Claim: The Siva Prasad Barooah National Award for contribution to journalism was instituted in 1999 by the Kamal Kumari Foundation, a charitable trust by entrepreneur Hemendra Barooah in memory of his mother, and was given to well-known author Arup Kumar Dutta in 2004.
Evidence: The Siva Prasad Barooah National Award is an Indian Award given to individuals and groups in India for outstanding contribution to Journalism, to promote news media excellence. It was instituted by the Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1999 in memory of Siva Prasad Barooah, the renowned tea-planter, philanthropist, politician, humanist and also the publisher of Batori, the first Assamese daily newspaper in Assam. The Kamal Kumari Foundation is a charitable trust in Assam established in 1990 by noted Indian entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist Hemendra Prasad Barooah in the fond memory of his mother Kamal Kumari Barooah, the remarkable matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam. Arup Kumar Dutta 2004 Well-known author