Noted physicist Yash Pal and space scientist Roddam Narasimha were today chosen for this year's second highest civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan while yesteryear cine stars late Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Rahul Dravid were selected for Padma Bhushan.
Renowned sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and painter S Haider Raza were chosen for Padma Vibhushan as government came out with a list of 108 Padma awardees that included actress Sridevi, actors Nana Patekar and Malayalam star Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar.
In all four personalities were awarded Padma Vibhushan, 24 for Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. Of the awardees 24 are women, 11 belong to the category of foreigners, NRI, PIOs and posthumous.
Nobody was named for Bharat Ratna for this year too. The last awardee was late Bhimsen Joshi in 2008.
Satirist Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a road accident last year, film maker D Rama Naidu, noted South Indian playback singer S Janaki, Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, missile scientist Dr A Sivathanu Pillai of BrahMos programme, Industrialist Adi Godrej and R Tyagarajan, former bureaucrat M K Bhan were among the 24 Padma Bhushan awardees.
Among the Padma Shri awardees are Ms B Jayashree (art) from Karnataka, film Director of Sholay fame Ramesh Sippy, noted Photo journalist Pablo Bartholomew, late Manju Bharat Ram (social work), Vandana Luthra (trade and commerce) and fashion designer Ritu Kumar.
Theatre artists from Jammu and Kashmir Balwant Thakur and Rajendra Tikku and Ghulam Mohammed Saznawaz were chosen for Padma Shri.
Noted Oncologist Pramod Kumar Julka, eminent entrepreneur from Coimbatore Rajshree Pathy, noted Urdu Poet Nida Fazli, anthropologist and art historian from the US Christopher Pinney, Urdu poet Salik Lakhnawi, who died early this month, were awarded Padma Shri.
Chairperson of Centre for Linguistics of JNU Anvita Abbi, Sanskrit writer Rama Kant Shukla, Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mustansir Barma were among the Padma Shri awardees.
Padma Vibushan
|
Sl
No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
|
1.
|
Shri
Raghunath Mohapatra
|
Art
|
Orissa
|
|
2.
|
Shri
S. Haider Raza
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
3.
|
Prof.
Yash Pal
|
Sc
& Engg
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
4.
|
Prof.
Roddam Narasimha
|
Sc
& Engg
|
Karnataka
|
Padma Bhushan
|
Sl
No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/
Domicile
|
-
|
Dr. Ramanaidu
Daggubati
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Smt. Sreeramamurthy
Janaki
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Dr. (Smt.) Kanak
Rele
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Smt. Sharmila
Tagore
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. (Smt.) Saroja
Vaidyanathan
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Shri Abdul Rashid Khan
|
Art
|
West
Bengal
|
-
|
Late Rajesh Khanna
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
#
|
-
|
Late Jaspal
Singh Bhatti
|
Art
|
Punjab
#
|
-
|
Shri Shivajirao
Girdhar Patil
|
Pub Affairs
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Apathukatha
Sivathanu Pillai
|
Sc
& Engg
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
|
Sc & Engg
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Ashoke
Sen
|
Sc & Engg
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. B.N. Suresh
|
Sc & Engg
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Prof. Satya
N. Atluri
|
Sc & Engg
|
USA
*
|
-
|
Prof. Jogesh
Chandra Pati
|
Sc & Engg
|
USA
*
|
-
|
Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
|
Trade & Ind
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Shri Adi
Burjor Godrej
|
Trade & Ind
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Nandkishore
Shamrao Laud
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Mangesh
Padgaonkar
|
Lit & Edu
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Prof. Gayatri
Chakravorty Spivak
|
Lit & Edu
|
USA
*
|
-
|
Shri Hemendra
Singh Panwar
|
Civil Service
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. Maharaj
Kishan Bhan
|
Civil Service
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Shri Rahul
Dravid
|
Sports
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Ms. H. Mangte
Chungneijang Mary Kom
|
Sports
|
Manipur
|
Padma
Shri
|
Sl
No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/
Domicile
|
-
|
Shri Gajam
Anjaiah
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Swami
G.C.D. Bharti
alias Bharati Bandhu
|
Art
|
Chhattisgarh
|
-
|
Ms. B. Jayashree
|
Art
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Smt. Sridevi
Kapoor
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Kailash
Chandra Meher
|
Art
|
Orissa
|
-
|
Shri Brahmdeo
Ram Pandit
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Vishwanath
Dinkar Patekar
alias Nana Patekar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Rekandar
Nageswara Rao
alias Surabhi Babji
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Shri Lakshmi
Narayana Sathiraju
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Smt. Jaymala
Shiledar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Suresh Dattatray
Talwalkar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri P. Madhavan
Nair
alias Madhu
|
Art
|
Kerala
|
-
|
Shri Apurba
Kishore Bir
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Ghanakanta
Bora Borbayan
|
Art
|
Assam
|
-
|
Smt. Hilda Mit
Lepcha
|
Art
|
Sikkim
|
-
|
Smt. Sudha
Malhotra
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Ghulam
Mohammad Saznawaz
|
Art
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
-
|
Shri Ramesh
Gopaldas Sippy
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Ms. Mahrukh
Tarapor
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Balwant
Thakur
|
Art
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
-
|
Shri Puran
Das Baul
|
Art
|
West
Bengal
|
-
|
Shri Rajendra
Tikku
|
Art
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
-
|
Shri Pablo Bartholomew
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Shri S. Shakir
Ali
|
Art
|
Rajasthan
|
-
|
Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan
|
Social Work
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Ms. Nileema
Mishra
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Ms. Reema
Nanavati
|
Social Work
|
Gujarat
|
-
|
Ms. Jharna
Dhara Chowdhury
|
Social Work
|
Bangladesh
*
|
-
|
Late Dr. Ram Krishan
|
Social Work
|
Uttar Pradesh #
|
-
|
Late Manju
Bharat Ram
|
Social Work
|
Delhi
#
|
-
|
Prof. Mustansir
Barma
|
Sc & Engg
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Shri Avinash
Chander
|
Sc & Engg
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Prof. Sanjay Govind
Dhande
|
Sc & Engg
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar
Kumar Pal
|
Sc & Engg
|
West
Bengal
|
-
|
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak
|
Sc & Engg
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Mudundi
Ramakrishna Raju
|
Sc & Engg
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
|
Sc & Engg
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Prof. Krishnaswamy
Vijayraghavan
|
Sc & Engg
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Dr. Manindra
Agrawal
|
Sc & Engg
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. Jayaraman
Gowrishankar
|
Sc & Engg
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Prof. Sharad
Pandurang Kale
|
Sc & Engg
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Smt. Vandana
Luthra
|
Trade & Ind
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Ms. Rajshree
Pathy
|
Trade & Ind
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Shri Hemendra
Prasad Barooah
|
Trade & Ind
|
Assam
|
-
|
Shri Milind
Kamble
|
Trade & Ind
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Ms. Kalpana
Saroj
|
Trade & Ind
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Sudarshan
K. Aggarwal
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. C. Venkata
S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata
Sundara Ram
|
Medicine
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. Rajendra
Achyut Badwe
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Taraprasad
Das
|
Medicine
|
Orissa
|
-
|
Prof. (Dr.)
T.V. Devarajan
|
Medicine
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
Prof. (Dr.) Saroj
Chooramani Gopal
|
Medicine
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. Pramod
Kumar Julka
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Gulshan
Rai Khatri
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Ganesh
Kumar Mani
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Amit
Prabhakar Maydeo
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Dr. Sundaram
Natarajan
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Prof.
Krishna
Chandra Chunekar
|
Medicine
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
Dr. Vishwa
Kumar Gupta
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Prof. (Capt.) Dr.
Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam
|
Lit & Edu
|
Bihar
|
-
|
Dr. Radhika
Herzberger
|
Lit & Edu
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
-
|
Shri J. Malsawma
|
Lit & Edu
|
Mizoram
|
-
|
Shri Devendra
Patel
|
Lit & Edu
|
Gujarat
|
-
|
Dr. Rama Kant Shukla
|
Lit & Edu
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Prof. Akhtarul
Wasey
|
Lit & Edu
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Prof. Anvita
Abbi
|
Lit & Edu
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Shri Nida
Fazli
|
Lit & Edu
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
-
|
Shri Surender
Kumar Sharma
|
Lit & Edu
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Jagdish
Prasad Singh
|
Lit & Edu
|
Bihar
|
-
|
Late Shaukat
Riaz Kapoor
Alias Salik Lakhnawi
|
Lit & Edu
|
West Bengal
#
|
-
|
Prof. Noboru Karashima
|
Lit & Edu
|
Japan
*
|
-
|
Shri Christopher Pinney
|
Lit & Edu
|
UK
*
|
-
|
Smt. Premlata
Agrawal
|
Sports
|
Jharkhand
|
-
|
Shri Yogeshwar
Dutt
|
Sports
|
Haryana
|
-
|
Shri Hosanagara
Nagarajegowda Girisha
|
Sports
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar
|
Sports
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
-
|
Shri Ngangom
Dingko Singh
|
Sports
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
Naib Subedar Bajrang
Lal Takhar
|
Sports
|
Rajasthan
|
-
|
Ms. Ritu
Kumar
|
Fash
Design
|
Delhi
|
-
|
Dr. Ravindra
Singh Bisht
|
Archaeology
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
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