Padma Awards 2010

Padma Awards is the country’s highest civilian awards. The Padma Awards are conferred in three categories namely- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  The awards are given in varied disciplines/ fields of activities like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April.  The list of winners for Padma Awards 2010 in the three different categories are as follows-

Padma Vibhushan: Padma Vibhushan one of the categories in the Padma Awards is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. Six luminaries received the award in 2010 in this category.

For Art- Shri Ebrahim Alkazi(Delhi)

Zohra Segal(Delhi)

Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Tamil Nadu)

Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) for Public Affairs

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (UK) for Science and Engineering

Prathap Chandra Reddy (Tamil Nadu) for Trade and Industry

Padma Bhushan: Padma Bhushan one of the categories in the Padma Awards is awarded for distinguished service of high order. There were 43 recipients of this award in 2010.

For Art-

Aamir Khan (Maharashtra)

Akbar Padamsee (maharashtra)

Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil Nadu)

AIlaiyaraaja (Tamil Nadu)

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (Uttar Pradesh)

Kumudini Lakhia (Gujarat)

Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky (Gujarat)

Mallika Sarabhai (Gujarat)

Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana (Andhra Pradesh)

Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai(Karnataka)

Ram Kumar (Delhi)

Shrinivas Vinayak Khale (Maharashtra)

Ustad Sultan Khan (Maharashtra)

Kuzhur Narayana Marar (Kerala)

For Civil Service-

B.K. Chaturvedi(Delhi)

Moosa Raza (Delhi)

P.R. Dubhashi(Maharashtra)

For Literature and Education-

Anil Bordia (Rajasthan)

Bipan Chandra (Delhi)

G.P. Chopra (Delhi)

Prof. Mohammad Amin (Delhi)

Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri (Delhi)

Prof. Tan Chung (USA)

For Medicine-

Dr. Noshir M. Shroff (Delhi)

Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal (Delhi)

Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde (Karnataka)

E.T. Narayanan Mooss (Kerela)

Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier (Kerela)

Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda (maharashtra)

For Public Affairs-

Prof. Abhijit Sen (Delhi)

Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay (West Bengal)

Sant Singh Chatwal (US)

For Social Work-

Dr. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji (Karnataka)

Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil(Maharashtra)

For Science and Engineering-

Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (US)

Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha (West Bengal)

Jagdish Chandra Kapur (Delhi)

For Trade and Industry-

Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair (Maharashtra)

Dr. Kushal Pal Singh (Delhi)

Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga (UK)

Narayanan Vaghul (Tamil Nadu)

S.P. Oswal (Punjab)

Padma Shri: Padma Shri one of the categories in the Padma Awards is awarded for distinguished service in any field. There were

81 recipients of this award in 2010.

For Art-

Rekha (Maharashtra)

Saif Ali Khan (Maharashtra)

Carmel Berkson (Maharashtra)

Arjun Prajapati (Rajasthan)

Mukund Lath (Rajasthan)

Arundhati Nag (Karnataka)

Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar (Dagar)

Gul Bardhan (Madhya pradesh)

Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi(Manipur)

Hari Uppal(Bihar)

K. Raghavan (Kerela)

Resul Pokutty (Kerela)

Guru Mayadhar Raut (Delhi)

Sumitra Guha (Delhi)

Nemai Ghosh (West Bengal)

Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi(Orissa)

Rajkumar Achouba Singh (Manipur)

Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Jharkhand)

Dr. Shobha Raju (Andhra Pradesh)

For Public Service-   

Shri Gulam Mohammed Mir (Jammu and Kashmir)

For Civil Service-   

D.R. Karthikeyan (Delhi)

For Literature and Education-  

Arun Sarma (Assam)

Prof. Arvind Kumar (Maharashtra)

Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (Meghalaya)

Govind Chandra Pande (Madhya Pradesh)

Hamidi Kashmiri (Jammu and Kashmir)

Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Germany)

Janaki Ballav Shastri (Bihar)

Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri (Jammu and Kashmir)

Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan (Uttar Pradesh)

Lalzuia Colney (Mizoram)

Maria Aurora Couto (Goa)

Fr. Romuald D’Souza (Goa)

Dr.(Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy (Tamil Nadu)

Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Tamil Nadu)

Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji (West Bengal)

Prof. Sadiq - Ur - Rahman Kidwai (Delhi)

Sheldon Pollock (USA)

Dr. Surendra Dubey (Chhattisgarh)

For Environment Protection-

Dr. Ranjit Bhargava (Uttarakhand)

For Medicine-

Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla (Delhi)

Dr. K.K. Aggarwal(Delhi)

Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Delhi)

Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin (Uttar Pradesh)

Dr. B. Ramana Rao (Karnataka)

Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath (Karnataka)

Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (Tamil Nadu)

Dr. Philip Augustine (Kerela)

Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh (Bihar)

Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Maharashtra)

For Public Affairs-

Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez (Spain)

For Science and Engineering-

Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao (Karnataka)

Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Kerela)

Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (USA)

Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John (Gujarat)

Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Andhra Pradesh)

Dr.(Ms.) Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath (Maharashtra)

For Social Work-

Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (Manipur)

Deep Joshi(Delhi)

Dr. J.R. Gangaramani (UAE)

Kranti Shah (Maharashtra)

Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil (Kerela)

Baba Sewa Singh (Punjab)

Sudha Kaul (West Bengal)

Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh (USA)

For Trade and Industry-

Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju (Andhra Pradesh)

Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai(Bahrain)

Deepak Puri(Delhi)

Irshad Mirza (Uttar Pradesh)

Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan (Himachal Pradesh)

Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel(Gujarat)

T.N. Manoharan (Tamil Nadu)

Venu Srinivasan (Tamil Nadu)

For Sports-

Ignace Tirkey (Orissa)

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Tamil Nadu)

Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (Maharashtra)

Saina Nehwal (Andhra pradesh)

Vijender Singh (haryana)

Virendra Sehwag (Delhi)