The Government of India presented the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award to 31 talented people from various fields in 2009. The award was given in the fields like Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Medicine, Sports, Civil Service, Arts, Trade & Industry, Social Work, Public Affairs, etc. The Government of India actually recognised the winners` exceptional talents and their unmatched achievements through this award.
The list of the 2009 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| G. Sivarama Krishna Murthy | Art | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Ramanlal C. Mehta | Art | Gujarat | India |
| Shamshad Begum | Art | Maharashtra | India |
| V.P. Dhananjayan | Art | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Shanta Dhananjayan | Art | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Vaidyanathan Ganapathi Sthapati | Art | Tamil Nadu | India |
| S. K. Misra | Civil Service | Haryana | India |
| Shekhar Gupta | Journalism | Delhi | India |
| Alappat Sreedhara Menon | Literature & Education | Kerala | India |
| C.K. Prahlad | Literature & Education | - | - |
| D. Jayakanthan | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Isher Judge Ahluwalia | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Kunwar Narain | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Minoru Hara | Literature & Education | - | - |
| Ramachandra Guha | Literature & Education | Karnataka | India |
| Brijendra Kumar Rao | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Vaidya Devendra Triguna | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Khalid Hameed | Medicine | - | - |
| Satish Nambiar | National Security Affairs | Delhi | India |
| Inderjit Kaur Barthakur | Public Affairs | Meghalaya | India |
| Kirit Shantilal Parikh | Public Affairs | Delhi | India |
| Bhakta B. Rath | Science & Engineering | - | - |
| Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Gurdip Singh Randhawa | Science & Engineering | Delhi | India |
| Sam Pitroda | Science & Engineering | Delhi | India |
| Sarvagya Singh Katiyar | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Thomas Kailath | Science & Engineering | - | - |
| Naganath Nayakawadi | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
| Sarojini Varadappan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Abhinav Bindra | Sports | Punjab | India |
| Anil Manibhai Naik | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
