Nobel laureate Venky, A R Rahman, Aamir, Rekha in Padma list

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Nobel laureate of Indian origin
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Apollo hospital chief Pratap Reddy
and former Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy were
Monday chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma
Vibhushan while music maestro A R Rahman and Bollywood star
Aamir Khan have been named for Padma Bhushan.
Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim
Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K
Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award
by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including
13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma
Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri.
Cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Hockey national Ignace
Tirkey, Formula 1 driver Narain Kartikeyan, Badminton star
Saina Nehwal, Boxer Vijender Singh and Sachin Tendulkar's
'guru' Ramakant Achrekar have been selected for Padma Shri
awards in sports category.
Among the Padma Bhushan awardees this year are noted
NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, eminent neurosurgeon Satya
Paul Agarwal and eminent cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda, who
performed 'beating heart' surgery on Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh last year. (More) PTI