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. 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.

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.

2022

 * Kerala Jyothi


 * M. T. Vasudevan Nair (literature), Malayalam author


 * Kerala Prabha


 * Mammootty (arts), Malayalam actor
 * Omchery N. N. Pillai (arts, drama, social service, public service), Malayalam playwright
 * T. Madhava Menon (civil service, social service), former civil servant and social worker


 * Kerala Sree
 * 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
The winners of the Kerala Awards for the year 2023 were announced on 1 November 2023.


 * Kerala Jyothi
 * T. Padmanabhan, writer


 * Kerala Prabha
 * Justice (Retired) M. Fathima Beevi
 * Nataraja Krishnamurthy (Soorya Krishnamoorthy)


 * Kerala Sree


 * Punalur Somarajan (social service)
 * V. P. Gangadharan (health)
 * Ravi D. C. (industry and commerce)
 * K. M. Chandrasekhar (civil service)
 * Pandit Ramesh Narayan (art, music)