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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.
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