26 January 2015

Padma Awards 2015

Padma Awards 2015


            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.

 

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


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

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