The year 2005 saw 29 people receiving the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award from the Government of India. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented in India. It was introduced in the year 1954 by the Government of India. The award is presented to those extraordinarily talented people, who have done exceptionally well in their respective fields. The Government of India actually recognises their talents and appreciates their achievements through this award. Both the Indian citizens and foreign citizens are eligible to win this award for their achievements.
The list of the 2005 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
| Andre Beteille |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
| Anil Kohli |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Brijmohan Lall Munjal |
Trade & Industry |
Delhi |
India |
| Hari Mohan |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Kiran Mazumdar Shaw |
Science & Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
| Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
| Narasimhiah Seshagiri |
Science & Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
| Sardar Anjum |
Literature & Education |
Haryana |
India |
| Tarlochan Singh Kler |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Yash Raj Chopra |
Arts |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Yusuf Khwaja Hamied |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Irfan Habib |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
| Kolli Srinath Reddy |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Mrinal Miri |
Literature & Education |
Meghalaya |
India |
| Qurratulain Hyder |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
| Valangiman Subramanian Ramamurthy |
Science & Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
| A. Ramachandran |
Arts |
Delhi |
India |
| Azim Premji |
Trade & Industry |
Karnataka |
India |
| Balraj Puri |
Literature & Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
India |
| Chandi Prasad Bhatt |
Others |
Uttarakhand |
India |
| Girish Chandra Saxena |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
India |
| Gopichettipalayam Venkataramana Iyer Ramakrishna |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
India |
| Koduru Iswara Varaprasad Reddy |
Science & Engineering |
Andhra Pradesh |
India |
| Madath Thekepat Vasudevan Nair |
Literature & Education |
Kerala |
India |
| Probodh Chandra Manna Dey |
Arts |
Karnataka |
India |
| Syed Mir Qasim |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
| Tumkur Ramaiya Satish Chandran |
Civil Service |
Karnataka |
India |
| S.R. Sankaran |
Civil Service |
Hyderabad |
India |
| William Mark Tully |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |