The Government of Kerala's Health and Family Welfare Department annually conducts the Best Doctor Award recognizing outstanding performers in the field. In Previous year, the Directorate of Health Services tasked SHSRC Kerala with revising the award criteria, which was approved by the Director of Health and the criteria want to be constant for every year.

SHSRC-Kerala conducted a thorough review of the revised award criteria, finalizing the selection guidelines for best doctor award categories through multiple discussions with the Directorate of Health Services. Based on mutual decisions from both sides, the Government approved the revised guidelines, establishing them as the final criteria for the Best Doctor Award. The finalized criteria, refined by SHSRC-Kerala, have now been issued as a Government Order and formally adopted as the official Guidelines for Selection.

The Directorate of Health Services has entrusted SHSRC-Kerala with drafting the selection criteria for the Best Nurse Award in the health department. Following this directive, SHSRC-Kerala developed the criteria and drafted the report in the year (2023-2024).

Recognizing its contributions, the Health and Family Welfare Department has appointed SHSRC-Kerala as a member of the State-Level Scrutinizing Committee for the State Nurse Award 2024. This committee is responsible for evaluating all nominations received under the Clinical Nursing and Public Health Nursing categories based on merit.

The State-Level Award Committee will then unanimously recommend one outstanding nurse from the Clinical Nursing category and one Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) from the Public Health Nursing category for the Best Nurse Award 2024.

Every year, on May 12, the Best Nurse Award is presented in honour to the memory of Sister Lini Puthusserry,