Nazni Rizvi, Chief Reporter at Khabar Lahariya and member of the Network of Women in Media, India, is among 15 recipients of the 2025-26 C. Subramaniam Awards. She has been recognised for her extensive reporting on social justice issues affecting marginalised communities, working across Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states, focusing on women’s rights, gender-based violence, minority communities and the lives of transgender persons.