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Padma Shri to Sumit Antil, Neeraj Chopra in the field of sports from Haryana
Padma Shri for Om Prakash Gandhi for social work, Moti Lal Madan for Science and Engineering, Raghuvendra Tanwar for Literature and Education
Chief Minister Manohar Lal congratulates winners
Chandigarh, January 25- On the eve of Republic Day, the Government of India announced the Padma Awards 2022. Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and Paralympic gold medalist Sumit Antil, who performed exceptionally in the field of sports from Haryana, will be honoured with Padma Shri. Apart from this, Om Prakash Gandhi will be awarded the Padma Shri for Social Work, while Moti Lal Madan for Science and Engineering and Raghuvendra Tanwar for Literature and Education.
While congratulating the winners Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that today the name of the state is being illuminated not only in India but on the world map due to the hard work of the people of Haryana. Every Haryanvi is proud of Padma Shri winners. He hoped that today’s youth would take many of these achievements as a source of inspiration and achieve many similar goals in their lives.
It is noteworthy that Neeraj Chopra, the javelin thrower in the track and field athletic competition, created history by winning the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 by throwing the javelin to a distance of 87.58m becoming the first athlete from India to win a gold medal in the Olympics in track and field event.
Similarly, Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the F64 men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with a throw of 68.55 metres. With this throw, he broke his own previous record.
The founder of Gurjar Kanya Vidya Mandir, Om Prakash Gandhi was born in a farmer’s family in a village in district Yamunanagar, Haryana. After attaining an MSc in Physics, he became a lecturer in a college in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and started working for women’s education by taking voluntary retirement from there. Due to his humility, decency, tact and ability to organize people, he started the Gurjar Kanya Vidya Mandir on April, 7, 1987 by embodying his resolve. From its inception till date, the school is on the path of progress under his management and guidance.
Gold Medalist in BVSc & AH & MSc (Punjab University), awarded PhD (UMC, USA), DSC (HC) CSA, Kanpur, 2001 and D.Sc, from University of Guelph, Canada, 2012 etc., Moti Lal Madan is receiving Padma Shri award for his remarkable work in the field of Science and Engineering. He has also been the Vice-Chancellor of various educational institutions. He has published 432 research articles and policy papers in international and national reference journals, including 226 original research papers.
Raghuvendra Tanwar will be honoured with Padma Shri in Literature and Education. He was awarded first position in (History) and highest percentage of marks in the Faculty of Social Sciences, UGC. National Fellow of (Research Awardee 2002-2005), President, Punjab History Congress (Modern 2001), and 1st President, Indian History Congress (synchronous 2008), Tanwar has held the posts of Dean Academics, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences and Registrar of Kurukshetra University. His university academic experience spans around 38 years.
