Kerala Awards are state-level civilian awards instituted by the Government of Kerala, India on the model of the Padma Awards instituted by the Government of India. Established in 2021, the awards are conferred on individuals who have made "priceless contribution to the society". The awardees are announced every year on 1 November, which is observed as the Kerala Piravi.[1]

Categories

The Kerala Awards are of three categories.

The awardees are to be selected by a special award committee after scrutiny by two subordinate committees and would be distributed in a ceremony that would be held in the Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Governor.

Awardees

The winners of the maiden Kerala Awards were announced on 1 November 2022.[2][3]

2022

Kerala Jyothi
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Kerala Prabha
Mammootty
Kerala Sree
Gopinath Muthukad
Kanayi Kunhiraman
Kochouseph Chittilapilly
M. P. Parameswaran
Sathyabhama Das Biju
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi

2023

The winners of the Kerala Awards for the year 2023 were announced on 1 November 2023.[4]

Kerala Jyothi
T. Padmanabhan
Kerala Prabha
M. Fathima Beevi
Soorya Krishnamoorthy
Kerala Sree
V. P. Gangadharan
Ramesh Narayan

See also

References

  1. ^ Vivek Rajagopal (22 October 2021). "Kerala to introduce state level awards on model of Padma awards: CM Pinarayi Vijayan". India Today. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Kerala declares 1st-ever Padma-inspired awards; MT gets highest honour". The New Indian Express. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "M T Vasudevan Nair chosen for Kerala's first highest state-level award". Press Trust of India. PTI. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Kerala Jyothi award for writer T. Padmanabhan". THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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