Nine Tamil scholars to receive NE Governor's Award

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 April 2006, 03:36 GMT]
The list of names of nine recipients for the North East Governor's Award for the Year 2005 was released Wednesday by the Provincial Secretary for the Provincial Education and Cultural Affairs Ministry Mr.R.Thiagalingam. The recipients who are reputed Tamil scholars will be presented with awards on the second day of two-day Twelfth North East Tamil Literary Festival, which is to commence on April 20th at Mannar Town Hall, sources said.

The names of recipients of Governor's Award follow:

Jaffna district (02 recipients):

1. Mr.Muthukumar Gopalakrishnan (Kannan)-Musician
2. Mr.Selliah Sivapragasam- Sculptor

Trincomalee district (02):

1. Mr.P.Kandiah (Gandhi Master)
2. Ms Rajeswary Thedchanamoorthy- Carnatic Musician

Wanni district (02):

1. Mr.Aruna Sellathurai- Broadcaster
2. Mr.Pon.Theivendran- Author

Batticaloa district (01):

1. Mr.Thambipillai Nallalingam- Annaviyar

Amparai district (01):

1. Mr.U.L.Adam Bawa- Short story writer

Mannar district (01):

1. Francis Xavier Lambert- Musician