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2002 Padma Bhushan Awardees
2002 Padma Bhushan Awardees are some of the great talents in their respective fields.

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The Padma Bhushan Award was incepted in the year 1954 by the Government of India. The award is considered as the third highest civilian award in India and is ranked only after the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awards. The award is presented to the extraordinarily talented and successful people from different fields to recognise their talents and also to appreciate their outstanding achievements. The Indian citizens as well as the foreign citizens are eligible to receive the award for their achievements. 25 people won the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 2002.

The list of the 2002 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:





















Name Field State Country
Prabha Atre Arts Maharashtra India
Habib Tanvir Arts Madhya Pradesh India
Ismail Merchant Arts Maharashtra India
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas Arts Kerala India
Zakir Hussain Arts Maharashtra India
Shobha Gurtu Arts Maharashtra India
Jagat Singh Mehta Civil Service Rajasthan India
Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra Civil Service Delhi India
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundara Raja Iyengar Literature & Education Maharashtra India
Mario De Miranda Literature & Education Goa India
Nirmal Verma Literature & Education Delhi India
Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev Literature & Education - Russia
Natesan Rangabashyam Medicine Tamil Nadu India
Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya Public Affairs - United Kingdom
Shri Frank Pallone Public Affairs - United States
Shri Gary Ackerman Public Affairs - United States
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Public Affairs Delhi India
Vangalampalayam Chellappagounder Kulandaiswamy Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India
Faquir Chand Kohli Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
Guri Ivanovich Marchuk Science & Engineering - Russia
Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal Science & Engineering Kerala India
Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia Social Work Delhi India
Chandu Borde Sports Maharashtra India
Henning Holck Larsen Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi Trade & Industry Maharashtra India



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