N Chandrasekaran of Tata Group, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai The list of 17 awardees to be received includes Padma Bhushan this year. Following the tradition, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the list of Padwa Awardees 2022 on the eve of 73rd Republic Day. The Padma Bhushan is considered the third highest civilian award in India. The list includes four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards.
Serum Institute of India Managing Director Cyrus Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech’s Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella will also be honored with the Padma Bhushan. The Covid-19 vaccine Covishield was manufactured by Serum Institute of India while Covaxin was made by Bharat Biotech.
N Chandrasekaran is the chairman of the board at Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of all Tata group companies. He was the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest information technology company, from 2009-17. In addition, he is also the chairman of the boards of several group operating companies including Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power.
Nadella joined Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, two decades ago. He took over as CEO from Steve Ballmer in 2014. He has been instrumental in growing its business, including multi-billion dollar acquisitions such as LinkedIn, Nuance Communications and ZeniMax.
Pichai joined Google in the year 2004. He became Google CEO in 2015. He led the development of Google Toolbar and then Google Chrome. A few years later, Google Chrome became the most popular Internet browser in the world.
Padma awards are given to honor exceptional service in various fields such as arts, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service.
(with inputs from agencies)
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