Padma Shri award nominee for the year 2020 Shashadhar Acharya today met Chief Minister Hemant Soren with Minister Champai Soren. Acharya will be awarded with Padma Shri this year for his remarkable contribution in the field of Chhau dance. Acharya is a resident of Saraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. The CM congratulated Acharya and said that his Chhau dance has earned world fame. “Your contribution in the field of art culture of Jharkhand is an inspiration to the State,” said the CM. He also congratulated Madhu Mansoori Hansmukh ji Nagpuri, selected for the Padma Shri Award and said that a strong picture of Jharkhand has emerged on the globe from his singing and writing. The CM said that the selection of these two names for the Padma Shri award is an honour for Jharkhand.