Kerala Awards are highest state-level

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s instituted by the

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of the Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

on the model of the

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instituted by

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. The establishment of the awards to be conferred on individuals who have made "priceless contribution to the society" was announced by

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Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian Communist politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving sec ...

on 20 October 2021. The names of the awardees are to be announced every year on 1 November, which is observed as the

Kerala Piravi Kerala Day also referred to as Kerala Piravi, marks the birth of the state of Kerala in southern India. The state of Kerala was created on 1 November 1956, long after the Independence of India. Before this, it was three major provinces and seve ...

day or Kerala Day.

Categories of Kerala Awards

The Kerala Awards are of three categories. *Kerala Jyothi: This is the highest award and will be conferred only on one person. *Kerala Prabha: This is the second highest award and is conferred on three individuals. *Kerala Sree: This is the third highest award and is conferred on six persons. 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

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, the official residence of the

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First awardees

The winners of the maiden Kerala Awards were announced on 1 November 2022. Kerala Jyothi *

M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (born 1933 July 15 ), popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He is a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and is one of the masters of post-I ...

(literature), Malayalam literary stalwart Kerala Prabha *

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

(arts), Indian-Malayalam actor *

Omchery N. N. Pillai Omchery N. N. Pillai (born 1 February 1924) is an Indian Malayalam–language playwright, novelist and poet from Kerala. He has written nine full-length plays, more than 80 one-act plays and a few novels. His plays are noted for their bold exp ...

(arts, drama, social service, public service), Delhi-based Malayalam playwright * T. Madhava Menon (civil service, social service), former civil servant and social worker Kerala Sree *

Gopinath Muthukad Gopinath Muthukad (born 10 April 1964) is an Indian magician and motivational speaker from Kerala. He employs magic as a medium to convey his messages to public. Muthukad founded the world's first magic academy, The Academy of Magical Science ...

(social service, arts), magician *

Kanayi Kunhiraman Kanayi Kunhiraman ( ml, കാനായി കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍; born 25 July 1937) is an Indian sculptor, best known for his outsize sculptures such as ''Yakshi'' of Malampuzha Dam Gardens, '' Sagarakanyaka'' at Shankumugham B ...

(arts), sculptor *

Kochouseph Chittilappilly Kochouseph Thomas Chittilappilly (born 27th March, 1957) is an Indian business magnate, writer, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of V-Guard Industries and a chain of amusement parks called Wo ...

(social service, industry), industrialist * M. P. Parameswaran (science, social service), scientist * Dr. Sathyabhama Das Biju (science), amphibian biologist *

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (born 7 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala, India. She is an expert in a rare musical instrument called Gayatriveena. She won special jury mention for her much appreciated work in the 2013 film '' Cellul ...

(arts), singer

References

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