Padma Bhushan

“I had undertaken this perilous swim not to gain fame or trophies but to prove once again to the world that Indians are no longer afraid", said the man who swam into world record books by conquering the English Channel and Palk Straits. #ForgottenHeroes #History

While leprosy is highly prevalent in India, 99 per cent of the people do not get it.

We have come a long way over the last 60 years during which Dr Menon has been practising medicine.

Honoured with the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, this brilliant scientist became the youngest director of BARC in 1996 after Homi Bhabha himself! #BirthAnniversary #IndianScience #ThisDayInHistory

Dr Padmavati was awarded the Padma Bhushan as well as the Padma Vibhushan for her pioneering work!

Awarded the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000), there is very little this celebrated scientist hasn't attained in the domain of space, scientific research and academia.

To this day, it has retained not only its name but also the respect it continues to command in the community. Even today, every school kid in Tamil Nadu aspires to make it to its hallowed portals.

On her birth centenary in 2018, Google paid a beautiful tribute to Mrinalini Sarabhai—the doyenne of Indian Classical Dance.

On the cusp of scripting history, TCS is set to become India's first 100 billion dollar company. But did you know its first CEO, Fakir Chand Kohli, was the man who kickstarted India's IT revolution?

A man who loved India deeply, Russian Ambassador Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin has just been posthumously honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.