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Padma Awards 2022 conferred at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II

The Civil Investiture Ceremony – I was held on March 21, 2022. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on Monday, March 28, 2022, conferred the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awards for the year 2022.

Padma Awards 2022 conferred at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II
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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on Monday, March 28, 2022, conferred the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and  Padma Shri Awards for the year 2022, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

Amongst the prominent awardees at this Investiture ceremony were Padma Vibhushan recipients - Dr. Prabha Atre and Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous). Padma Bhushan recepients - Shri Victor Banerjee, Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous), Dr. Pratibha Ray and Acharya Vashishtha Tripathi as also Dr. Krishna Murthy Ella and Smt. Suchitra Krishna Ella (Duo). 

The Civil Investiture Ceremony – I was held on March 21.

The Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. These Awards are given in various disciplines or 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. 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.

Here's the list of Padma Award recipients for 2022.

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