PADMA AWARDS

PADMA AWARDS

Padma Vibhushan Award:

Padma Bhushan Award:

Padma Shri Award:

Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants. The recommendations for Padma Awards are received from the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations, Central Ministries/ Departments, Institutions of Excellence, etc. which are considered by an Awards Committee. On the basis of the recommendations of the Awards Committee and after approval of the Home Minister, Prime Minister and President, the Padma Awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day.

About Padma Vibhushan

Type                             Civilian

Category                       National

Instituted                       1954, January 2

First awarded                1954

Awarded by                  Government of India

Previous name(s)          Pahela Varg

In 1955, the badge design was altered to be a "mainly circular" 1-3/16-inch toned bronze badge with geometrical patterns. The center had a lotus flower with four major petals embossed in white gold. Above and below this flower, the name of the decoration Padma Vibhushan was embossed in silver-gilt.

Padma Vibhushan Awards (2005-2014)

Year            Name                                           Field                               State                              Country 

2005            Dr. B. K. Goyal                              Medicine                          Maharashtra                    India

                   Bhai Mohan Singh                         Trade and Industry            Amritsar                          India

                   Dr. Karan Singh                             Public Affairs                   Delhi                              India

                   Mohan Dharia                                Social Work                     Maharashtra                    India

                   Pandit Ram Narayan                      Arts                                 Maharashtra                    India

                   Dr. Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan – Medicine              Karnataka                       India

                   Late Jyotindra Nath Dixit                Civil Service                     Delhi                              India

                   Milon Kumar Banerji                       Law and Public Affairs      Delhi                              India

                   R. K. Laxman                                Arts                                 Maharashtra                    India

2006            Dr. Norman E. Borlaug                   Science & Engineering      Texas                             US

                   V. N. Khare                                   Law and Public Affairs      Uttar Pradesh                  India

                   Mahasveta Devi                            Literature & Education      West Bengal                   India

                   Nirmala Deshpande                        Social Work                     Delhi                              India

                   Prof. Obaid Siddiqui                       Science & Engineering      Karnataka                       India

                   Prof. Prakash Narain Tandon          Medicine                          Delhi                              India

                   Adoor Gopalakrishnan                    Arts                                 Kerala                             India

                   C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao               Civil Service                     Tamil Nadu                     India

                   Charles Correa                              Science & Engineering      Maharashtra                    India

2007            Raja Jesudoss Chelliah                  Public Affairs                   Tamil Nadu                     India

                   Dr. Venkataraman Krishnamurthy    Civil Service                     Delhi                              India

                   Prof. (Dr.) Balu Sankaran               Medicine                          Delhi                              India

                   Fali Sam Nariman                          Law and Public Affairs      Delhi                              India

                   Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati - Law and Public Affairs   Delhi                              India

                   Khushwant Singh                           Literature & Education      Delhi                              India

                   Dr. Raja Rao (Posthumous)            Literature & Education      Karnataka                       US

                   N.N. Vohra                                    Civil Service                     Haryana                          India

                   Naresh Chandra                             Civil Service                     Delhi                              India

                   Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan - Science & Engineering – Kerala – United States

                   Rajendra K. Pachauri                     Environmentalism             Nainital                           India

2008            N.R. Narayana Murthy                    Information Technology    Karnataka                       India

                   E. Sreedharan                               Delhi Metro                      Kerala                             India

                   Lakshmi Niwas Mittal                     Industry                           Rajasthan                       India

                   Adarsh Sein Anand                        Public Affairs                   Delhi                              India

                   P. N. Dhar                                     Civil Service                     Kashmir                          India

                   P. R. S. Oberoi                              Trade                                                                     India

                   Asha Bhosle                                 Arts                                 Maharashtra                    India

                   Edmund Hillary (posthumous)        Mountaineering                 Auckland – New Zealand

                   Ratan Tata                                    Industry                           Maharashtra                    India

                   Pranab Mukherjee                          Public affairs                   West Bengal                   India

                   Sachin Tendulkar                           Sports                             Maharashtra                    India

                   Viswanathan Anand                       Sports                             Tamil Nadu                     India

2009            Chandrika Prasad Srivastava          Civil Service                     Maharashtra                    India

                   Sunderlal Bahuguna                       Environment preservation Uttarakhand                    India

                   D. P. Chattopadhyaya                    Literature & Education      West Bengal                   India

                   Jasbir Singh Bajaj                          Medicine                          Punjab                            India

                   Purshottam Lal                              Medicine                          Uttar Pradesh                  India

                   Govind Narain                               Public Affairs                   Uttar Pradesh                  India

                   Anil Kakodkar                                Science & Engineering      Maharashtra                    India

                   G. Madhavan Nair                          Science & Engineering      Kerala                             India

                   Sister Nirmala                               Social Work                     West Bengal                   India

                   A. S. Ganguly                               Trade & Industry               Maharashtra                    India

2010            Ebrahim Alkazi                              Theatre                            Delhi                              India

                   Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman           Mirdangam                       Tamil Nadu                     India

                   Zohra Sehgal                                 Theatre                            Delhi                              India

                   Venugopal Reddy                          Law & Public Affairs         A.P.                               India

                   V. Ramakrishnan                           Science & Engineering      Tamil Nadu                     India

                   Pratap Reddy                                Trade and Industry            A.P.                               India

2011            Dr. (Mrs.) Kapila Vatsyayan            Art Administration             Delhi                              India

                   A. Nageshwara Rao                       Cinema                            A.P.                               India

                   Montek Singh Ahluwalia                 Public Affairs                   Delhi                              India

                   Azim Premji                                  Industry                           Karnataka                       India

                   Brajesh Mishra                              Civil Services                   M.P.                               India

                   Homai Vyarawalla                          Photography                    Maharashtra                    India

                   Parasaran Kesava Iyengar             Public Affairs                   Tamil Nadu                     India 

                   Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai         Public Affairs                   U.P.                               India

                   Vijay Kelkar                                  Public Affairs                   Maharashtra                    India

                   Pallay Ramarao                             Science and Technology   A.P.                               India

                   Ottaplavil Neelakandan Velu Kurup Literature and Education   Kerala                             India

                   Sitakant Mahapatra                        Literature and Education   Odisha                           India

                   Late L. C. Jain                               Public Affairs                   Delhi                              India

Padma Awards (2012)

The Padma Awards for the Year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. 109 awards including one two case and 14 in the category of Foreigners (NRI’s/PIO’s) Posthumous. They comprised of 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There were 19 women among the awardees.

2012            Sh. K.G. Subramanyam – Art (Painting and Sculpture)            W B                               India

                   Late Sh. Mario de Miranda               Art (Cartoonist)               Goa                               India

                   Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika                Art (Music)                      Assam                           India

                   Dr. Kantilal Hastimal – Medicine (Orthopedic)                         Maharashtra                    India

                   T.V. Rajeshwar                               Civil Service                   Delhi                              India

Padma Awards (2013)

The prestigious Padma Awards were announced on January 25, 2013 on the eve of India’s 64th Republic Day. These comprise of 108 awards in all. These include 4 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri Awards. There are 24 women and 11 in the category of Foreigners /NRI’s/PlO’s/Posthumous.

2013            Raghunath Mohapatra                      Art                                 Odisha                           India

                   S. Haider Raza                               Art                                 M.P.                               India

                   Prof. Yash Pal                                (Science & Engineering)  Delhi                              India

                   Prof. Roddam Narsimha                 (Science & Engineering)  Bangalore                       India

Padma Awards (2014)

The prestigious Padma Awards were for the year 2014 announced on January 25, 2014 on the eve of India’s 65th Republic Day. These comprise of 127 awards in all. These include 2 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awards. This year, 27 of the Awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous Awardees. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.

2014            Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar            Science & Engineering    Maharashtra                    India

                   Shri B.K.S. Iyengar                         Others-Yoga                   Maharashtra                    India