Winning laurels for industrial city Ludhiana in Punjab, Rajni Bector — founder and chairman of Emeritus, Mrs Bectors Food Specialties Ltd — was honoured with the coveted Padma Shri award by President Ram Nath Kovind for her significant contribution to the promotion and sustainable growth of trade and industry. With more than four decades of dedicated service to the industry, Bector has become a role model for many budding women entrepreneurs from the city and elsewhere.