- Of them four were conferred with Padma Vibhushan, 10 with Padma Bhushan and 57 personalities were conferred with Padma Shri
- The President awarded the Padma Bhushan to Pankaj R. Patel from Gujarat in the field of trade and industry during the Civil Decoration Ceremony.
- The President has conferred the Padma Shri on Professor Ratan Kumar Parimu, Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla, Suresh Harilal Soni and Professor (Dr.) Chandrakant Trikamlal Seth (posthumously) from Gujarat
- Professor Ratan Kumar Parimu and Suresh Harilal Soni were awarded the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of art and social work, respectively
- Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla and Prof. (Dr.) Chandrakant Trikamlal Seth (posthumously) were honoured with the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of literature and education
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla-NE photo
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, APR 28
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday conferred upon Padma Awards to 71 eminent personalities for the year 2025 at the first Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Of them four were conferred with Padma Vibhushan, 10 with Padma Bhushan and 57 personalities were conferred with Padma Shri.
Pride of Gujarat
President Draupadi Murmu conferred the Padma Bhushan on Pankaj R. Patel of Gujarat in the field of trade and industry during the civic decoration ceremony. With an inspiring entrepreneurial vision and a relentless pursuit of innovation, Patel has been advancing India’s capabilities in lifesciences through pathbreaking research that empowers people to live healthier and more fulfilled lives.
She also conferred the Padma Shri on Professor Ratan Kumar Parimu , Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla, Suresh Harilal Soni and Professor (Dr.) Chandrakant Trikamlal Seth ( posthumously ) of Gujarat during the ceremony. Professor Ratan Kumar Parimu and Suresh Harilal Soni were awarded the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of art and social work respectively. Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla and Prof. (Dr.) Chandrakant Trikamlal Seth (posthumously ) were awarded the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of literature and education.
Other awardees
Former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, renowned singer late Pankaj Udhas, and former Bihar deputy chief minister late Sushil Kumar Modi were among the 71 prominent personalities conferred with Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.
Altogether, 139 distinguished persons were named for the country’s civilian awards — Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri — on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on January 25.
While 71 of them were given the awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan’s majestic Durbar Hall on Monday in the presence of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others, the remaining will be conferred with the decorations at a separate function to be held soon.
Veteran actor Shekhar Kapur, Chairman of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals D Nageshwar Reddy, violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam and Telugu Superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as Balayya, were the other prominent persons who were conferred with the Padma awards by the president.
Among the awardees, four received Padma Vibhushan — Suzuki (Posthumous), Subramaniam, Reddy and Malayalam author and film director M T Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous).
A total of 10 distinguished personalities were conferred with Padma Bhushan. They include Udhas (Posthumous), Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous), Balakrishna, Kapur, former hockey player P R Sreejesh, Tamil actor S Ajith Kumar, chairperson of Zydus Lifesciences, Pankaj Patel, and Vinod Dham, an Indian-American engineer, who is widely known as the ‘Father of the Pentium’.
The Padma Awardees will pay homage at the National War Memorial tomorrow morning, April 29, 2025. They will also visit Rashtrapati Bhawan and Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya.
