New Delhi: Kidambi Shrikanth receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind during the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: R Sathyanarayana receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Bhajju Shyam receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Maharao Raghuveer Singh receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Lentina Ao Thakkar receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Rajagopalan Vasudevan receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan receive Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan receive Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Manas Bihari Verma receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Yogendra receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Amitava Roy receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Shri to Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Lakshmikutty receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Joyshree Goswami Mahanta receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Pravakara Maharana receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Subhasini Mistry receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: V Nanammal receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Sulagitti Narasamma receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Gobaradhan Panika receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Murlikant Petkar receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Abhay and Rani Bang receive Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Arvind Gupta receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Arup Kumar Dutta receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Digamber Hansda receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Piyong Temjen Jamir receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Pran Kishore Kaul receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Malti Joshi receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
Bhopal: Music maestro Ilayaraja receives Padma Vibhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Ramachandran Nagaswamy receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Ved Prakash Nanda receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Arvind Parikh receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Narayan Das at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Yeshi Dhonden at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Yeshi Dhonden at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Narayan Das at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Mohan Swaroop Bhatia at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Nouf Almarwaai at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: Kerala Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/RB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Nouf Almarwaai at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri Award to Mohan Swaroop Bhatia at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
New Delhi: Badminton player Kidambi Srikanth receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Tennis player Somdev Devvarman receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Kerala Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Ramachandran Nagaswamy receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Ved Prakash Nanda receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Arvind Parikh receives Padma Bhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Music maestro Ilayaraja receives Padma Vibhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan receives Padma Vibhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)
New Delhi: P. Parameswaran receives Padma Vibhushan from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)