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  • Padma Awards: 7 awarded Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, 102 Padma Shri

    Padma Awards: 7 awarded Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, 102 Padma Shri

    Narinder Singh Kapany (US) awarded Padma Vibhushan (posthumously); 2 more from US-Srikant Datar and Rattan Lal- awarded Padma Shri

    Clockwise from top: Singer KS Chithra, Ram Vilas Paswan, Shinzo Abe are among Padma awardees.

    NEW DELHI/ NEW YORK(TIP): Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- 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.

    These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.

    Here is a complete list of Padma awardees 2021.

    Padma Vibhushan (7)

    Shri Shinzo Abe – Public Affairs – Japan

    Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous) – Art – Tamil Nadu

    Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde – Medicine – Karnataka

    Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) – Science and Engineering – United States of America

    Maulana Wahiduddin Khan – Others – Spiritualism – Delhi

    Shri B. B. Lal Others – Archaeology – Delhi

    Shri Sudarshan Sahoo – Art – Odisha

    Padma Bhushan (10)

    Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra – Art – Kerala

    Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Assam

    Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara – Literature and Education – Karnataka

    Ms. Sumitra Mahajan – Public Affairs – Madhya Pradesh

    Shri Nripendra Misra – Civil Service – Uttar Pradesh

    Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) – Public Affairs Bihar

    Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) Public Affairs Gujarat

    Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous) Others-Spiritualism Uttar Pradesh

    Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff Trade and Industry Maharashtra

    Shri Tarlochan Singh Public Affairs Haryana

    Padma Shri (102)

    Shri Gulfam Ahmed Art Uttar Pradesh

    Ms. P. Anitha Sports Tamil Nadu

    Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu Art Andhra Pradesh

    Shri Subbu Arumugam Art Tamil Nadu

    Shri Prakasarao Asavadi Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh

    Ms. Bhuri Bai Art Madhya Pradesh

    Shri Radhe Shyam Barle Art Chhattisgarh

    Shri Dharma Narayan Barma Literature and Education West Bengal

    Ms. Lakhimi Baruah Social Work Assam

    Shri Biren Kumar Basak Art West Bengal

    Ms. Rajni Bector Trade and Industry Punjab

    Shri Peter Brook Art United Kingdom

    Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak Social Work Mizoram

    Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat Art Assam

    Bijoya Chakravarty Public Affairs Assam

    Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay Literature and Education West Bengal

    Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous) Social Work Uttar Pradesh

    Shri Tsultrim Chonjor Social Work Ladakh

    Ms. Mouma Das Sports West Bengal

    Shri Srikant Datar Literature and Education United States of America

    Shri Narayan Debnath Art West Bengal

    Chutni Devi Social Work Jharkhand

    Ms. Dulari Devi Art Bihar

    Ms. Radhe Devi Art Manipur

    Ms. Shanti Devi Social Work Odisha

    Shri Wayan Dibia Art Indonesia

    Shri Dadudan Gadhavi Literature & Education Gujarat

    Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane Art Maharashtra

    Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal Literature and Education Haryana

    Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder Literature and Education West Bengal

    Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary Literature and Education Assam

    Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa Sports Arunachal Pradesh

    Ms. Purnamasi Jani Art Odisha

    Matha B. Manjamma Jogati Art Karnataka

    Shri Damodaran Kaithapram Art Kerala

    Shri Namdeo C Kamble Literature and Education Maharashtra

    Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous) Art Gujarat

    Shri Rajat Kumar Kar Literature and Education Odisha

    Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap Literature and Education Karnataka

    Ms. Prakash Kaur Social Work Punjab

    Shri Nicholas Kazanas Literature and Education Greece

    Shri K Kesavasamy Art Puducherry

    Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan Art Jammu and Kashmir

    Shri Lakha Khan Art Rajasthan

    Ms. Sanjida Khatun Art Bangladesh

    Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar Art Goa

    Ms. Niru Kumar Social Work Delhi

    Ms. Lajwanti Art Punjab

    Shri Rattan Lal Science and Engineering United States of America

    Shri Ali Manikfan Others-Grassroots Innovation Lakshadweep

    Shri Ramachandra Manjhi Art Bihar

    Shri Dulal Manki Art Assam

    Shri Nanadro B Marak Others- Agriculture Meghalaya

    Shri Rewben Mashangva Art Manipur

    Shri Chandrakant Mehta Literature and Education Gujarat

    Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal Medicine Punjab

    Shri Madhavan Nambiar Sports Kerala

    Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal Social Work Rajasthan

    Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav Medicine Delhi

    Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous) Medicine Delhi

    Shri Solomon Pappaiah Literature and Education- Journalism Tamil Nadu

    Ms. Pappammal Others- Agriculture Tamil Nadu

    Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi Medicine Odisha

    Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat Trade and Industry Maharashtra

    Shri Girish Prabhune Social Work Maharashtra

    Shri Nanda Prusty Literature and Education Odisha

    Shri K Ramachandra Pulavar Art Kerala

    Shri Balan Putheri Literature and Education Kerala

    Ms. Birubala Rabha Social Work Assam

    Shri Kanaka Raju Art Telangana

    Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Art Tamil Nadu

    Shri Satyaram Reang Art Tripura

    Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo Medicine Kerala

    Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu Medicine Uttar Pradesh

    Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay Medicine Uttarakhand

    Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal Social Work Maharashtra

    Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir

    Shri Roman Sarmah Literature and Education- Journalism Assam

    Shri Imran Shah Literature and Education Assam

    Shri Prem Chand Sharma Others- Agriculture Uttarakhand

    Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat Literature and Education Rajasthan

    Shri Ram Yatna Shukla Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

    Shri Jitender Singh Shunty Social Work Delhi

    Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh Art Himachal Pradesh

    Shri Kartar Singh Art Punjab

    Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh Medicine Bihar

    Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh Others-Agriculture Uttar Pradesh

    Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh Sports Uttar Pradesh

    Shri Virender Singh Sports Haryana

    Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) Literature and Education Bihar

    Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) Art Tamil Nadu

    Guru Maa Kamali Soren Social Work West Bengal

    Shri Marachi Subburaman Social Work Tamil Nadu

    Shri P Subramanian (Posthumous) Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

    Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi Art Andhra Pradesh

    Shri Kapil Tiwari Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh

    Father Vallés (Posthumous) Literature and Education Spain

    Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu

    Shri Sridhar Vembu Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

    Shri K Y Venkatesh Sports Karnataka

    Ms. Usha Yadav Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

    Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Public Affairs Bangladesh

  • Panjab University, Chandigarh Professor Emeritus Padma Shri Harkishan Singh

    Panjab University, Chandigarh Professor Emeritus Padma Shri Harkishan Singh

    Professor Emeritus at the PU, is a Prof Harkishan Singh is a well-known pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemist and renowned science historian
    Professor Emeritus at the PU, is a Prof Harkishan Singh is a well-known pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemist and renowned science historian

    Prof Harkishan Singh is a well-known pharmaceutical academic, prominent medicinal chemist and renowned science historian.

    On being asked for his reaction on the announcement of Padma Shri to him, 89-year-old Prof Harkishan Singh said, “I am pleased to receive this honor, but I was not working for awards. It is my passion to research and invent something fruitful for society.”

    Prof Harkishan Singh is a renowned personality in the pharmacy industry not because of his books on research but for his rarest accomplishments, including the discovery of a clinically useful drug, Chandonium Iodide (HS-310), which was later named by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as Candocuronium Iodide. Candocuronium is the only drug discovered by any Indian University till date.

    Over 350 publications, 18 books and 14 patents are testimony to the outcome of his work. He mentored over 50 doctoral and master theses too.

    One of his sons, Harry S Panaser who is settled in New Jersey State of USA said he was pleased that his father was selected by government of India for one of the highest civilian awards of India and added that his father was never after any awards and honors. All he wanted was to work to his ability to contribute his bit to humanity.

    Professor Harkishan Singh was born on 25 November, 1928. He is a well-recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian. He has experience of over half a century to his credit. He has worked at the Banaras Hindu University, University of Saugar, and the Panjab University in India, and abroad at the University of Maryland, University of Mississippi and the University of London.

    Prof. Harkishan Singh is one of the Padma awardees who were conferred the honor by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 30, 2017
    Prof. Harkishan Singh is one of the Padma awardees who were
    conferred the honor by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 30, 2017

    His scientific research has been in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and natural products. Nearly 50 master and doctoral theses have been completed under his supervision. There have been published 125 original scientific research papers. 14 patents have been obtained. His research group has been successful in designing a clinically useful drug candocuronium iodide (INN) (chandonium iodide, HS-310), which is a synthetic azasteroid. Dr Singh has lectured on his research at several of the institutions and conferences in India, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and China. He delivered invited lectures at the Harvard School of Medicine and at the International Symposium on Molecular Structure sponsored by the International Union of Crystallography at Beijing.

    As a science historian Professor Singh has examined the history of pharmaceutical developments in India of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His history research studies have been on pharmacopoeias and formularies, pharmaceutical education, pharmacy practice, biographies of pharmaceutical luminaries, and pharmaceutical journalism. He has published over fifty articles.

    In addition to his scientific and history research papers, Dr Singh has authored and/or coauthored twelve books and nearly two dozen of review articles, including several book chapters. He has written extensively on educational, scientific, historical and professional issues. All told his total publications come well to over 300.

    Prof. Singh (seated) with family. L to R: Alicia, Dr Manjeet, Ajooni Kaur and H S Panaser
    Prof. Singh (seated) with family. L to R: Alicia, Dr Manjeet, Ajooni Kaur and H S Panaser

    Professor Singh has been on many academic, scientific, professional and governmental bodies. He was a member of the Committee on Education in Medicinal Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which prepared the Report on the International Education of Medicinal Chemists (IUPAC Technical Reports Number 13; 1974).

    His affiliations with several scientific and professional organizations include emeritus membership of the American Chemical Society, life memberships of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, and memberships of the American Institute of History of Pharmacy and British Society for History of Pharmacy.

    Dr Manjeet Kaur, H S Panaser, Dr. Amarjit Singh, IAS with Prof Harkishan Singh
    Dr Manjeet Kaur, H S Panaser, Dr. Amarjit Singh, IAS with Prof Harkishan Singh

    Professor Harkishan Singh is recipient of several scientific and professional awards and recognitions. He has been a National Fellow of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He has been General President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress. He received Eminent Pharmacist Award of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association. Dr Singh’s standing as historian has been recognized through his election to the Academie Internationale d’Histoire de la Pharacie. The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia conferred upon Professor Harkishan Singh the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) in recognition of his distinguished academic career and outstanding contributions to scientific research in organic and medicinal chemistry and the history of pharmacy.

    The Indian Panorama has a special reason to celebrate the honor to Prof. Harkishan Singh. The Chief Editor Prof. Indrajit Singh Saluja shares with Dr. Singh an association with Banaras Hindu University (BHU), where he studied for two years, and with Panjab University, Chandigarh, where he was a Member of Languages Faculty for a couple of years.

  • TV Asia Chairman HR Shah receives Padma Shri award

    TV Asia Chairman HR Shah receives Padma Shri award

    NEW DELHI (TIP): TV Asia Chairman H.R. Shah received the Padma Shri award from India’s President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on April 13.

    Shah received India’s fourth highest civilian honor in the field of Literature & Education – Journalism.

    Shah, who has lived in the United States for 46 years, is originally from Bahadarpur, Gujarat.

    Two other Indian-Americans named for this year’s Padma Shri award include Ustad Imrat Khan in the field of Art-Music and Anant Agarwal in the field of Literature & Education.

    Even before Shah received the award formally from Rashtrapati Ji, his friends and admirers celebrated his selection for Padma Shri and felicitated him.

    Indo-American Press Club organized a felicitation evening in the month of March. Some other organizations were keen to felicitate him but he wanted them to wait until he received the award formally from President of India.