Amrita TV’s Calicut Bureau Chief, Deepak Dharmadam has been awarded the Save Kerala Media Award, jointly constituted by the Ajith Balakrishnan Foundation, Mumbai  and  Harthal Virudha Samithi, Kerala . It was the freshness of his story highlighting a ‘non-harthal ‘ village in Calicut district and telecast in Top Ten @ Ten, that  prompted the Special Jury to select  it over the other entries.

The award was presented by former DGP  Dr.P.J. Alexander in a well attended ceremony in Kannur . Justice P.K Shamsudeen, Redff.com Chairman  Mr Ajith Balakrishnan , KUWJ  State president .P.P Sashendran, T.P.R Nath , K.Chandrababhu etc were also present.