Introduction
The Padma Awards, among India’s highest civilian honours, are announced each year on the eve of Republic Day. They are presented in three categories, namely Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished service. These awards honour outstanding achievements across diverse fields of activity and disciplines that embody a spirit of public service.
History of Padma Vibhushan Award
Padma Vibhushan Award was established by a Presidential decree on 2nd of January, 1954. The award was originally established as the "Pahela Varg" or "First Class" of the three classes of "Padma" awards. Since 1954, a total of 300 people have received the award. After 1954, the award was being given every year, except for a short period from 13th of July, 1977 to 26th of January, 1980, when it was suspended due to unfortunate circumstances. Also, no award was given between the years 1992 and 1998.
Design of Padma Vibhushan Award
As per the original design, Padma Vibhushan Award was a circular gold medal, with a diameter of about 1-3/8 inches. A lotus flower was inscribed in the center of the medal, with the term "Padma Vibhushan" written above. There was also a lotus wreath below. A state emblem with "Desh Seva" or "National Service" was written above on the reverse side of the medal. However, the design was changed within a year after its inception on 8th of January, 1955. The view behind the change was the removal of class structure. The new design of the Padma Vibhushan Award was amended on 30th of August, 1955 to make a miniature badge of the award. The award was further redesigned on 26th of January, 1957. In the year 1957, the badge was altered to burnished bronze and was embossed in white gold.
Presently, the award is a circular toned bronze badge, with a diameter of 1-3/16 inch. It has geometrical patterns. There is a lotus flower embossed in the center of the badge, with four major petals in white gold. Above and below the lotus flower, the term "Padma Vibhushan" is written in silver gilt. On the reverse side of the badge, the national emblem along with the motto is inscribed in white gold. Padma Vibhushan Awardees hang the badge from a ring and wear it with a ribbon that is medium pink in color. The female recipients of the award wear the badge with a bow fashioned from the ribbon.
Nominations for Padma Vibhushan Award
The Padma Awards are conferred based on the recommendations of the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted annually by the Prime Minister. The nomination process is open to the public, and individuals are even allowed to nominate themselves. The Padma Awards Committee, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, includes the Home Secretary, the Secretary to the President, and four to six distinguished members from various fields. The committee’s recommendations are then submitted to the Prime Minister and the President of India for final approval.
Regulations of Padma Vibhushan Award
Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan are announced each year on India’s Republic Day and officially recorded in ‘The Gazette of India,’ a weekly publication of the Department of Publication under the Ministry of Urban Development, used for issuing official government notices. The award is deemed official only after its publication in the Gazette. In cases where an award is revoked or restored, both actions require the President’s approval. The changes are also recorded in the ‘Gazette,’ and recipients whose awards are revoked must return their medals once their names are removed from the register.
Fields of Activities/ Disciplines Recognized in Padma Vibhushan Award
The award aims to honour individuals for distinguished and
exceptional achievements or service across various fields of activity and
disciplines.
·
Art (includes Music, Painting, Sculpture,
Photography, Cinema, Theatre, etc.)
·
Social Work (includes social service, charitable
initiatives, contributions to community projects, etc.)
·
Public Affairs (includes Law, Public Life,
Politics, etc.)
·
Science & Engineering (includes Space
Research, Nuclear Science, Information Technology, Research & Development
in Science and related areas, etc.)
·
Trade & Industry (includes Banking, Economic
Activities, Management, Tourism Promotion, Business, etc.)
·
Medicine (includes Medical Research, excellence
in Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha, Allopathy, Naturopathy, etc.)
·
Literature & Education (includes Journalism,
Teaching, Book Writing, Literature, Poetry, Promotion of Education, Literacy,
and Educational Reforms, etc.)
·
Civil Service (includes distinction or
excellence in administration by Government Servants, etc.)
·
Sports (includes popular Sports, Athletics,
Adventure, Mountaineering, Sports Promotion, Yoga, etc.)
·
Others (fields not covered above, including the
propagation of Indian Culture, protection of Human Rights, Wildlife Protection
and Conservation, etc.)
Selection of Padma Vibhushan Awardees
While the Padma Awards Committee does not follow any fixed criteria or rigid formula for selection, it primarily considers an individual’s lifetime achievements. The person’s contributions must reflect a significant element of public service. The award is meant for special service, not merely for long tenure or routine excellence, it recognizes “excellence plus.” Before finalizing the recipients, the government’s investigating agencies verify that the nominees’ character and background are of the highest integrity.
Padma Vibhushan Awardees
In the very first year of its inception, a total of 6
extremely talented people received the Padma Vibhushan Award. These people
were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal
Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K.
Krishna Menon and Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. In 2009, a total of 10 people received
the award. Murli Manohar Joshi, Sharad
Pawar, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, and Jaggi Vasudev are some of the Padma
Vibhushan Awardees for the year 2017.
List of Padma Vibhushan Awardees
|
Year |
Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
|
1954 |
Nand
Lal Bose |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1954 |
Dr.
Satyendra Nath Bose |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1954 |
Dr.
Zakir Hussain |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1954 |
Shri
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1954 |
Shri
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk |
Public
Affairs |
Bihar |
India |
|
1954 |
Shri V.
K. Krishna Menon |
Public
Affairs |
Kerala |
India |
|
1955 |
Dr.
Dhondo Keshav Karve |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1955 |
J.R.D.
Tata |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1956 |
Chandulal
Madhavlal Trivedi |
Public
Affairs |
Madhya
Pradesh |
India |
|
1956 |
Fazal
Ali |
Public
Affairs |
Bihar |
India |
|
1956 |
Jankibai
Bajaj |
Social
Work |
Madhya
Pradesh |
India |
|
1957 |
Motilal
Chimanlal Setalvad |
Law and
Public affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1957 |
Shriprakash |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1957 |
Ghanshyam
Das Birla |
Trade
& Industry |
Rajasthan |
India |
|
1959 |
John
Matthai |
Literature
& Education |
Kerala |
India |
|
1959 |
Radhabinod
Pal |
Public
Affairs |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1959 |
Gaganvihari
Lallubhai Mehta |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1960 |
Naryana
Raghvan Pillai |
Public
Affairs |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1962 |
H.
Varda Raja Iyengar |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1962 |
Vijayalakshmi
Pandit |
Civil
Service |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1962 |
Padmaja
Naidu |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1963 |
Dr.
Suniti Kumar Chatterji |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1963 |
Dr.
Arcot Lakshman Swami Mudaliar |
Medicine |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1963 |
Hari
Vinayak Pataskar |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1964 |
Acharya
Kalelkar |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1964 |
Pt.
Gopinath Kaviraj |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1965 |
Arjan
Singh |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1965 |
Joyanto
Nath Chaudhuri |
Civil
Service |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1965 |
Mehdi
Nawaz Jung |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1966 |
Valerian
Cardinal Gracias |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1967 |
Bhola
Nath Jha |
Civil
Service |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1967 |
Hafix
Mohammed Ibrahim |
Civil
Service |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1967 |
Pattadakal
Venkanna R Rao |
Civil
Service |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1967 |
Chandra
Kisan Daphtary |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1968 |
Kripal
Singh |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1968 |
K.
Vaidyanatha Kalyana Sundaram |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1968 |
Mahadev
Srihari Ane |
Public
Affairs |
Madhya
Pradesh |
India |
|
1968 |
Dr.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Science
& Engineering |
Illinois |
USA |
|
1968 |
Prasanta
Chandra Mahalanobis |
Statistical
Science |
Delhi |
India |
|
1969 |
Dattatraya
Shridhar Joshi |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1969 |
Ghananand
Pande |
Civil
Service |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1969 |
Mohan
Sinha Mehta |
Civil
Service |
Rajasthan |
India |
|
1969 |
Rajeshwar
Dayal |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1969 |
Hargobind
Khorana |
Science
& Engineering |
Massachusetts |
USA |
|
1970 |
A.
Rameswami Mudaliar |
Civil
Service |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1970 |
Binay
Ranjan Sen |
Civil
Service |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1970 |
Group.
Captain. Suranjan Das |
Civil
Service |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1970 |
Paramasiva
Prabhakar Kumaramangalam |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1970 |
Dr Tara
Chand |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1970 |
Lt.
General Harbaksh Singh |
Military
Service |
Punjab |
India |
|
1970 |
Anthony
Lancelot Dias |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1971 |
Uday
Shankar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1971 |
Ustad
Allauddin Khan |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1971 |
Balaram
Sivaraman |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1971 |
Bimal
Prasad Chaliha |
Civil
Service |
Assam |
India |
|
1971 |
Sumati
Morarjee |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1971 |
Dr.
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar |
Medicine |
Goa |
India |
|
1972 |
Pratap
Chandra Lal |
Civil
Service |
Punjab |
India |
|
1972 |
S. M.
Nanda |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1972 |
Hormasji
Maneckji Seervai |
Law and
Public affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1972 |
Sam
Manekshaw |
Military
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1972 |
Aditya
Nath Jha |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1972 |
Ghulam
Mohammed Sadiq |
Public
Affairs |
Jammu
and Kashmir |
India |
|
1972 |
Jivraj
N. Mehta |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1972 |
P.
Balacharya Gajendragadkar |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1972 |
Vikram
Ambalal Sarabhai |
Science
& Engineering |
Gujarat |
India |
|
1973 |
Basanti
Devi |
Civil
Service |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1973 |
Tirumalrao
Swaminathan |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1973 |
Nagendra
Singh |
Public
Affairs |
Rajasthan |
India |
|
1973 |
Daulat
Singh Kothari |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
1973 |
Nellie
Sengupta |
Social
Work |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1973 |
U. N.
Dhebar |
Social
Work |
Gujarat |
India |
|
1974 |
Benode
Behari Mukherjee |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1974 |
Harish
Chandra Sarin |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1974 |
V.
Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao |
Civil
Service |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1974 |
Niren
De |
Law and
Public affairs |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1975 |
M.S.
Subbulakshmi |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1975 |
Homi
Nusserwanji Sethna |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1975 |
Basanti
Dulal Nag Chaudhuri |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1975 |
Premlila
Vithaldas Thackersey |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1975 |
Chintaman
Dwarkanath Deshmukh |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1975 |
Raja
Ramanna |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1975 |
Durgabai
Deshmukh |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1975 |
Mary
Clubwala Jadhav |
Social
Work |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1976 |
Keshava
Shankar Pillai |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
1976 |
Satyajit
Ray |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1976 |
Col.
Bashir Hussain Zaidi |
Literature
& Education |
Delhi |
India |
|
1976 |
Giani
Gurmukh Singh Mussafir |
Literature
& Education |
Punjab |
India |
|
1976 |
Kalu
Lal Shrimali |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1976 |
Dr.
Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan |
Science
& Engineering |
Kerala |
India |
|
1976 |
Salim
Moizuddin Ali Abdul |
Science
& Engineering |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1977 |
T.
Balasaraswati |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1977 |
Ajudhia
Nath Khosla |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1977 |
Om
Prakash Mehra |
Civil
Service |
Punjab |
India |
|
1977 |
Chandeshwar
Prasad Narayan Singh |
Literature
& Education |
Delhi |
India |
|
1977 |
Ajoy
Kumar Mukherjee |
Public
Affairs |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1977 |
Ali
Yavar Jung |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1980 |
Ustad
Bismillah Khan |
Art |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1980 |
Rai
Krishnadasa |
Civil
Service |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1981 |
Dr.
Satish Dhawan |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1981 |
Shri
Ravi Shankar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1982 |
Dr.
Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur |
Art |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1982 |
Dr.
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre Alias Dr.V.Shantaram |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1982 |
Kaloji
Narayana Rao |
Art |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1982 |
Govinddas
Shroff |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1982 |
Pandit
Lakshmanshastri Joshi |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1982 |
Dr.
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
1982 |
Aruna
Asaf Ali |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1982 |
Atal
Bihari Vajpayee |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1982 |
Ravi
Narayan Reddy |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1982 |
Sardar
Swaran Singh |
Public
Affairs |
Punjab |
India |
|
1985 |
Prof.
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon |
Civil
Service |
Kerala |
India |
|
1985 |
Prof.
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao |
Science
& Engineering |
Tamilnadu |
India |
|
1986 |
Shri
Birju Maharaj |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
1986 |
Prof.
Autar Singh Paintal |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
1986 |
Shri
Murlidhar Devidas Alias Baba Amte |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1987 |
Dr.
Manmohan Singh |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1987 |
Late.
(Gen.) Arun Shridhar Vaidya |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1987 |
Dr.
Benjamin Peary Pal |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
1987 |
Smt.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
Social
Work |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1988 |
Dr.
Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa |
Literature
& Education |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1988 |
Smt.
Mahadevi Varma (Posthumous) |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1988 |
Shri
Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1989 |
Ustad
Ali Akbar Khan |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1989 |
Shri
Umashankar Dikshit |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1989 |
Dr.
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
1990 |
Dr.
Sammangudi Radhakrishnier Srinivasier |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1990 |
Shri
Shivputra Sindhram Komkali Alias Kumar Gandharv |
Art |
Madhya
Pradesh |
India |
|
1990 |
Prof.
Bhabatosh Datta |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1990 |
Shri
Triloki Nath Chaturvedi |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1990 |
Dr.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam |
Science
& Engineering |
Telangana |
India |
|
1990 |
Dr.
Vallampadugai Srinivasa Raghavan Arunchalam |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
1991 |
M.F.
Husain |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1991 |
Mangalampalli
Balamurali Krishna |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1991 |
Khusro
Faramurz Rustamji |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1991 |
Rajaram
Shastri |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1991 |
Gulzari
Lal Nanda |
Public
Affairs |
Gujarat |
India |
|
1991 |
Hirendra
Nath Mukherjee |
Public
Affairs |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
1991 |
N. G.
Ranga |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
1991 |
Indraprasad
Gordhanbhai Patel |
Science
& Engineering |
Gujarat |
India |
|
1992 |
Dr.
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre Alias Dr. V. Shantaram (Posthumous) |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1992 |
Shri
Kaloji Narayana Rao |
Art |
Telangana |
India |
|
1992 |
Shri
Govinddas Mannulal Shroff |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1992 |
Shri
Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi |
Literature
& Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1992 |
Dr.(Kum.)
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
1992 |
Sardar
Swaran Singh |
Public
Affairs |
Punjab |
India |
|
1992 |
Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1992 |
Shri
Ravi Narayan Reddy (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Telangana |
India |
|
1992 |
Smt.
Aruna Asaf Ali |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1998 |
Nani
Ardeshir Palkhivala |
Law and
Public affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1998 |
Lakshmi
Sahgal |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
1998 |
Walter
Sisulu |
Public
Affairs |
|
South
Africa |
|
1998 |
Usha
Mehta |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1999 |
Damal
Krishnaswamy Pattammal |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1999 |
Kumari
Lata Mangeshkar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
1999 |
Pandit
Bhimsen Joshi |
Art |
Karnataka |
India |
|
1999 |
Satish
Gujral |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
1999 |
Dharma
Vira |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1999 |
Shri
Braj Kumar Nehru |
Civil
Service |
Himachal
Pradesh |
India |
|
1999 |
Shri
Lallan Prasad Singh |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
1999 |
Justice
V.R. Krishna Iyer |
Law and
Public affairs |
Kerala |
India |
|
1999 |
Sarvepalli
Gopal |
Literature
& Education |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1999 |
Justice
Hans Raj Khanna |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
1999 |
Rajagopala
Chidambaram |
Science
& Engineering |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
1999 |
Verghese
Kurien |
Science
& Engineering |
Gujarat |
India |
|
1999 |
Nana
Deshmukh |
Social
Work |
Delhi |
India |
|
1999 |
Shri
Pandurang Shastri Athavale |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2000 |
Hari
Prasad Chaurasia |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2000 |
Kelucharan
Mohapatra |
Art |
Odisha |
India |
|
2000 |
Pandit
Jasraj |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2000 |
Bhairab
Dutt Pande |
Civil
Service |
Uttarakhand |
India |
|
2000 |
Krishen
Behari Lall |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2000 |
Manohar
Singh Gill |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2000 |
Tarlok
Singh |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2000 |
Jagdish
Natwarlal Bhagwati |
Literature
& Education |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2000 |
Kakkadan
Nandanath Raj |
Literature
& Education |
Kerala |
India |
|
2000 |
Rasipuram
Krishnaswami Narayan |
Literature
& Education |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2000 |
Sikander
Bakht |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2000 |
Krishnaswamy
Kasturirangan |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2000 |
Maidavolu
Narasmiham |
Trade
& Industry |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2001 |
Amjad
Ali Khan |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2001 |
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2001 |
Pandit
Shiv Kumar Sharma |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2001 |
Zubin
Mehta |
Art |
|
USA |
|
2001 |
Dr.
Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2001 |
John
Kenneth Galbraith |
Literature
& Education |
|
USA |
|
2001 |
Kotta
Satchidananda Murty |
Literature
& Education |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2001 |
Benjamin
Arthur Gilman |
Public
Affairs |
|
USA |
|
2001 |
Hosei
Norota |
Public
Affairs |
|
Japan |
|
2001 |
Dr.
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao |
Science
& Engineering |
|
USA |
|
2001 |
Prof.
Man Mohan Sharma |
Science
& Engineering |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2002 |
Dr.(Smt.)
Gangubai Hangal |
Art |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2002 |
Pandit
Kishan Maharaj |
Art |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2002 |
Smt.
Kishori Amonkar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2002 |
Shri
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee |
Law and
Public affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2002 |
Dr.
Chakravthi Rangarajan |
Literature
& Education |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2003 |
Sonal
Mansingh |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2003 |
Bal Ram
Nanda |
Literature
& Education |
Delhi |
India |
|
2003 |
Bhrihaspati
Dev Triguna |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
2003 |
Kazi
Lhendup Dorji Kangsarpa |
Public
Affairs |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2004 |
Justice
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah |
Law and
Public affairs |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2004 |
Amrita
Pritam |
Literature
& Education |
Delhi |
India |
|
2004 |
Jayant
Vishnu Narlikar |
Science
& Engineering |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2005 |
Ram
Narayan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2005 |
Rasipuram
Krishnaswamy Laxman |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2005 |
Jyotindra
Nath Dixit |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2005 |
Milon
Kumar Banerji |
Law and
Public affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2005 |
B.
K.Goyal |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2005 |
Marthanda
Varma Sankaran Valiathan |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2005 |
Dr.
Karan Singh |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2005 |
Mohan
Dharia |
Social
Work |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2006 |
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan |
Art |
Kerala |
India |
|
2006 |
C.R.
Krishnaswamy Rao |
Civil
Service |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2006 |
V. N.
Khare |
Law and
Public affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2006 |
Mahasveta
Devi |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2006 |
Prakash
Narain Tandon |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
2006 |
Charles
Correa |
Science
& Engineering |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2006 |
Dr.
Norman E. Borlaug |
Science
& Engineering |
Texas |
USA |
|
2006 |
Prof.
Obaid Siddiqui |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2006 |
Nirmala
Deshpande |
Social
Work |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
N.N.
Vohra |
Civil
Service |
Haryana |
India |
|
2007 |
Naresh
Chandra |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Venkataraman
Krishnamurthy |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Fali
Sam Nariman |
Law and
Public affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Justice
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati |
Law and
Public affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Khushwant
Singh |
Literature
& Education |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Raja
Rao |
Literature
& Education |
Karnataka |
USA |
|
2007 |
Balu
Sankaran |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
|
2007 |
Raja
Jesudoss Chelliah |
Public
Affairs |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2007 |
Sudarshan
Erinackal Chandy George |
Science
& Engineering |
Kerala |
USA |
|
2008 |
Ms.
Asha Bhosle |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2008 |
Justice
(Dr.) A. S. Anand |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
P.N. Dhar |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Pranab Mukherjee |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Pranab Mukherjee |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2008 |
Dr.
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
2008 |
Mr.
Late Edmund Hillary |
Sports |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar |
Sports |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Viswanathan Anand |
Sports |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Lakshmi Narayan Mittal |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
N.R. Narayana Murthy |
Trade
& Industry |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
P.R.S. Oberoi |
Trade
& Industry |
Delhi |
India |
|
2008 |
Shri
Ratan Naval Tata |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2009 |
Dr.
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava |
Civil
Service |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2009 |
Prof.
D.P. Chattopadhyaya |
Literature
& Education |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2009 |
Dr.
Purshotam Lal |
Medicine |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2009 |
Prof.
Jasbir Singh Bajaj |
Medicine |
Punjab |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
Sunderlal Bahuguna |
Others |
Uttarakhand |
India |
|
2009 |
Justice
Dr. A. S. Anand |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
Govind Narain |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
P.N. Dhar |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
Pranab Mukherjee |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2009 |
Dr.
Anil Kakodkar |
Science
& Engineering |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2009 |
Dr. E.
Sreedharan |
Science
& Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri G.
Madhavan Nair |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2009 |
Mrs
Sister Nirmala |
Social
Work |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2009 |
Late
Mr. Edmund Hillary (Posthumous) |
Sports |
Delhi |
India |
|
2009 |
Dr.
A.S. Ganguly |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
Lakshmi Narayan Mittal |
Trade
& Industry |
Punjab |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
N.R. Narayana Murthy |
Trade
& Industry |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
P.R.S. Oberoi |
Trade
& Industry |
Delhi |
India |
|
2009 |
Shri
Ratan Naval Tata |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2010 |
Shri
Ebrahim Alkazi |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2010 |
Shri
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2010 |
Smt.
Zohra Segal |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2010 |
Dr.
Yaga Venugopal Reddy |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2010 |
Dr.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Science
& Engineering |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2010 |
Dr.
Prathap Chandra Reddy |
Trade
& Industry |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2011 |
Dr.
(Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2011 |
Dr.
Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
Art |
Telangana |
India |
|
2011 |
Smt.
Homai Vyarawalla |
Art |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2011 |
Shri
Brajesh Chandra Mishra |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2011 |
Dr.
Sitakant Mahapatra |
Literature
& Education |
Odisha |
India |
|
2011 |
Prof.
O.N.V. Kurup |
Literature
& Education |
Kerala |
India |
|
2011 |
Dr.
Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2011 |
Dr.
Vijay Laxman Kelkar |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2011 |
Shri K
Parasaran |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2011 |
Shri
Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2011 |
Prof.
Palle Rama Rao |
Science
& Engineering |
Telangana |
India |
|
2011 |
Shri
Azim Premji |
Trade
& Industry |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2012 |
Dr.
Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika(Posthumous) |
Art |
Assam |
India |
|
2012 |
Prof.
Kalpathi Ganapathi Subramanyan |
Art |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2012 |
Shri
Mario de Miranda (Posthumous) |
Art |
Goa |
India |
|
2012 |
Shri T.
V. Rajeswa |
Civil
Service |
Delhi |
India |
|
2012 |
Dr.
Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2013 |
Shri
Raghunath Mohapatra |
Art |
Odisha |
India |
|
2013 |
Shri
Sayed Haider Raza |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2013 |
Prof.
Roddam Narasimha |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2013 |
Prof.
Yash Pal |
Science
& Engineering |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2014 |
Shri
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar |
Others |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2014 |
Dr.
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar |
Science
& Engineering |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
Amitabh Bachchan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
Mohammed Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
K.K. Venugopal |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
Lal Kishinchand Advani |
Public
Affairs |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2015 |
Shri
Sardar Parkash Singh Badal |
Public
Affairs |
Punjab |
India |
|
2015 |
Prof.i
Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan |
Science
& Engineering |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2015 |
His
Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan |
Social
Work |
|
France |
|
2015 |
Shri
Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade |
Social
Work |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2016 |
Dr.
Girija Devi |
Art |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2016 |
Dr.
Yamini Krishnamurti |
Art |
Delhi |
India |
|
2016 |
Shri
Rajinikanth |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2016 |
Shri
Avinash Kamlakar Dixit |
Literature
& Education |
|
USA |
|
2016 |
Shri
Ramoji Rao |
Literature
& Education |
Telangana |
India |
|
2016 |
Dr. V.
Shanta |
Medicine |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2016 |
Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar |
Others |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2016 |
Shri
Jagmohan |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2016 |
Dr.
Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2016 |
Shri
Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani (Posthumous) |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2017 |
Shri K
J Yesudas |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2017 |
Sadhguru
Jagadish Vasudev |
Others |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2017 |
Dr.
Murli Manohar Joshi |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2017 |
Shri
Purno Agitok Sangma (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Meghalaya |
India |
|
2017 |
Shri
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar |
Public
Affairs |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2017 |
Shri
Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Madhya
Pradesh |
India |
|
2017 |
Prof.
Udipi Ramachandra Rao |
Science
& Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2018 |
Shri
Ilaiyaraaja |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2018 |
Ustad
Ghulam Mustafa Khan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2018 |
Shri P
Parameswaran |
Literature
& Education |
Kerala |
India |
|
2019 |
Dr.(Smt.)Teejan
Bai |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
India |
|
2019 |
His
Excellency Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh |
Art |
|
Djibouti |
|
2019 |
Shri
Babasaheb alias Balwant Moreshwar Purandare |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2019 |
Shri
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik |
Trade
& Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2020 |
Pandit
Chhannulal Mishra |
Art |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2020 |
Shri
Shri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji (Posthumous) |
Others |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2020 |
Shri
Arun Jaitley (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2020 |
Shri
George Fernandes (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2020 |
Sir
Anerood Jugnauth |
Public
Affairs |
|
Mauritius |
|
2020 |
Smt.
Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Delhi |
India |
|
2020 |
Smt.
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom |
Sports |
Manipur |
India |
|
2021 |
Shri
Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam (Posthumous) |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2021 |
Shri
Sudarshan Sahoo |
Art |
Odisha |
India |
|
2021 |
Dr.
Belle Monappa Hegde |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2021 |
Maulana
Wahiduddin Khan (Posthumous) |
Others |
Delhi |
India |
|
2021 |
Prof.
Braj Basi Lal |
Others |
Delhi |
India |
|
2021 |
Shri
Shinzo Abe |
Public
Affairs |
|
Japan |
|
2021 |
Dr.
Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) |
Science
& Engineering |
|
USA |
|
2022 |
Dr.
Prabha Atre |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2022 |
General
Bipin Rawat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM (Posthumous) |
Civil
Service |
Uttarakhand |
India |
|
2022 |
Shri
Radhey Shyam Khemka (Posthumous) |
Literature
& Education |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2022 |
Shri
Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2023 |
Shri
Zakir Hussain |
Art |
Maharashtra |
India |
|
2023 |
Dr.
Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
West
Bengal |
India |
|
2023 |
Prof.
Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) |
Others |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2023 |
Shri
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) |
Public
Affairs |
Uttar
Pradesh |
India |
|
2023 |
Shri
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna |
Public
Affairs |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2023 |
Shri
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan |
Science
& Engineering |
|
USA |
|
2024 |
Dr.
Padma Subrahmanyam |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2024 |
Dr.
Vyjayantimala Bali |
Art |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
|
2024 |
Shri
Konidela Chiranjeevi |
Art |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2024 |
Shri
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu |
Public
Affairs |
Andhra
Pradesh |
India |
|
2024 |
Dr.
Bindeshwar Pathak |
Social
Work |
Bihar |
India |
|
2025 |
Shri
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam |
Art |
Karnataka |
India |
|
2025 |
Smt.
Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia |
Art |
Gujarat |
India |
|
2025 |
Smt.
Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) |
Art |
Bihar |
India |
|
2025 |
Shri M.
T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) |
Literature
& Education |
Kerala |
India |
|
2025 |
Shri
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy |
Medicine |
Telangana |
India |
|
2025 |
Shri
Jagdish Singh Khehar |
Public
Affairs |
Chandigarh |
India |
|
2025 |
Shri
Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) |
Trade
& Industry |
|
Japan |
