About Award:
» Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize is considered one of most prestigious literary awards of India.
» Since 2018, the New India Foundation has been awarding the annual Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize for the best non-fiction book on modern/contemporary India published in the previous year.
» This prize is named to honour the legacy of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: great patriot and institution-builder who contributed significantly to the Indian freedom struggle, the women’s movement, theatre resurgence, refugee rehabilitation and the renewal of handicrafts.
Last year’s winner:
Amit Ahuja and Jairam Ramesh were awarded jointly for the year 2020.
- Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties Without Ethnic Movements, written by Amit Ahuja
- A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon, written by Jairam Ramesh