Three sports personalities have been conferred with Padma Shri Awards this year.
They are Kalarippayattu veteran SRD Prasad Gurukkal of Kerala.
Thang-Ta coach K Shanathoiba Sharma of Manipur.
Cricket coach Gurcharan Singh of Delhi.
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday approved the conferment of a total of 106 Padma Awards.