In charts: India Inc. regains presence in Padma honours list
Live MintTen persons from the world of business were named for India’s top civilian honours ahead of Republic Day, going past more common fields such as public affairs and social work for the first time in three and 12 years, respectively. Last year, three of the 132 Padma awardees were from the ‘trade and industry’ category. The 10 recipients from India's business fraternity this year are: Padma Vibhushan Osamu Suzuki Padma Bhushan Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti Pankaj Patel Padma Shri Arundhati Bhattacharya Onkar Singh Pahwa Pawan Goenka Prashanth Prakash R. G. Chandramogan Sajjan Bhajanka Sally Holkar Historically, art has been the biggest category among the four top honours in India, with 23% of all 5,379 recipients so far, followed by literature and education. This year, 10 winners were from other countries, with a Kuwaiti getting an honour for the first time: yoga practitioner and entrepreneur Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, has got a Padma Shri under the ‘medicine’ category.
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