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Long jumper M Sreeshankar, who won the Arjuna Award, and kabaddi coach Edachery Bhaskaran, who was chosen for the Dronacharay Award, were the Keralites to gain recognition.
The awards will be conferred on the athletes by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9.
Cricketer Mohammed Shami has also been nominated for the Arjuna.
Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, who had clinched the Nates International Challenge and Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 this year, secured a win over Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.
Having marked his debut in the 1966 Telugu release 'Rangula Ratnam', Chandra Mohan carved a distinguished career, receiving the Nandi Awards twice.
Indian archers will be in action in two gold medal matches on the day.
Prannoy will face home favourite China's Li Shi Feng for a spot in the final.
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu will play their quarterfinals today.
However, it was curtains for Srikanth as he went down against Japan's Kodai Naraoka, a World Championships silver medallist, 16-21, 17-21 in pre quarterfinals.
Lovlina Borgohain will be in action in the gold-medal bout while India take on South Korea in men's hockey semifinals.