Ministry of Home Affairs

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
PRESS NOTE
North Block, New Delhi.
Dated the 25th January, 2015.
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in
three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards
are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs,
science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil
service, etc. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;
Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished
service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
2.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which
are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the
President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list
below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri
Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the
category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
S.
No.
Name of the Awardee
Discipline
1.
Shri L. K. Advani
Public Affairs
Gujarat
2.
Shri Amitabh Bachchan
Art
Maharashtra
3.
Shri Prakash Singh Badal
Public Affairs
Punjab
4.
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
Social Work
Karnataka
Art
Maharashtra
Others
Uttar Pradesh
Science and
Engineering
Tamil Nadu
Public Affairs
Delhi
Trade and Industry
France/UK
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias

Dilip Kumar
Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya
Swami Rambhadracharya
Prof. Malur Ramaswamy
Srinivasan
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal
Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan
(Foreigner)
State/Domicile
Padma Bhushan
1.
Shri Jahnu Barua
Art
Assam
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
Shri Swapan Dasgupta
Literature and Education
Delhi
4.
Swami Satyamitranand Giri
Others
Uttar Pradesh
5.
Shri N. Gopalaswami
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu
6.
Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap
Public Affairs
Delhi
7.
Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj
Art
Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Ambrish Mithal
Medicine
Delhi
9.
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan
Art
Tamil Nadu
10.
Shri Harish Salve
Public Affairs
Delhi
Dr. Ashok Seth
Medicine
Delhi
Shri Rajat Sharma
Delhi
Shri Satpal
Sports
Delhi
14.
Shri Shivakumara Swami
Others
Karnataka
15.
Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya
Karnataka
USA
Others
USA
Social Work
USA
Social Work
USA
Others
Japan
2.
3.
8.
11.
12.
13.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
Prof. Manjul Bhargava

(NRI/PIO)
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva)
(Foreigner)
Shri Bill Gates
(Foreigner)
Ms. Melinda Gates
(Foreigner)
Shri Saichiro Misumi
(Foreigner)
Padma Shri
1.
Dr. Manjula Anagani
Medicine
Telangana
2.
Shri S. Arunan
Karnataka
3.
Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala
Art
Tamil Nadu
4.
Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer
Jammu and Kashmir
5.
Shri Naresh Bedi
Art
Delhi
6.
Shri Ashok Bhagat
Social Work
Jharkhand
7.
Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Art
Maharashtra
8.
Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Assam
9.
Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi
Madhya Pradesh
10.
Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla
Medicine
Chandigarh
11.
Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala
Medicine
Delhi
12.
Shri Bibek Debroy
Delhi
13.
Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari

Devi
Medicine
Manipur
14.
Dr. Ashok Gulati
Public Affairs
Delhi
15.
Dr. Randeep Guleria
Medicine
Delhi
16.
Dr. K. P. Haridas
Medicine
Kerala
17.
Shri Rahul Jain
Art
Delhi
18.
Shri Ravindra Jain
Art
Maharashtra
19.
Dr. Sunil Jogi
Delhi
20.
Shri Prasoon Joshi
Art
Maharashtra
21.
Dr. Prafulla Kar
Art
Odisha
22.
Ms. Saba Anjum
Sports
Chhattisgarh
23.
Smt. Ushakiran Khan
Bihar
24.
Dr. Rajesh Kotecha
Medicine
Rajasthan
25.
Prof. Alka Kriplani
Medicine
Delhi
26.
Dr. Harsh Kumar
Medicine
Delhi
27.
Shri Narayana Purushothama

Mallaya
Kerala
28.
Shri Lambert Mascarenhas
Goa
29.
Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan
Social Work
Madhya Pradesh
30.
Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta
Social Work
Delhi
31.
Shri Tarak Mehta
Art
Gujarat
32.
Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih
Art
Meghalaya
33.
Shri Chewang Norphel
Others
Jammu and Kashmir
34.
Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
35.
Dr.Tejas Patel
Medicine
Gujarat
36.
Shri Jadav Molai Peyang
Others
Assam
37.
Smt. Bimla Poddar
Other
Uttar Pradesh
38.
Dr. N. Prabhakar
Delhi
39.
Dr. Prahalada
Maharashtra
40.
Dr. Narendra Prasad
Medicine
Bihar
41.
Shri Ram Bahadur Rai
Delhi
42.
Ms. Mithali Raj
Sports
Telangana
43.
Shri P. V. Rajaraman
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu
44.
Prof. J. S. Rajput
Uttar Pradesh
45.
Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao
Art
Andhra Pradesh
46.
Prof. Bimal Roy
West Bengal
47.
Shri Shekhar Sen
Art
Maharashtra
48.
Shri Gunvant Shah
Gujarat
49.
Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji)
Delhi
50.
Shri Manu Sharma
Uttar Pradesh
51.
Prof. Yog Raj Sharma
Medicine
Delhi
52.
Shri Vasant Shastri
Karnataka
53.
Shri S. K. Shivkumar
Karnataka
54.
Ms. P. V. Sindhu
Sports
Telangana
55.
Shri Sardara Singh
Sports
Haryana
56.
Ms. Arunima Sinha
Sports
Uttar Pradesh
57.
Shri Mahesh Raj Soni
Art
Rajasthan
58.
Dr.Nikhil Tandon
Medicine
Delhi
59.
Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
Medicine
Gujarat
Others
China
France
Others
Maharashtra
France
Trade and Industry
USA
Others
USA
Others
Portugal
Social Work
Rajasthan
Art
USA
Medicine
USA
Medicine
USA
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker
Trivedi
Shri Huang Baosheng
(Foreigner)
Prof. Jacques Blamont
(Foreigner)
Late Shri Syedna Mohammad
Burhanuddin
(Posthumous)
Shri Jean-Claude Carriere
(Foreigner)
Dr. Nandrajan Raj Chetty
(NRI/PIO)
Shri George L. Hart
(Foreigner)
Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda
Maha Raja (NRI/PIO)
Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta
(Posthumous)
Ms. Tripti Mukherjee
(NRI/PIO)
Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori
(NRI/PIO)
Dr. Raghu Rama Pillarisetti
(NRI/PIO)
72.
73.
74.
75.
Dr. Saumitra Rawat

(NRI/PIO)
Prof. Annette Schmiedchen
(Foreigner)
Late Shri Pran Kumar Sharma
alias Pran (Posthumous)
Late Shri R. Vasudevan
(Posthumous)
Medicine
UK
Germany
Art
Delhi
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu
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Name of the Awardee

Shri Amitabh Bachchan

Shri Prakash Singh Badal

Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade

Trade and Industry

Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias

Shri Jahnu Barua

Science and Engineering

Shri Swapan Dasgupta

Literature and Education

Swami Satyamitranand Giri

Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap

Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj

Dr. Ambrish Mithal

Smt. Sudha Ragunathan

Shri Harish Salve

Dr. Ashok Seth

Shri Rajat Sharma

Literature and Education

Shri Shivakumara Swami

Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya

Science and Engineering

Science and Engineering

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar

Prof. Manjul Bhargava

Dr. Manjula Anagani

Science and Engineering

Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala

Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer

Literature and Education

Jammu and Kashmir

Shri Naresh Bedi

Shri Ashok Bhagat

Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora

Literature and Education

Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi

Literature and Education

Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla

Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala

Shri Bibek Debroy

Literature and Education

Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari

Dr. Ashok Gulati

Dr. Randeep Guleria

Shri Rahul Jain

Shri Ravindra Jain

Dr. Sunil Jogi

Literature and Education

Shri Prasoon Joshi

Dr. Prafulla Kar

Ms. Saba Anjum

Smt. Ushakiran Khan

Literature and Education

Dr. Rajesh Kotecha

Prof. Alka Kriplani

Dr. Harsh Kumar