Dr. Sonichan P Joseph

Dr. Sonichan P Joseph

Distinction:
  • UCIP International Media Award-2007
  • Statesman National Award for Best  Rural Reporting (First)-1999.
  • Statesman National Award for Best  Rural Reporting (Second)-2005
  • Statesman National Award for Best  Rural Reporting (Second)-2009
  • Dr.Ambedkar Media Award for Best Reporting of State Government-2006
  • Kerala State Child welfare Council journalism award -1999.
  • .Deepika Daily Merit  Award -1998
  • Malayala Manorama Best Local Page Award - 2003 .
  • Malayala Manorama Best Off-beat Story Award -2004
  • Malayala Manorama Best Local Page Award - 2005
  • Malayala Manorama Best Off-beat Story Award -2006
  • Malayala Manorama Best Idea of the Month Award (March)-2017
  • Individual champion St.Thomas college athletic championship-1987.
  • Attended national seminar on space research organized  by Indian Space Research Organization.
  • Attended UCIP(International Catholic Press Union) World Congress Quebec, Canada-2007
  • Resource person,  journalism training -since 1999.
  • Consultant to  Human Right Protection Council of Kerala-since 1997.
  • President, Press Club of Trivandrum 2018-2021.

Publications:
  • Weekly column named 'Varthaykku Pinnil' (Profile) - 1998 to 2001    in the Deepika Daily.
  • A special report about the kidnapping of children and forcibly converting them to eunuchs by castration, Deepika daily - 1998.  
  • Brutality of Ragging ( Six part series about ragging in South Indian Colleges), Deepika daily- 1998.   
  • What Heard and Seen in Gujarath  (Four part series about communal violence in a tribal village of Gujarath, India), Deepika- 1999.  
  • Pardon me, Daughter ( Six part series  on female infanticide), Deepika-1999.     
  • The Story of Anchuchangala - The Story of Tears (Four part series about the agony of  farmers in Amboory  village of Trivandrum district), Deepika –2000.     
  • Post Script of Heroic Death in War ( Seven part series on terrorism in Kashmir), Deepika – 2000. 
  •  Children for Sale (Five part series on  kidnapping and sale of mainly Female children in the state of Andhrapradesh, India),Deepika – 2001.  
  • Human Lives Swallowed Greedily by Crocodiles (Four part series on  the siege of crocodiles in a mountain village surrounded  by lake), Deepika –2001.
  • Tribal Hamlets Bid Goodbye to Country Brew (Four part series on  the Illicit liquor brewing in Neyyar ),Malayala Manorama -2005
  • Hundreds of news reports, features, editorials, analysis and commentaries on politics, national and international  issues, human rights, development , environment and sports- 1994 to 2007.
  • Written and presented  two sports programes in All India Radio –1999.

Education:
  • BSc.(Physics)
  • BEd.(Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education)
  • M.A.(Master of Arts in Malayalam Literature)
  • M.A.(Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication),
  • MPhil( Journalism and Mass Communication)
  • Ph D( Journalism and Mass Communication).

Important Assignments:
  • Editorial board member, Malayala Manorama,
  • Worked as Desk Chief in the Central Desk of Deepika, the    First Malayalam Daily, Kottayam - 1993 to 1998. 
  • Worked as Desk-Chief in Deepika, Thiruvananthapuram Unit -  1999 to 2001.
  • Specially assigned for Parliament election   reportage  in  Maharastra, Gujarath, Goa states -1999.
  • Specially assigned for reporting on communal violence in Gujarath-1999.
  • Accredited correspondent to National School’s Athletic championship-2000.
  • Working as an Editor in Malayala Manorama 2002 onwards

Others:
  • Actively involved with Environmental and Human Right Protection organizations.