New Delhi: Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and renowned mountaineer Edmund Hillary have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan among 13 people who were named for the nation's second highest civilian award on the eve of the Republic Day.
Singer Asha Bhosle, Nobel Prize winner and noted environmentalist RK Pachauri, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Delhi Metro Chief E Sreedharan, former bureaucrat PN Dhar, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, Infosys chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy, steel tycoon LN Mittal and former Chief Justice of India Justice AS Anand are among the 13 other personalities who will get the Padma Vibhushan this year.
Thirty-five Padma Bhushan awards and 71 Padma Shri are being given this year. For the seventh consecutive year, no one has been named for the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. Pranab Mukherjee is the only politician to win a civilian award this year.
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, Centre's interlocutor for talks with Naga groups and former Home Secretary K Padmanabhiah, noted commentator Jasdev Singh, DPS RK Puram principal Shyama Chona and ICICI Chief KV Kamath are among those named for Padma Bhushan awards.
Noted French writer Dominique Lapierre, HCL Chief Shiv Nadar, Head of the Citibank Vikram Pandit and former diplomat Chandrashekhar Dasgupta are among the Padma Bhushan awardees.
Prominent names among Padma Shri awardees include Hans Raj Hans, Madhuri Dixit, Manoj Night Shyamalan, PK Narayanan Nambiar, Tom Alter, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Dilip Sardesai, Vinod Dua, Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Baichung Bhutia, Dr Amit Mitra and others.
This is the first time that a civilian award has been conferred on TV journalists in India.
Trade and Industry
In the trade and industry sector, India's biggest takeover tycoon Ratan Tata and the richest Lakshmi Mittal have been named for this year's second top civilian award 'Padma Vibhushan' .
New CEO of crisis-riddled Citigroup, India-born Vikram Pandit is in for a Padma Bhushan award, a list for which was approved by the President. The list of awardees for the year 2008, includes IT doyen NR Narayana Murthy and leading hotelier PRS Oberoi for
felicitation along with Tata and Mittal with Padma Vibhushan.
ICICI Bank CEO KV Kamath, HCL Technologies Chief Shiv Nadar and industrialists Baba Kalyani and Suresh Kumar Neotia are among those named for Padma Bhushan award, the third top civilian honour.
Economist and Secretary General of apex industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Amit Mitra and Colette Mathur, who has been associated with the World Economic Forum, were among those who have been listed for Padma Shree awards.
Next: The Complete List of Awardees
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The Complete List of Awardees
Padma Vibhushan
Name
Discipline
State / Domicile
Ms. Asha Bhosle
Art
Maharashtra
Justice (Dr.) A. S. Anand
Public Affairs
Uttar Pradesh
Shri P.N. Dhar
Public Affairs
Delhi
Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Public Affairs
Delhi
Dr. E. Sreedharan
Science and Engineering
Delhi
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
Science and Engineering
Delhi
Late Mr. Edmund Hillary (Posthumous)
Sports
New Zealand
Shri Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Sports
Maharashtra
Shri Viswanathan Anand
Sports
Tamil Nadu
Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mittal
Trade and Industry
UK
Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
Shri P.R.S. Oberoi
Trade and Industry
Delhi
Shri Ratan Naval Tata
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
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Padma Bhushan
Sl.No.
Name
Discipline
State / Domicile
Late Shri Amarnath Sehgal (Posthumous)
Art
Delhi
Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Art
Delhi
Smt. P. Susheela
Art
Tamil Nadu
Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
Art
Delhi
Prof. Sushil Kumar Saxena
Art
Delhi
Shri Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
Civil Service
Delhi
Shri K. Padmanabhiah
Civil Service
Delhi
Shri V. Ramachandran
Civil Service
Kerala
Shri Jasdev Singh
Commentary & Broadcasting
Delhi
Prof. Brijinder Nath Goswamy
Literature and Education
Chandigarh
Prof. Ji Xianlin
Literature and Education
China
Prof. Kaushik Basu
Literature and Education
USA
Prof. (Smt.) Padma Desai
Literature and Education
USA
Shri Ravindra Kelekar
Literature and Education
Goa
Dr. (Smt.) Shayama Chona
Literature and Education
Delhi
Shri Shri Lal Shukla
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan
Literature and Education
USA
Prof. T.K. Oommen
Literature and Education
Haryana
Prof. (Dr.) Jagjit Singh Chopra
Medicine
Chandigarh
Prof. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
Medicine
Delhi
Mian Bashir Ahmed
Public Affairs
Jammu & Kashmir
Lord Meghnad Desai
Public Affairs
UK
Late Mr. Yuli Mikhailovitch Vorontsov (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Russia
Prof. Asis Datta
Science and Engineering
Delhi
Prof. Sukh Dev
Science and Engineering
Delhi
Mrs. Sunita Williams
Science and Engineering – Astronautics
USA
Dr. Vasant Gowarikar
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
Shri D.R. Mehta
Social Work
Rajasthan
Mr. Dominique Lapierre
Social Work
France
Dr. (Ms.) Inderjit Kaur
Social Work
Punjab
Shri Suresh Kumar Neotia
Trade and Industry and Social Work
Delhi
Shri Baba Neelkanth Kalyani
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Shri K. V. Kamath
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Shri Shiv Nadar
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
Shri Vikram Pandit
Trade and Industry
USA
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Padma Shri
Sl.No.
Name
Discipline
State / Domicile
Shri Gangadhar Pradhan
Art
Orissa
Mr. Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov
Art
Russia
Pandit Gokulotsavji Maharaj
Art
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Hans Raj Hans
Art
Punjab
Dr. (Smt.) Helen Giri
Art
Meghalaya
Shri Jatin Goswami
Art
Assam
Shri Jawahar Wattal
Art
Delhi
Shri John Martin Nelson
Art
Chhattisgarh
Shri Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty
Art
Andhra Pradesh
Shri Kekoo M. Gandhy
Art
Maharashtra
Smt. Madhuri Dixit
Art
Maharashtra
Shri Mangala Prasad Mohanty
Art
Jharkhand
Shri Manoj Night Shyamalan
Art
USA
Ms. Meenakshi Chitharanjan
Art
Tamil Nadu
Shri Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar
Art
Kerala
Shri P.K. Narayanan Nambiar
Art
Kerala
Shri Pratap Pawar
Art
UK
Smt. Sabitri Heisnam
Art
Manipur
Ms. Sentila T. Yanger
Art
Nagaland
Dr. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
Art
Tamil Nadu
Shri Tom Alter
Art
Maharashtra
Prof. Yella Venkateswara Rao
Art
Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Barkha Dutt
Journalism
Delhi
Shri Rajdeep Dilip Sardesai
Journalism
Delhi
Shri Vinod Dua
Journalism
Delhi
Prof. Amitabh Mattoo
Literature and Education
Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Balasubramanian Sivanthi Adithan
Literature and Education
Tamil Nadu
Shri Bholabhai Patel
Literature and Education
Gujarat
Dr. (Smt.) Bina Agarwal
Literature and Education
Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) K.S. Nisar Ahmed
Literature and Education
Karnataka
Dr. (Smt.) M. Leelavathy
Literature and Education
Kerala
Dr. Nirupam Bajpai
Literature and Education
USA
Dr. Srinivas Udgata
Literature and Education
Orissa
Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat
Literature and Education
Delhi
Shri Surjya Kanta Hazarika
Literature and Education
Assam
Dr. Vellayani Arjunan
Literature and Education
Kerala
Mohammad Yousuf Taing
Literature and Education
Jammu & Kashmir
Haji Kaleem Ullah Khan
Mango Plantation and Grafting
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. A. Jayanta Kumar Singh
Medicine
Manipur
Prof. (Dr.) Arjunan Rajasekaran
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
Prof. (Dr.) C.U. Velmurugendran
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
Dr. Deepak Sehgal
Medicine
Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh K. Bhargava
Medicine
Delhi
Dr. Indu Bhushan Sinha
Medicine
Bihar
Dr. Keiki R. Mehta
Medicine
Maharashtra
Dr. (Smt.) Malvika Sabharwal
Medicine
Delhi
Dr. Mohan Chandra Pant
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain
Medicine
Uttarakhand
Dr. Raman Kapur
Medicine
Delhi
Dr. Randhir Sud
Medicine
Delhi
Dr. Shyam Narayan Arya
Medicine
Bihar
Prof. (Dr.) Surendra Singh Yadav
Medicine
Delhi
Dr. Tatyarao Pundlikrao Lahane
Medicine
Maharashtra
Dr. Tony Fernandez
Medicine
Kerala
Smt. Colette Mathur
Public Affairs
Switzerland
Shri Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
Dr. Joseph H. Hulse
Science and Engineering
Canada
Prof. Kasturi Lal Chopra
Science and Engineering
Delhi
Dr. Sant Singh Virmani
Science and Engineering
USA
Shri Kailash Chandra Agrawal
Social Work
Rajasthan
Sister Karuna Mary Braganza
Social Work
Maharashtra
Dr. (Smt.) Kshama Metre
Social Work
Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Kutikuppala Surya Rao
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh
Shri Madan Mohan Sabharwal
Social Work
Delhi
Dr. (Ms.) Sheela Barthakur
Social Work
Assam
Shri V.R. Gowrishankar
Social Work
Karnataka
Shri Vikramjit Singh Sahney
Social Work
Delhi
Shri Yousaf Ali Musaliamveettil Abdul Kader
Social Work
UAE
Shri Baichung Bhutia
Sports
Sikkim
Ms. Bula Chowdhury Chakraborty
Sports
West Bengal
Dr. Amit Mitra
Trade and Industry
Delhi
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