From Virat Kohli to Kailash Kher, Here’s The List Of Indian’s Who Won The Padma Awards In 2017

The list of Indian’s to be felicitated at the 2017 Padma Awards is officially out and it features crowd favorites including Cricketing superstar Virat Kohli and Olympic champion Sakshi Malik among others. Here are some of the awardees of the most prestigious civilian awards.

Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli

First Indian Paralympic Medallist Deepa Malik

Olympic Gymnast Deepa Karmakar

Olympic Bronze Medalist Wrestler Sakshi Malik

Contemporary Singer Kailash Kher

Indian Hockey Goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh

Olympic Discus Thrower & Shot Putter 

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

Microbiologist & AIDS Researcher Suniti Menon

Olympic Silver Medalist Badminton Player P.V. Sindhu

Indian Cricket’s Captain Cool M.S. Dhoni

Folk Musician Basanti Visht

Kathakali Dancer Chemanchari K. Nair

Actor Sadhu Meher

Mridangam Player T.K. Murthy

Paralympic Gold Medalist High Jumper Thangavelu Meriyappan

Chief National Coach Of The Indian Badminton Team Pullela Gopichand

Kalariyapattu Champion Meenakshi Gurukkal

Master Craftsman Mohammed Yusuf Khatri

Singer K.J. Yesudas

Author Eli Ahmed

Veteran Politician Murli Manohar Joshi

The official award ceremony will be held on 26th January 2017. CashKaro congratulates all the champions who work diligently and make us proud.