NEW DELHI (TIP): TV Asia Chairman H.R. Shah received the Padma Shri award from India‘s President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on April 13.

Shah received India’s fourth highest civilian honor in the field of Literature & Education – Journalism.

Shah, who has lived in the United States for 46 years, is originally from Bahadarpur, Gujarat.

Two other Indian-Americans named for this year’s Padma Shri award include Ustad Imrat Khan in the field of Art-Music and Anant Agarwal in the field of Literature & Education.

Even before Shah received the award formally from Rashtrapati Ji, his friends and admirers celebrated his selection for Padma Shri and felicitated him.

Indo-American Press Club organized a felicitation evening in the month of March. Some other organizations were keen to felicitate him but he wanted them to wait until he received the award formally from President of India.