Awards
The Wayanad Tourism Organisation (WTO) has announced “Excellence Awards -2009” for people who excelled in various avenues. The awards were announced in connection with -“Splash 2009, Wayanadan Monsoon Carnival”.
Celluloid Excellence Award |
Kamal, Film Director for his varied and wide treatment of rain in the Malayalam filmdom. |
Literature Excellence Award |
M P Veerendrakumar M P for his travelogues. |
Environmental Excellence Award |
Thomas Stephen, former teacher of St.Antony’s U P School, Kottathara for successfully coordinating the Love Green Clubs in the school thus transforming the school campus into a green patch with hundreds of plant species. The school was selected for the Vanamithra award instituted by the forest department recently. |
Poetry Excellence Award |
Rose Mary |
Sports |
Bineesh K Shaji, Jeena Paul |
Athletics" training |
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Social service |
Brahmagiri Development Society, Meenangadi |
Victor George Memorial Award |
Joshy Manjummal for Photography |
Good Taxi Driver |
Sumesh, Mananthavadi |
Best Tourist Guide |
Sabu Meppadi |
Best Kudumbasree Unit |
Nenmeni |
Best Tourism Police |
Gopalakrishnan, Vythiri Police Station |
Best Forest Guard |
Raju, Muthanga |
Rescue Activities |
Jeevan Raksha Samithy. |



