Ghulam Nabi Azad Receives Padma Bhushan, Gen Bipin Rawat Conferred With Padma Vibhushan Posthumously

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I which is being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. 

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (ANI photo)

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad received Padma Bhushan Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday in the field of Public Affairs, as reported by news agency ANI.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad receives his Padma Bhushan award, in the field of Public Affairs pic.twitter.com/Y5BGatts4q

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022

Meanwhile, daughters of former CDS General Bipin Rawat, Kritika and Tarini received his Padma Vibhushan award (posthumous) from President Kovind.

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India’s first Chief of Defence Staff and former Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat conferred with #PadmaVibhushan posthumously for his undying service to the Nation The award was received by his daughters from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati bhvan

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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I which was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

India's javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won three medals in the Paralympic Games, was also awarded the Padma Bhushan today. The award was presented by President Kovind at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.

Paralympic silver medalist Devendra Jhajharia receives his Padma Bhushan pic.twitter.com/DgXt6MYAlf

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022

Indian shooter Avani Lekhara received the Padma Shri award, in the Sports category. She had won a gold medal with a record-breaking performance at the Tokyo Games.

Para-shooter Avani Lekhara receives the Padma Shri award, in the Sports category pic.twitter.com/nw8iwRiRVk

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022

Indian Hockey player Vandana Katariya, who made history by scoring a hat-trick in the Tokyo Olympics, received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind.

Hockey player Vandana Katariya receives the Padma Shri award, from President Ram Nath Kovind pic.twitter.com/iny3pnBgsM

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022

A social reformer, humanitarian, philospher, and a welfare activist belonging to no "panth" Sachidanand Swami received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind, for his work in Literature and Education.

Sachidanand Swami receives the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind, for his work in Literature and Education. pic.twitter.com/RVWn6tPwK0

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022

The Padma Awards are conferred in three categories and are given in various disciplines or fields of activities such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, among others. The three categories in which the Padma Awards are conferred are: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

This year, the President conferred two Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan, and 54 Padma Shri Awards at the ceremony. 

Some of the prominent awardees included Radheshyam Khemka and General Bipin Rawat, who were conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Khemka was a journalist and for 38 years, he was the editor of Kalyan published by Gita Press, which is the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, N. Chandrasekharan, Devendra Jhajharia, Rashid Khan, Rajiv Mehrishi, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla and Sachchidanand Swami were awarded the Padma Bhushan. Gurmeet Bawa, who was an Indian Punjabi folk singer, was awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously. 

The Civil Investiture Ceremony II is scheduled to be held on March 28, according to a statement issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. 

The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. The Padma Bhushan is awarded for distinguished service of high order and the Padma Shri is conferred for distinguished service in any field. Every year, the awards are announced on January 26, on the occasion of Republic Day. 

The President of India confers the awards at ceremonial functions held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. 

The awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. This year, a total of 128 Padma Awards are being conferred. The Awards include two duo cases. A duo case is one in which the Award is counted as one.

The list of awardees comprises four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. As many as 34 awardees are women. 

The list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.