Padma Bhushan Award

Padma Bhushan Award

The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. It is conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April. The award was established on 2 January 1954 by the President of India.

पद्म भूषण सम्मान

पद्म भूषण सम्मान भारत सरकार द्वारा दिया जाने वाला तीसरा सर्वोच्च सम्मान है, जो देश के लिये असैनिक क्षेत्रों में बहुमूल्य योगदान के लिये दिया जाता है। यह सम्मान भारत के राष्ट्रपति द्वारा दिया जाता है। इस सम्मान की स्थापना 2 जनवरी 1954 में की गयी थी। यह सम्मान किसी भी क्षेत्र में विशिष्ट और उल्लेखनीय सेवा के लिए प्रदान किया जाता है। इसमें सरकारी कर्मचारियों द्वारा की गई सेवाएं भी शामिल हैं।

List of Padma Bhushan awardees in 2013

1. Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Andhra Pradesh

2. Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Tamil Nadu

3. Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra

4. Smt. Sharmila Tagore, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Delhi

5. Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Delhi

6. Shri Abdul Rashid Khan, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - West Bengal

7. Late Rajesh Khanna, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra #

8. Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile - Punjab #

9. Shri Shivajirao GirdharPatil, Discipline - Public Affairs, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra

10. Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - Delhi

11. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - Delhi

12. Dr. Ashoke Sen, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - Uttar Pradesh

13. Dr. B.N. Sures, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - Karnataka

14. Prof. Satya N. Atluri, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - USA *

15. Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati, Discipline - Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile - USA *

16. Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile - Tamil Nadu

17. Shri Adi Burjor Godrej, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra

18. Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra

19. Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile - Maharashtra

20. Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile - USA*

21. Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar, Discipline – Civil Service, State/ Domicile - Madhya Pradesh

22. Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Discipline – Civil Service, State/ Domicile - Delhi

23. Shri Rahul Dravid, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile - Karnataka

24. Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile - Manipur

Note:

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

# indicates awardees in the posthumous category.