[3] Garshom Awards were instituted to recognize those hidden faces among the community of Non Resident Keralites who have been doing laudable work in the socio-cultural-business-professional field in various parts of the world.

The awards recognize the contribution of the global community of NRKs to the society they are currently part of, the nation they were born to, and to Kerala, their motherland in particular.

19 Garshom Award presentation ceremonies have been held in Bangalore[4] 2003, 2004, 2010, New Delhi 2005, Trivandrum[5] 2006, Hyderabad[6] 2007, Chennai[7] 2009, Kuwait[8][9] 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012, Bangalore 2015, Malacca, Malaysia 2016, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai 2017, Tokyo, Japan 2018, Oslo Norway 2019, Panaji Goa, [10] Baku Azerbaijan 2022,[11] Bahrain 2023,[12][13] and Yerevan, Armenia 2024.

[14] The 19th Garshom International Awards presentation ceremony [21] was held on November 16, 2024, in Best Western Plus Congress Hotel Yerevan, Armenia.

[54][55] Garshom International Awards 2021[64][65][66] presentation ceremony was held at Hyatt Regency Baku, Azerbaijan on 20 November 2022.

[85][citation needed][86][87] The Garshom International Awards 2019[102] were presented in a function held at Hotel Scandic Solli, Oslo in Norway on 24 August 2019.

[103] Norway Notodden City Mayor Gry Fuglestveit Bløchlinger and Norway Parliament member Mr. Himanshu Gulati distributed the awards to the winners[104] in the presence of Mr. Amar Jeet, director of cultural wing with the Indian Embassy in Norway,[105] the award committee chairman and Karnataka ex-MLA Mr. Ivan Nigli, former Garshom awardee Mr. P K Abdulla Koya, Dr. Bindu Sara Varghese, President, Norwegian Malayali Association, Mr. Jostein Meen,[106] Mr. Jaijo Joseph, executive director, Garshom Infomedia Limited and Mr. Jins Paul, President, Garshom Foundation.

[136][137] The awards were presented by Brigadier H. E Mohammed Ahmed Al Yammahi, Federal National Council Member, UAE; Sri.

Joseph Scaria, Asia Pacific Director, Habitat for Humanity International; Dr. Francis Cleetus and Sri.

The 11th Garshom international awards[141] were presented at Cultural Center (Panggung Seri), Taman Budaya, Malacca, Malaysia on 17 December 2016.

[143] Source:[144] The tenth Garshom Awards[150] were presented by the Bangalore Development and Town Planning Minister Sri.

Venu Rajamony,[151] Dr. Aswath Narayan MLA, Honorary Consul of Maldives Dr. Joseph V.G, and Dr. J. Alexander were the chief guests.

Datuk K.Ravindran Menon, President AMMA Malaysia; Ajay Tharayil, KPCC General Secretary; Garshom Infomedia Ltd.

of Karnataka, Dr. V. S. Acharya inaugurated the 7th Garshom Awards programme at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore on 20 February 2010.

Source:[160] The awards were presented by Dr. MM Rajendran, former Governor of Orissa on 31 January 2009 at Hotel Courtyard by Marriott, Chennai.

Dr. Oscar Nigli MLA; M S Viswanathan, music director; Dr. TP Sreenivasan, former Ambassador to Austria; Dr. Parateep Philip IPS, IG of Police, Chennai; and Dr. Saji D'Zousa were present .

Nair (Administrator, Garden City College, Bangalore), and Jins Paul (Managing Editor, Garshom Infomedia Ltd) selected the winners.

of Karnataka N. Dharam Singh presented the Garshom Awards in a well attended function held at St. John's Medical College Auditorium, Bangalore on 12 December 2004.

The first Garshom Award was presented to Dr. Polly Mathew from Germany in a colourful function held at the Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore by J. Alexander, MLA, Govt.

The other guests present were K. B. Ganesh Kumar, MLA from Kerala; Madhu, senior cine actor and Mr. Jins Paul, founder, Garshom.