New Delhi, May 27: Former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, dancer Shobana Chandrakumar, actor Anant Nag and Vice Chancellor of prestigious King George’s Medical University Soniya Nityanand were among 68 eminent personalities conferred with the coveted Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday.
The President gave awards to 68 chosen ones on Tuesday in the second civil investiture ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.
President Murmu conferred the country’s second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan to Justice (retd) Khehar for public affairs while the award for late Kathak dancer Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia and late legendary folk singer Sharda Sinha were received by Lakhia’s grandson and Sinha’s son.
The award for economist Bibek Debroy and former Maharashtra CM and Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi was received by Debroy’s wife and Joshi’s son.
President Droupadi Murmu presents Padma Shri in the field of Art to Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir. He is a renowned Kashmiri shawl weaver and a multi weaver. Shri Mir made the weaving procedure simple.
He invented designs with new techniques. He invented Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit calligraphy in Kani weaving. He provided livelihood to countless people directly or indirectly.
President Droupadi Murmu also presents Padma Shri in the field of Literature and Education to Prof. Lalit Kumar Mangotra. Prof. Mangotra, a former professor of Physics, is an eminent Dogri writer.
Prof. Mangotra published his first Dogri short story in 1976 and since then he has been a prolific writer. He has published various works, covering diverse literary genres. Many of his books have been prescribed for the post-graduate course in Dogri because of their high literary value.
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