1999 Padma Bhushan Awardees

1999 Padma Bhushan Awardees

1999 Padma Bhushan Awardees are some of the jewels in their respective fields.

Considered as one of the most prestigious and honourable civilian awards in India; the Padma Bhushan Award was incepted in the year 1954. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented by the Government of India, after the Bharat Ratna Award and Padma Vibhushan Award. The Government presents the award to the extremely talented people from different fields including Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Medicine, Sports, Civil Service, Arts, Trade & Industry, Social Work, Public Affairs, etc. The Government actually recognises their talents and appreciates their achievements through this award. The people from India and abroad can get the award. A total of 14 people received the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1999.

An elaborated list of the 1999 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:

Name	Field	State	Country
Ashok Kumar	Arts	Maharashtra	India
Shivmangal Singh Suman	Literature & Education	Madhya Pradesh	India
Vidya Niwas Misra	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh	India
D.C. Kizhakemuri	Literature & Education	Kerala	India
Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath	Medicine	Tamil Nadu	India
Ramkinker Upadhyay	Others	Uttar Pradesh	India
Jag Parvesh Chandra	Public Affairs	Delhi	India
Anil Kakodkar	Science & Engineering	Maharashtra	India
George Joseph	Science & Engineering	Gujarat	India
Krishnamurthy Santhanam	Science & Engineering	Delhi	India
Jacob Cherian	Social Work	Tamil Nadu	India
Hari Dev Shourie	Social Work	Delhi	India
Pushpa Lata Das	Social Work	Assam	India
Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej	Trade & Industry	Maharashtra	India

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