
Twelve personalities from diverse fields received the Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards at the 13th edition of the ceremony held at the Chennai Trade Centre recently.
Twelve personalities from diverse fields received the Puthiyathalaimurai Tamilan Awards at the 13th edition of the ceremony held at the Chennai Trade Centre recently.

The Achiever Award winners include T.K. Chandiran, Chairman and Managing Director of SCM Group of Companies, K. Thangaraj, molecular geneticist and population scientist, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, psychiatrist and founder of SNEHA, Thota Tharani, art director and painter, S. Ramakrishnan, writer, and Mohammed Riaz, former captain of the Indian Hockey Team.
The Promising Talent Award recipients are Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace, Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO of Agnikul Cosmos, Nimal Raghavan, environmentalist, P.S. Vinothraj, filmmaker, Samyuktha Maya, writer, and Thulasimathi Murugesan, para-badminton player. The Tamilan Awards 2026 will be telecast on Puthiyathalaimurai on August 22 and 23.
The Tamilan Awards, instituted by the Tamil news channel Puthiyathalaimurai, aim to recognise contributions across business, science, arts, sports and social work. The list of honourees this year notably includes founders of space-tech startups (Agnikul Cosmos, Garuda Aerospace) alongside traditional fields such as psychiatry and literature. The telecast dates provide a platform for these personalities to gain wider public recognition beyond the ceremony itself. The awards continue a pattern of acknowledging both established and emerging talent in the state.
Source: thehindu.com
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