President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Padma Awards to 54 distinguished personalities at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday.
Some of the prominent people who received the award are India’s first Chief General Staff, General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash last December, late Radheshyam Khemka, former chairman of Gita Press that publishes Hindu religious books, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad etc.
General Rawat and Radheshyam Khemka received the Padma Vibhushan, which is the country’s second highest civilian award, posthumously. The award for General Rawat was received by his daughters while a close family member received Khemka’s award
Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekharan, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Cyrus Poonawalla and five others were honoured with Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
