Padma Bhushan Dr Gurram Joshua Research Centre of Telugu Akademi distributes three awards to poets and writers for contributions to Telugu literature. These are the "Joshua Jeevita Saphalya Puraskaram" for male poets aged sixty or above, the "Joshua Visishta Mahila Purasakaram" for female poets aged fifty or above, and the "Joshua Sahitya Visishta Puraskaram" for any contributor to Dalita "sahityam" (Dalit literature). The first of these awards was presented on September 28, 2013, during the one-hundred-and-eighteenth anniversary of Gurram Joshua's birth. A payment of two-hundred-thousand rupees are included with each award. Dasaradhi Rangacharya was awarded the "Joshua Jeevita Saphalya Puraskaram" award, Kolakakuli Swaroopa Rani the "Joshua Visishta Mahila Purasakaram" award, and Kaluva Mallaiah the "Joshua Sahitya Visishta Puraskaram" award.