President to confer Padma Awards for 2022 at Civil Investiture Ceremony-I today
India Today
The Civil Investiture Ceremony-I will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today, while the second ceremony will take place on March 28.
President of India Ram Nath Kovind will confer two Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 54 Padma Shri awards for the year 2022, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Amongst the prominent awardees at the ceremony will be Padma Vibhushan recipients Radhey Shyam and General Bipin Rawat (posthumous), Ghulam Nabi Azad, Gurmeet Bawa (posthumous), N Chandrasekharan, Devendra Jhajharia, Rashid Khan, Rajiv Mehrishi, Dr Cyrus Poonawalla and Sachchidanand Swami who will receive the Padma Bhushan awards. The Civil Investiture CeremonyII is scheduled to be held on March 28.
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The Awards are conferred in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. These Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
The awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions, which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. This year a total of 128 Padma Awards are being conferred, including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one). The list of awardees comprises four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards. A total of 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, besides 13 Posthumous awardees.
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