Late Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sudha Murty, Keeravaani conferred Padma awards

Veteran socialist leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Late Mulayam Singh Yadav and medical professional Dilip Mahalanabis known globally for his work on Oral Rehydration Solution ORS were among those conferred the Padma Vibhushan award by President Droupadi Murmu on WednesdayAuthor and philanthropist Sudha Murty physicist Deepak Dhar who is known for longstanding research career in statistical physics novelist S L Bhyrappa noted playback singer Vani Jairam and Vedic scholar Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji were given the Padma Bhushan at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan hereMurtys daughter Akshata who is the wife of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen sitting in the front row next to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with other dignitaries at the majestic Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati BhavanYadav who was also Indias defence minister and longtime parliamentarian Mahalanabis who returned from the US to serve in the 1971 Bangladesh war refugee camps and Jairam were given the honour posthumouslyAlso Read Republic Day 2023 Mulayam Singh Zakir Hussain Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Raveena Tandon among Padma Vibhushan winnersYadavs son and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav who came wearing the Samajwadi Partys trademark red cap received the award on his behalf while Mahalanabis award was received by his nephew Susham Gupta and Jairams award was received by sister Uma ManiSudha Murtys husband and Infosys cofounder N R Narayana Murthy was sitting among other guests and family membersMusic director M M Keeravaani who recently bagged Indias first Oscar for an original song for the RRR song Naatu Naatu and Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon were among those who received the Padma ShriKeeravaani received the loudest applause at the eventVicePresident Jagdeep Dhankhar Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several Union ministers and other guests were present at the functionIn their traditional dress and headgear Ramesh Parmar and Shanti Parmar of Madhya Pradesh who make dolls using recycled cloth got emotional as they touched Prime Minister Modis feet Gujarati folk artiste Paresh Rathwa was also overwhelmed with emotions as he greeted the prime minister by touching his feetAt least six awardees including veteran Bidri craft artist from Karnataka Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri traditional artist from Maharashtra Parshuram Komaji Khune and Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme a social worker from Assam shook hands with ModiThe President came forward a few steps to confer the award on educationist from Odisha Antaryami Mishra and Delhibased doctor Ishwar Chander Verma both of whom are wheelchairboundMurmu had approved conferment of 106 Padma awards including three duo cases in a duo case the award is counted as one on the eve of this years Republic DayA total of 52 awardees were given the honour on Wednesday two Padma Vibhushan five Padma Bhushan and 45 Padma ShriOne more Padma Vibhushan awardee USbased scientist S R Srinivasa Varadhan remained absentThe other distinguished personalities were given the awards on March 22Padma awards are conferred in three categories Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Indias top civilian award the Bharat Ratna has not been given to anyone since 2019The awards are given in various disciplines and fields of activities such as art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports and civil service among othersPadma Vibhushan the countrys secondhighest civilian award is given for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any fieldMany of the awardees are unsung heroes who have been silently working for the betterment of society and people and whom the Narendra Modi government has been honouring ever since it came to power in 2014 officials saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever