• These awards were bestowed to six individuals.
  • National University of Singapore (NUS) Registrar Rajaram Ramasubban received the award under education category.
  • Kamalakannan, who published the history of late social reformer ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy in Japanese, was awarded under social development category.
  • Pudhumai Thamizhachi Trust’s Sridevi Sivanandam, received under women’s category.
  • The Tecton Engineering and Construction L.L.C’s Lakshmanan Somasundaram, under business category, received this awards.
  • While Associate Professor Arokiyaraj, Sejong University, Korea received it under S&T category.
  • The ophthalmologist Gangadhara Sundar in the NUS (the National University of Singapore) obtained it under medicine category.