Programs

Awards & Lectures

A Continuing Tradition of Scholarship and Dialogue

The Vedic Research Centre organises endowment lectures, scholarly gatherings, Vākhyārtha sessions and other academic programmes that bring scholars together to study, interpret and discuss Vedic and related knowledge traditions.


The programmes cover a wide range of subjects, including Vedic studies, Indian philosophy, Sanskrit, Kerala’s intellectual history, literature, music, traditional knowledge and cultural heritage.


The VRC archive records the scholars, speakers, topics, venues and award recipients associated with these programmes. It also preserves information about earlier endowments and lectures that are no longer conducted.

Annual Endowment Lectures

  • C. Kunjan Raja Endowment Lecture
  • K. Sreekantha Kumaraswamy – Jayalakshmi Kumaraswamy Endowment Lecture
  • Vedaratnam Erkkara Raman Namboothiri Endowment Lecture
  • Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Endowment Lecture
  • Akavoor Narayanan Endowment Lecture
  • Pandavoor Subrahmanyan Namboothiri Endowment Lecture

Vidvatsabhas and Vākhyārtha

  • Andaladi Vasudevan Namboothiripad Endowment Vidvat Sabha
  • Pandit Subrahmapattar Endowment Vākhyārtha

Endowment Awards

  • Pandit Subrahmapattar Endowment Award
  • T. Aryadevi Endowment Award
  • Pandavoor Subrahmanyan Namboothiri Endowment Award

The historical archive also records the Ezhikkode Parameswaran Namboothiri Endowment Award and discontinued endowment lectures.

Other Academic Activities

  • Lectures at Sree Chandra Hall
  • Open Course for Vedic Chanting
  • Internship programmes for college students
  • Research and manuscript-related training
  • VRC publications

The following archive presents the available programme details from the VRC source document. Historical entries are retained for reference; names, dates, titles and venue details should be checked against the Centre’s original annual reports and programme records before the final archive is published.

Pandit Subrahmapattar Endowment Award

The VRC source document lists the following recipients:

  • 2017: Professor R. Vasudevan Potti
  • 2018: Sri K. P. Achyutappisharoti
  • 2019: Professor V. Ramakrishna Bhatt
  • 2020: V. Govindan Namboothiri
  • 2021: Hugo Devid
  • 2022: N. P. Unni
  • 2023: Professor Vaidyalinga Sarma
  • 2024: K. H. Subrahmanian
  • 2025: K. Bharati

Dr. T. Aryadevi Endowment Award

  • 2021: S. A. S. Sarma
  • 2023: Sri A. T. Narayanan Namboothiri
  • 2023: Sri Vatakketam Neelakandhan Namboothiri
  • 2024: Sri Vatakkumpat Pasupati
  • 2025: Sri Kooappuzha Parameswaran Namboothiri

Pandavoor Subrahmanyan Namboothiri Endowment Award

The source document records the award as beginning in 2025.

  • 2025: K. M. Jatavedan Namboothiri

Ezhikkode Parameswaran Namboothiri Endowment Award

  • 2013: Professor O. Vatsala
  • 2014: T. Aryadevi
  • 2015: K. I. Narayanan
  • 2016: Professor V. Ramakrishna Bhat
  • 2017: Professor Venkitarajasarma
  • 2018: N. V. P. Unnitiri

The endowment was instituted by K. P. Raman of Mumbai, a student of Ezhikkode Parameswaran Namboothiri. According to the source document, the endowment was discontinued after Raman’s death in 2019.