January 25, 2015
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actor Amitabh Bachchan are among the recipients of the prestigious Padma Awards.
January 25, 2015
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actor Amitabh Bachchan are among the recipients of the prestigious Padma Awards.
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.
Mr Advani and Mr Bachchan, along with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and veteran actor Dilip Kumar will receive the Padma Vibhushan.
Microsoft founder and one of the world's foremost philanthropists Bill Gates, along with his wife Melinda will receive the Padma Bhushan, for their social work.
Manjul Bhargava, the Indian-origin academician who has won the Fields Trophy – known as the 'Nobel Prize of Mathematics' – will receive the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the fields of science and engineering.
Cricketer Mithali Raj, badminton player PV Sindhu, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are among the recipients of the Padma Shri.
Here is the full list of Padma Awards recipients:
Padma Vibhushan:
- LK Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat
- Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra
- Prakash Singh Badal- Public Affairs- Punjab
- Dr D Veerendra Heggade- Social Work- Karnataka
- Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar- Art- Maharashtra
- Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya- Others- Uttar Pradesh
- Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan- Science and Engineering- Tamil Nadu
- Kottayan K. Venugopal- Public Affairs- Delhi
- Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)- Trade and Industry- France/UK
Padma Bhushan:
- Jahnu Barua- Art- Assam
- Dr Vijay Bhatkar- Science and Engineering- Maharashtra
- Shri Swapan Dasgupta- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Swami Satyamitranand Giri- Others- Uttar Pradesh
- N Gopalaswami- Civil Service- Tamil Nadu
- Dr Subhash C Kashyap- Public Affairs- Delhi
- Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj- Art- Madhya Pradesh
- Dr Ambrish Mithal- Medicine – Delhi
- Sudha Ragunathan- Art- Tamil Nadu
- Shri Harish Salve- Public Affairs- Delhi
- Dr Ashok Seth- Medicine- Delhi
- Rajat Sharma- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Satpal- Sports- Delhi
- Shivakumara Swami- Others- Karnataka
- Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya- Science and Engineering- Karnataka
- Prof Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO)- Science and Engineering- USA
- David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner)- Others- USA
- Bill Gates (Foreigner)- Social Work- USA
- Melinda Gates (Foreigner)- Social Work- USA
- Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner)- Others- Japan
Padma Shri
- Dr Manjula Anagani- Medicine- Telangana
- S Arunan- Science and Engineering- Karnataka
- Kanyakumari Avasarala- Art- Tamil Nadu
- Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer- Literature and Education- Jammu and Kashmir
- Naresh Bedi- Art- Delhi
- Ashok Bhagat- Social Work- Jharkhand
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali- Art- Maharashtra
- Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora- Literature and Education- Assam
- Dr Gyan Chaturvedi- Literature and Education- Madhya Pradesh
- Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla- Medicine- Chandigarh
- Jayakumari Chikkala- Medicine- Delhi
- Bibek Debroy- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi- Medicine- Manipur
- Dr Ashok Gulati- Public Affairs- Delhi
- Dr Randeep Guleria- Medicine- Delhi
- Dr KP Haridas- Medicine- Kerala
- Rahul Jain- Art- Delhi
- Ravindra Jain- Art- Maharashtra
- Dr Sunil Jogi- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Prasoon Joshi- Art- Maharashtra
- Dr Prafulla Kar- Art- Odisha
- Saba Anjum- Sports- Chhattisgarh
- Ushakiran Khan- Literature and Education- Bihar
- Dr Rajesh Kotecha- Medicine- Rajasthan
- Prof Alka Kriplani- Medicine Delhi
- Dr Harsh Kumar- Medicine- Delhi
- Narayana Purushothama Mallaya- Literature & Education- Kerala
- Lambert Mascarenhas- Literature and Education- Goa
- Dr Janak Palta McGilligan- Social Work- Madhya Pradesh
- Veerendra Raj Mehta- Social Work- Delhi
- Tarak Mehta- Art- Gujarat
- Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya
- Chewang Norphel- Others- Jammu and Kashmir
- TV Mohandas Pai- Trade and Industry- Karnataka
- Dr Tejas Patel- Medicine- Gujarat
- Jadav Molai Peyang- Others- Assam
- Bimla Poddar- Others- Uttar Pradesh
- Dr N Prabhakar- Science and Engg- Delhi
- Dr Prahalada- Science and Engg- Maharashtra
- Dr Narendra Prasad- Medicine- Bihar
- Ram Bahadur Rai- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Mithali Raj- Sports- Telangana
- PV Rajaraman- Civil Service- Tamil Nadu
- Prof JS Rajput- Literature and Education- Uttar Pradesh
- Kota Srinivasa Rao- Art- Andhra Pradesh
- Prof Bimal Roy- Literature and Education- West Bengal
- Shekhar Sen- Art- Maharashtra
- Gunvant Shah- Literature and Education- Gujarat
- Brahmdev Sharma- Literature and Education- Delhi
- Manu Sharma- Literature and Education- Uttar Pradesh
- Prof Yog Raj Sharma- Medicine- Delhi
- Vasant Shastri- Science and Engg- Karnataka
- SK Shivkumar- Science and Engg- Karnataka
- PV Sindhu- Sports- Telangana
- Sardara Singh- Sports- Haryana
- Arunima Sinha-Sports- Uttar Pradesh
- Mahesh Raj Soni- Art- Rajasthan
- Dr Nikhil Tandon- Medicine- Delhi
- H Thegtse Rinpoche- Social Work- Arunachal Pradesh
- Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi- Medicine- Gujarat
- Huang Baosheng- Others- China
- Prof Jacques Blamont- Science and Engg- France
- Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin- Others- Maharashtra (Posthumous)
- Jean-Claude Carriere- Literature and Education – France
- Dr Nandrajan 'Raj' Chetty- Literature and Education- France
- George L Hart- Others- USA
- Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja- Others- Portugal
- Late Meetha Lal Mehta- Social Work- Rajasthan (Posthumous)
- Tripti Mukherjee- Art- USA
- Dr Dattatreyudu Nori- Medicine- USA
- Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA
- Dr Saumitra Rawat- Medicine- UK
- Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education), Germany
- Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran- Art- Delhi (Posthumous)
- Late R Vasudevan- Civil Service- Tamil Nadu (Posthumous
Courtesy: PTI
