The Kerala Awards announced, the highest award given for the first time by the state government on the model of the Padma Awards. MT Kerala Jyoti Award to Vasudevan Nair (Literature).
Omcheri NN Pillai (Art, Theater, Social Service, Public Service), T. Madhava Menon (Civil Service, Social Service), Mammootty) (Art) for the Kerala Prabha Award and Dr. Satyabhamadas Biju (Dr. Biju) (Science ), Gopinath Mutukad (Social Work, Art), Kanai Kunhiraman (Art), Kochousef Chittilapally (Social Work, Industry), MP Parameswaran (Science, Social Work) and Vijayalakshmi Muralidharan Pillai (Vaikkam Vijayalakshmi) (Art) also received the Award Kerala Shri.
Kerala Jyoti Award to MT Vasudevan Nair
