Padma Bhushan conferred on Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar

On the 73rd Republic Day, India conferred Padma Bhushan on Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Chairperson of Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran.

It is an honor to receive a Padma Bhushan Award and to be recognized with so many extraordinary people. I m thankful to the President, the Prime Minister, and people of India, and look forward to working with people across India to help them use technology to achieve more, Nadella tweeted.

Nadella, 54, was born in Hyderabad and became CEO of Microsoft in February 2014. He was named chairman of the company in June 2021.

India's ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu during a virtual celebration of the country's 73rd Republic Day on Wednesday, said this year three distinguished diaspora members have been given the Padma Bhushan Madhu Jaffrey for popularising Indian cuisine, Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai for their leadership in the technology sector.

Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in India after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. The awards are divided into three categories: Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan distinguished service of higher order and Padma Shri distinguished service The award seeks to recognise achievements in all fields of activities for public service. The Padma Awards are given based on recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister every year.