‘Padma Awards’ are India’s highest civilian awards which are given in three categories including ‘Padma Vibhushan’, ‘Padma Bhushan’ and ‘Padma Shri’. Every year, on the eve of Republic day, Government of India will announce the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushans and Padma Shree awards to those Indian people for their distinguished contributions in various fields like arts, education, industry, literature, science, sports, social service and public life etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ award is considered as India’s second highest civilian award after ‘Bharat Ratna’ which is the highest civilian award. This is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. ‘Padma Bhushan’ is the country’s third highest civilian award which is awarded for distinguished service of high order and the fourth highest civilian award is ‘Padma Shri which is for distinguished service in any field. President of India announced the list of the ‘ 2010 Padma Award’ winners on 25th January, 2010. This year’s list includes the names of 130 awardees, including 13 foreigners, NRIs and PIO. The list contains the names of 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri award winners Many famous people got this prestigious award. Nobel prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Oscar award winner famous musician A R Rahman, former RBI governor Y V Reddy, Apollo Hospitals Group chairman Prathap Chandra Reddy, eminent theatre personality Zohra Sahgal, Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Rekha and Saif Ali Khan, cricketer Virendra Sehwag, boxer Vijender Singh and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal are among the Padma awards winners this year. These awards will be given by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March or April. List of these award winners are given below:
LIST OF PADMA SREE AWARD WINNERS
1. Gulam Mohammed Mir (Public Service) 2. Rekha (Art) 3. Arjun Prajapati (Art) 4. Arundhati Nag (Art) 5. Carmel Berkson (Art) 6. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar (Art) 7. Gul Bardhan (Art) 8. Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (Art) 9. Hari Uppal (Art) 10. K. Raghavan (Art) 11. Guru Mayadhar Raut (Art) 12. Mukund Lath (Art) 13. Nemai Ghosh (Art) 14. Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Art) 15. Rajkumar Achouba Singh (Art) 16. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Art) 17. Resul Pokutty (Art) 18. Saif Ali Khan (Art) 19. Dr. Shobha Raju (Art) 20. Sumitra Guha (Art) 21. Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Art) 22. D.R. Karthikeyan (Civil Service) 23. Dr. Ranjit Bhargava (Environment Protection) 24. Arun Sarma (Literature and Education) 25. Prof. Arvind Kumar (Literature and Education) 26. Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (Literature and Education) 27. Prof. Govind Chandra Pande (Literature and Education) 28. Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri (Literature and Education) 29. Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Literature and Education) 30. Janaki Ballav Shastri (Literature and Education) 31. Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri (Literature and Education) 32. Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan (Literature and Education) 33. Lalzuia Colney (Literature and Education) 34. Maria Aurora Couto (Literature and Education) 35. Dr. (Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy (Literature and Education) 36. Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji (Literature and Education) 37. Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Literature and Education) 38. Fr. Romuald D’Souza (Literature and Education) 39. Prof. Sadiq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai (Literature and Education) 40. Sheldon Pollock (Literature and Education) 41. Dr. Surendra Dubey (Literature and Education) 42. Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla (Medicine) 43. Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin (Medicine) 44. Dr. B. Ramana Rao (Medicine) 45. Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (Medicine) 46. Dr. K.K. Aggarwal (Medicine) 47. Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath (Medicine) 48. Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Medicine) 49. Dr. Philip Augustine (Medicine) 50. Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh (Medicine) 51. Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Medicine) 52. Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez (Public Affairs) 53. Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao (Science and Engineering) 54. Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Science and Engineering) 55. Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (Science and Engineering) 56. Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John (Science and Engineering) 57. Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Science and Engineering) 58. Dr. Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath (Science and Engineering) 59. Anu Aga (Social Work) 60. Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (Social Work) 61. Deep Joshi (Social Work) 62. Dr. J.R. Gangaramani (Social Work) 63. Kranti Shah (Social Work) 64. Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil (Social Work) 65. Baba Sewa Singh (Social Work) 66. Sudha Kaul (Social Work) 67. Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh (Social Work) 68. Ignace Tirkey (Sports) 69. Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Sports) 70. Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (Sports) 71. Saina Nehwal (Sports) 72. Vijender Singh (Sports) 73. Virendra Sehwag (Sports) 74. Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju (Trade and Industry) 75. Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai (Trade and Industry) 76. Deepak Puri (Trade and Industry) 77. Irshad Mirza (Trade and Industry) 78. Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan (Trade and Industry) 79. Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (Trade and Industry) 80. T.N. Manoharan (Trade and Industry) 81. Venu Srinivasan (Trade and Industry)
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LIST OF PADMA SREE AWARD WINNERS
1. Gulam Mohammed Mir (Public Service) 2. Rekha (Art) 3. Arjun Prajapati (Art) 4. Arundhati Nag (Art) 5. Carmel Berkson (Art) 6. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar (Art) 7. Gul Bardhan (Art) 8. Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (Art) 9. Hari Uppal (Art) 10. K. Raghavan (Art) 11. Guru Mayadhar Raut (Art) 12. Mukund Lath (Art) 13. Nemai Ghosh (Art) 14. Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Art) 15. Rajkumar Achouba Singh (Art) 16. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Art) 17. Resul Pokutty (Art) 18. Saif Ali Khan (Art) 19. Dr. Shobha Raju (Art) 20. Sumitra Guha (Art) 21. Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Art) 22. D.R. Karthikeyan (Civil Service) 23. Dr. Ranjit Bhargava (Environment Protection) 24. Arun Sarma (Literature and Education) 25. Prof. Arvind Kumar (Literature and Education) 26. Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (Literature and Education) 27. Prof. Govind Chandra Pande (Literature and Education) 28. Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri (Literature and Education) 29. Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Literature and Education) 30. Janaki Ballav Shastri (Literature and Education) 31. Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri (Literature and Education) 32. Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan (Literature and Education) 33. Lalzuia Colney (Literature and Education) 34. Maria Aurora Couto (Literature and Education) 35. Dr. (Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy (Literature and Education) 36. Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji (Literature and Education) 37. Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Literature and Education) 38. Fr. Romuald D’Souza (Literature and Education) 39. Prof. Sadiq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai (Literature and Education) 40. Sheldon Pollock (Literature and Education) 41. Dr. Surendra Dubey (Literature and Education) 42. Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla (Medicine) 43. Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin (Medicine) 44. Dr. B. Ramana Rao (Medicine) 45. Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (Medicine) 46. Dr. K.K. Aggarwal (Medicine) 47. Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath (Medicine) 48. Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Medicine) 49. Dr. Philip Augustine (Medicine) 50. Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh (Medicine) 51. Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Medicine) 52. Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez (Public Affairs) 53. Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao (Science and Engineering) 54. Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Science and Engineering) 55. Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (Science and Engineering) 56. Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John (Science and Engineering) 57. Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Science and Engineering) 58. Dr. Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath (Science and Engineering) 59. Anu Aga (Social Work) 60. Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (Social Work) 61. Deep Joshi (Social Work) 62. Dr. J.R. Gangaramani (Social Work) 63. Kranti Shah (Social Work) 64. Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil (Social Work) 65. Baba Sewa Singh (Social Work) 66. Sudha Kaul (Social Work) 67. Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh (Social Work) 68. Ignace Tirkey (Sports) 69. Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Sports) 70. Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (Sports) 71. Saina Nehwal (Sports) 72. Vijender Singh (Sports) 73. Virendra Sehwag (Sports) 74. Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju (Trade and Industry) 75. Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai (Trade and Industry) 76. Deepak Puri (Trade and Industry) 77. Irshad Mirza (Trade and Industry) 78. Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan (Trade and Industry) 79. Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (Trade and Industry) 80. T.N. Manoharan (Trade and Industry) 81. Venu Srinivasan (Trade and Industry)
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