India Gives Padma Shri To Heads Of All Asean Nations To Mark 25 Years Of Partnership
This year marking the 25th anniversary of Indias partnership with the ASEAN states India gave the award to all the heads of state from the countries that form the south-east Asian block. Indian foreign policy has always been made keeping in mind friendship and respect for the countries.
Indian foreign policy has always been made keeping in mind friendship and respect for the countries irrespective of their power and size. India has always given equal respect to the nations and their leaders all across the world. This year, marking the 25th anniversary of India's partnership with the ASEAN states, India gave the award to all the heads of state from the countries that form the south-east Asian block.
Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman of Brunei Darussalam got the award in the medicine category. He is the founder of the Society for Management of Autism Related Issues in Training, Education and Resources (Smarter).
Hun Many of Cambodia, the son of former PM Hun Sen, was awarded for his role in public affairs. He is Cambodia's youngest parliamentarian and president of Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia.
Indonesian sculptor and one of the pioneers of the New Art movement I Nyoman Nuarta was also awarded. He is known for works like Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue, devoted to Vishnu in Bali.
Bounlap Keokangna of Laos was another on the list. He was deputy director of Vat Phou World Heritage Site and had helped in restoration of the Shiva temple of Bhadreshwara, known as Vat Phou along with ASI.
Datuk Ramli Bin Ibraham of Malaysia is a classical Odissi dancer and has been teaching dance for over 40 years.
He got the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2011 and runs Sutra Dance Theatre in Malaysia.
Among the others were Dr Thant Myint U of Myanmar, a historian and author; Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III of the Philippines, CEO and president of RFM Corp; Tommy Koh, ambassador in the ministry of foreign affairs, Singapore; Somdet Phra Ariya Wongsa Khottayan, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand who trained as a monk at the age of 10; and Nguyen Tien Thien, secretary general of National Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.
