New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind will confer Padma awards for the year 2022 on Monday.
A press release from the Rashtrapati Bhavan stated that the President 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 today’s Investiture 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 Ceremony –II is scheduled to be held on March 28.
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 case (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. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees, stated the press release.
