The eighth Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2022 will be conferred on noted Journalist and Activist, Patricia Mukhim
The eighth Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2022 will be conferred on noted Journalist and Activist, Patricia Mukhim.
The award celebrates the life of the iconic woman called Yamin Hazarika, a 1977-batch DANIPS officer. This petite Assamese lady had shattered many glass ceilings and her extraordinary life ignited many young minds. She had served the nation as DCP, Delhi Police and did a short stint with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia before she passed away at the young age of 43 in 1999.
The awardee, Patricia Mukhim is currently the editor of Meghalaya’s oldest and largest selling English language daily, The Shillong Times. She is a former member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) and former member governing board of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC).
Mukhim was a teacher for over two decades before stepping in as Editor, The Shillong Times in 2008. She is a gender activist and has written extensively on issues relating to India’s North East. She has been conferred several journalistic awards and the Padmashree in 2000. Mukhim has been an invited speaker at national and international forums and continues to engage actively as a socio- political analyst.
Currently, she is also a member of the environment advisory board of the National Human Rights Commission. She has also authored a book” Waiting for an Equal World” published by Martin Luther Christian University.
