The Government of Kerala's Health and Family Welfare Department annually conducts the Best Doctor Award recognizing outstanding performers in the field. In the Previous financial 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.

In the current financial 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.