Activist selected for Padmini Varkey award 

Social activist Jessy Emmanuel has been selected for this year’s Padmini Varkey Memorial Award.

Published: 10th December 2020 03:47 AM  |   Last Updated: 10th December 2020 03:47 AM   |  A+A A-

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Social activist Jessy Emmanuel has been selected for this year’s Padmini Varkey Memorial Award. Padmini was a prominent philanthropist and social worker. The award carries a cash prize of `25,000. The award for the best philanthropist will be presented to her by Finance Minister T M Thomas Issac on December 12, Padmini’s fifth death anniversary. 

The event will be held at Devaki Warrier Memorial Hall in Thiruvananthapuram at 3pm. Jessy is a member of ‘Snehajalakam’, a voluntary organisation in Alappuzha. P J Emmanual, fishermen’s union leader, is her husband and the couple has three children.

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