Victor Banerjee, Sonu Nigam, Chandraprakash Dwivedi honoured with Padma awards

Renowned classical vocalist Dr Prabha Atre of the Kirana Gharana was on Tuesday awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the nation’s second highest civilian honour.
Veteran actor Victor Banerjee, recognized for movies akin to Satyajit Ray basic Ghare Baire and David Lean’s epic A Passage of India, was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of the nation.
The names from Indian arts area who’ve been chosen for Padma Awards additionally embrace Punjabi folks singer Gurmeet Bawa (posthumous) and classical musician Rashid Khan, who might be felicitated with Padma Bhushan.
Popular playback singer Sonu Nigam, director Chandraprakash Dwivedi, finest recognized for steering tv epic Chanakya and important hit Pinjar, and veteran actor Sowcar Janaki have been conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the nation.

Besides Nigam, Dwivedi and Janaki, the checklist for Padma Shri awardees additionally embrace 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.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the President accredited conferment of 128 Padma Awards, together with two duo circumstances, this 12 months. In a duo case, the award is counted as one.

The checklist includes 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards.
Thirty-four of the awardees are girls and the checklist additionally consists of 10 individuals from the class of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.
The Padma awards are introduced yearly on the eve of Republic Day.