President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday conferred Padma awards. Eminent personalities including senior advocate and former leader of opposition HS Phoolka, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir and Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee, among others, were honoured.

President Kovind confers Padma awards; HS Phoolka, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Bajpayee receive Padma Shri 

Forty-seven prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.

President Kovind confers Padma awards to 'inspiring' personalities

Mountaineer Bachendri Pal, who became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984, was conferred with India's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.

List of sports personalities who received Padma awards this year