Vanita Ratnam Award

Vanita Ratnam awards are the awards, instituted and given every year by the Women and child development department (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 2016
Vanita Ratnam Awards 2016[3]
Name of awardName of recipientField of Excel
Sheeba AmeerAkkamma Cherian awardSocial service
M Padmini TeacherCaptain Lakshmi awardEducation
K. R. MeeraKamala Surayya awardLiterature
Sherly VasuJustice Fathima Beevi awardScience
Kshemavathi K SMrinalini Sarabhai awardArts and culture
Sainu PhilipMary Punnen Lukose awardHealth
Leela MenonAnnie Thayyil awardMedia

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 recipientName of awardField of Excel
Mary EsthappanAkkamma Cherian awardSocial service
Lalitha SadasivanCaptain Lakshmi awardEducation
K. P. SudheeraKamala Surayya awardLiterature
JagadammaRani Lakshmi Bai awardGovernance
Mini M.Justice Fathima Beevi awardScience
Malathi G MenonMrinalini Sarabhai awardArts and culture
SharmilaMary Punnen Lukose awardHealth
Krishnakumari A.Annie Thayyil awardMedia
Betty Joseph (Indian sports person)Kuttimaluamma awardSports
Rejitha MadhuSukumari awardActing
Radhamani T.Annie Mascarene awardWomen 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]

  • 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 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 recipientField of ExcelDetails of selection
C. D. SaraswathySocial service..
P. U. ChithraSports..
P. P. RahnasSurvival..
Parvathy P. G. WarrierEmpowerment of Women and Children..
Vanaja Dr.Education, Science and technology..

References
  1. "'Vanitha Rathnam' awards instituted". The Hindu. 20 December 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. "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. "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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