Kerala Awards

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.

Kerala Awards
Awarded for	Contribution towards Society
Sponsored by	Government of Kerala
Country	India
First award	November 1, 2022

Most recent Kerala Award Winners

Jyothi Award M. K. Sanu Prabha Award S. Somanath P. Bhuvaneswari Sree Award Sanju Samson Shyja Baby V. K. Mathews

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.

• 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 Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Governor.

Awardees

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

Kerala Jyothi Awardee

Year	Image	Recipient	Occupation	Ref.
2022		M. T. Vasudevan Nair (literature)	Author	[4] [5]
2023		T. Padmanabhan	Writer
2024		M. K. Sanu	Writer

Kerala Prabha Awardee

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Occupation	Ref.
2022		Mammootty (arts)	Actor
		Omchery N. N. Pillai (arts, drama, social service, public service)	Playwright
		T Madhava Menon (civil service, social service)	Former Civil Servant and Social Worker
2023		Fathima Beevi	Justice of the Supreme Court
		Soorya Krishnamoorthy	Artist, Philanthropist and Scientist
2024		S. Somanath (science, engineering)	Aerospace engineer at ISRO
		P. Bhuvaneswari	Agriculture

Kerala Sree Awardee

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Occupation	Ref.
2022		Gopinath Muthukad (social service, arts)	Magician
		Kanayi Kunhiraman (arts)	Sculptor
		Kochouseph Chittilappilly (social service, industry)	Industrialist
		M. P. Parameswaran (science, social service)	Scientist
		Sathyabhama Das Biju (science)	Amphibian Biologist
		Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (arts)	Singer
2023		Punalur Somarajan	Social Service
		V. P. Gangadharan (health)	Oncologist
		Ravi D. C. (industry and commerce)	Industrialist
		K. M. Chandrasekhar	Civil Service
		Ramesh Narayan (art, music)	Classical Vocalist
2024		Vimala Menon (art)	Mohiniyattam exponent
		Dr. T. K. Jayakumar	Health
		Narayana Bhattathiri	Calligaphy
		Sanju Samson (sports)	Cricketer
		Shyja Baby	Social Service
		V. K. Mathews	Industry, Commerce

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of India

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. PTI, Inputs (2022-11-01). "MT Vasudevan Nair is first recipient of Kerala Jyothi, state's highest civilian award". The News Minute. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
5. UtkarshClasses. "Famous Writer T Padmanabhan Awarded Kerala Jyothi Award". Utkarsh Classes. Retrieved 2025-05-01.