Published On : Wed, Jan 25th, 2017

Kailash Kher, Kohli, Deepa Karmakar… 2017 Padma Shri winners

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Kohli, Deepa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik... 2017 Padma Shri winners
New Delhi: The government today announced the full list of Padma Shri Awards for 2017. Eminent personalities from different fields like public service, sports and entertainment will be awarded the Padma Shri awards by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri and are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The names on the list of Padma Shri winners include…

Kailash Kher (singer)
Anuradha Paudwal (singer)
TK Vishwanathan (secretary general of the Lok Sabha)
Kanwal Sibal (ex-foreign Secy)
Prof G Venkataraman Subbaiah (academician)
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (poet)
Birka Bahadur Limbu Morenga (literature)
Warepa Naba Nil (theatre actor)
Mukund Nayar (singer)
Sukri Bommegowda
Basanti Visht (dancer)
Chemanchari Kuni Raman Nayyar (dancer)
Sadhu Mehr (theatre actor)
TK Murthi (musician)
Imrat Khan (musician)
Virender Singh (musician)
Baoa Devi (painter)
Tilak Gitai (painting)
Narendra Kohli (writer)
Bhawna Somaiya (journalist)
Kashinath Pandit (author)
Virat Kohli (sportsperson)
Sakshi Malik (sportsperson)
Deepa Karmakar (sportsperson)
Vikas Gowda (sportsperson)
Shreejesh (sportsperson)
Shekhar Naik (Skipper, visually challenged cricket)
Mariyappan Thangavelu (Paralympian).