From a Class 10 dropout to a defence manufacturing force: Satyanarayan Nuwal gets Padma Shri

Satyanarayan Nuwal, the founder and chairman of Solar Industries India Limited, has been conferred the Padma Shri for 2026 in the trade and industry category, recognition for a self made industrialist who has become one of the central figures in India's push for self reliance in defence manufacturing. The Satyanarayan Nuwal Padma Shri honour was presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 25 May 2026, and has been received with particular prid