chakravarty among sportspersons in the padma shri list are basketball player p anitha table tennis player mouma das athlete sudha hari narayan singh parasportsman k y venkatesh wrestler virender singh and mountaineer anshu jamsenpathe list like the past few years includes many unsung heroes in fields like art social work agriculture and also in a new category grassroots innovationfrom the field of trade and industry punjabbased cremica founder rajni bector late p subramanian of shanthi gears based in coimbatore who was also a philanthropist and zoho corporation ceo sridhar vembu have been conferred padma shri greek indologist nicholas kazanas was awarded padma shri in the literature and education category the former posthumously