The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was headed by Deepa Malik, India’s first female para-athlete to win a medal at Paralympics in Rio 2016.
Avani Lekhara, who was recognized as one of India's Paralympic athletes of the year in the ceremony, also won another prestigious award earlier in the day.
Pramod wrote a heartfelt message on receiving the gift from his idol.
"I don’t want to sit and think all day about the medal that slipped from my hands," Vinod Kumar says.
The Indian Prime Minister hosted the Paralympians on Thursday morning to felicitate them for their performances at the Games.
The committee will be meeting in the next few days to decide the winners of the top sporting honours of the country.
Notably, it was the Chinese Paralympic Committee that had sent a formal complaint against Thiago's second and third attempts, which included his gold-winning 15.10m throw.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics is indeed India’s best-ever outing at the history of the competition.
China’s gold medals were 55 more than that of second-placed Great Britain’s.
India's medal tally at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has helped it surpass its best tally of medals in a multi-sport event.