SHILLONG: A Shillong youth brought laurel to the State by winning the prestigious 15th annual PoleStar Awards, the highest award in journalism as far as business and technology journalism is concerned, in a grand award ceremony held in ITC Sheraton Park Hotel, Chennai recently.
Ayushman Baruah, an alumnus of St. Anthony’s College (Mass Media department, batch 2006) was presented with the PoleStar Awards by Executive Director, Tata Sons R Gopalakrishnan.
He won the award in the highly respected “Jury’s Special Mention” category.
He is the son of Dr. KC Baruah, founder Director of Forensic Science Laboratory in the State. He started his journalism career in The Shillong Times back in 2004 while he was doing his graduation in Media Technologies.
After completing his graduation, he went on to pursue his Master’s in Communications from Commits Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication in Bangalore. After that, he worked with reputed publications such as The Financial Express from the Indian Express group, during which he wrote several trend-setting news and features about the IT industry in India.
Ayushman is currently based in Bangalore and works as the Principal Correspondent with InformationWeek magazine.
His winning article titled “Healthcare industry prescribing a dose of technology” talks about how Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences companies are increasingly adopting technology to optimize cost and ensure better health services.
PoleStar Foundation instituted the PoleStar Award in 1998 to celebrate excellence in IT and Business journalism.
The foundation, through its annual awards, pays tribute to the media citizens’ contribution, for their commitment to the nation and its people, and also for tirelessly acting as a catalyst in disseminating quality information to the world.