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2006 Padma Vibhushan awardees
The number of recipients for the 2006 Padma Vibhushan Awards was 9, belonging from a variety of fields like medicine, public affairs, civil service, arts and literature. Some of the popular 2006 Padma Vibhushan Awardees were Mahasweta Devi, V.N. Khare, Nirmala Deshpande, etc.

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Name Field State Country
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Arts Kerala India
C.R. Krishnaswamy Rao Civil Service Tamil Nadu India
V. N. Khare law and Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India
Mahasveta Devi Literature & Education West Bengal India
Prakash Narain Tandon Medicine Delhi India
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Science & Engineering Texas USA
Prof. Obaid Siddiqui Science & Engineering Karnataka India
Charles Correa Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
Nirmala Deshpande Social Work Delhi India



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