India, July 2 -- Canada has announced this year's appointments to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, and among the 83 distinguished recipients is Professor Mahesh Chandra Sharma, an Indo-Canadian academic who suffered immense personal loss in the Air India Flight 182, the Kanishka, bombing in 1985.

Among the 329 victims of what remains the worst incident of terrorism in Canadian history were the wife, two children and mother-in-law of Prof Mahesh Chandra Sharma.

On Monday, as governor general Mary Simon announced the list of 83 honorees for this year, he was made a member of the Order of Canada.

The citation with the honor noted: "Mahesh Sharma is a civic-minded philanthropist and leader. A beloved professor an...