Bhubaneswar: Six eminent personalities from Odisha have been selected for the prestigious Padma Awards 2022. While Pratibha Ray has been conferred with Padma Bhushan in the field of Literature and Education, ace para-shuttler Pramod Bhagat and four others have been selected for the prestigious Padma Shri title.
Srimad Baba Balia in the field of Social Work, Aditya Prasad Dash for Science and Engineering, Shyamamani Devi for Art, and Narasingha Prasad Guru in Literature and Education, have been conferred with Padma Shri this year.
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 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 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.
