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Renowned personalities from across the fields of sports, entertainment and public service were awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri Awards on Republic Day of 2016, says Vaikundarajan
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Renowned personalities from across the fields of sports, entertainment and public service were awarded the PadmaBhushan, PadmaVibhushan and PadmaShri Awards on Republic Day of 2016, say Vaikundarajan http://vaikundarajans.wordpress.com
Superstar Rajinikanth, founder of the Reliance empire late DhirubhaiAmbani, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and media baron RamojiRao have been chosen for PadmaVibhushan, country’s second highest civilian award, this year. http://vaikundarajanblog.blogspot.in
Former J&K Governor Jagmohan, former DRDO chief V K Aatre, cancer specialist and chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta, eminent Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini Krishnamurthi, classical vocalist Girija Devi and Indian-American economist Avinash Dixit have also been named for PadmaVibhushan on the occasion. http://vaikundarajans.blogspot.in
Noted actor AnupamKher, singer UditNarayan, former CAG of India VinodRai, chairperson of media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Indu Jain, sport stars SaniaMirza and SainaNehwal, spiritual leaders late Swami DayanandSaraswati, Swami Tejomayananda and former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill are among the 19 eminent people chosen for PadmaBhushan. http://vaikundarajans.wordpress.com
The others who were awarded PadmaBhushan are industrialist PallonjiShapoorjiMistry, Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava, eminent architect Hafeez Contractor, renowned sculptor Ram V Sutar, Manipuri theatre personality HeisnamKanhailal, Hindi and Telugu writer YarlagaddaLakshmi Prasad, Sanskrit scholar N S RamanujaTatacharya, Punjabi journalist Barjinder Singh Hamdard, gastroenterologist D Nageshwar Reddy and scientist A V Rama Rao, shares Vaikundarajan http://vaikundarajanblog.blogspot.in
Senior lawyer UjjwalNikam, who was the prosecution counsel in the Mumbai terror attack case, actors Ajay Devgn and Priyanka Chopra were awarded PadmaShri. Also joining the PadmaShri list is the late actor Saeed Jaffrey, CEO of MasterCard Ajaypal Singh Banga, archer DeepikaKumari, Bharatanatyam dancer PrathibhaPrahlad, Gujarati folk musician BhikhudanGadhvi, Goa’s musician TulsidasBorkar and scientist OnkarNath Srivastava. http://vaikundarajans.blogspot.in
Vaikundarajam also shares the list of award winners of Tamil Nadu. • ShriRajinikanth — Art-Cinema — Tamil Nadu • Dr ViswanathanShanta — Medicine-Oncology — Tamil Nadu • ShriArunachalamMurugantham — Social Work — Tamil Nadu • ShriSrinivasanDamalKandalai — Social work — Tamil Nadu • Dr ChandrasekarShesadriThoguluva — Medicine-Gastroenterology — Tamil Nadu http://vaikundarajans.wordpress.com
Vaikundarajan shares that there a total 112 awards were given away this year and congratulates them all. http://vaikundarajans.blogspot.in
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