Honour Roll: Radio Active Awards and Recognitions
2020
The Bengaluru City Police, East Division, conferred 'Stree Suraksha Chakra' award to RJ Priyanka for being the first transgender person radio jockey of India and being a trailblazers
RJ Priyanka was awarded with "Kalarathna Award" by Anuragalahari on February 16th, 2020
2019
Likho Awards for Excellence in Community Media for Yari Varu
Asha was recognised for her work in mobilizing the construction workers community and was given an award for the engagement with the community radio
Pinky Chandran was invited to speak about Radio Active in the case study segment of Good Pitch Karnataka 12th March 2019
Pinky Chandran was invited to share experiences of working on solid waste management by Varsha Kej and Tatiana Kondruchina, Climate and Clean Air Coalition, UN Environment: 28th February 2019
Pinky Chandran was invited to the brainstorming discussions on solid waste management at JUIncubator, Jain University: 27th February 2019
Pinky Chandran was invited as a speaker at the National Workshop on Wastepickers involvement in Extended Producers Responsibility, by the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers, Vijayawada: 20th February 2019
Pinky Chandran was invited as resource person for the Community Radio Awareness Workshop, organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and SMART at Port Blair: 27th to 30th January 2019
Pinky Chandran and RJ Priyanka Divaakar R were invited by team Project DEFY to speak at the CISCO Thing Qbator All Hands 2019 #Bengaluru on the topic of enabling communities: 16th January 2019. more...
2017-2018
Pinky Chandran was invited as resource person for the Community Radio Awareness Workshop, organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and SMART at Goa: 21st to 23rd November 2018
Pinky Chandran was the finalist for the Media Person of the Year Award, by Namma Bengaluru in 2018
Radio Connex Award - Gold Awards for best community radio show organised by Radio and music.com in Mumbai 10th October 2018. The oldest running show of the station, Yari Varu hosted by RJ Priyanka, and one of the newest shows hosted by RJ Shruti Sharad, and co-produced by Sandbox Collective won the 'Best Community Radio Show Award' Golds at the event.
Pinky Chandran was part of a panel discussion on Media Representation: Gender, Sexuality & Culture organised by the Master of Arts (Journalism) Department, Jain University, 7th October 2018
Pinky Chandran was invited to speak about Radio Active, at Women Orbiting Women (WoW) kitty/fund of social impact investors: 3rd October 2018
RJ Priyanka was invited as the chief guest at the installation of the president and board of directors by the Rotaract Club of Shishu Mandir : 7th August 2018
RJ Priyanka was invited by the team of Aaravani Art Project for an art project, for Facebook in San Francisco: 26th June 2018
RJ Padma Priya was the Master of Ceremonies at the event Netra Abhiyana, a project by the Government of Karnataka, the Namma Bengaluru Foundation and Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust Vijinapura: 22nd June 2018
RJ Shilok Mukkati was awarded "Egalitarian Award" for the year 2018 during the Leadership Summit titled 1st Annual Transformational Leadership Summit & Innovative Excellence Awards 2018 "Empowering Innovations in Transformational Leadership - Educators For Education" held on- 28th April, 2018 by Surana Group of Educational Institutions.
2018
Pinky Chandran was nominated as finalist for Namma Bengaluru Awards
RJ Shilok Mukkati was invited to perform with Swiss Dance Production called Chris Leuenberger Production working for Ef_Femininity project. The project was marriage of dance and theatre exploring the ideology of femininity and questioning the concept of gender and so. She was there from 25th February till April 10th. And she had her premier show at Dampsenstrale, Bern.
RJ Shilok Mukkati was invited as panelist for Queer and Young - Spaces, support and stories and Nanu Kannadiga Non Kannadiga panels.
RJ Shilok Mukkati along with RJ Priyanka was invited to TEDX MSRIT 2017 on September 9th as speakers for the talk Journalist and Jockey.
RJ Shilok Mukkati was awarded at the mega Alumni meet for all the batches from 1997 to 2016 at Jain University, JC Road Campus
2016-2017
RJ Shilok mukati for being the finalist at the Namma Bengaluru Foundation Awards under the media individual category. This is in recognition for her work with the sexual minorities through her work at Radio Active.(14th March, 2017)
India’s first transgender woman Akkai Padmashali was awarded with Ashoka Fellowship.(11th February, 2017)
RJ Shilok Mukkati was invited as one of the speakers at Bangalore Literature Festival on Literature from the Margins. (18th December, 2016)
2016-2017
Akkai Padmashali : India’s first transgender woman to be awarded an honorary Doctorate by the Indian Virtual University for Peace and Education (31st May 2016).
2015-2016
Radio Active received the first prize at the Annual National Community Radio Sammelan 2016 , under Thematiccategory for the program "Lesbians in the Shadow", Yari Varu Season 2, hosted by RJ Shilok Mukkati.
Ms. Pinky Chandran, invited to be the Master of Ceremonies for the 6th National Community Radio Sammelan, March 2016.
Akkai Padmashali became the first transgender person to be conferred the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2015, the second highest civilian honour presented by the Karnataka State Government. (1st November 2015).
Ms.Pinky Chandran received the Australia India Youth Dialogue Alumni Grants for a small project on "Community Radio: Lessons from Australia", which was co-authored by Archana Kapoor and edited by Ashish Chandra Sen designed by Ramya. The first edition, of this work in progress report was released on January 31 2016 at the AIYD Gala Dinner.
2014-2015
Ms. Pinky Chandran invited to be on the Jury for the 5th National Community Radio Awards, constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, March 2015.
Ms. Pinky Chandran, invited to be the Master of Ceremonies for the 5th National Community Radio Sammelan , March 2015.
Ms. Pinky Chandran was the recipient of the Australia India Youth Dialogue Alumni Grants Award 2014, for the project Community Radio: Lessons from Australia. As part of the grant, she visited Australia, attended the annual community radio conference organized by CBAA and visited over 13 community radio stations, apart from meeting with key stakeholders. Stations included Three D Radio, Radio Adelaide and Tribe FM 91.1 Willunga in South Australia; 1CMS and 2XX in Canberra; Fox FM, Wollongong, Rhema FM -Central Coast, Korrie Radio in NSW; 3MBS, Joy FM, 2PBS, SYN Radio and 3CR in Victoria
RJ Priyanka amongst the finalists for Namma Bengaluru Awards, 2014
RJ Priyanka and RJ Jaydev awarded the Suvarna Shree Awards for being Community Role Models
2013-2014
Ms. Pinky Chandran invited to be on the Jury for the 4th National Community Radio Awards, constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, March 2014.
Mr. Marwan Abubaker, was invited by Andaman and Nicobar Islands' Environmental Team ( ANET), as a Consultant to work on the Solid Waste Management project between ANET, the Clean City Championship Foundation (CCC) and Port Blair Municipal Council (PBMC). As part of the project, he was involved in mapping the informal sector, conducted the needs assessment survey, and worked on the IEC plan for sensitization. Period: December 2013 to May 2014
Ms. Ramya was selected as an 'Associate' for 17th batch of Leadership Building Cohort program around the central theme 'Leadership for Mainstreaming Conservation & Climate change Adaptation in Development planning and practices' with LEAD India. As part of the fellowship, she was required to attend four training programs across Goa, Bhopal, Delhi and Ladakh with specific thematic focus: Integrating Conservation& Climate Adaptation Business Sustainability, Integrating Conservation & Climate Adaptation in Urban Development, Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Rural Development, Integrating Conservation& Climate Adaptation in Hills & Mountains Ecosystem.
2012-2013
Ms. Pinky Chandran, selected for the inaugural Australia India Youth Dialogue 2012, among 600 applicants and nominees.
The Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD) is a youth-led dialogue between the young leaders of Australia and India. The dialogue brings together 15 young Australian leaders and 15 young Indian leaders for talks on such issues as sustainability, social innovation, international security, FDI and education.
RJ Priyanka chosen among the 52 finalists for Namma Benguluru Award, 2013
Radio Active wins the Third place in the Thematic Category for the radio program, Arogya ve Bhagya, at the National Community Radio Sammelan, New Delhi, 2012
2011-2012
Vijaya awarded on Women's Day in Kolar, for her contribution to community radio and for being a role model(March 2012)
Radio Active won the Most Sustainable Community Radio Station in India, 2011 by Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia.
Solid Waste Management Round Table ( SWMRT) awarded the Namma Bengaluru Award, 2011 - CBO Category. Radio Active was part of the team.
RJ Auto Shiv Kumar among the finalists for Namma Bengaluru Awards, 2011
2010-2011
Radio Active wins the Manthan Award, South Asia 2010 for being the Best Community Radio in South Asia.
Ms. Priyanka awarded by Nammana Foundation for being the role model in the community (2011)
2008-2009
Radio Active's Active Women program was the finalist at the Radio Duniya Awards, 2008
