Scholarship • 7th February 2026

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (CSS)

Out of 50,000+ applicants for the prestigious Commonwealth Shared Scholarship 2025, she is one of only 12 Indians selected to study in the UK. She is pursuing an MSc in Global Health Policy at
LSE through this fully funded award, jointly granted by the Commonwealth Commission and LSE.

Award • 18th May 2025

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

She was honoured with India's most prestigious journalism award, the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism 2022, in the "Uncovering India Invisible" category. Presented by Nitin Gadkhari, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways in Delhi, the award recognized her four-part series titled ‘Nandurbar: Lapses in Health Infrastructure,’ published in December 2022 in The Indian Express.

23rd February 2025

Lilly- REACH National Media Fellowship 2023-24

In this fellowship, I reported on ’Diabetes- a silent killer in rural India.

23rd February 2025

Schizophrenia Research Foundation-WHO fellowship 2023

Awarded with Schizophrenia Research Foundation-WHO fellowship 2023 for reporting on the impact of climate changes on farmers in drought-prone regions in Maharashtra.

23rd February 2025

South Asia’s Without Borders Media Fellowship

Honored with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia’s Without Borders Media Fellowship 2022-23 ` for her investigative story about the misuse of funds allocated for rehabilitation of women subjected to sexual violence in India.

23rd February 2025

Statesman Awards for Rural Reporting

THE ANNUAL Statesman Awards for Rural Reporting were distributed at a function in Kolkata on Saturday. Rupsa Chakraborty, special correspondent, The Indian Express, received the first prize in the rural reporting category for her series —‘Nandurbar: Lapses in health infrastructure’ which was published in December, 2022.

23rd February 2025

Laadli Award for Investigative Journalism

Rupsa Chakraborty, special correspondent, won the award in the ‘investigative category’ for her report titled ‘’Death during childbirth at Mumbai’s M-East maternal health takes a beating’, which delved into the issue of high maternal mortality rates in Mumbai’s M-East ward that stands lowest in the human development index.

23rd February 2025

Dart Center for Journalism Fellowship, USA

Rupsa, selected from India by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, joined the early childhood development cohort at Columbia University. In March 2024, she engaged in knowledge-sharing with global reporters in New York. Thirty reporters from 17 countries were selected, with Rupsa being the sole representative from India.

23rd February 2025

Covering Rare Diseases Fellowship

In 2023, Rupsa, selected as a fellow by the National Press Foundation, engaged in online briefings and Q&A sessions with leading experts in rare diseases, diagnostics, targeted testing, and drug development. She also authored stories exposing policy loopholes in the implementation of the National Rare Disease policy in India.

22nd February 2025

Chevening SAJP Fellowship

Selected from India for the prestigious Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship sponsored by the UK government where she studied the ’National Health Systems’ at the University of Westminster during May-June 2024. She was selected for a work experience traineeship at the British Medical Journal in London.

Chevening • 22nd February 2025

Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship

Rupsa was selected as a Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme Fellow by the British High Commission. She spent two months studying the UK's National Health System at the University of Westminster in London.

Oxford University • 22nd February 2025

Oxford-Reuters Climate Journalism Fellowship

Selected for the Oxford Climate Journalism Network programme from India to focus on climate change and health issues, including heat-related illnesses, vector-borne diseases, and lead poisoning.

Mid-day • 17th December 2023

Meet our ’Laadli’ scribe - Rupsa Chakraborty

When mid-day's health correspondent Rupsa Chakraborty had gone in search of female condoms for her story, she found nothing but defeat and rejection at pharmacy after pharmacy. But nearly a year later, on September 14, it was a day of triumph for the journalist, who won the prestigious Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sens...