New York: The Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center, Inc. (The Kerala Center) will honor seven Indian American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements in their fields of specialization and for their service to the society, at its 33rd Annual Awards Dinner to be held on October 25, 2025. Public officials and leaders from the USA and India are expected to attend this prestigious event.
“The Kerala Center has been honoring outstanding achievers since 1992. Every year we invite nominations, and the Award Committee makes 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, Chairman of the Board and Award Committee.
This year’s honorees and their categories of recognition are: Inspector Shibu Madhu - Govt. and Public Service; Diya Mathews - Legal Service; Priscilla Samuel - Nursing; Jayan Varghese - Pravasi Malayalam Literature; Koshy O. Thomas - Community Service; Nandini Menon - Education; and Joharath Kutty – Engineering.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Suresh U. Kumar, a 5 x INC 500 ranked serial entrepreneur, professor of entrepreneurship at New Jersey Institute of Technology, ex-President of TIE-New Jersey, member NJ-India commission and author of Amazon #1 Bestselling novel, “The Girl in Scarlet Hijab.”
