Hyderabad: The AP government has recommended aerospace scientist G Satheesh Reddy, internationally-recognised orthopaedic surgeon A.V. Guruva Reddy and TD MP and Telugu film personality M. Murali Mohan for the Padma Bhushan for this year.
The AP government sent the list of 22 names for the Padma awards to the Centre. The awards will be announced on the eve of Republic Day.
For the Padma Sri, the AP government has recommended the names of ENT specialist Dr N. Vishnu Swaroop Reddy, who heads the ENT unit in Care Hospital, Hyderabad, and Mr Ramanaiah from Nellore district in the field of handlooms.
For Padma Bhushan, the AP government has recommended the names of Olympic badminton silver medallist P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, mridangam player Yella Venkateswar Rao, renowned classical dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant and Dr C.K. Durga, head of surgery, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, along with Dr Satheesh Reddy and Mr Guruva Reddy.