President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Awards announced for the year 2020 to 8 personalities from Bihar.

Key Points:

=> For the year 2020, one person from Bihar was awarded Padma Vibhushan and 7 people were awarded Padma Shri.

=> Former Defense Minister George Fernandes was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his service in the field of public affairs.

=> At the same time, the following seven personalities were given the Padma Shri award-

• Shri Sujoy Kumar Guha (in the field of Science & Engineering)
• Shri Bimal Kumar Jain (in the field of Social Work)
• Mrs. Shanti Jain (in the field of art)
• Dr. Shanti Roy (in the field of medicine)
• Shri Shyamsundar Sharma (in the field of Arts)
• Shri Ramji Singh (in the field of social work)
• Shri Vashisht Narayan Singh (Posthumous) (in the field of Science and Engineering)

=> A total of 141 awards have been given for the year 2020, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri.