By IANS,
New Delhi : Noted industry expert and former chairman of Hindustan Lever Ashok S. Ganguly was named one of the recipients of this year’s Padma Vibhushan awards.
Ganguly, a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, served as Hindustan Lever’s (now Hindustan Unilever) chairman during 1980-90. During his over 35 years’ professional career, he had also been member of several government committees.
Anil Manibhai Naik, chairman and managing director of infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T), was selected for Padma Bhushan award, an official statement said Sunday.
Naik became the chief executive of L&T in 1999 and assumed the chairmanship in 2003.
R.K. Krishna Kumar, Tata Sons executive director, Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, an NRI who runs a healthcare business in the United Arab Emirates, and Arunmugam Sakthivel of Tamil Nadu were selected for Padma Sri awards from the trade and industry discipline.