Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor felicitates Padma Awardees from State

By Rons Bantwal
Bellevision Media Network

Mumbai, 02 May 2014: The Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan felicitated the Padma Awardees from Maharashtra for the year 2013 at a function held at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Thursday (1 May ). The Governor also felicitated the winners of the National Bravery Awards on the occasion.

The Padma Awadees who were felicitated included Smt Begum Parveen Sultana (Arts-Classical Singing), Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi (Science & Engineering), Smt Nayana Apte Joshi (Art), Shri Vijay Ghate (Art-Tabla), Shri Ram Mohan (Art-Film Animation), Smt Sooni Taraporewala (Art-Script Writing), Smt Durga Jain (Social Work), Shri Shekar Basu (Science & Engineering), Dr Ravi Bhushan Grover (Science & Engineering), Shri Ramkrishna Hosur (Science & Engineering), Dr Ramakant Deshpande (Medicine-Oncology) and Dr Milind Kirtane (Medicine-ENT).

 

National Bravery Award winners Kum. Shubham Santosh Chaudhari, Kum. Sanjay Navasu Sutar, Kum. Akshay Jayaram Roz, Kumari Tanvi Nandakumar Ovhal and Shri Rohit Janmanche were also felicitated on the occasion.

The felicitation programme was organised by the Vasantrao Naik Agricultural Research and Rural Development Foundation.