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.
Vanita Ratnam Awards 2014
Vanita Ratnam Awards 2015
Vanita Ratnam Awards 2016
+ Vanita Ratnam Awards 2016 Name of award Name of recipient Field of Excel Sheeba Ameer 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
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. + Vanita Ratnam Awards 2017 Name of recipient Name of award Field of Excel Mary Esthappan Akkamma Cherian award Social service Lalitha Sadasivan Captain Lakshmi award Education K. P. Sudheera Kamala Surayya award Literature Jagadamma Rani Lakshmi Bai award Governance Mini M. Justice Fathima Beevi award Science Malathi G Menon Mrinalini Sarabhai award Arts and culture Sharmila Mary Punnen Lukose award Health Krishnakumari A. Annie Thayyil award Media Betty Joseph (Indian sports person) Kuttimaluamma award Sports Rejitha Madhu Sukumari award Acting Radhamani T. 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.
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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.
recipients + Vanita Ratnam Awards 2019 Name of recipient Field of Excel Details of selection C. D. Saraswathy Social service .. P. U. Chithra Sports .. P. P. Rahnas Survival .. Parvathy P. G. Warrier Empowerment of Women and Children .. Vanaja Dr. Education, Science and technology ..
References
External links
Press release 2018