Padma Awards 2019

Padma Awards 2022: Professor Akhtar was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor in April 2019, the same year which saw protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in December.

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013, is expected to join the BJP shortly, ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana next month

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged people to nominate individuals who have been working with distinction or achieved exceptional achievements in different fields and disciplines such as art, science, social work and sports for the Padma awards.

Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.

Padma Awards 2019: Manoj Bajpayee was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, on Saturday

Padma Awards 2019: Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, actor Manoj Bajpayee, mountaineer Bachendri Pal, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan were among the prominent personalities who received the honour.

After former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist S Nambi Narayanan -- who was cleared of espionage charges last year -- was named for Padma Bhushan, a former Kerala police chief who investigated him in 1994 questioned the decision.

The Padma awards were announced today and a list of 112 personalities have been selected for the prestigious honour. The list was announced this evening ahead of India's 70th Republic Day celebrations.

Folk artiste Teejan Bai, Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, entrepreneur Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, and writer Balwant Moreshwar Purandare have been named for Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.

Nearly 50,000 nominations for the 2019 Padma awards, awarded for work of distinction and exceptional achievement in different fields, have been received by the Home Ministry.

Padma Awards 2022: Professor Akhtar was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor in April 2019, the same year which saw protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in December.

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013, is expected to join the BJP shortly, ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana next month

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged people to nominate individuals who have been working with distinction or achieved exceptional achievements in different fields and disciplines such as art, science, social work and sports for the Padma awards.

Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.

Padma Awards 2019: Manoj Bajpayee was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, on Saturday

Padma Awards 2019: Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, actor Manoj Bajpayee, mountaineer Bachendri Pal, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan were among the prominent personalities who received the honour.

After former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist S Nambi Narayanan -- who was cleared of espionage charges last year -- was named for Padma Bhushan, a former Kerala police chief who investigated him in 1994 questioned the decision.

The Padma awards were announced today and a list of 112 personalities have been selected for the prestigious honour. The list was announced this evening ahead of India's 70th Republic Day celebrations.

Folk artiste Teejan Bai, Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, entrepreneur Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, and writer Balwant Moreshwar Purandare have been named for Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.

Nearly 50,000 nominations for the 2019 Padma awards, awarded for work of distinction and exceptional achievement in different fields, have been received by the Home Ministry.