Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country’s second highest civilian honour.
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the awards at civil investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi today. Senior Supreme Court advocate K K Venugopal and well known Jain philanthropist D Veerendra Heggade from Karnataka were also conferred the Padma Vibhushan.
Renowned Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua and computer scientist Vijay Bhatkar were given the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour.
Hockey player Saba Anjum, women cricketer Mithali Raj, economist Bibek Debroy, former Infosys top executive Mohandas Pai and musician Ravindra Jain were given Padma Shri.
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among the dignitaries present during the event.