The award was given by Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal during the National Workshop on Roof-Top Solar Power at Vigyan Bhawan here today.
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Veerendrakumar has authored 21 books and is a winner of both Kerala and central Sahitya Akademy awards. He has been a distinctive voice in the sphere of non-fiction writing.
A former minister both at the Centre and in the state, his travelogue on Himalayas had won the central Sahitya Akademy.
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