Shantanu Nandan Sharma

Awards & Honours

A Rewarding Journey

The Moments That Inspire, Motivate, and Humble

  1. 5 November 2001 – 2 February 2002

    Chevening Scholarship for Young Indian Journalists

    University of Westminster, London

    Received the Chevening Scholarship for Young Indian Journalists; spent three months at the University of Westminster in London — reading, travelling, reporting, and studying the British press at close quarters.

    The fellowship included a month-long internship with The Independent, London, where the newsroom's rhythms, editing culture, and long-form story telling left a lasting mark.

    Reporting during internship focused on the state of British Railways after privatisation — commuter frustration, delayed services, and the everyday politics of a public system in transition.

    NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

    The Independent, London, 13 January 2002
    The Independent, London13 January 2002Full-page FOCUS feature — 'A passage to Euston (30 mins late)' — on the unravelling of Britain's privatised railways.
    The Independent, London, 20 January 2002
    The Independent, London20 January 2002'If it looks like a bus and crawls like a bus — how can they call it a train?' — a dispatch on Arriva's replacement bus service in the North.

  2. 24 October – 11 November 2005

    Reuters Foundation Fellowship on Writing Business News

    Reuters Foundation

    Selected for an advanced journalism fellowship on writing business news — a structured programme held in London on financial reporting, market storytelling, and the discipline of clear economic prose.

    The fellowship shaped a sharper approach to nuanced reporting, with an emphasis on accuracy, context, and the human stakes behind numbers.

  3. 24 February 2019

    Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award

    Guwahati, Assam

    Conferred the Parag Kumar Das Sangbadikota Bota — a respected journalism award in Assam recognising outstanding contribution to journalism, instituted in memory of the fearless editor Parag Kumar Das.

    The award was presented at the Vivekananda Kendra auditorium, Uzan Bazar, Guwahati.

    NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

    The Assam Tribune, 25 February 2019
    The Assam Tribune · English25 February 2019'Shantanu Nandan Sharma conferred Parag Das award' — report on the ceremony at Vivekananda Kendra, Uzan Bazar, Guwahati.
    Dainik Agradoot, 25 February 2019
    Dainik Agradoot · Assamese25 February 2019Assamese-language coverage of the Parag Kumar Das Sangbadikota Bota being presented in Guwahati.