January 26, 2015

Padma Awards 2015

President Pranab Mukherjee has announced the names of Recipients of this year’s Padma awards. He approved conferment of 104 Padma Awards.
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three Categories viz. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
This years list comprises 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. Among these awardees 17 are women and equal number are in category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs. While, 4 are posthumous awardees.
The Awards are given in various disciplines- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
2015 Padma Vibhushan Awards
It is the second highest civilian award. It is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
1.L. K. Advani Public –Affairs-           Gujarat
2.Amitabh Bachchan-Art-Maharashtra
3.Prakash Singh Badal-Public Affairs-Punjab
4.Dr.D.Veerendra Heggade-Social Work         -Karnataka
5.Dilip Kumar-Art-Maharashtra
6.Swami Rambhadracharya-Others-Uttar Pradesh
7.Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan-Science & Engineering-Tamil Nadu
8.Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal-Public Affairs-Delhi
9.Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)-Trade & Industry-France/UK

2015 Padma Bhushan Awards
It is the third highest civilian award. It is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
1.Jahnu Barua-Art-Assam
2.Dr. Vijay Bhatkar-Science & Engineering-Maharashtra
3.Swapan Dasgupta-Literature & Education-Delhi
4.Swami Satyamitranand Giri-Others-Uttar Pradesh
5.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.Sudha Ragunathan-Art-Tamil Nadu
10.Harish Salve           -Public Affairs-Delhi
11.Dr. Ashok Seth-Medicine-Delhi
12.Rajat Sharma-Literature & Education-Delhi
13.Satpal-Sports-Delhi
14.Shivakumara Swami-Others-Karnataka
15.Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya-Science & Engineering-Karnataka
16.Prof. Manjul Bhargava(NRI/PIO)-Science & Engineering-USA
17.David Frawley (Vamadeva)(Foreigner)-Others-USA
18.Bill Gates(Foreigner)-Social Work-USA
19.Melinda Gates (Foreigner)-Social Work-USA
20.Saichiro Misumi(Foreigner)-Others-Japan

2015 Padma Shri Awards
It is the fourth highest civilian award. It is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
1.Dr. Manjula Anagani-Medicine-Telangana
2.S. Arunan-Science & Engineering-Karnataka
3.Kanyakumari Avasarala-Art-Tamil Nadu
4.Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer-Literature & Education-Jammu & Kashmir
5.Naresh Bedi-Art-Delhi
6.Ashok Bhagat           -Social Work-Jharkhand
7.Sanjay Leela Bhansali-Art-Maharashtra
8.Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora-Literature & Education-Assam
9.Dr. Gyan  Chaturvedi           -Literature & Education-Madhya Pradesh
10.Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla-Medicine-Chandigarh
11.Jayakumari Chikkala          -Medicine-Delhi
12.Bibek Debroy-Literature & 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.Rahul Jain-Art-Delhi
18.Ravindra Jain-Art-Maharashtra
19.Dr. Sunil Jogi-Literature & Education-Delhi
20.Prasoon Joshi-Art-Maharashtra
21.Dr. Prafulla Kar-Art-Odhisa
22.Saba Anjum            -Sports-            Chhattisgarh
23.Ushakiran Khan-Literature & Education-Bihar
24.Dr. Rajesh Kotecha-Medicine-Rajasthan
25.Prof. Alka Kriplani-Medicine-Delhi
26.Dr. Harsh Kumar-Medicine-Delhi
27.Narayana Purushothama Mallaya-Literature & Education-Kerala
28.Lambert Mascarenhas-Literature & Education-Goa
29.Dr.Janak Palta McGilligan-Social Work-Madhya Pradesh
30.Veerendra Raj Mehta-Social Work-Delhi
31.Tarak Mehta           -Art-Gujarat
32.Neil Herbert Nongkynrih-Art          -Meghalaya
33.Chewang Norphel-Others-Jammu & Kashmir
34.T. V. Mohandas Pai-Trade & Industry-Karnataka
35.Dr.Tejas Patel-Medicine-Gujarat
36.Jadav Molai Peyang-Others-Assam
37.Bimla Poddar-Others          -Uttar Pradesh
38.Dr. N. Prabhakar-Science & Engineering-Delhi
39.Dr. Prahalada-Science & Engineering         -Maharashtra
40.Dr. Narendra Prasad-Medicine-Bihar
41.Ram Bahadur Rai-Literature & Education-Delhi
42.Mithali Raj-Sports-Telangana
43.P. V.  Rajaraman-Civil Service-Tamil Nadu
44.Prof.  J. S. Rajput-Literature & Education-Uttar Pradesh
45.Kota Srinivasa Rao-Art-Andhra Pradesh
46.Prof. Bimal Roy-Literature & Education-West Bengal
47.Shekhar Sen-Art-Maharashtra
48.Gunvant Shah-Literature & Education-Gujarat
49.Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji)-Literature & Education-Delhi
50.Manu Sharma-Literature & Education-Uttar Pradesh
51.Prof. Yog Raj Sharma-Medicine-Delhi
52.Vasant Shastri-Science & Engineering-Karnataka
53.S. K. Shivkumar-Science & Engineering-Karnataka
54.P. V. Sindhu           -Sports-Telangana
55.Sardara Singh-Sports           -Haryana
56.Arunima Sinha-Sports-Uttar Pradesh
57.Mahesh Raj Soni-Art          -Rajasthan
58.Dr.Nikhil Tandon-Medicine-Delhi
59.H. Thegtse Rinpoche          -SocialWork-Arunachal Pradesh
60.Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi-Medicine-Gujarat
61.Huang Baosheng(Foreigner)-Others-China
62.Prof. Jacques Blamont(Foreigner)-Science & Engineering-France
63.Late Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin(Posthumous)-Others-Maharashtra
64.Jean-Claude Carriere(Foreigner)-Literature & Education-France
65.Dr. Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty(NRI/PIO)-Trade & Industry-USA
66.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.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 & Education-Germany
74.Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran(Posthumous)-Art-Delhi
75.R.Vasudevan(Posthumous)-CivilService-Tamil Nadu

These Padma Awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/ April every year