HONORS
The Department of Posts honoured Panicker by issuing a commemorative postage stamp on 21 June 2004.
His birth centenary is celebrated under the auspices of P. N. Panicker Foundation in 2010
‘Krupsakaya Award’ from UNESCO
Grandhasala Sangham won the prestigious ‘Krupsakaya Award’ from UNESCO in 1975. He was the General Secretary of Sangham for 32 years, until 1977, when the Sanghom was taken over by the Kerala State Government. Now it is called the Kerala State Library Council, with an in-built democratic structure and funding from the State Government.
READING DAY
At last the Government of Kerala stepped in at accept the contributions of P.N. Panicker and ordered to observe 19 June annually as Vayanadinam (Day of Reading) with a week-long series of activities at schools and public institutions to honour the contributions of P.N. Panicker to the cause of literacy, education and library movement.
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