Famend classical vocalist Dr Prabha Atre of the Kirana Gharana was once on Tuesday awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s 2d best civilian honour.
Veteran actor Victor Banerjee, recognized for motion pictures similar to Satyajit Ray vintage Ghare Baire and David Lean’s epic A Passage of India, was once awarded the Padma Bhushan, the 3rd best civilian award of the rustic.
The names from Indian arts box who’ve been selected for Padma Awards additionally come with Punjabi people singer Gurmeet Bawa (posthumous) and classical musician Rashid Khan, who can be felicitated with Padma Bhushan.
Common playback singer Sonu Nigam, director Chandraprakash Dwivedi, perfect recognized for steering tv epic Chanakya and significant hit Pinjar, and veteran actor Sowcar Janaki were conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth best civilian award of the rustic.
But even so Nigam, Dwivedi and Janaki, the checklist for Padma Shri awardees additionally come with Nalini and Kamalini Asthana, Madhuri Barthwal, S Ballesh Bhajantri, Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia, Sulochana Chavan, Lourembam Bino Devi, Shyamamani Devi, Arjun Singh Dhurve, Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (posthumous), Shivnath Mishra, amongst others.
Consistent with the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA), the President authorized conferment of 128 Padma Awards, together with two duo instances, this 12 months. In a duo case, the award is counted as one.
The checklist accommodates 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards.
Thirty-four of the awardees are girls and the checklist additionally contains 10 individuals from the class of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.
The Padma awards are introduced every year at the eve of Republic Day.
