New Delhi: Chairman of Tata Sons N Chandrasekan, Head of two homegrown vaccine makers of the Cyrus Poonawalla Institute and Ellas from Bharat Biotech, and two CEOs Profile of Indian Profile Leading Global Tech Giants – Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai – Awarded Padma Bhushan.
In the list of 128 Padma award winners, there are nine of trade and industry, with business representatives in Padma Bhushan – The third highest civil award after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan – Being almost a third of the others in the list is an entrepreneur who exercises and employers like Hosion Maker Cmd Prahlad Rai Agarda, which will be awarded Padma Shri.
Likewise, Muktamani Devi Manipur, who founded the Mukta shoe industry, which made handmade footwear, also awarded Padma Shri.
Jaipur was born Ryuko Hira, who moved to Japan and founded the HMI Hotel Group who run the hotel chain and resort, along with Jagjit Singh Dardi, which is part of the Charhdikala group with an interest in the media, awarded Padma Shri.
Chandrasekan, who heads salt to the software conglomerate, previously on TCS and directed the Tata Group for the past five years and will add Indian air to folds in a few days.
Krishna and Suchitra Ella, the founders of Bharat Biotech, and Poonawalla, who founded the Indian Serum Institute, the largest vaccine maker in the world with a dose, has pioneered the Covid-19 vaccination program.
While Bharat Biotech developed Covaxin, Serum Institute producing Astra Zeneca-Oxford developed a covishield, which has been given to most of the population in the country, in addition to being exported.