Ten distinguished personalities, including four women, from seven of the eight northeastern states were conferred Padma Shri awards in different fields.The four women are Shakuntala Choudhary of Assam for social work while Lourembam Bino Devi .
The 107 Padma Shri Awardees included three from Manipur - Lourembam Bino Devi (Art), Muktamani Devi (Trade and Industry) and Konsam Ibomcha Singh (Art).