PADMA AWARDS

PADMA     AWARDS

108 personalities selected for 2013

Delhi's haul at the Padma Awards has increased considerably from last year. Of the 108 Padma awards, 21 were claimed by Delhiites and the number is 22 if you count Prof. Yashpal who now lives in Noida.

The lion's share of Padma awards this year has gone to Maharashtra, which got 25 awards.

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which has often been criticized for huge time and cost overruns in critical defence projects, also struck it rich in the annual Padma awards this year.

DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat, who is also the scientific adviser to the defence minister, and the BrahMos CEO A Sivathanu Pillai have both been awarded the Padma Bhushan.

DRDO chief controller Research and Development (Missiles and Strategic Systems) Avinash Chander has been honoured with the Padma Shri.

All the three defence scientists have been engaged in the development of missile systems, both strategic and tactical, for several years.

Following is the list of recipients:

Padma Vibhushan

Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa

S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi

Prof. Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh

Prof. Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Padma Bhushan

Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh

Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu

Dr. (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra

Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi

Dr. (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi

Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal

Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra

Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab

Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra

Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi

Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi

Dr. Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh

B N Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Prof. Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA

Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA

Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Medicine, Maharashtra

Mangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra

Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature and Education USA

Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya Pradesh

Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service, Delhi

Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka

H Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, Sports, Manipur

Padma Shri

Gajam Anjaiah, Art, Andhra Pradesh

Swami G C D Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Art, Chhattisgarh

B Jayashree, Art, Karnataka

Sridevi Kapoor, Art, Maharashtra

Kailash Chandra Meher, Art, Orissa

Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art, Maharashtra

Vishwanath D Patekar alias Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra

R Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Art, Andhra Pradesh

Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Art, Tamil Nadu

Jaymala Shiledar, Art, Maharashtra

Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Art, Maharashtra

P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art, Kerala

Apurba Kishore Bir, Art, Maharashtra

Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art, Assam

Hilda Mit Lepcha, Art, Sikkim

Sudha Malhotra, Art, Maharashtra

Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir

Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art, Maharashtra

Mahrukh Tarapor, Art, Maharashtra

Balwant Thakur, Art, Jammu and Kashmir

Puran Das Baul, Art, West Bengal

Rajendra Tikku, Art, Jammu and Kashmir

Pablo Bartholomew, Art, Delhi

S Shakir Ali, Art, Rajasthan

S K M Maeilanandhan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu

Nileema Mishra, Social Work, Maharashtra

Reema Nanavati, Social Work, Gujarat

Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work, Bangladesh

Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh

Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work, Delhi

Prof Mustansir Barma, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering, Delhi

Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh

Prof. (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science, Engineering, West Bengal

Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg, Andhra Pradesh

Prof. Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science and Engg, Karnataka

Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

Vandana Luthra, Trade and Industry, Delhi

Rajshree Pathy, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry, Assam

Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

Dr. Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi

Dr. C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, Medicine, Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine, Maharashtra

Dr. Taraprasad Das, Medicine, Orissa

Prof. (Dr.) T V Devarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu

Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine, Delhi

Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine, Delhi

Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine, Delhi

Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine, Maharashtra

Dr. Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine, Maharashtra

Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine, Delhi

Prof. (Captain) Dr. M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature and Education, Bihar

Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh

J Malsawma, Literature and Education, Mizoram

Devendra Patel, Literature and Education, Gujarat

Dr. Rama Kant Shukla, Literature and Education, Delhi

Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Literature and Education, Delhi

Prof. Anvita Abbi, Literature and Education, Delhi

Nida Fazli, Literature and Education, Madhya Pradesh

Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature and Education, Delhi

Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature and Education, Bihar

Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature and Education, WB

Prof. Noboru Karashima, Literature and Education, Japan

Christopher Pinney, Literature and Education, UK

Premlata Agrawal, Sports, Jharkhand

Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana

Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka

Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh

Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports, Maharashtra

Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports, Rajasthan

Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing, Delhi

D. Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh.

The selection committee this year included actress Ratna Pathak Shah, scientist Anil Kakodkar and home secretary R K Singh, among others.