The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ITA Awards, is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour performances and excellence in Hindi-language television, films as well as web content.
History
The Indian Television Academy was launched in July 2001 by Anu Ranjan and the first ITA Awards were held in November 2001.
Trophy The trophy for the Indian Television Academy Awards is a golden statuette shaped like a stylized human figure with raised hands holding a blue square shield.
Editions Year Ceremony Channel Host Ref2001 1st ITA Awards Star Plus Kabir Bedi2002 2nd ITA Awards2003 3rd ITA Awards2004 4th ITA Awards2005 5th ITA AwardsSmriti IraniRonit Roy2006 6th ITA AwardsRoshan AbbasManini De2007 7th ITA Awards Star Plus2008 8th ITA Awards2009 9th ITA Awards2010 10th ITA Awards 2011 11th ITA AwardsGautam RodeKarishma Tanna 2012 12th ITA Awards Star Plus Karan Grover 2013 13th ITA Awards Kapil SharmaRagini KhannaKaran Grover 2014 14th ITA Awards Colors TV Rithvik DhanjaniNakuul Mehta 2015 15th ITA Awards Manish PaulBharti Singh 2016 16th ITA Awards Colors TV Manish PaulSugandha MishraKarishma Tanna 2017 17th ITA Awards Manish PaulAli Asgar 2018 18th ITA Awards Star Plus Manish Paul 2019 19th ITA AwardsSony TV Aditya Narayan 202020th ITA AwardsHeld in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021Star PlusManish Paul 2022 21st ITA AwardsStar PlusRithvik Dhanjani 2022 22nd ITA AwardsManish Paul 2023 23rd ITA Awards Nakuul MehtaParitosh Tripathi 2024 24th ITA Awards Gaurav Khanna202525th ITA AwardsManish Paul
Categories
Popular awards Drama ITA Award for Best Actor Drama Popular ITA Award for Best Actress Drama Popular ITA Award for Best Drama Popular Comedy ITA Award for Best Actor Comedy Popular ITA Award for Best Actress Comedy Popular ITA Award for Best Show Comedy Popular OTT Awards ITA Award for Best Actor OTT Popular ITA Award for Best Actress OTT Popular ITA Award for Best Program OTT Popular
Jury awards Drama ITA Award for Best Actor Drama Jury ITA Award for Best Actress Drama Jury ITA Award for Best Drama Jury ITA Award for Best Director Drama ITA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ITA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ITA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role ITA Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role ITA Award for Best Child Artist
Comedy ITA Award for Best Actor Comedy Jury ITA Award for Best Actress Comedy Jury ITA Award for Best Director Comedy Jury ITA Award for Best Show Comedy Jury
Channel awards Best Entertainment Channel 2001 - DD Metro 2002 - Star Plus 2003 - Star Plus 2004 - Star Plus 2005 - Star Plus 2006 - Star Plus 2007 - Star Plus 2008 - Star Plus 2009 - Colors TV 2010 - Star Plus 2011 - Star Plus 2012 - Star Plus 2013 - Star Plus 2014 - Star Plus 2015 - Star Plus 2016 - Star Plus 2017 - Star Plus 2018 - Colors TV 2019 - Star Plus 2020 - Star Plus
Best Hindi News Channel 2001 - Aaj Tak 2002 - Aaj Tak 2003 - Aaj Tak 2004 - Aaj Tak 2005 - Aaj Tak 2006 - Aaj Tak 2007 - Aaj Tak 2008 - Aaj Tak 2009 - Aaj Tak 2010 - Aaj Tak 2011 - Aaj Tak 2012 - Aaj Tak 2013 - Aaj Tak 2014 - Aaj Tak 2015 - Aaj Tak 2016 - India TV 2017 - Aaj Tak 2018 - Aaj Tak 2019 - Aaj Tak 2020 - Aaj Tak 2021 - ABP News 2022 - ABP News 2023 - Aaj Tak 2024 - Aaj Tak 2025 - Aaj Tak
Best English News Channel 2006 - CNN-News18 2007 - CNN-News18 2008 - CNN-News18 2009 - NDTV 24x7 2010 - CNN-News18 2011 - CNN-News18 2012 - CNN-News18 2013 - CNN-News18 2014 - Times Now 2015 - CNN-News18 2016 - CNN-News18 2017 - India Today 2018 - India Today 2019 - India Today 2020 - India Today 2021 - India Today 2022 - India Today 2023 - India Today 2024 - India Today 2025 - India Today
Best Reality Show Year Show Channel1999MickersColors TV2006Shabaash IndiaZee TV2007Bigg BossSony TV2008Fear Factor: Khatron Ke KhiladiColors TV2009Aap Ki KachehriStar Plus2010Stunt Mania2011Just danceStar Plus2012Survivor India – The Ultimate BattleStar Plus 2013 DID SupermomsZee TV2014Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5Colors TV2015Bigg Boss 8Colors TV2016Dance Plus (season 2)Star Plus2017Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8Colors TV2020Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in IndiaColors TV
Best Anchor: Music/Film Based Show Year Actor Show Channel 2003Nikhil ChinappaAnnu Kapoor & Pallavi JoshiMTV Fresh!Antakshari – The Great ChallengeMTV IndiaZee TV 2004Sajid KhanIkke Pe IkkaZee TV 2005Sajid KhanSab Kuch Ho Sakta HaiSAB TV 2006Sangeeta Ghosh & Shabbir AhluwaliaNach BaliyeStar One 2007Javed Jaffrey & Naved JaffreyBoogie WoogieSony TV 2008Ali Asgar (actor)Say Shava ShavaNDTV Imagine 2009Meiyang ChangIndian Idol 4Sony TV 2010Shahid KapoorScreen AwardsStar Plus 2011Ayushmann KhuranaJust DanceStar Plus 2012Manish PaulJhalak Dikhhla JaaColors TV 2013Beverly Kim WhiteThank God It's Friday 2014Manish PaulJhalak Dikhhla JaaColors TV 2015Manish PaulJhalak Dikhhla JaaColors TV 2020Shahid KapoorStar Screen AwardsStar Plus
Best Music/Film Based Show Year Show2001Biographies - Ek Kalakar Ki Kahani2002Kuch Yaadein Kuch Baatein2003Antakshari2004Ikke Pe Ikka2005Indian Idol2006Nach Baliye2007Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge2008Boogie-woogie2009Indian Idol 42010Indian Idol 52011Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs2012Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2 2013An Affair To Remember — Shyam Talkies2014Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa20152016The Voice India Kids2017Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs2020Indian Idol 12
Best Talk Show Anchor Year Actor Show 2003Simi GarewalRendezvous with Simi Garewal 2004Barkha DuttWe the People 2005Prabhu ChawlaSeedhi Baat 2006Lola Kutty Barkha DuttLola TV We the People 2007Karan JoharKoffee with Karan 2008Vikram ChandraThe Big Fight 2009Rajdeep SardesaiKiran BediBattle For India Aap Ki Kachehri 2010Amitabh BachchanBigg Boss 3 2011Koel PurieOn the Couch with Koel 2012Sumeet RaghavanJay Hind! 2020Amitabh BachchanKaun Banega Crorepati
Best Game Show Host Year Anchor Show Channel 2001 Amitabh Bachchan Kaun Banega Crorepati Star Plus 2002 Naseeruddin Shah Super Selector 2003 Derek O'Brien Bournvita Quiz Contest 2004 Annu Kapoor Sansui Antakshri 2005 Amitabh Bachchan Kaun Banega Crorepati Star Plus 2006 Amitabh Bachchan Kaun Banega Crorepati Star Plus 2007 Arshad Warsi Bigg Boss 1 2008 Shahrukh Khan Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? 2009 Salman Khan 10 Ka Dum Sony TV 2010 Rajeev Khandelwal Sacch Ka Saamna 2011 Amitabh Bachchan Kaun Banega Crorepati Sony TV 2012 Rajiv Makhni Tech Grand Masters 2 2013 Chef Kunal Kapur Junior Masterchef India Star Plus 2020 Salman Khan Bigg Boss 13 Colors TV
Best Game Show Year Show Channel2001Cadbury Sabse International Khiladi Kaun?Sony SET2002Super SelectorESPN (India)2003Bournvita Quiz ContestZee TV 2020 Bigg Boss 13Colors TV
Best News Anchor Year Anchor Show Channel2001Rajat SharmaAap Ki AdalatZee TV2002Barkha DuttReality BitesNDTV2003Rajdeep SardesaiThe Big FightNDTV2004Rajdeep SardesaiX-Factor/Election WatchNDTV2005Barkha DuttWe the PeopleNDTV 24x72006Sreenivasan JainWitnessNDTV2007Cyrus BroachaThe Week That Wasn'tCNN-News182008Rajdeep SardesaiWeekend Edition with Rajdeep SardesaiCNN-News182009Prabhu ChawlaSeedhi BaatAaj Tak2010Rajdeep SardesaiGround Zero BhopalCNN-News182011Rajdeep SardesaiIndian at 9 & Election Counting Day CoverageCNN-News182012Rajdeep SardesaiGround ZeroCNN-News18 2013 Rahul Kanwal Centrestage - Inside Lanka's museum of horrors 2014Anjana Om KashyapRail BudgetAaj Tak2015Kalli Purie India Today2016Rahul Kanwal & Anjana Om KashyapIndia Today & Aaj Tak2017Rajdeep Sardesai5 state Polls Day verdictCNN-News182018Anjana Om KashyapAaj Tak2020Rahul KanwalIndia Today2021Kevin PetersonNational Geographic Channel2022Aman Chopra & Shobhna YadavCNN-News18 & ABP News2023Rahul Kanwal & Navika KumarIndia Today & Times Now Navbharat2024Navika Kumar (Talk/Chat Show in English), Rahul Kanwal (Current affairs in English) Anjana Om Kashyap ( Talk/Chat show In Hindi), Sushant Sinha ( Current affairs in Hindi)Times Now, India Today Aaj Tak, Times Now Navbharat2025Anjana Om Kashyap (Talk/Chat Show in Hindi), Sweta Singh (Current affairs in Hindi), Gaurav Sawant (Talk/Chat Show in English)Aaj Tak, Aaj Tak, India Today
Best News Show Year Show Channel 2020 Viral Punch ABP News
Best Television Event Year Show Channel2001Zee Cine AwardsZee Cinema2003Jai JawanNDTV2004Jai JawanNDTV2005Jai JawanNDTV2006MTV ImmiesMTV2007IIFA AwardsStar Plus 2008 IIFA Awards Star Plus2009IIFA Awards2010Not Awarded2011Star Parivaar AwardsStar Plus 2020 Zee Cine Awards Zee Cinema
Best Interstitial/Filler Year Show Channel 2013 Gustakhi Maaf Angry Appa NDTV Bindass
Best Mini Series Year Show Channel 2013 Bemisaal 100 saal News Nation Network Pvt Ltd
Best TV Documentary Year Show Channel 2013 Ballot Trail Karanataka…… Mangalore 2017 JANNAT- NEWS18 INDIA- ASHISH PANDEY
Others ITA Award for Best Thriller/Horror Serial ITA Award for Popular Serial -Special Recognition Milestone Achievement Award - Crime Patrol (2021)
Technical awards Best Art Direction Year Name Show2001Nitin Chandrakant DesaiThe Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji2002Jayant DeshmukhAmrapali (DD National)2003Chokas BharadwajKashmeer 2004 Saurabh Tiwari Kasautii Zindagii Kay2005Mukesh KalolaHatim2006Omung KumarDharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan 2007 Saurabh TiwariKasautii Zindagii Kay2008Chokas BharadwajJai Shri Krishna2009Nitin Chandrakant DesaiChittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur2010Samir ChandaBigg Boss 32011Akshay VayedaMukti Bandhan2012Omung KumarMasterChef India 2013 Sandesh & Vishwanath Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap 2014 Omung Kumar Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 72015??2016Omung KumarJhalak Dikhhla Jaa 82017Chandravadan MorePeshwa Bajirao
Best Costumes Year Name Show2001Pradeep MuleyThe Great Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji 2002 Manohar Sawant Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2003 Manohar Sawant Kasautii Zindagii Kay2004Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaHatim2005Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaHatim2006Tara Desai, Nisha Sagar, Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaDharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan2007Sheela Sagar and Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaDharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan2008Sheela SagarJai Shri Krishna 2009 Neeta LullaChittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur 2010 Winnie Malhotra & Neelu Shroff Balika Vadhu2011Nidhi YashaShobha Somnath Ki2012Winnie Malhotra & Neelu ShroffBalika Vadhu 2013 Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaBharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap 2014 Jerry D'souza Nach Baliye 620152016Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaSiya Ke Ram2017Nikhat Mariyam NeerushaaPrem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta2018Ketki DalalPorus2021Sheetal SharmaThe Empire (TV series)2023Tara DesaiPandya Store
Best Dialogues Year Name Show2001Ashwni DhirOffice Office 2002 Rekkha ModiKasautii Zindagii Kay2003Ashwni DhirOffice Office2004Ashwni DhirOffice Office2005Aatish KapadiaSarabhai vs Sarabhai2006Ashwni DhirNaya Office Office2007Kamlesh PandeyVirrudh2008Raghuvir ShekhawatBalika Vadhu2009Usha DixitBalika Vadhu2010Usha DixitBalika Vadhu2011Mihir BhutaMukti Bandhan2012Usha DixitBalika Vadhu 2013 Raghuvir Shekhawat Diya Aur Baati Hum 2014 B. M. Vyas Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana PratapAmit AaryanF.I.R. 2016 Manoj Santoshi Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai! 2017 Manoj Santoshi Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai! 2018 Manoj SantoshiJijaji Chhat Per Hain
Best Editing Year Name Show2001IT India Tomorrow2002Aparna Roy and Anand KumarThe Year that Shook the World (International Year ender)2003Naved JaffreyBoogie Woogie2004Papu TrivediHatim2005Pratik Chitalia & Raj SinghTime Bomb2006Koteswara RaoThe Last Goodbye-Missing in Action2007SPL REPORT - TRAIN TO TIBET2008Koteswara RaoScaling New Heights2009Vikas Singh, Tarique Ahmed & Devang KakkadLadies Special2010Sanjeev NaagInside: Mumbai Terror Attacks2011Paresh ShahShobha Somnath Ki2012Amit KalraMaking of Foodistan 2013 K. Rajgopal Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap 2014 Bhakti Mayaloo 2420152016Bhakti Mayaloo242017Gaurav KheraDefender Of India2023Janak ChauhanPandya Store
Edutainment/Science/Knowledge Based Show Year Name Show Channel 2002 Pulse Media Turning Point DD National
Best TV Picture Editor