Governor Arif Muhammed Khan handed over the award for the best social worker instituted by the R. Sankar Foundation of Kerala to Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala at a function at Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram.
The award carries a purse of ₹50,001, a citation, plaque and ponnada. Senior leaders K. Muraleedharan, M.M. Hassan, K. Sudhakaran, and V.S. Sivakumar were present on the occasion.