2022 annual awards banquet on Oct 22 to honor six for outstanding achievements and service to the society
The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center, Inc. will honor six Indian American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements in their field of specialization and for their service to the society.
The awards will be presented at the center’s 30th Annual Awards Banquet on Oct 22 in New York. India’s Consul General Randhir Jaiswal and New York senators Kevin Thomas and Anna Kaplan will be among those attending the event, according to a press release.
Read: Kerala Center honors six outstanding achievers (November 26, 2021)
“Kerala Center has been honoring outstanding achievers since 1991. Every year we invite nominations and the committee has to make a unanimous choice for a candidate in a category to receive the award and this year is no different from previous years in terms of their achievements,” said Dr. Thomas Abraham, Kerala Center’s Trustee Board Chairman and Award Committee Member.
“Kerala Center is very happy to honor American Malayalees who excel in their professions and who work for social progress — their examples should be an inspiration for others,” said Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, Board and Award Committee Chairman.
This year’s honorees are: Dr. Javad Hassan, Chairman of NeST Group, for Corporate Leadership; Thomas Joy, Suffolk County police officer and president of AMLEU, for Public Service; Bindiya Sabarinath, founder of Mayura School of Arts, in Performing Arts category; Dr. Silvester Noronha of MIT, in Applied Science category; P. T. Paulose, for contributions to Pravasi Malayalam Literature; and Jose Kaniyaly, Executive Editor and Partner of Kerala Express weekly newspaper, for his contributions to Malayalam Media and Journalism.
Kerala Center’s 30th Annual Awards Banquet will be held on Oct 22, 2022, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Kerala Center, 1824 Fairfax St., Elmont, New York.
Read: Six distinguished Malayalees to receive Kerala Center Awards (October 10, 2022)
Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran was the Award Committee Chairman and other members were Dr. Thomas Abraham, Daisy P. Stephen and Dr. Marilyn George.
Photo caption: Kerala Center awardees 2022 from l to r: Dr. Javad Hassan, Jose Kaniyaly, Bindiya Sabarinath, Dr. Silvester Noronha, Thomas Joy and P. T. Paulose.