Mangalore : Journalist Aneesh Balan bags Surendran Nileswaram Award for excellence in reporting

Mangalore : Journalist Aneesh Balan bags Surendran Nileswaram Award for excellence in reporting

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jan 1, 2012: Aneesh Balan, Mangalore reporter of ‘Deshabhimani’ Malayalam daily has been awarded the prestigious ‘Surendran Nileshwaram Award,’ in recognition of his  excellence in reporting the problems and grievances of Malayalis living outside Kerala.

Aneesh will be donating the cash prize of the Award to Jisha Mathew, an  Endosulfan victim and also a cancer patient whose name finds no mention in the list of Endosulfan victims released by the Kerala government.


The Award is instituted by Surendran Memorial Committee in memory of former Asianet reporter Late Surendran Nileswaram. Aneesh received the Award from G  Karthikeyan, Kerala Assembly

Speaker at a function held on the occasion of the 10th death anniversary of Surendran at Nileswaram in Kasargod recently. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,001 and a citation.

An eminent jury comprising media critic Dr Sebastian Paul, Asianet senior co-ordinator Mangad Ratnakaran and Professor KP Jayarajan had selected the awardee.


 Aneesh, who has been working as the reporter of Deshabhimani in Mangalore for the past 10 years, is the son of Balakrishnan – Padmakshi couple from Chural in Mathil of Kannur district in Kerala.