Winners of this year’s Padma Awards

Assam News · January 25, 2010

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, announced 130 Padma awards on Monday. Padma Vibhushans, the country’s second highest civilian honour, went to Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, former RBI Governor Y. Venugopal Reddy, Apollo hospital chief Prathap Chandra Reddy, Zohra Segal, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Ebrahim Alkazi.

India Padma Awards Padma Awards, the India’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.  ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.  The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

Complete list of Padma Award Winners:

Padma Vibhushan

  1. Shri Ebrahim Alkazi, Art, Delhi
  2. Shri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Art, Tamil Nadu
  3. Smt. Zohra Segal, Art, Delhi
  4. Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Public Affairs, Andhra Pradesh
  5. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Science and Engineering, UK
  6. Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

Padma Bhushan

  1. Shri  Ilaiyaraaja, Art, Tamil Nadu
  2. Shri Aamir Khan, Art, Maharashtra
  3. Shri Akbar Padamsee, Art, Maharashtra
  4. Shri Allah Rakha Rahman, Art, Tamil Nadu
  5. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, Art, Uttar Pradesh
  6. Smt. Kumudini Lakhia, Art, Gujarat
  7. Shri Kuzhur Narayana Marar, Art, Kerala
  8. Prof. Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky, Art, Gujarat
  9. Ms. Mallika Sarabhai, Art, Gujarat
  10. Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Art, Andhra Pradesh
  11. Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai, Art, Karnataka
  12. Shri Ram Kumar, Art, Delhi
  13. Shri Shrinivas Vinayak Khale, Art, Maharashtra
  14. Ustad Sultan Khan, Art, Maharashtra
  15. Shri B.K. Chaturvedi, Civil Service, Delhi
  16. Shri Moosa Raza, Civil Service, Delhi
  17. Dr. P.R. Dubhashi, Civil Service, Maharashtra
  18. Shri Fareed Zakaria, Journalism, USA
  19. Shri Anil Bordia, Literature and Education, Rajasthan
  20. Prof. Bipan Chandra, Literature and Education, Delhi
  21. Shri G.P. Chopra, Literature and Education, Delhi
  22. Prof. Mohammad Amin, Literature and Education, Delhi
  23. Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri, Literature and Education, Delhi
  24. Prof. Tan Chung, Literature and Education, USA
  25. Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde, Medicine, Karnataka
  26. Shri E.T. Narayanan Mooss, Medicine, Kerala
  27. Dr. Noshir M. Shroff, Medicine, Delhi
  28. Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier, Medicine, Kerala
  29. Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda, Medicine, Maharashtra
  30. Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal, Medicine, Delhi
  31. Prof. Abhijit Sen, Public Affairs, Delhi
  32. Shri Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Public Affairs, West Bengal
  33. Shri Sant Singh Chatwal, Public Affairs, USA
  34. Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, Science and Engineering, USA
  35. Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha, Science and Engineering, West Bengal
  36. Shri Jagdish Chandra Kapur, Science and Engineering, Delhi
  37. Dr. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Social Work, Karnataka
  38. Shri Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, Social Work, Maharashtra
  39. Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
  40. Dr. Kushal Pal Singh, Trade and Industry, Delhi
  41. Shri Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga,Trade and Industry, UK
  42. Shri Narayanan Vaghul, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
  43. Shri S.P. Oswal, Trade and Industry, Punjab

Padma Shri

  1. Shri Gulam Mohammed Mir, Public Service, Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Ms.  Rekha, Art, Maharashtra
  3. Shri Arjun Prajapati, Art, Rajasthan
  4. Ms. Arundhati Nag, Art, Karnataka
  5. Ms. Carmel Berkson, Art, Maharashtra
  6. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar, Art, Delhi
  7. Smt. Gul Bardhan, Art, Madhya Pradesh
  8. Smt. Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi, Art, Manipur
  9. Shri Hari Uppal, Art, Bihar 
  10. Shri K. Raghavan, Art, Kerala 
  11. Guru Mayadhar Raut, Art, Delhi 
  12. Shri Mukund Lath, Art, Rajasthan 
  13. Shri Nemai Ghosh, Art, West Bengal
  14. Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, Art, Orissa 
  15. Shri Rajkumar Achouba Singh, Art, Manipur 
  16. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda, Art, Jharkhand 
  17. Shri Resul Pokutty, Art, Kerala 
  18. Shri Saif Ali Khan, Art, Maharashtra 
  19. Dr. (Smt.) Shobha Raju, Art, Andhra Pradesh 
  20. Ms. Sumitra Guha, Art, Delhi 
  21. Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Art, West Bengal 
  22. Shri D.R. Karthikeyan, Civil Service, Delhi 
  23. Dr. Ranjit Bhargava, Environment Protection, Uttarakhand 
  24. Shri Arun Sarma, Literature and Education, Assam 
  25. Prof. Arvind Kumar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra 
  26. Ms. Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar, Literature and Education, Meghalaya 
  27. Prof. Govind Chandra Pande, Literature and Education, Madhya Pradesh 
  28. Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir 
  29. Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke, Literature and Education, Germany  
  30. Shri Janaki Ballav Shastri, Literature and Education, Bihar 
  31. Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir 
  32. Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh 
  33. Shri Lalzuia Colney, Literature and Education, Mizoram 
  34. Ms. Maria Aurora Couto, Literature and Education, Goa 
  35. Dr.(Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu 
  36. Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji, Literature and Education, West Bengal 
  37. Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu 
  38. Fr. Romuald D’Souza, Literature and Education, Goa 
  39. Prof. Sadiq – Ur – Rahman Kidwai, Literature and Education, Delhi 
  40. Mr. Sheldon Pollock,  Literature and Education, USA
  41. Dr. Surendra Dubey, Literature and Education, Chhattisgarh 
  42. Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla, Medicine, Delhi 
  43. Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh 
  44. Dr. B. Ramana Rao, Medicine, Karnataka 
  45. Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu 
  46. Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi 
  47. Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath, Medicine, Karnataka 
  48. Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta, Medicine, Delhi 
  49. Dr. Philip Augustine, Medicine, Kerala 
  50. Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh, Medicine, Bihar 
  51. Dr. Vikas Mahatme, Medicine, Maharashtra 
  52. Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez, Public Affairs, Spain
  53. Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao, Science and Engineering, Karnataka 
  54. Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan, Science and Engineering, Kerala 
  55. Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran, Science and Engineering, USA
  56. Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop, John Science and Engineering, Gujarat 
  57. Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh 
  58. Dr.(Ms.) Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath, Science and Engineering, Karnataka 
  59. Ms. Anu Aga, Social Work, Maharashtra 
  60. Shri Ayekpam Tomba Meetei, Social Work, Manipur 
  61. Shri Deep Joshi, Social Work, Delhi 
  62. Dr. J.R. Gangaramani, Social Work, UAE
  63. Shri Kranti Shah, Social Work, Maharashtra 
  64. Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil, Social Work, Kerala 
  65. Baba Sewa Singh, Social Work, Punjab 
  66. Ms. Sudha Kaul, Social Work, West Bengal 
  67. Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, Social Work, USA
  68. Shri Ignace Tirkey, Sports, Orissa 
  69. Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan, Sports, Tamil Nadu 
  70. Shri Ramakant Vithal Achrekar, Sports, Maharashtra 
  71. Ms. Saina Nehwal, Sports, Andhra Pradesh 
  72. Shri Vijender Singh, Sports, Haryana 
  73. Shri Virendra Sehwag, Sports, Delhi 
  74. Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju, Trade and Industry, Andhra Pradesh 
  75. Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai, Trade and Industry, Bahrain
  76. Shri Deepak Puri ,Trade and Industry, Delhi 
  77. Shri Irshad Mirza, Trade and Industry, Uttar Pradesh 
  78. Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan, Trade and Industry, Himachal Pradesh 
  79. Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas, Patel Trade and Industry ,Gujarat 
  80. Shri T.N. Manoharan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu 
  81. Shri Venu Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April.  This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.  There are 17 ladies among the awardees.

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