Padma Awards 2015...

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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 Posthumous awardees.

 

 

S.No. Name of the Awardee --- Discipline --- State/Domicile

Padma Vibhushan

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

 

Padma Shri 

1. Dr. Manjula Anagani --- Medicine --- Telangana
2. Shri S. Arunan --- Science and Engineering --- Karnataka
3. Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala --- Art --- Tamil Nadu
4. Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer --- Literature and Education --- Jammu and Kashmir
5. Shri Naresh Bedi --- Art --- Delhi
6. Shri Ashok Bhagat --- Social Work --- Jharkhand
7. Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali --- Art --- Maharashtra
8. Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora --- Literature and Education --- Assam
9. Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi --- Literature and Education --- Madhya Pradesh
10. Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla --- Medicine --- Chandigarh
11. Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala --- Medicine --- Delhi
12. Shri Bibek Debroy --- Literature and Education --- Delhi
13. Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi --- Medicine --- Manipur
14. Dr. Ashok Gulati --- Public Affairs --- Delhi
15. Dr. Randeep Guleria --- Medicine --- Delhi
16. Dr. K. P. Haridas --- Medicine --- Kerala
17. Shri Rahul Jain --- Art --- Delhi
18. Shri Ravindra Jain --- Art --- Maharashtra
19. Dr. Sunil Jogi --- Literature and Education --- Delhi
20. Shri Prasoon Joshi --- Art --- Maharashtra
21. Dr. Prafulla Kar --- Art --- Odisha
22. Ms. Saba Anjum --- Sports --- Chhattisgarh
23. Smt. Ushakiran Khan --- Literature and --- Education Bihar
24. Dr. Rajesh Kotecha --- Medicine --- Rajasthan
25. Prof. Alka Kriplani --- Medicine --- Delhi
26. Dr. Harsh Kumar --- Medicine --- Delhi
27. Shri Narayana Purushothama Mallaya --- Literature and Education --- Kerala
28. Shri Lambert Mascarenhas --- Literature and Education --- Goa
29. Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan --- Social Work --- Madhya Pradesh
30. Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta --- Social Work --- Delhi
31. Shri Tarak Mehta --- Art --- Gujarat
32. Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih --- Art --- Meghalaya
33. Shri Chewang Norphel --- Others --- Jammu and Kashmir
34. Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai --- Trade and Industry --- Karnataka
35. Dr.Tejas Patel --- Medicine --- Gujarat
36. Shri Jadav Molai Peyang --- Others --- Assam
37. Smt. Bimla Poddar --- Other --- Uttar Pradesh
38. Dr. N. Prabhakar --- Science and Engineering --- Delhi
39. Dr. Prahalada --- Science and Engineering --- Maharashtra
40. Dr. Narendra Prasad --- Medicine --- Bihar
41. Shri Ram Bahadur Rai --- Literature and Education --- Delhi
42. Ms. Mithali Raj --- Sports --- Telangana
43. Shri P. V. Rajaraman --- Civil Service --- Tamil Nadu
44. Prof. J. S. Rajput --- Literature and Education --- Uttar Pradesh
45. Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao --- Art --- Andhra Pradesh
46. Prof. Bimal Roy --- Literature and Education --- West Bengal
47. Shri Shekhar Sen --- Art --- Maharashtra
48. Shri Gunvant Shah --- Literature and Education --- Gujarat
49. Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji) --- Literature and Education --- Delhi
50. Shri Manu Sharma --- Literature and Education --- Uttar Pradesh
51. Prof. Yog Raj Sharma --- Medicine --- Delhi
52. Shri Vasant Shastri --- Science and Engineering --- Karnataka
53. Shri S. K. Shivkumar --- Science and Engineering --- Karnataka
54. Ms. P. V. Sindhu --- Sports --- Telangana
55. Shri Sardara Singh --- Sports --- Haryana
56. Ms. Arunima Sinha --- Sports --- Uttar Pradesh
57. Shri Mahesh Raj Soni --- Art --- Rajasthan
58. Dr.Nikhil Tandon --- Medicine --- Delhi
59. Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche --- Social Work --- Arunachal Pradesh
60. Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi --- Medicine --- Gujarat
61. Shri Huang Baosheng (Foreigner) --- Others --- China
62. Prof. Jacques Blamont(Foreigner) --- Science and Engineering --- France
63. Late Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (Posthumous) --- Others --- Maharashtra
64. Shri Jean-Claude Carriere (Foreigner) --- Literature and Education --- France
65. Dr. Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty (NRI/PIO) --- Trade and Industry --- USA
66. Shri George L. Hart (Foreigner) --- Others --- USA
67. Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (NRI/PIO) --- Others --- Portugal
68. Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta (Posthumous) --- Social Work --- Rajasthan
69. Ms. Tripti Mukherjee (NRI/PIO) --- Art --- USA
70. Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori (NRI/PIO) --- Medicine --- USA
71. Dr. Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (NRI/PIO) --- Medicine --- USA
72. Dr. Saumitra Rawat (NRI/PIO) --- Medicine --- UK
73. Prof. Annette Schmiedchen (Foreigner) --- Literature and Education --- Germany
74. Late Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Posthumous) --- Art --- Delhi
75. Late Shri R. Vasudevan (Posthumous) --- Civil Service --- Tamil Nadu