Hyderabad:In a validation of the role Covaxin has played in battling the Covid-19 pandemic, Bharat Biotech’s founding duo Dr Krishna Ella and his wife Suchitra Ella were conferred the Padma Bhushan on Tuesday. In the 68 years since the Padma awards were instituted, this is a rare instance when a husband-wife duo has been honoured together with the third-highest civilian award of the country.
While Dr Krishna Ella (66) drives the innovation at Bharat Biotech, Suchitra Ella (57) steers the operational and commercial aspects of the Hyderabad-based company. Suchitra Ella, as insiders point out, refers to herself as the heart and her husband as the brains behind Bharat Biotech.
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