News18 Tamil Nadu recognizes academic thought leaders and institutions with Katral Awards 2022

28, June 2022: Education is the strongest pillar of the society as it shapes one’s morale and builds responsible citizens of the country. To highlight the significance of education, News18 Tamil Nadu held the grand finale of Katral Awards 2022 at Hotel Hilton on 21st June.

Meaning ‘learning’ in Tamil, the second edition of Katral Awards recognised the efforts of academicians, educationists, and leaders who achieved success and demonstrated proficiency in academics. The selection procedure for this award involves nominees chosen by the News18 editorial board. The winners are then decided by a jury comprising expert academicians. The first edition was held in November 2021. The 23 educational institutes felicitated at the award ceremony hail from different parts of the state of Tamil Nadu.

Dr. K. Ponmudy, Minister for Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu was the honourable chief guest of the glittering award ceremony. Apart from him, eminent personalities such as Apoorva, IAS, Secretary, Youth affairs & Sports development; Poornalingam, Former IAS; Ragupathy, Former IAS; Kumaraguru, Former Director, GSI; Dr. Sowmya Anbumani, President, Pasumai Thayagam; Krithika Radhakrishnan, Entrepreneur; Justice Subramaniyan, MHC; RV Udhyakumar, Film Director; Somavalliyappan, Economist; Nandha kumar, IRS; Jaya Prakash, Educational consultant; Dr. Deepa, Ex member, State women commission; Panneer Selvam, Director, IGNOU; Sarathbabu Elumalai, CEO, Food King; Ravanan, Regional JD, Collegiate Edu; Murugaihan, Educationist also graced the event.

The detailed Winners list is as follows:

S. No	College Name	Location
1	Bharathidasan University	Tiruchirappalli
2	Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan University	Tiruchirappalli
3	School of Allied Health Sciences, VMRF-DU	Salem
4	Thiagarajar College of Engineering	Madurai
5	Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science	Coimbatore
6	Muthayammal Group of Institutions	Rasipuram
7	Women’s Christian College	Chennai
8	Rathinam group of Institutions	Coimbatore
9	Narasu’s Sarathy Institute of Technology	Salem
10	Government Arts College (Autonomous)	Coimbatore
11	Cherraan’s College of Nursing	Coimbatore
12	Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University)	Chennai
13	Lady Doak College (Autonomous)	Madurai
14	AMET University	Chennai
15	Francis Xavier Engineering College (Autonomous) Scad Group of Institutions	Tirunelveli
16	Sri Lakshmi Narayana institute of Medical Science	Puducherry
17	A.V.C College (Autonomous)	Mayiladuthurai
18	A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous)	Poondi, Thanjavur
19	Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research	Chennai
20	SRM Institute of Hotel Management	Kanchipuram
21	Voorhees College	Vellore
22	MIT College of Agriculture and Technology	Tiruchirappalli
23	Central Footwear Training Institute	Chennai