Anand Mahindra says he felt 'undeserving' of his Padma Bhushan award. Here's why

Anand Mahindra retweeted a post shared by the official Twitter account of the President of India that was about Tulsi Gowda, an environmentalist from Karnataka.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to share a note of gratitude after receiving the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind. Mahindra was felicitated with India's third-highest civilian honour in the field of Trade and Industry on Monday. However, the chairman of the Mahindra group expressed that he “truly felt undeserving” as compared to the other recipients. This Govt has made a long-overdue, transformational shift in the texture of the Padma Awards recipients. Now, the focus is largely on individuals making seminal contributions to the improvement of society at grassroots levels. I truly felt undeserving to be amongst their ranks. https://t.co/jor34tqx1w True Heroes of our society https://t.co/6ur0qf3B8e This is truly inspiring... https://t.co/rtBE80KGLy What a wonderful sight it is to see such grassroot greats get their due recognitionTheir bare feet tell us more about them than anything elseEven Harekala Hajabba from Mangaluru is another such great guypic.twitter.com/oLx0Nfm86v These people were part of this society earlier also,but they did not get their due respect. It is not a matter of politics,but the truth is that when a person from the grassroots level sits on the highest office of democracy,then only the deserving person gets their due respect. pic.twitter.com/CiwkmYGxwf President Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to Shri Anand Gopal Mahindra for Trade and Industry. He is the Chairman of the Mahindra Group. His tenure has seen the Group expand domestically and internationally into a range of major industrial sectors from automobile to IT & Aerospace. pic.twitter.com/8hEA8IV5P0

Mahindra retweeted a post shared by the official Twitter account of the President of India that was about Tulasi Gowda, an environmentalist from Karnataka and a Padma Shri winner, responsible for planting over 30,000 saplings in the area.