Dr. K. Dilna, an alumnus of the Central University of Kerala bagged Kerala Hindi Sahitya Akademi's N. Chandrasekharan Nair Hindi Gaveshana  Puraskar for the best Hindi Ph.D. Thesis in Kerala. The award, which includes Rs 50,000, a citation and a plaque, will be presented on December 28 in Thiruvananthapuram. A native of Kannapuram, Kannur, Dr. Dilna completed her PhD in the Department of Hindi and Comparative Literature under Dr. Ram Binod Ray in 2022.