Indu C. V., Assistant Section Officer at Mahatma Gandhi University, has won the State Government’s Bharana Bhasha Sevana Puraskaram for promoting Malayalam as official language. Indu secured second place in the Group C category. She is a native of Kurampala, Pandalam.

The award was instituted by the State Government’s Department of Administrative Reforms (Official Language) to promote the use of Malayalam in administration. Indu was selected for the award based on her performance in the written examination and interview conducted by the department.

She received the award from state chief secretary Bishwanath Sinha IAS, in the presence of honourable ministers P.C. Vishnunath and CP John, on November 1 at a function held at Thiruvananthapuram.

The award consists of ₹10,000, a memento, and a good service certificate.