Vanita Ratnam Award

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Vanita Ratnam awards are the awards, instituted and given every year by the (formerly Social Welfare Department) of Government of Kerala to honor the women who excel in various fields of social service, education, literature, governance, science, arts and culture, health, media, sports, acting and women empowerment. The award which carries a cash prize of 300 thousand rupees each, was instituted in December 2013 and started to give away from 2014.[1][2]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2014[]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2015[]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2016[]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2016[3]
Name of award Name of recipient Field of Excel
Akkamma Cherian award Social service
M Padmini Teacher Captain Lakshmi award Education
K. R. Meera Kamala Surayya award Literature
Sherly Vasu Justice Fathima Beevi award Science
Kshemavathi K S Mrinalini Sarabhai award Arts and culture
Sainu Philip Mary Punnen Lukose award Health
Leela Menon Annie Thayyil award Media

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2017[]

Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala with recipients of Vanitha ratnam award 2017

recipients[]

The awards for the year 2017 was announced on 3 March 2018 for 11 personalities, each of them to be receive a cash prize of ₹ 300 thousand and a citation.[4]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2017[2][4]
Name of recipient Name of award Field of Excel
Akkamma Cherian award Social service
Captain Lakshmi award Education
Kamala Surayya award Literature
Rani Lakshmi Bai award Governance
Justice Fathima Beevi award Science
Mrinalini Sarabhai award Arts and culture
Sharmila Mary Punnen Lukose award Health
Annie Thayyil award Media
Kuttimaluamma award Sports
Sukumari award Acting
Annie Mascarene award Women empowerment

Award presentation[]

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan presented the awards for 2017 on 8 March 2018, at a function organized at V.J.T. Hall, Thiruvananthapuram, as part of the International Women's Day celebrations. The function was presided by the minister for Health and social welfare minister, K. K. Shailaja. The occasion was the first International Women’s Day after the state government formed a separate department for women and child development.[4]

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  • Mary Esthappan

  • K P Sudheera

  • K Jagadamma

  • Dr.Mini

  • Malathy G Menon

  • Dr. Sharmila

  • A Krishnakumari

  • Betty Joseph

  • Rejitha Madhu

  • Radhamani T

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2018[]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2019[]

The awards for the year 2017 was announced on 4 March 2020 by K.K. Shylaja, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Kerala. The award will be given to 5 personalities, each of them to be receive a cash prize of ₹100,000 and a citation.[5][6]

recipients[]

Vanita Ratnam Awards 2019[2][4]
Name of recipient Field of Excel Details of selection
Social service ..
P. U. Chithra Sports ..
Survival ..
Empowerment of Women and Children ..
Education, Science and technology ..

References[]

  1. ^ "'Vanitha Rathnam' awards instituted". The Hindu. 20 December 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Living conditions for women better in Kerala: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Women's Day". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Vanita Ratna Awards to be presented today in Thiruvananthapuram". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Govt to organise week-long celebrations for Women's Day - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ^ "സംസ്ഥാന വനിതാരത്‌ന പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "വനിതാരത്‌ന പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു ; ഇവർ സംസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ വനിതാരത്നങ്ങൾ". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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