Rekha receives Padma Shri
Saturday, 10 April 2010
NEW DELHI, April 9: Actor Rekha was conferred Padma Shri award by President Pratibha Patil at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here Wednesday.
Actor Saif Ali Khan, boxer Vijender Singh, sound technician and Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty and ace car racer Narain Karthikeyan were also conferred the Padma Shri, while NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, music composer Ilaiyaraaja and top businessman Vindi Banga received Padma Bhushan.
Mrudangam exponent Umayalpuram K Sivaraman, former RBI Governor Y V Reddy and nonagenarian artiste Zohra Sehgal were honoured with the Padma Vibhushan.
Other Padma Bhushan awardees included cardiologist B M Hegde, nuclear scientist Bikash Sinha, historian Bipin Chandra, kathak exponent Kumudini Lakhia, panchavadya exponent Kuzhur Narayana Marar, versatile artiste Mallika Sarabhai, banker N Vaghul, eye specialist Noshir Minoo Shroff, music composer Shrinivas Khale, sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan and Ayurveda practitioner E T Narayanan Mooss.
Sculptor Arjun Prajapati, versatile Assamese dramatist Arun Sarma, liver transplant specialist Arvinder Singh Soin, social worker Deep Chandra Joshi, businessman Deepak Puri, Manipuri Ras exponent Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi and noted Indologist of German origin Hermann Kulke, were among the Padma Shri recipients.
The first set of the Padma awards were presented on March 31, where actor Aamir Khan and musician AR Rahman were conferred Padma Bhushan.
Meanwhile, from sports, Saina Nehwal, Narain Karthikeyan and Virendra Sehwag were given Padma Shri awards. —Internet
Actor Saif Ali Khan, boxer Vijender Singh, sound technician and Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty and ace car racer Narain Karthikeyan were also conferred the Padma Shri, while NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, music composer Ilaiyaraaja and top businessman Vindi Banga received Padma Bhushan.
Mrudangam exponent Umayalpuram K Sivaraman, former RBI Governor Y V Reddy and nonagenarian artiste Zohra Sehgal were honoured with the Padma Vibhushan.
Other Padma Bhushan awardees included cardiologist B M Hegde, nuclear scientist Bikash Sinha, historian Bipin Chandra, kathak exponent Kumudini Lakhia, panchavadya exponent Kuzhur Narayana Marar, versatile artiste Mallika Sarabhai, banker N Vaghul, eye specialist Noshir Minoo Shroff, music composer Shrinivas Khale, sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan and Ayurveda practitioner E T Narayanan Mooss.
Sculptor Arjun Prajapati, versatile Assamese dramatist Arun Sarma, liver transplant specialist Arvinder Singh Soin, social worker Deep Chandra Joshi, businessman Deepak Puri, Manipuri Ras exponent Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi and noted Indologist of German origin Hermann Kulke, were among the Padma Shri recipients.
The first set of the Padma awards were presented on March 31, where actor Aamir Khan and musician AR Rahman were conferred Padma Bhushan.
Meanwhile, from sports, Saina Nehwal, Narain Karthikeyan and Virendra Sehwag were given Padma Shri awards. —Internet