Awarding Padma Awards to the exemplary personalities for their notable contributions

“A film should be a vehicle with a higher purpose—a carrier of the social, moral and ethical message,” the Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu.

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented two Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and fifty-four Padma Shri Awards for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 21, 2022. The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honors of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. The Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service). The award seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.

Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India Shri. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri. Amit Shah.

Following were the awardees who received the Padma Vibhushan:

Shri Radhey Shyam Khemkha (Posthumous)- A well versed personality known for his immense contribution in the Sanatan Literature, Shri Radhey Shyam Khemkha has contributed in authoring, editing and publishing rare ancient texts into several regional languages. He was the editor of ‘Kalyan’, a spiritual monthly in Hindi, first published in 1925 by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) -Being the first Chief of Defence Staff of India from 31^st December to 8^th December 2021, General Rawat steered the restructuring of India’s National Security Architecture including the setting up of Integrated Theatre Commands.

The recipients who received Padma Bhushan are:

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad- For immense contribution towards Social work and exemplary policies implemented under his leadership.
Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous)- For playing a prominent role in the promotion and recognition of Punjabi Folk music.
Shri Chandrasekharan- For his exemplary contribution in Trade and Industry
Shri Devendra Jhajharia- For achieving unparallel feat and becoming the first Indian to win two gold medals at Paralympics.
Shri Rashid Khan- For carrying forward the legacy of Hindustani Music and his contribution to the Indian Cinema
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi- For extensive services rendered towards the Civil Services.
Cyrus Soli Poonawalla- known as India’s vaccine pioneer, Dr. Cyrus was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his impeccable work towards society.
Shri Sachchinand Swami- For bringing in social reforms, contribution in the field of philosophy and literature.

Following recipients were awarded Padma Shri:

Shri Prahalad Rai Agarwala
Najma Akhtar
Shri Sumit Antil
Shri T Senka Ao
Kamalini Asthana
Nalini Asthana
Shri Subbanna Ayyappan
Shri J K Bajaj
Shri Sirpi Balasubramanian
Srimad Baba Balia
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Madhuri Barthwal
Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat
Himmatrao Bawaskar
Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi
Shri Pramod Bhagat
Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri
Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia
Shri Maria Christopher Byrski
Acharya Chandanaji
Sulochana Chavan
Shri Neeraj Chopra
Shakuntala Choudhary
Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil
Shri S Damodaran
Shri Faisal Ali Dar
Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi
Prokar Dasgupta
Shri Aditya Prasad Dash
Lata Desa
Shri Malji bhai Desai
Basanti Devi
Lourembam Bino Devi
Muktamani Devi
Shyamamani Devi
Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous)
Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia
Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve
Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre
Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Shri Dhaneswar Engti
Shri Om Prakash Gandhi
Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati
Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous)
Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous)
Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru
Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous)
Shri Ryuko Hira
Sosamma Iype
Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia
Sowcar Janaki
Tara Jauhar
Vandana Kataria
Shri H R Keshavamurthy
Shri Rutger Kortenhorst
Shri P Narayana Kurup
Avani Lekhara
Shri Moti Lal Madan
Shri Shivnath Mishra
Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous)
Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah
Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous)
Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan
R Muthukannammal
Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin
Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik
Shri Tsering Namgyal
Shri A K C Natarajan
Shri V L Nghaka
Shri Sonu Nigam
Shri Ram Sahay Panday
Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya
K V Rabiya
Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi
Shri Sheesh Ram
Shri Ramachandraiah
Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao
Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai
Padmaja Reddy
Guru Tulku Rinpoche
Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar
Shri Vidyanand Sarek
Shri Kali Pada Saren
Veeraswamy Seshiah
Prabhaben Shah
Shri Dilip Shahani
Shri Ram Dayal Sharma
Shri Vishwamurti Shastri
Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan
Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous)
Shri Kaajee Singh
Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh
Shri Prem Singh
Shri Seth Pal Singh
Vidya Vindu Singh
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji
Bhimsen Singhal
Shri Sivananda
Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar
Ajita Srivastava
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami
Balaji Tambe (Posthumous)
Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar
Kamlakar Tripathi
Lalita Vakil
Durga Bai Vyam
Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas
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