IT fraternity’s arts and lit fest awards given away

Prathidhwani of Technopark organizes 11th edition of ‘Srishti’

Trivandrum / June 26, 2025

Thiruvananthapuram, June 26: The 11th edition of ‘Srishti,’ the biggest arts and literature festival of the IT community in Kerala, turned out to be an exciting platform for IT employees across the state to showcase their creative talents, besides scripting success in their  artistic endeavours.

Organised by Prathidhwani, the welfare and recreation forum of IT employees in Kerala, the award ceremony of the literary festival was held at Technopark here last evening. 

Malayalam Mission Director, poet and lyricist Shri Murukan Kattakkada presented the awards to the winners.

Lauding Prathidhwani for organising the annual event, Shri Murukan said it was heartening to see techies participating in a literary fest by taking time out from their hectic work schedules.

He also released the novel ‘Antharyami’, authored by Shri Jaidev Chandrasekharan from UST, and a collection of poems by Ms Rugmini, daughter of IT employee Mrs Deepthi (Speridian), on the occasion.  

Shri Murukan recited his poems ‘Renuka’ and ‘Paka,’ besides a few lines from the poems of yesteryear poet Shri Changampuzha Krishna Pillai along with techies. Jury Member Jacob Abraham was also present.

Shri Nesin Sreekumar, Convenor, Literary Club, Prathidhwani, presided over the function. Ms Meera MS, General Convenor, Srishti, welcomed the gathering.

Shri Vishnu Rajendran, President, Prathidhwani; Ms Bismitha, Joint Convenor, Srishti; Shri Rajeev Krishnan, State Convenor, Prathidhwani; Ms Anju David, Executive Member; Ms Raji Chandrika, Website Convenor, Srishti; and Shri Sinu Jamal, Website Architect, were also present.  

The winners were selected by a Jury, chaired by Kerala Sahitya Akademi Member Ms VS Bindu, and novelist Jacob Abraham, poet Shri Gopikrishnan Kottoor, Ms A G Oleena and Ms Sajini S as Members.

More than 300 creative works were received from around 200 from IT employees working in Kerala.

The winners: Malayalam story (First prize -- Afshan Saif, GD Innovative Solutions, Technopark; Second prize- Nipun Varma, UST Global, Infopark; Third prize - Elsamma Tharian, UST Global, Infopark); Reader's choice - Vishnu K Shaji, Norden Communication, Kochi; English Story (Gauri Jela, HCLTech, Thiruvananthapuram; Gopalakrishnan R, TCS, Technopark; and Sony Mathew, Allianz Technology, Technopark); Reader's choice - Ajith Kavirajan, Innovation Incubator; Tamil Story (Consolation prizes - S. Mani Ramalingam, Thoughtline Technologies, Technopark and Linse Antony, UST Global) ; Hindi Story (Consolation prizes- Sheeja Joseph, Compu Needs IT Solutions; and Arathy S Lal, PromptTech Global); Malayalam Poem (Sreesha T S, Infosys, Thiruvananthapuram; Vinod Appu P G, Ashling, Kochi; and Sreejamol N S, UST Global); Reader's choice - Vijin Raj T S; English Poem (Gauri Jela, HCLTech; Anakha B, Inspired Software Development, Kochi; Rugma Harikrishnan, EY, Technopark); Reader's choice - Nazirin Fathima, Valoriz Digital, Technopark; Tamil Poem (S. Mani Ramalingam, Thoughtline Technologies, Technopark; Kripa Balasubramanian, EY; and Linse Antony, UST); and Reader's choice- Sachin Deepan, Genrobotic Innovations, Technopark. 

Hindi Poem (Arathy S. Lal, PromptTech Global; Nazirin Fathima, Valoriz Digital, Technopark; and Manju Madhanan, Reflections Info Systems, Technopark); Reader's choice  - Femina P A, Genrobotic Innovations; Malayalam Article (Nipun Varma, UST Global, Infopark; Lakshmi Mohandas, Allianz Technology and Athira U, EY, Kinfra); Reader's choice - Anoop S, Allianz; English Article (Lakshmi Mohandas, Allianz Technology; Arunima G.S Krishnaletha, Allianz Technology and J Merlin George, ThoughtLine Technologies); Reader's choice - Felicia Hyacinth Chelat, EY, Kochi; and Consolation prize - Jayanth Abraham, Allianz Technology.

Tamil Article (Consolation prize- S. Mani Ramalingam, Thoughtline Technologies); Hindi Article (Consolation prize- Sheeja Joseph, Compu Needs IT Solutions); Cartoon (Rahul Raveendran, Toms Animation, Technopark; Fayas K M, RRD and Vishnu P P, Tata Elxsi, Technopark); Water Color (Shincy P V, Socius Innovations Global; Rony M Peter, Analyse Digital; Santily P V, iDynamics and Rahul Narayanan, Paperchase Accountancy); Pencil Drawing (Rony M Peter, Analyse Digital, Santily P V,  iDynamics, Rahul Narayanan, Paperchase Accountancy; and Shincy P V, Socius Innovations Global).

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