On Monday, March 28, Bharat Biotech’s Managing Director Krishna Ella & joint MD Suchitra Ella were awarded Padma Bhushan by President Ram Nath Kovind. A total of 74 distinguished personalities were conferred with Padma awards.
Bharat Biotech has made noteworthy achievement by developing the first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin. The company has made every effort to provide the vaccine at the cheapest rate all over the world.
Dr. Krishna Ella was born in 1969, in a Telugu speaking agricultural family. Ella started his career with a pharmaceutical company, Bayer. In 1996, he set up a lab in Hyderabad & named it Bharat Biotech. Suchitra Ella wife of Krishna is the joint MD of the company. She oversees the operation of the company & has played a crucial role to make Bharat Biotech a leading vaccine maker.
Actor Victor Banerjee, Odia writer Dr Pratibha Ray, Acharya Vashishtha Tripathi are the others who received the Padma Bhushan. Padma Bhushan is awarded for the distinguished service of a high order. The Union Home Ministry had announced the name of the recipients in January of this year.
