Padmanabhan Memorial award to Dr E Sridharan

THRISSUR: Chairman and Managing

Director of Delhi Metro railway, E Sridharan
has been selected for the Manappuram
Group of Companies Padmanabhan
Memorial award for his outstanding service
for social development.

Chairman of the Valapad-based

Manappuram Group V P Nandakumar told
newsmen here Monday four others also won
the awards for their excellence in their
respective fields.

Prof M K Sanoo, renowned writer, social and literary critic and orator Dr V
S Vijayan, Chairman, Salim Ali Foundation for his outstanding contributions
for ecology and environment conservation and development, Anil Akkara,
President, Adat Panchayat, for excellence in good governance and N
Ramachandran, Chairman, Cochin Port Trust and a Civil servant with
excellence in public administration, he added.

The Manappuram Group of Companies founder V C Padmanabhan

commemorative annual lecture on 'Emerging Global Economy and India"
would be delivered by Dr Francis Cherunilam on June 29 here.

The awards consisted of Rs 25,000 each and bronze plaques will be given
to the winners on the occasion, Nandakumar said.

Source : Kala Kaumadi online