The award is instituted by the 'Kerala Kalakendram,' here, affiliated to the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.
The 'Shreeratna' awards this year are for P Kusuma Kumari (Additional Director, Regional Cancer Centre), Alice Prince (director, Smart Engineering and Design Solutions, Bahamas), Shibulal (chairperson, Advait Foundation, Bangalore) and Lissy Priyadarshan (Managing Director, Four Frames film company, Chennai), a press release here said.
The awards would be distributed by T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, at a function to be held here on March 8, the international women's day.