Faisal Ali Dar, a coach of martial arts from Bandipora district of Kashmir, and Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil, the most senior living member (93 years old) of the Mudavangattil family that teaches Kalari 바카라“ an Indian modern martial art are among the nine athletes who have been conferred with the Padma Awards 2022 on Tuesday.
Both Sankaranarayana Menon and Faisal Ali have been felicitated with Padma Shri 바카라“ the fourth highest civilian award in India.
On the other hand, Devendra Jhajharia has been conferred with Padma Bhushan 바카라“ third highest civilian award in India. Meanwhile, India바카라™s Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has been honoured with the Padma Shri award.
List of Padma Awards 2022 Winners (Sports):
Padma Bhushan 2022:
Devendra Jhajharia
Padma Shri 2022:
Neeraj Chopra
Sumit Antil
Pramod Bhagat
Avani Lekhara
Faisal Ali Dar
Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil
Brahmanand Sankhwalkar
Vandana Katariya
What are Padma Awards?
Padma Awards 바카라“ one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 바카라˜Padma Vibhushan바카라™ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 바카라˜Padma Bhushan바카라™ for distinguished service of high order and 바카라˜Padma Shri바카라™ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
 The awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list this year comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
