7 Keralites bestowed Padma awards, N R Madhava Menon given posthumously

New Delhi: Padma awards have been announced ahead of Republic day. Seven Keralites have been selected for the prestigious award, including famous legal expert N R Madhava Menon. He will be given Padma Bhushan award posthumously. Spiritual leader Sri M has also been selected for Padma Bhushan award.

5 Keralites have been declared eligible for Padma Shri. Botanist KS Manilal, Hindi language scholar Dr. N Chandrasekharan Nair, ‘Nokkuvidya Pavakkali’ artist Mozhikkal Pankajakshi, Harijan Samaj leader and working president of Hindu Aikya Vedi MK Kunjol have been selected for Padma Shri awards.

Eminent personalities, including former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, Olympian boxer Mary Kom, former Mauritius prime minister Anerood Jugnauth have been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan on the Republic Day this year, officials said on Saturday.

Former Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, Industrialists Anand Mahindra and Venu Shrinivasan, Olympian badminton player P V Sindhu, former Nagaland chief minister S C Jamir and Jammu and Kashmir politician Muzaffar Hussain Baig have been awarded with the Padma Bhushan, they said.

Jaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes and Parrikar have been given the award posthumously, the officials said.