PV Sindhu Recommended For Padma Bhushan 

New Delhi: PV Sindhu, ace shuttler and Olympic silver medalist, has been recommended for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award by Union Sports Ministry on Monday. After former India skipper MS Dhoni, Sindhu is the second athlete to be recommended for the country's third highest civilian award.

The 22-year-old is the first Indian shuttler to win the Korea Open Super Series. She clinched the 2016 China Open Super Series Premier, India Open Super Series, bagged a historic silver at the Glasgow World Championship last month.

In March 2015, Sindhu was awarded India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri

A three-time Macau Open champion, Sindhu also won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow this year. Riding on a series of good performances, Sindhu achieved a career-best world ranking of number two in April for a brief period. Last week, she climbed back to her number two position, following a good week at Seoul.

In 2014, Sindhu won four bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games, Incheon Asian Games, Uber Cup and Asia Championship. In March 2015, Sindhu was awarded India's fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri.