Scientist R Mashelkar, yoga guru BKS Iyengar get Padma Vibushan
Scientist R Mashelkar, yoga guru BKS Iyengar get Padma Vibushan
Padma Shri has been given posthumously to rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.

New Delhi: Ahead of the 65th Republic Day, the government on Saturday announced the recipients of the prestigious Padma Awards. Renowned scientist RA Mashelkar and Yoga guru Shri BKS Iyengar have been awarded the Padma Vibhusan.

Late Justice JS Verma, who spearheaded landmark changes to India's anti-rape law has been awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously. ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan has also made it to the list of Padma Bhushan awardees. Famed children books author Ruskin Bond has been awarded the Padma Bhushan along with Anita Desai.

Padma Shri has been given posthumously to rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.

Here is the list of awardees:

Padma Vibhushan

1. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

2. Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, Others-Yoga, Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

1. Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art - Painting, Gujarat

2. Begum Parveen Sultana, Art - Classical Singing, Maharashtra

3. Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu

4. Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu

5. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi

6. Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

7. Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

8. Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

9. Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Engineering, Delhi

10. Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi

11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

12. Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature and Education, Delhi

13. Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education, Delhi

14. Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and Education, Gujarat

15. Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu

16. Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, Uttarakhand

17. Shri Pullela Gopichand, Sports - Badminton, Andhra Pradesh

18. Shri Leander Paes, Sports - Tennis, Maharashtra

19. Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service, Delhi

20. Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh #

21. Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh #

22. Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education, Bangladesh*

23. Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph and Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA*$

24. Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine - Neonatology, Delhi

Padma Shri

1. Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art - Theatre, Andhra Pradesh

2. Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra

3. Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Art - Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha, Himachal Pradesh

4. Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, Art - Film, West Bengal

5. Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Art - Sculptor, Delhi

6. Shri Sunil Das, Art - Painting, West Bengal

7. Smt. Elam Endira Devi, Art - Manipuri Dance, Manipur

8. Shri Vijay Ghate, Art - Instrumental Music - Tabla, Maharashtra

9. Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal

10. Shri Bansi Kaul, Art - Theatre, Jammu & Kashmir

11. Ustad Moinuddin Khan, Art - Instrumental Music - Sarangi Player, Rajasthan

12. Ms. Geeta Mahalik, Art - Odishi Dance, Delhi

13. Shri Paresh Maity, Art - Painting, Delhi

14. Shri Ram Mohan, Art - Film Animation, Maharashtra

15. Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik, Art - Sand Artist, Orissa

16. Shri Paresh Rawal, Art - Cinema and Theatre, Maharashtra

17. Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks, Art - Fashion Designing, Goa

18. Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, Art - Mohini Attam, Kerala

19. Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma, Art - Performing Art, Chhattisgarh

20. Shri Santosh Sivan, Art - Film, Tamil Nadu

21. Ms. Supriya Devi, Art-Bengali Cinema, West Bengal

22. Ms. Sooni Taraporevala, Art- Script Writing, Maharashtra

23. Ms. Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra

24. Smt. Durga Jain, Social Work, Maharashtra

25. Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work, Andhra Pradesh

26. Dr. Brahm Dutt, Social Work, Haryana

27. Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Social Work, Assam

28. Shri J.L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi

29. Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social Work, Gujarat

30. Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir

31. Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs, Gujarat

32. Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

33. Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and Engineering, Kerala

34. Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, Science and Engineering, West Bengal

35. Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

36. Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

37. Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

38. Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu

39. Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara and Satyanarayana Prasad, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

40. Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin, Science and Engineering, Gujarat

41. Dr. Brahma Singh, Science and Engineering, Delhi

42. Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Science and Engineering, Madhya Pradesh

43. Dr. Govindan Sundararajan, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

44. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Science and Engineering, Delhi

45. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Science and Engineering, West Bengal

46. Shri Ravi Kumar Narra, Trade and Industry, Andhra Pradesh

47. Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

48. Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

49. Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

50. Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya, Medicine - Dermatology, Gujarat

51. Dr. Balram Bhargava, Medicine - Cardiology, Uttar Pradesh

52. Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty, Medicine - Health & Hygiene, West Bengal

53. Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine - Oncology, Maharashtra

54. Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine - Chest Disease, Haryana

55. Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine - Opthalmology, Haryana

56. Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh

57. Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob, Medicine - Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu

58. Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi, Medicine - Endocrinology, Maharashtra

59. Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, Medicine - Unani Medicine, Tamil Nadu

60. Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane, Medicine - ENT Surgeory, Maharashtra

61. Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medicine - oncology, Delhi

62. Dr. Mohan Mishra, Medicine, Bihar

63. Dr. M. Subhadra Nair, Medicine - Gynecology, Kerala

64. Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Medicine - Neurology, Rajasthan

65. Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey, Medicine - Surgery, Haryana

66. Dr. Sunil Pradhan, Medicine - Neurology, Uttar Pradesh

67. Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Medicine - Orthopaedics, Delhi

68. Dr. Kamini A. Rao, Medicine - Reproductive Medicine, Karnataka

69. Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah, Medicine - Surgery, Andhra Pradesh

70. Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya, Medicine, Punjab

71. Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Medicine - Dental Science, Delhi

72. Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Medicine- Opthalmology, Delhi

73. Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi

74. Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya, Medicine- Gastroenterology, Delhi

75. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover, Medicine-Oncology, Delhi

76. Dr. Naheed Abidi, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh

77. Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and Education, Delhi

78. Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra, Literature and Education, Mizoram

79. Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and Education, Delhi

80. Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and Education, Gujarat

81. Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh

82. Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir

83. Smt. Manorama Jafa, Literature and Education, Delhi

84. Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and Education, Delhi

85. Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and Education, Manipur

86. Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Literature and Education, Kerala

87. Prof. Dinesh Singh, Literature and Education, Delhi

88. Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla, Literature and Education, Nagaland

89. Ms. Anjum Chopra, Sports - Cricket, Delhi

90. Ms. Sunil Dabas, Sports - Kabbadi, Haryana

91. Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports - Mountaineering, Delhi

92. Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports - Squash, Tamil Nadu

93. Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports - Wheelchair Tennis, Karnataka

94. Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports - Cricket, Haryana

95. Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports - Mountaineering, Haryana

96. Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar Pradesh

97. Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social Work, Maharashtra#

98. Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry, USA*

99. Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, Medicine-Oncology, USA*

100. Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine - Biomedical Research, USA*

101. Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and Education, Japan*

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.

# indicates awardees in the posthumous category. $ indicates one duo case. (treated as one award.)

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