Center for Education Growth & Research National Council headquartered in New Delhi, Includes His Excellency-Governor of Kerala; Chairman-National Board of Accreditation; Regulators from AICTE; 50 Chancellors and Vice Chancellors from various regions of India and leading industrialists has organized 14th Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar & 7th Higher Education Summit in New Delhi in which Tamil Cinema Actor Dhamu was awarded with Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar 2021 (National Education Pride Award 2021) for his contribution in field of Education & Development.

This award has been given for his continuous efforts for the past ten years in the field of Education & Development.

Dhamu had won several other honours like Sevai Semmal, Manavar Thalapathi, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award, etc for his excellence in the field of education and social work. He has been awarded the Doctor of Letters by International Tamil University-USA.

Says an elated Dhamu, ‘I will continue my good work for people. Vivek embarked on making Go Green dream of Kalam. I took up a mission to reach out to students as Kalam wanted’.