Govt announces Padma Awards; Advani, Amitabh Bachchan & Dilip Kumar bag Padma Vibhushan; Padma Bhushan to Swapan Dasgupta, Harish Salve, Dr Ashok Seth, Bill Gates & Melinda Gates
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, JAN 26, 2015: THE controversy-marred Padma Awards were finally announced late evening yesterday. As per the MHA Press Release, Padma Vibushan has been given to nine eminent persons like L K Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar and Prakash Singh Badal; Padma Bhushan to 20 persons such as Jahnu Barua, Swapan Dasgupta, Dr Ashok Seth, Rajat Sharma,Bill Gates & Melinda Gates and Padma Shri to 75 persons.
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various 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.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Post humous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
| S. No. |
Name of the Awardee |
Discipline |
State/Domicile |
| 1. |
Shri L. K. Advani |
Public Affairs |
Gujarat |
| 2. |
Shri Amitabh Bachchan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 3. |
Shri Prakash Singh Badal |
Public Affairs |
Punjab |
| 4. |
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade |
Social Work |
Karnataka |
| 5. |
Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 6. |
Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya |
Others |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 7. |
Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
| 8. |
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
| 9. |
Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) |
Trade and Industry |
France/UK |
Padma Bhushan
| 1. |
Shri Jahnu Barua |
Art |
Assam |
| 2. |
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
| 3. |
Shri Swapan Dasgupta |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
| 4. |
Swami Satyamitranand Giri |
Others |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. |
Shri N. Gopalaswami |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
| 6. |
Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
| 7. |
Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 8. |
Dr. Ambrish Mithal |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 9. |
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
| 10. |
Shri Harish Salve |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
| 11. |
Dr. Ashok Seth |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 12. |
Shri Rajat Sharma |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
| 13. |
Shri Satpal |
Sports |
Delhi |
| 14. |
Shri Shivakumara Swami |
Others |
Karnataka |
| 15. |
Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
| 16. |
Prof. Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO) |
Science and Engineering |
USA |
| 17. |
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner) |
Others |
USA |
| 18. |
Shri Bill Gates (Foreigner) |
Social Work |
USA |
| 19. |
Ms. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) |
Social Work |
USA |
| 20. |
Shri Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner) |
Others |
Japan |
PadmaShri
| 1. |
Dr. ManjulaAnagani |
Medicine |
Telangana |
| 2. |
Shri S.Arunan |
Scienceand Engineering |
Karnataka |
| 3. |
Ms. KanyakumariAvasarala |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
| 4. |
Dr. BettinaSharada Baumer |
Literatureand Education |
Jammu andKashmir |
| 5. |
Shri NareshBedi |
Art |
Delhi |
| 6. |
Shri AshokBhagat |
Social Work |
Jharkhand |
| 7. |
Shri SanjayLeela Bhansali |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 8. |
Dr. LakshmiNandan Bora |
Literatureand Education |
Assam |
| 9. |
Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi |
Literatureand Education |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 10. |
Prof. (Dr.)Yogesh Kumar Chawla |
Medicine |
Chandigarh |
| 11. |
Smt. JayakumariChikkala |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 12. |
Shri BibekDebroy |
Literatureand Education |
Delhi |
| 13. |
Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi |
Medicine |
Manipur |
| 14. |
Dr. AshokGulati |
PublicAffairs |
Delhi |
| 15. |
Dr. Randeep Guleria |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 16. |
Dr. K. P.Haridas |
Medicine |
Kerala |
| 17. |
Shri RahulJain |
Art |
Delhi |
| 18. |
Shri RavindraJain |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 19. |
Dr. SunilJogi |
Literatureand Education |
Delhi |
| 20. |
Shri PrasoonJoshi |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 21. |
Dr. PrafullaKar |
Art |
Odisha |
| 22. |
Ms. Saba Anjum |
Sports |
Chhattisgarh |
| 23. |
Smt. UshakiranKhan |
Literatureand Education |
Bihar |
| 24. |
Dr. RajeshKotecha |
Medicine |
Rajasthan |
| 25. |
Prof. AlkaKriplani |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 26. |
Dr. HarshKumar |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 27. |
Shri NarayanaPurushothama Mallaya |
Literatureand Education |
Kerala |
| 28. |
Shri LambertMascarenhas |
Literatureand Education |
Goa |
| 29. |
Dr. (Mrs.)Janak Palta McGilligan |
Social Work |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 30. |
Shri VeerendraRaj Mehta |
Social Work |
Delhi |
| 31. |
Shri TarakMehta |
Art |
Gujarat |
| 32. |
Shri NeilHerbert Nongkynrih |
Art |
Meghalaya |
| 33. |
Shri ChewangNorphel |
Others |
Jammu andKashmir |
| 34. |
Shri T.V. Mohandas Pai |
Trade andIndustry |
Karnataka |
| 35. |
Dr.TejasPatel |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
| 36. |
Shri JadavMolai Peyang |
Others |
Assam |
| 37. |
Smt. BimlaPoddar |
Other |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. |
Dr. N. Prabhakar |
Scienceand Engineering |
Delhi |
| 39. |
Dr. Prahalada |
Scienceand Engineering |
Maharashtra |
| 40. |
Dr. NarendraPrasad |
Medicine |
Bihar |
| 41. |
Shri RamBahadur Rai |
Literatureand Education |
Delhi |
| 42. |
Ms. MithaliRaj |
Sports |
Telangana |
| 43. |
Shri P. V. Rajaraman |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
| 44. |
Prof. J.S. Rajput |
Literatureand Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 45. |
Shri KotaSrinivasa Rao |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 46. |
Prof. BimalRoy |
Literatureand Education |
West Bengal |
| 47. |
Shri ShekharSen |
Art |
Maharashtra |
| 48. |
Shri GunvantShah |
Literatureand Education |
Gujarat |
| 49. |
Shri BrahmdevSharma (Bhaiji) |
Literatureand Education |
Delhi |
| 50. |
Shri ManuSharma |
Literatureand Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 51. |
Prof. YogRaj Sharma |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 52. |
Shri VasantShastri |
Scienceand Engineering |
Karnataka |
| 53. |
Shri S.K. Shivkumar |
Scienceand Engineering |
Karnataka |
| 54. |
Ms. P. V.Sindhu |
Sports |
Telangana |
| 55. |
Shri SardaraSingh |
Sports |
Haryana |
| 56. |
Ms. ArunimaSinha |
Sports |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 57. |
Shri MaheshRaj Soni |
Art |
Rajasthan |
| 58. |
Dr.NikhilTandon |
Medicine |
Delhi |
| 59. |
Shri H.Thegtse Rinpoche |
Social Work |
ArunachalPradesh |
| 60. |
Dr.HargovindLaxmishanker Trivedi |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
| 61. |
Shri HuangBaosheng (Foreigner) |
Others |
China |
| 62. |
Prof. JacquesBlamont (Foreigner) |
Scienceand Engineering |
France |
| 63. |
Late ShriSyedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (Posthumous) |
Others |
Maharashtra |
| 64. |
Shri Jean-ClaudeCarriere (Foreigner) |
Literatureand Education |
France |
| 65. |
Dr. Nandrajan“Raj” Chetty (NRI/PIO) |
Trade andIndustry |
USA |
| 66. |
Shri GeorgeL. Hart (Foreigner) |
Others |
USA |
| 67. |
Jagat GuruAmrta Suryananda Maha Raja(NRI/PIO) |
Others |
Portugal |
| 68. |
Late ShriMeetha Lal Mehta (Posthumous) |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
| 69. |
Ms. TriptiMukherjee (NRI/PIO) |
Art |
USA |
| 70. |
Dr. DattatreyuduNori (NRI/PIO) |
Medicine |
USA |
| 71. |
Dr. RaghuRama Pillarisetti (NRI/PIO) |
Medicine |
USA |
| 72. |
Dr. SaumitraRawat (NRI/PIO) |
Medicine |
UK |
| 73. |
Prof. AnnetteSchmiedchen (Foreigner) |
Literatureand Education |
Germany |
| 74. |
Late ShriPran Kumar Sharma alias Pran(Posthumous) |
Art |
Delhi |
| 75. |
Late ShriR. Vasudevan (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
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