NOTHING is bigger than national welfare and national security, says Padma Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal who has been rightly conferred the Padma Shri by the President of India Droupadi Murmu for his significant contributions to the defence manufacturing ecosystem. Speaking at a programme to felicitate him at Munshi Memorial Hall by Delhi Kendra of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday, Nuwal, who happens to be the founder and Chairman of Solar Group of Industries at Nagpur in Maharashtra, said of the two important aspects of success and morality, he always gives preference to morality over the success.

 

He said morality alone ensures success, but immoral success makes life difficult. Nuwal was felicitated for his achievement on this occasion. Speaking on this occasion, the former Governor of Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Assam Banwarilal Purohit thanked the President and Prime Minister of India for picking Nuwal out of a 150 crore strong pool of population for Padma Shri award.

 

Having known Nuwal since his initial days of extreme struggle, Purohit said the life journey of Nuwal has been much tougher than it appears. Appreciating Nuwal for the large hearted donation for the building of the Centre of Indology at Bhavans’, saying the institution is set to play a crucial role in making India a Vishwa Guru fulfilling the dream of the founder of the Bhavans KN Munshi. Underlining Nuwal’s long association with the Bhavans he said that apart from Vice President of the Bhavans Mr. Vaidyanathan, he is the second person to be awarded with the Padma Shri. Dean of the Centre of Indology at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Prof Shashi Bala, Director of Delhi Kendra of BVB K Siva Prasad, Vice President of BVB Trustees of BVB from Mumbai Shrihari Aney and Jagadish Lakhani also spoke on this occasion and congratulated Nuwal for his achievements. Notably, Satyanarayan Nuwal, born in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, travelled a journey from adversity to prosperity serving as an inspiration to the youth. Established in 1995, the Solar Group of Industries, founded by him, has gone ahead to become a global leader in industrial explosives and defence equipment. It has grown from a single manufacturing unit into a multinational enterprise with presence in 90 plus countries and operations across four continents.