New Delhi, Jan 25: BJP leader L.K. Advani, spiritual leader and philanthropist Aga Khan, actors Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal are among the nine awarded India’s second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, Sunday.
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, journalists Swapan Dasgupta and Rajat Sharma, lawyer Harish Salve, filmmaker Jahnu Barua, former chief election commissioner N.Gopalaswami, wrestler-turned-coach Satpal, and maths “Nobel Prize” winner Manjul Bhargava were among the 20 recipients of the Padma Bhushan, said a home ministry release.
The Padma Shri has been awarded to 75 people.
Following is the complete list of Padma Award recipients:
Padma Vibhushan
LK Advani (Public Affairs), Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Dilip Kumar (Art), Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK
Padma Bhushan
Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering), Maharashtra 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 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 Engg), Karnataka Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA David Frawley (Others), USA Bill Gates (Social Work), USA Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA Saichiro Misumi (Others), Japan
Padma Shri
Dr Manjula Anagani (Medicine), Telangana S Arunan (Science and Engg), Karnataka Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art), Tamil Nadu Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and Education), J-K 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 T V 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 S K 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).