manimala
|''India Today''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-media-is-a-spectacular-failure-says-sheela-bhatt/20120529.htm|title=Sheela Bhatt on the Indian media|last=Bhatt|first=Sheela|date=29 May 2019|website=Rediff|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127062926/https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-media-is-a-spectacular-failure-says-sheela-bhatt/20120529.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1994
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Singh|Shubha Singh}}
|''The Telegraph The Pioneer [[The Khaleej Times]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/first-look/article3476653.ece|title=First look|last=Daftuar|first=Swati|work=The Hindu|date=2 June 2012|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071417/https://www.thehindu.com/books/first-look/article3476653.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1995
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Mukhim|[[Patricia Mukhim]]}}
|''[[The Shillong Times]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Attributes_of_Women_from_NE.Patricia_Mukhim|title=Patricia Mukhim|last=Oinam|first=G.S.|website=e-pao.net|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035551/http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Attributes_of_Women_from_NE.Patricia_Mukhim|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1996
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Suresh|Annam Suresh}} {{Sort|Hakim|Rehana Hakim}}
|{{endash}} {{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite book|title=Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way: Stories by Winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|last1=Singh|first1=Shubha|last2=Padgaonkar|first2=Latika|year=2012|isbn=9789381626498|publisher=Westland|page=54}}</ref>
|-
|1997
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Pratap|[[Anita Pratap]]}}
|[[CNN]] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1998
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Vyarawalla|[[Homai Vyarawalla]]}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/anubhavasancharangal-vanitha-madhyama-pravarthakarude-ormakal-review/article6636186.ece|title=The way of the news, in her words|last=Pillai|first=Meena T.|work=The Hindu|date=27 November 2014|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302160522/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/anubhavasancharangal-vanitha-madhyama-pravarthakarude-ormakal-review/article6636186.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1999
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dutt|[[Barkha Dutt]]}} {{Sort|Philipose|[[Pamela Philipose]]}} {{Sort|Kiro|Vasavi Kiro}}
|NDTV ''The Times of India [[Prabhat Khabar]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|agency=Press Trust of India|date=4 April 2000|title=Barkha Dutt gets award|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/barkha-dutt-gets-award/article28010029.ece|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071411/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/barkha-dutt-gets-award/article28010029.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name=emn>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/in-her-words-16/|title=In Her Words|date=14 June 2014|website=Eastern Mirror|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509170428/https://easternmirrornagaland.com/in-her-words-16/|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/pamela-philipose-public-editor-wire-serve-interface-readers|title=Pamela Philipose to be Ombudsman of The Wire, Serve as Interface With Readers|date=7 July 2016|website=The Wire|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309131122/https://thewire.in/media/pamela-philipose-public-editor-wire-serve-interface-readers|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2000
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Kutchji|Kunjal Paanje Kutchji}}
|''Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/stories/awardkutch.htm|title=India Together: Kutch Radio program receives an award|last=Virmani|first=Shabnam|date=April 2001|website=India Together|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=13 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613225241/http://www.indiatogether.org/stories/awardkutch.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2001
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Haralu|[[Bano Haralu]]}}
|''Eastern Mirror''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/bano-haralu-honoured-for-contributions-in-journalism-environmental-conservation/|title=Bano Haralu honoured for contributions in journalism, environmental conservation|work=Eastern Mirror|date=23 October 2014|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502195441/http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/bano-haralu-honoured-for-contributions-in-journalism-environmental-conservation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2002
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Trivedi|Shikha Trivedi}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=emn/>
|-
|2003
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Jain|Sonu Jain}} Chitrakoot Rural Women's Collective
|''The Indian Express'' ''[[Khabar Lahariya]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DseR8ILypQC&q=Indian+Express+Special+Correspondent+Sonu+Jain+chameli+jain&pg=PA137|title=Concise General Knowledge 2007|last=Subburaj|first=VVK|publisher=Sura Books|year=2007|isbn=9788172540746|pages=137|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/newshounds-of-the-hinterland/story-ofPIueTJ3PtShJYXi7WhqK.html|title=Newshounds of the hinterland|last=Kohli|first=Namita|date=22 July 2007|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071411/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/newshounds-of-the-hinterland/story-ofPIueTJ3PtShJYXi7WhqK.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2004
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Narain|[[Sunita Narain]]}}
|[[Down to Earth (magazine)|''Down to Earth magazine'']]
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/sunita-narain-presented-chameli-devi-jain-award_209375.html|title=Sunita Narain presented Chameli Devi Jain Award|date=30 March 2005|website=Zee News|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071437/https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/sunita-narain-presented-chameli-devi-jain-award_209375.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2005
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Talukdar|Ratna Bharali Talukdar}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2005|title=Fifth CSE Media Fellowship: Mining, Environment and People's Protests|url=https://www.cseindia.org/fifth-cse-media-fellowship-mining-environment-and-peoples-protests-339|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214043716/http://www.cseindia.org:80/fifth-cse-media-fellowship-mining-environment-and-peoples-protests-339 |archive-date=14 February 2018 |access-date=2021-02-11|website=Centre for Science and Environment|language=en|quote=Ratna was recently awarded the Chameli Devi Jain award}}</ref>
|-
|2006
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Bose|Nilanjana Bose}} {{Sort|B|Sreerekha B}}
|[[CNN-IBN]] ''[[Vanitha]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/chameli-devi-award-for-cnn-ibn-journo-261621.html|title=Chameli Devi Award for CNN-IBN journo|date=24 March 2007|website=[[News18]]|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410143935/http://www.news18.com/news/india/chameli-devi-award-for-cnn-ibn-journo-261621.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2007
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Nanda|Rupashree Nanda}}
|CNN-IBN
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/cnn-ibns-rupashree-nanda-wins-chameli-devi-award-285899.html|title=CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda wins Chameli Devi Award|date=25 March 2008|website=[[News18]]|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071419/https://www.news18.com/news/india/cnn-ibns-rupashree-nanda-wins-chameli-devi-award-285899.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2008
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Subramanian|Nirupama Subramanian}} {{Sort|Deshmukh|Vinita Deshmukh}}
|''[[The Hindu]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/|title=I Am A Journalist, Full Stop|last=Pal|first=Deepanjana|date=28 April 2012|website=Newslaundry|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308225139/https://www.newslaundry.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2009
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Changkija|[[Monalisa Changkija]]}} {{Sort|Chaudhury|[[Shoma Chaudhury]]}}
|''[[Nagaland Page]] Tehelka''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/Shoma-Monalisa-to-share-Chameli-Devi-award/article16554609.ece|title=Shoma, Monalisa to share Chameli Devi award|date=10 March 2010|work=The Hindu|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071421/https://www.thehindu.com/news/Shoma-Monalisa-to-share-Chameli-Devi-award/article16554609.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2010
! scope="row" | {{Sort|K|[[Shahina K. K.]]}}
|[[Open (Indian magazine)|''Open'']]
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/shahina-of-open-magazine-conferred-chameli-devi-award/story-khfVvRHx7q2dgCiHFRHCKJ.html|title=Shahina of Open magazine conferred Chameli Devi award|date=15 March 2011|website=Hindustan Times|agency=Press Trust of India|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=11 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111124729/http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/shahina-of-open-magazine-conferred-chameli-devi-award/story-khfVvRHx7q2dgCiHFRHCKJ.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2011
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Mittal|Tusha Mittal}}
|''[[Tehelka]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/chameli-devi-award-for-tusha-mittal/article2993845.ece|title=Chameli Devi award for Tusha Mittal|date=14 March 2012|work=The Hindu|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071416/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/chameli-devi-award-for-tusha-mittal/article2993845.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2012
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dhupkar|Alka Dhupkar}}
|[[IBN Lokmat]]
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asu.thehoot.org/media-watch-briefs/chameli-winner-6670|title=Chameli winner|date=18 March 2013|website=The Hoot|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071440/http://asu.thehoot.org/media-watch-briefs/chameli-winner-6670|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2013
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Bhonsle|[[Anubha Bhonsle]]}}
|[[CNN-News18]]
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/section-of-mainstream-media-biased-in-covering-poll-stories-114032001175_1.html|title=Section of mainstream media "biased" in covering poll stories|date=20 March 2014|work=Business Standard|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071409/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/section-of-mainstream-media-biased-in-covering-poll-stories-114032001175_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2014
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Sharma|Supriya Sharma}}
|''[[Scroll.in]]''
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/713959/scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-wins-prestigious-chameli-devi-jain-award|title=Scroll.in's Supriya Sharma wins prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award|author=Scroll Staff|date=16 March 2015|website=Scroll.in|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807045237/https://scroll.in/article/713959/scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-wins-prestigious-chameli-devi-jain-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2015
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Kakodkar|Priyanka Kakodkar}} {{Sort|Kumar|Raksha Kumar}}
|''The Times of India'' {{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/chameli-devi-jain-award-winners-named-116031501106_1.html|title=Chameli Devi Jain award winners named|date=15 March 2016|work=Business Standard|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029042338/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/chameli-devi-jain-award-winners-named-116031501106_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2016
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dixit|[[Neha Dixit]]}}
|{{endash}}
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/culture/neha-dixit-wins-chameli-devi-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalist-for-2016|title=Neha Dixit Wins Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2016|date=1 March 2017|website=The Wire|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809110240/https://thewire.in/culture/neha-dixit-wins-chameli-devi-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalist-for-2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2017
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Sudhir|[[Uma Sudhir]]}}
|[[NDTV]]
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/28-years-news-ndtv-s-uma-sudhir-wins-chameli-devi-jain-award-2017-77419|title=28 years in the news: NDTV's Uma Sudhir wins Chameli Devi Jain award 2017|last=Isaac|first=Anna|date=5 March 2018|website=The News Minute|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811035757/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/28-years-news-ndtv-s-uma-sudhir-wins-chameli-devi-jain-award-2017-77419|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2018
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Dubey|Priyanka Dubey}}
|BBC
|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/bbc-journalist-gets-chameli-devi-award-5616534/|title=BBC journalist gets Chameli Devi award|date=8 March 2019|website=The Indian Express|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308002640/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/bbc-journalist-gets-chameli-devi-award-5616534/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2019
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Arfa|[[Arfa Khanum Sherwani]]}} {{Sort|Rohini|[[Rohini Mohan (journalist)|Rohini Mohan]]}}
|''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' {{endash}}
|<ref name="wire">{{cite web|date=13 March 2020|title=Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rohini Mohan Win Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women Journalists|url=https://thewire.in/media/arfa-khanum-sherwani-rohini-mohan-chameli-devi-jain-award|access-date=13 March 2020|website=The Wire|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127071419/https://thewire.in/media/arfa-khanum-sherwani-rohini-mohan-chameli-devi-jain-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2020
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Singh|Neetu Singh}}
|''Gaon Connection''
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=19 March 2021|agency=PTI|title=Gaon Connection's Neetu Singh gets Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journalist|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/gaon-connections-neetu-singh-gets-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalist/2049916|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Outlook India}}</ref>
|-
|2021
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Johari|Aarefa Johari}}
|''Scroll.in''
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |agency=PTI |title=Journalist Aarefa Johari Wins Chameli Devi Jain Award |url=https://thewire.in/media/journalist-aarefa-johari-wins-chameli-devi-jain-award |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=The Wire |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910172043/https://thewire.in/media/journalist-aarefa-johari-wins-chameli-devi-jain-award |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022
! scope="row" |{{Sort|Rajendran |[[Dhanya Rajendran]]}}
|''The News Minute''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2023-03-15 |title=Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2022 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-dhanya-rajendran-to-receive-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-2022/article66624455.ece |access-date=2023-03-16 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316182528/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-dhanya-rajendran-to-receive-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-2022/article66624455.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2024
! scope="row" | {{Sort|Chopra|Ritika Chopra}} Greeshma Kuthar
| ''[[The Indian Express]]'' {{endash}}
|<ref name="express2024">{{cite news |title=Indian Express's Ritika Chopra, independent journalist Greeshma Kuthar win Chameli Devi award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-express-ritika-chopra-independent-journalist-greeshma-kuthar-chameli-devi-award-9214141/ |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=The Indian Express |date=14 March 2024 |language=en |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327220212/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-express-ritika-chopra-independent-journalist-greeshma-kuthar-chameli-devi-award-9214141/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

Note that before 2024 the award made in one year was named for the previous year, thus the award made in March 2023 was the 2022 award,<ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award for 2022 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-dhanya-rajendran-to-receive-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-2022/article66624455.ece |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=15 March 2023 |language=en-IN |archive-date=17 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417172803/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/journalist-dhanya-rajendran-to-receive-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-2022/article66624455.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> but in 2024 the system changed and the award made in March 2024 was called the 2024 award.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 for Outstanding Woman Media Person given jointly to Greeshma Kuthar and Ritika Chopra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chameli-devi-jain-award-2024-for-outstanding-woman-media-person-given-jointly-to-greeshma-kuthar-and-ritika-chopra/article67950803.ece |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=14 March 2024 |language=en-IN |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324143046/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chameli-devi-jain-award-2024-for-outstanding-woman-media-person-given-jointly-to-greeshma-kuthar-and-ritika-chopra/article67950803.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards]]

== References ==
; Notes
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;Citations
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;Bibliography
*{{cite book|title=Making News, Breaking News, Her Own Way. Stories by winners of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|last2=Padgaonkar|first2=Latika|last1=Singh|first1=Shubha|year=2012|publisher=Tranquebar|isbn=9789381626498}}

{{Indian journalism awards}}
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Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons - Revision history

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