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Prominent educator <keyword id="20147630" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anand-Kumar" source="keywords">Anand Kumar</keyword>, known for his <keyword id="20140865" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Super-30" source="keywords">Super 30</keyword> programme, on Tuesday announced the '<keyword id="21246792" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Super-10-Scholar" source="keywords">Super 10 Scholar</keyword>' list in partnership with <keyword id="21246793" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="JK-Lakshmipat-University" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="JK Lakshmipat University" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="JK Lakshmipat University">JK Lakshmipat University</keyword> (JKLU), an initiative of J.K. Organisation. As part of the partnership, Kumar will hand-pick 10 exceptional students who will be supported by JKLU for their undergraduate studies. The students will receive a comprehensive <keyword id="20233366" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="scholarship" source="keywords">scholarship</keyword> covering tuition fees and expenses for a 4-year B.Tech programme in Computer Science at JKLU if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria and other prerequisites. "In crafting the 'Super 10 Scholar' initiative, we aim to replicate the transformative impact witnessed through the 'Super 30' programme," said Kumar, a recipient of the <keyword id="100526" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Shri-Award" source="Orion">Padma Shri Award</keyword>. "Just as 'Super 30' has empowered countless underprivileged students to excel in engineering, I believe the 'Super 10 Scholar' list will be a beacon of opportunity for these bright young minds. JKLU's commitment to nurturing the next generation of engineers is commendable and I'm honoured to be part of this initiative that will shape the future of our nation's technological landscape," he added. Kumar, whose life as a mathematics teacher and his educational programme of the 'Super 30' was captured in a biographical drama of the same name in 2019, encouraged students to pursue their dream of studying at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) without succumbing to overwhelming pressure. "While clearing the JEE may not be feasible for everyone, there are always alternative pathways that can help you accomplish your dreams of studying at esteemed institutions like the IITs," Kumar noted. Kumar also encouraged students to approach their studies "with passion and determination, emphasising that success encompasses more than just exam scores; it also requires perseverance and a thirst for knowledge."

'Super 30' fame Anand Kumar launches 'Super 10 Scholar' initiative

<ul><li>Former PM Rajiv Gandhi said, “Do not design this office for me but design it for the Prime Minister of India.” </li><li>All working women are constantly challenged because we live parallel lives.</li></ul>I have been asked to speak about my journey as an entrepreneur and a design professional. Let me begin by saying that when I began work as an interior designer and furniture manufacturer in 1971, there were no words such as “entrepreneur” or “branding” or things like Instagram and various other forms of social media that exist today. I became a designer because of family influences and growing in a city like Lucknow which is imbued with tehzeeb and nazakat. I do not think I could have been a designer if I had had parents other than those I was blessed with. They were interested in reading and the acquisition of knowledge. My father believed that books would always remain the central element of civilisation. For us knowledge came from immersive reading, and we were voracious readers. We were always interested in places and peoples. We delighted in reading the atlas and dictionaries. In the last 50 years there have been so many places which were our dream destinations, and which one has now visited……… and many places like Machu Picchu that one has not! Perhaps it is still not too late. Because of our father’s immense love for travel and discovery we saw so much of India. The first heritage site that I ever visited was at the age of nine. That was Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu and the Temple of the Tooth and the Botanical Gardens in Kandy in Ceylon. All of these were early influences and have influenced my design sensibilities. I have a very contemporary mindset but one that is also deeply grounded in our own heritage. This is because one has had the good fortune of travelling through the length and breadth of India. Much as one has enjoyed the cultures of other countries, I have a deep and constant curiosity about our own country. All this informs the way I work. As far as design education is concerned, I became a designer by accident – serendipitously so! The study of literature and Hindustani classical music enriched my mindscape. I do not have formal training in design but grew up surrounded by design…….. with my father visiting many auction houses and kabadiwalas in Lucknow. It fills me with quiet pride that, as a woman without any formal training in design, I became the first designer in India, man or woman, to be conferred the <keyword id="25105" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="padma-shri" source="Orion">Padma Shri</keyword> in 1992. I was reasonably young to be bestowed this honour and I thought at that time that it would open the floodgates to many more interior designers. I have also had the distinction of being the first architect or designer from India to be invited to give an illustrated talk in 2003, at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. This museum is the most visited museum of architecture in the world. Its atrium is the venue of the first presidential ball after a new president has been sworn in. In 2014, I was appointed Chairperson of the Board School of Planning and Architecture in Bhopal, a National Institute of Excellence. That was also a first! But, if you ask me whether I was working towards breaking these glass ceilings, then the answer would be an emphatic no! These happened along the way, as a natural progression in a career in which one had put in much hard work. In my profession one is as good as one’s last project. That gets one more work and not because they like your face. No client is going to spend millions of dollars commissioning you to design their hotel if they do not believe in your talent and your ability to deliver. <div type="image" title="05 South Drawing Room, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi" msid="98578011" hostid="261" sizebytes="111308" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;South Drawing Room, Rashtrapati Bhawan&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> From 1985 to 1989, I worked on the restoration and conservation of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and in 1988 to 1989 on Hyderabad House. That was the first time that HH was closed for nine months because it was not just the interior decoration that was attended to but also all the interior architecture and services like air conditioning. I designed both the decrepit courtyards in a Lutyensesque style and restored the gardens in Hyderabad House. As far as British buildings in New Delhi are concerned, I had the great privilege of working in the Prime Minister’s Office and Secretariat in South Block. And am happy to note that it has remained unchanged through the tenures of the last nine Prime Ministers. The primary reason for this was the brief from the former PM, Rajiv Gandhi…… “do not design this Office for me but design it for the Prime Minister of India”. I followed this brief and worked on the building as these I firmly believe belong to the nation. His second brief was that he wanted his executive chair to be the same height as his visitors’ chairs. These are all very telling traits of character. I also designed the official residence of the Prime Minister along with restoring the two buildings that comprise the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum. In New Delhi one has also designed the interiors of the British Council Building and Library. In my career this has been a landmark project because this is the largest of their 80 institutes worldwide. It was inaugurated in 1992 by HRH the Prince of Wales. When we were presented to him, he had a very interesting conversation with me regarding the buildings on either side of the British Council. He certainly has a keen eye for architecture. <div type="image" title="03 National Assembly Building in Thimpu, Bhutan" msid="98578068" hostid="261" sizebytes="195996" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;National Assembly Building, Bhutan&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Another landmark building for me in 1989 was the <keyword id="1142396" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="parliament-building" source="Orion">Parliament Building</keyword> in Bhutan called the National Assembly Building. For me, this was a completely new area of research. In those days so little was known of the art and architecture of Bhutan and neither were any books available. Immersive travelling through Bhutan, to familiarise myself with its architecture and its arts and crafts became essential. His Majesty’s office appointed as my guide, Dasho Khandu who was a living encyclopaedia on Bhutanese art and architecture. These have been amazing projects of learning for me. I like to deeply research new places and new cultures. So maybe, at the end of the day, I think this profession chose me and one is fortunate as this process of working suits my mindset. In a long design career of 50 years, I had a break in 1998. I had simply fallen off a ladder in the house and had fractured two of my cerebral vertebrae. That is when I decided I would stop designing hotels which I had done for the past almost 30 years. At that point I thought I would just design residences in and around India and not travel out to Egypt, Bhutan, England, Timbuktu, etc. But life had other plans! I went on to design a large residence in Sri Lanka and was commissioned to design a boutique hotel in the old city of Lahore. Sadly, that project was eventually abandoned. When I was in Lahore for their Literary Festival at the end of February this year when I saw this building standing as is, it made me quite nostalgic. Lahore is a beautiful city and the people are very hospitable. Along this design journey many institutions have asked me to come to give illustrated lectures. For the ‘Millennium Book on Delhi’, I was one of the eight contributors who wrote an extended essay on ‘The Planning of New Delhi’. <keyword id="118548" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="oxford-university-press" source="Orion">Oxford University Press</keyword>, the publishers of the book have a world-wide reach. That is how the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University heard of this unknown Indian and invited me to give an illustrated talk. Thus began a parallel career in being a speaker. Since Harvard one has given many lectures in many universities and institutions in the US, the UK and in South East Asia on design, architecture, conservation, literature, on ‘Mughal Jewellery as a Statement of Empire’, world heritage cultural sites in India and on social entrepreneurship. One has always believed that women such as oneself are privileged because we are educated. Never mind that we belong to the working classes! We must, with humility and gratitude, help those that are less fortunate. One has been deeply associated with ‘Satyagyan Foundation’ which was an affiliate of ‘World Literacy Canada’. Based in Varanasi, we have worked in about 400 slum areas and have altogether made 23,000 women literate. One has also been associated with ‘Save a Mother’ which was started by the amazing Dr Shiban Gunju. He has reduced the mortality rate of pregnant women by 93%. One was the founding member and last chairperson of ‘Umang’, an NGO that worked for the betterment of street children. These have been my interests and each has been a milestone. Another milestone was co-authoring ‘The Lucknow Cookbook’ with my mother. It is now in its tenth print run and has been declared a classic by Aleph, the publishers. More recently I produced and edited the large formatted book, ‘Kala - Essays on Contemporary Design Aesthetics’ which was launched in Dubai in 2019 by Sheikh Nahan and in October 2022. It had its first proper launches in Milan and London by Artize of the Jaquar Group. In November 2022, it was launched in New York and most recently in February 2023 at the ‘Lahore Literary Festival’. Every stage in life has its own milestones particularly if one is also a wife, a mother and a grandmother. All working women are constantly challenged because we live parallel lives. For me every project, whether large or small, has been a challenge. It has all added to my body of work and to my learning curve. I have never thought of myself as a woman doing all these things……. I think one creates one’s own benchmark and this is the way one has moved forward. I am still working and writing more books as our daughter, the award-winning architect <keyword id="8435490" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kohelika-kohli" source="Orion">Kohelika Kohli</keyword>, has taken over the business of running K2India. She has just launched her new brand of furniture called KOKO by K2India. One feels justifiably proud that one must have done something right. One gave them the tools of a fine education and took them travelling to broaden their minds. And then left them to follow their own passions. (The writer is an award winning architect and an author)

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Actor <keyword id="6384030" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="raveena-tandon" source="Orion">Raveena Tandon</keyword> says she is elated that through <keyword id="25105" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="padma-shri" source="Orion">Padma Shri</keyword>, the fourth highest civilian award in the country, her work in both mainstream and independent cinema has been recognized. The actor, whose name was announced among the Padma awardees on the eve of the Republic Day, said 2023 has begun on a good note. "It has been a year of awards for 'KGF 2' and 'Aranyak'. But this (Padma Shri) was the best of all because this encapsulated my entire body of work. It encapsulates everything, the commercial successes, the songs that are so eternal that people remember," <keyword id="6544" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="raveena" source="Orion">Raveena</keyword> told PTI. The actor, who ruled the 90s cinema with hits such as "Mohra", "Dilwale" and "Dulhe Raja" while also making a mark in off-beat movies such as "Daman", "Satta" and "Shool", made her successful streaming debut with Netflix series "Aranyak" in 2021. She also played an important role in "KGF: Chapter 2". "It feels good that there are people watching and appreciating you. I thank everyone who has been with me on this journey and supported me throughout," the actor she said. The popularity of mainstream entertainers usually dominate an actor's filmography, but Raveena feels "lucky" that her performance-oriented roles in "Satta", "Shool" and "Daman", for which she won the National award best actress, did not go unnoticed. "Huge commercial successes sometimes overshadow the body of work that you have done in realistic cinema because of the hit songs and films that people remember. I am so happy that an award like Padma Shri gives credit to the fact that I have done films like 'Satta', 'Daman', 'Matr' and 'Shool'." The actor said it was a struggle to fight stereotypes back and recalled how she had to convince <keyword id="6355246" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ram-gopal-varma" source="Orion">Ram Gopal Varma</keyword> to cast her in 1999 film "Shool". Raveena, who eventually played a Bihari housewife to Manoj Bajpayee's character in the film, recalls <keyword id="8478" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="varma" source="Orion">Varma</keyword> saying, "when I close my eyes, I can see you doing 'Aankhiyon Se Goli Maare''. "In the 90s, it was easy to get stereotyped. It was a conscious decision to start challenging myself as an actor. I was getting stuck in that stereotype, I had to break away from it. It was a conscious decision to stop signing glamorous roles." Workwise, 2023 has many interesting projects in the pipeline for the actor. She will be seen in Arbaaz Khan-backed social drama "Patna Shukla", a romantic-comedy "Gudchadhi" with Sanjay Dutt and a show with Disney+ Hotstar. "'Gudchadhi' is a sweet romantic-comedy, 'Patna Shuka', which is topical and relevant to the problems that we face in our society. Then I have a show that I am doing for Hotstar, which is a thriller, on 'Aranyak', I think the writing work is going on and soon we will be looking forward to KGF 3," Raveena said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/the-union-budget-is-round-the-corner-but-is-your-budget-sorted/articleshow/97370691.cms">The Union Budget is round the corner, but is your budget sorted?</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/have-you-ever-observed-your-mothers-time-management-skills-modi-on-pariksha-pe-charcha/articleshow/97370498.cms">Have you ever observed your mother's time management skills?: Modi on Pariksha Pe Charcha</a>

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<keyword id="1495802" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="manageengine" source="Orion">ManageEngine</keyword>, the enterprise IT management division of tech company <keyword id="830107" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="zoho-corporation" source="Orion">Zoho Corporation</keyword>, on Thursday announced its plans to hire 1,000 employees in 2022 in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> for development, research and development and customer-facing roles. Since 2002, the company which is the enterprise IT management division of Chennai-based Zoho Corporation has served over 2,80,000 organisations in more than 190 countries. "We invest heavily in R&amp;D, product design and integration, so that our customers can accelerate their own digital transformation. We invest heavily in support so that our customers have a reliable partner to navigate a fast-changing landscape. We are in IT for the long haul, so customers can trust us to be around," said <keyword id="191862" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sridhar-vembu" source="Orion">Sridhar Vembu</keyword>, CEO and co-founder of Zoho, who was honoured with <keyword id="25105" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="padma-shri" source="Orion">Padma Shri</keyword> last year. ManageEngine has offices worldwide, including India, the US, the UAE, the Netherlands, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, China and Australia, as well as more than 200 global partners. <keyword id="13976807" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shailesh-davey" source="Orion">Shailesh Davey</keyword>, Co-Founder &amp; Vice President of <keyword id="13976806" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="engineering-of-zoho" source="Orion">Engineering of Zoho</keyword>, said the company plans to boost its local workforce by 25 per cent. "In India, we registered a year-on-year revenue growth of 63.2 per cent in 2021, while our customer count increased by 26.3 per cent, driven by demand primarily from the <keyword id="6356925" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bfsi" source="Orion">BFSI</keyword> and IT services and solutions sectors," Davey said during an event here. Nine of every 10 Fortune 100 organisations rely on ManageEngine's real-time IT management tools to ensure optimal performance of their IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, applications, desktops and more, said the company. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-climbs-2-ranks-in-speed-test-for-mobile-broadband-speed-but-fixed-broadband-speed-dips-aa-per-ookla-report/articleshow/91660037.cms">India climbs 2 ranks in speed test for mobile broadband speed but fixed broadband speed dips: Ookla</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/esa-satellite-sentinel-1a-dodges-a-high-risk-collision-from-russian-space-debris/articleshow/91659653.cms">ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris</a>

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New Delhi, Jan 25 () Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and vice-chairman of Naukri.com, India's leading job site, was on Saturday conferred with Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards.
According to a home ministry statement, Bikhchandani has been given Padma Shri in the category of trade and industry.
His company also runs Jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com, and Shiksha.com. In addition, it has made strategic investments in promising web start-ups such as Zomato, Policybazaar, Shopkirana and Ustraa.
He graduated from IIM Ahmedabad in 1989.
Starting off from a servant quarter above a garage and seed capital of two thousand rupees, the entrepreneur's company grew and attracted investments from leading global venture capitalists.
It was the first Internet company to list on Indian stock exchanges. Today, the company employs over 4,000 people and has a market capitalisation of over USD 4.5 billion.
Bikhchandani is also the founding trustee of Ashoka University. ACB RHL

Naukri.com founder gets Padma Shri

<ul><li>All the nine athletes recommended for <keyword id="15575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</keyword>, <keyword id="100507" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</keyword> and <keyword id="25105" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Shri">Padma Shri</keyword> are women, reported the Times of India. </li><li>Boxing champion, <keyword id="56244" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="MC-Mary-Kom">MC Mary Kom</keyword> is nominated for Padma Vibhushan. </li><li>P V Sindhu, the first Indian to win gold at BWF World Championships is nominated for Padma Bhushan. </li></ul>The sports ministry has recommended nine people for Padma awards--India’s highest civilian honour — and all of them are women,<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/sports-ministry-sends-9-names-for-padmas-all-women/articleshow/71088910.cms"> reported the Times of India.</a> Boxing champion, MC Mary Kom is nominated for Padma Vibhushan. The government had earlier awarded her with Padma Shri 2006 and Padma Bhushan in 2013. Further, P V Sindhu, the first Indian to win gold at BWF World Championships is nominated for Padma Bhushan. She earlier got a Padma Shri in 2015. The other seven athletes in the list are: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, table tennis star Manika Batra, T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, hockey captain Rani Rampal, former shooter Suma Shirur and mountaineer twin sisters, Tashi and Nungshi Malik, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/sports-ministry-sends-9-names-for-padmas-all-women/articleshow/71088910.cms">said the report.</a> The Indian government awarded three sportspeople with Padma Vibhushan -- Chess champion Viswanathan Anand in 2007, Sachin Tendulkar in 2008 and Sir Edmund Hillary in 2008. Sports Ministry has sent the list to Home Ministry. The government will announce the award on the upcoming Republic Day. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-look-back-at-pv-sindhu-journey-to-be-indias-first-badminton-world-champion/articleshow/70841055.cms">A look back at PV Sindhu journey to be India's first badminton world champion</a>

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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu flashed in the worldwide media amidst cheers when she bagged the most coveted gold medal for woman’s singles in BWF World Championships 2019. Interestingly, Sindhu is the first Indian to land in front of the podium during the most prestigious world meet. As the whole of India looks to her with pride, here are a few interesting facts about PV Sindhu you might not have known. Family and early life of PV Sindhu PV Sindhu was born on July 5, 1995 in Hyderabad. Her parents P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya were both professional volleyball players. Her father PV Ramana had bagged the highly prestigious recognition of Arjuna Award for his outstanding achievement in volleyball. Inspired by <keyword id="84905" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pullela-Gopichand">Pullela Gopichand</keyword> Sindhu has time and again said her main inspiration is Pullela Gopichand, a former Indian badminton celebrity. Taking to this sports at a very young age of eight, Sindhu drew inspiration from Gopichand’s success in 2001 All England Open Badminton Championship, when Gopichand won the tournament by defeating Chen Hong 15-12, 15-6. Strenuous efforts of PV Sindhu Sindhu is highly hardworking when it comes to her passionate sports. She would work with her coach right from 4.15 am everyday on a continuous basis over the past three years. During her early days of practice, she used to travel about 60 kms to reach the training center in Hyderabad on a daily basis. Arjuna award recipient Sindhu has won the most famed Arjuna Award at a very young age of just 18. In order to attend the Grand Prix at Lucknow, Sindhu had to miss her very dear sister’s marriage ceremony. Other awards and honors In 2013, Sindhu emerged as the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Championships for singles. In 2015, she was credited with <keyword id="25105" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Shri">Padma Shri</keyword> Award, the fourth highest civilian award of India. She figured among the top 20 in the world of badminton as per the rankings published by the <keyword id="66015" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Badminton-World-Federation">Badminton World Federation</keyword>. Learnt the basics of the game under Mehboob Ali In Secunderabad, Sindhu learnt the basics of her passionate game under the guidance of Mehboob Ali at Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications. Eventually she joined Gopichand’s team. She sacrificed her favorite dishes to keep herself fit Under the able guidance of her coach Gopichand, she came forward willingly to give up her most favorite dish Hyderabad biriyani chocolates which she loved the most. She took these steps only to keep herself fit. Such was her dedication and passion for the game. Loves swimming and Yoga Sindhu has said she had fallen in love with swimming and Yoga, which she felt as the pillars to support her with her life with badminton. She found them highly useful to enhance her fitness both physically and mentally. Has a dauntless spirit that paved road to her success It was her dauntless spirit that paved way to her success. While describing her dedication for sports, Gopichand, her coach remarked, “The most striking feature in Sindhu’s game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit.”

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The group of Padma Awards that includes Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri is known as the highest awards given by the Republic of India. They were all instituted together in the year 1954 and they are announced year on year on the Republic Day. The objective of these awards is to recognize, highlight and appreciate the ‘work of distinction’. They are given to persons or organizations that make some exceptional contribution or service in any field or discipline including Art, Medicine, Literature, Civil Service, Sports, Education, Social Work, Public Affairs, Science and Engineering, Trade and Industry etc. Participation in this venture Nominations are invited from the departments and ministries of the central government, state and the Union territory governments, awardees of the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awards, Institutes of Excellence and also from many other agencies, bodies, enterprises and organizations, so that the sample available for the consideration is as wide as possible. The MHA communication requests these organizations, bodies and individuals to spare the necessary effort to identify the exceptional persons or organizations who deserve to be recognized for their contribution. These persons and bodies can make suitable nominations for the deserving individuals they find out. Nominations and recommendations Both the nominations and recommendations for the group of Padma awards have to be done only online on the Padma portal <a href="http://www.padmaawards.gov.in">www.padmaawards.gov.in</a>. Any citizen of India can make the nomination or recommendation. Self-nominations are also allowed. The nomination or recommendation must contain the complete details asked in the format provided in this portal for this purpose. A citation is also called for including a narration that can run to about 800 words which will clearly bring out the exceptional or distinguished achievement or service of the person or organization nominated or recommended or self-nominated for the Padma award in their respective field or discipline. All the necessary details asked must be carefully filled in for the nomination to be considered. About Padma Awards Any person or organization can apply for the Padma awards without any distinction to caste, race, occupation, gender or position. Padma Vibhushan seeks to recognize the exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan identifies the distinguished service of higher order and Padma Shri appreciates the distinguished service in any discipline or field. The MHA communication requests that every effort must be spared to find the suitable persons for the Padma awards from among women, weaker sections of the society, Divyang persons, SCs and STs who really deserve to be given this award. No Government servant who is working in the PSUs is eligible for these awards excepting doctors and scientists. Rules governing the Padma Awards The Padma awards are not given posthumously excepting in some highly deserving cases. Padma Award can be conferred on a person only if five years have elapsed after the conferment of the earlier Padma award except in some deserving cases. The President of India presents these awards consisting of a Sanad (Certificate) signed by the President and a medallion. The names of the awardees are published in the Gazette of India. The recipients will also get a replica of the medallion which they can wear during any ceremonies or events. The Padma award is not a title and it must never be used as a suffix or prefix to the awardees’ name. The total number of awards given in a year will not exceed 120.

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 But thanks to his wife <keyword id="5357" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twinkle-Khanna">Twinkle Khanna</keyword>, an actress turned writer, it’s time for Akshay to prove his mettle. <keyword id="31838" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twinkle">Twinkle</keyword> is ready with her production venture and the first film is a biopic on an Indian man who handmade the first low-cost sanitary napkins in the country. 
 Well, that’s a different “Make in India” story altogether. Winner of <keyword id="25105" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Padma-Shri">Padma Shri</keyword> award, <keyword id="904175" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arunachalam-Muruganantham">Arunachalam Muruganantham</keyword> is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore. He is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine and has innovated grass-roots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India. His mini-machines, which can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads, have been installed in 23 of the 29 states of India. He is currently planning to expand the production of these machines to 106 nations. 
 Taking an inspiration from this, Twinkle <keyword id="1983" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Khanna">Khanna</keyword> wanted to cast Akshay Kumar for this biopic ‘Pad Man’. And guess who’s directing the film? It’s none other than maestro <keyword id="72976" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="R-Balki">R Balki</keyword>, who has made wonderful films like Paa and English Vinglish. 
 Twinkle Khanna has recently said that convincing <keyword id="260416" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Muruganantham">Muruganantham</keyword> wasn’t easy. But thanks to Mrs Funny <keyword id="62532" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="bones">Bones</keyword> of Twitter, Akshay Kumar and R Balki, the world will know about the struggle to success of India’s Pad Man.

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Amongst the who’s who of the Indian society that received the Padma Awards from the honourable Indian president on Monday, there was a man who had barely attended school, but was the subject of five PhDs. This writer and poet from western Odisha, who received the <keyword id="25105" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Padma-Shri">Padma Shri</keyword> award from the hands of the President, is <keyword id="3302908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Haldhar-Nag">Haldhar Nag</keyword>, a 66-year-old poet of Kosli language. 
 
Nag remembers all the poems and 20 epics that he has penned in this language, which would soon be compiled by Sambalpur University, and be a part of its syllabus. 
 
"He remembers whatever he writes and has been reciting them. You just need to mention the name or subject. He never misses anything. Now he attends at least three to four programmes every day to recite his poems," said a close associate of the poet. Nag told TOI, "It's great to see the huge interest of young people in poems in Kosli. Everyone is a poet, but only a few have the art of giving them shape." 
 
Always seen in a white dhoti and a vest, Nag has never worn footwear in his life as far as he remembers. Born in a poor family of Ghens in the Bargarh district of Odisha in 1950, he only went to school till the third standard, after which he had to drop out owing to his father’s death. 
 
After that, he worked as a dishwasher at a local sweet shop and later a cook, before setting up a small shop of stationeries and eatables for school students. It was then that he wrote his first poem 'Dhodo Bargachh' (The Old Banyan Tree) in 1990, which found its place in a local magazine. 
 
"I was felicitated and that encouraged me to write more. I started touring nearby villages to recite my poems and got huge response," he said. 
He is now known as Lok Kabi Ratna in Odisha, and draws his themes from the rustic surroundings of Odisha, writing mostly on nature, society, mythology and religion.

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