Senior journalist and political editor at mid-day, Dharmendra Jore, will be honoured with the Anil Kumar Memorial Award for his contribution to journalism during his close to 30 years in the profession. Vidarbha Gaurav Pratishthan and Nagpur Union of Working Journalists pick two eminent journalists for the award every year.

Jore, a Nagpur University alumnus, started his career in 1992 at Lokmat Times in Nagpur and later worked at the Indian Express and Hindustan Times for around 10 years each, before joining mid-day in 2015.