1. Vaikundarajan Congratulates Padma Shri Award Winners Of 2016

2. 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, say Vaikundarajan

3. Superstar Rajinikanth, founder of the Reliance empire late Dhirubhai Ambani, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and media baron Ramoji Rao have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan, country’s second highest civilian award, this year.

4. 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 Padma Vibhushan on the occasion.

5. Noted actor Anupam Kher, singer Udit Narayan, former CAG of India Vinod Rai, chairperson of media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Indu Jain, sport stars Sania Mirza and Saina Nehwal, spiritual leaders late Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Tejomayananda and former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill are among the 19 eminent people chosen for Padma Bhushan.

6. The others who were awarded Padma Bhushan are industrialist Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava, eminent architect Hafeez Contractor, renowned sculptor Ram V Sutar, Manipuri theatre personality Heisnam Kanhailal, Hindi and Telugu writer Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, Sanskrit scholar N S Ramanuja Tatacharya, Punjabi journalist Barjinder Singh Hamdard, gastroenterologist D Nageshwar Reddy and scientist A V Rama Rao, shares Vaikundarajan

7. Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who was the prosecution counsel in the Mumbai terror attack case, actors Ajay Devgn and Priyanka Chopra were awarded Padma Shri. Also joining the Padma Shri list is the late actor Saeed Jaffrey, CEO of MasterCard Ajaypal Singh Banga, archer Deepika Kumari, Bharatanatyam dancer Prathibha Prahlad, Gujarati folk musician Bhikhudan Gadhvi, Goa’s musician Tulsidas Borkar and scientist Onkar Nath Srivastava.

8. Vaikundarajam also shares the list of award winners of Tamil Nadu.
Shri Rajinikanth — Art-Cinema — Tamil Nadu
Dr Viswanathan Shanta — Medicine-Oncology — Tamil Nadu
Shri Arunachalam Murugantham — Social Work — Tamil Nadu
Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai — Social work — Tamil Nadu
Dr Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva — Medicine-Gastroenterology — Tamil Nadu

9. Vaikundarajan shares that there a total 112 awards were given away this year and congratulates them all.

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