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Hans India
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Prez Murmu presents Padma Awards
New Delhi: Former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, late singer Pankaj Udhas, former Bihar deputy chief minister late Sushil Kumar Modi, and publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer, were among the 71 prominent personalities conferred with Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. Altogether 139 distinguished persons were named for the country's civilian awards -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on January 25. While 71 of them were given the awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan's majestic Durbar Hall on Monday in the presence of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others, the remaining will be conferred with the decorations at a separate function to be held soon. Veteran actor-director Shekhar Kapur, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, hockey player P R Sreejesh, chairman of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, D Nageshwar Reddy, violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam and Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as Balayya, were the other prominent persons conferred with the Padma awards by Murmu. Among the awardees, four received Padma Vibhushan -- Suzuki (Posthumous), Subramaniam, Reddy and Malayalam author and film director M T Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous). A total of 10 distinguished personalities were conferred with Padma Bhushan. They include Udhas (Posthumous), Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous), Balakrishna, Kapur, Sreejesh, Tamil actor S Ajith Kumar, chairperson of Zydus Lifesciences, Pankaj Patel, and Vinod Dham, an Indian-American engineer, who is widely known as the 'Father of the Pentium'. As many as 57 prominent personalities were conferred with Padma Shri. These include former chairperson of the State Bank of India, Arundhati Bhattacharya, industrialist Pawan Kumar Goenka, wildlife researcher and Marathi author Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli, who gave unique dictionaries on birds, animals and trees, and master puppeteer Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara, who was one of the first women to practise Togalu Gombeyaata (leather puppetry) art form. Former AIIMS and SGPGI director A K Mahapatra and Punjabi singer Jaspinder Narula Kaul were also given Padma Shri. This year, the Padma awards were given to 30 unsung heroes, including 100-year-old Libia Lobo Sardesai, who played an important role in Goa's freedom movement. She co-founded an underground radio station -- 'Voz da Liberdabe (Voice of Freedom)' -- in a forested area in 1955 to rally people against Portuguese rule. The awards are given in various disciplines and fields such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service, among others. 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.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Padma Awards 2025: From Ajith Kumar, Arijit to Ashwin, Sreejesh get honoured by President Murmu
Former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, late singer Pankaj Udhas, former Bihar deputy chief minister late Sushil Kumar Modi, and publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer, were among the 71 prominent personalities conferred with Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. Altogether 139 distinguished persons were named for the country's civilian awards -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on January 71 of them were given the awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan's majestic Durbar Hall on Monday in the presence of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others, the remaining will be conferred with the decorations at a separate function to be held soon. Veteran actor Shekhar Kapur, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, hockey player P R Sreejesh, chairman of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, D Nageshwar Reddy, violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam and Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as Balayya, were the other prominent persons conferred with the Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu. Show more Show less
Deccan Herald
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Padma Awards 2025: Ajith Kumar, Balakrishna, Shekhar Kapur honoured
President Droupadi Murmu confers the Padma Shri on Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer, the publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, during the Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. |
The Print
28-04-2025
- Health
- The Print
President confers Padma Shri on Tamil daily Dinamalar publisher Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer
In a ceremony at the Ganatantra Mandap, erstwhile Darbar Hall, in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Murmu conferred the award on him. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer, the publisher of prominent Tamil daily Dinamalar, was conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday in recognition of his distinguished contributions to literature, education and journalism. Lakshmipathy has been a familiar face in the Indian media circle for more than half a century, donning several roles as a leading publisher, marketer, journalist, educationist and policy advisor to governments. He held several positions in press-related institutions such as chairman of the Press Trust of India (1998-99, 2006-07 and 2012-13), president of the Indian Newspaper Society (1992-93), member of the Press Council of India (2001-04, 2011-14) and president of the Indian Language Newspapers Association (2001-03). An alumnus of the Travancore University in Kerala, he later pursued advanced studies in newspaper management at the University of Cardiff in the United Kingdom. This qualification proved instrumental in steering a range of publications, including The Antiseptic, an annual journal of medicine and surgery; Health, a monthly journal devoted to healthy living; and Sagar Sandesh, a voice of the Indian shipping and maritime industry. Lakshmipathy was conferred DLitt (honoris causa) in recognition of his achievements by the Alagappa University in 2003 and later by the Bharathiar University in 2009. He has travelled across the length and breadth of the country and had numerous interactions with doyens of industry and reaped rich dividends, helped place the newspaper Dinamalar in a comfortable position, where there was no need to depend on government advertisements. He is also the founder of the Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy Foundation and has established several educational institutions Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, RL Institute of Management Studies, RL Institute of Nautical Sciences, and the Krishnamal Ramasubbaiyer School, all located in and around Madurai. PTI ABS RHL This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
