This Article is From Mar 15, 2012

PKV Award for P Govinda Pillai

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Thiruvananthapuram: Eminent Marxist thinker, writer, social and political activist P Govinda Pillai hasbeen chosen for the PKV Award for the year 2011.

The award was instituted by PKV Centre for Human Development and Cultural Affairs in memory of former ChiefMinister P K Vasudevan Nair.

A judging committee comprising litterateur Puthussery Ramachandran, Justice N Krishnan Nair and media personalitySunnikkutty Abraham selected the awardee, a release said.

Pillai had made commendable contributions to the social and political life of Kerala for the last several decades, theJudging Committee said. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000, memento and citation.

Earlier recipients of the award are former CPI state Secretary Veliyam Bhargavan Congress leader V M Sudheeran,writer Sara Joseph, RSP leader K Pankajakshan and CPI state secretary C K Chandrappan.
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