AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

Mazhar Farooqui has bagged several awards for investigative journalism

AWARDS MAIN PHOTO
AWARD FROM ARMY CHIEF
Best story award from Gulf News Editor at Large Mohammed Al Mezel
Receiving the Gulf News editorial award for Best Story from Editor in Chief Abdul Hamid Ahmed
mazhar award
TRACE Prize Award Certificate 2020_6.2.20 (1)

  • 2013

    Sharjah Government Communication Award

    For Best Investigative Report by Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council

  • 2014

    Karpoor Chandra Kullish (KCK) International Award

    For Excellence in Print Journalism (Merit) for Investigative Report

  • 2018

    Fairway Project fellowship

    Ethical Journalists Network (EJN) and International Labour Organisation (ILO)

  • 2018

    Rajasthan Patrika’s KCK International Award

    For Excellence in Print Journalism by Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat in New Delhi.

  • 2019

    Best stories of 2019

    Mazhar Farooqui’s expose on job racket is ranked among best stories of 2019 by Global Investigative Journalism

  • 2020

    Trace Prize for Investigative Reporting

    At a virtual award ceremony held in Maryland, USA.

  • 2021

    KCK International Award

    For Excellence in Print Journalism for story on global job racket