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The Padma Bhushan Award was presented to 32 people from different fields, as recognition of their extraordinary talents and great achievements. The Government of India presented the award to the awardees and they included both Indian citizens and foreigners. The Padma Bhushan Award is considered to be the third highest civilian award in India and is ranked second among the prestigious Padma Awards. Only the Bharat Ratna Award and the Padma Vibhushan Award are ranked higher than this award in India.
The list of the 2007 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
| Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri |
Medicine |
West Bengal |
India |
| Rajan Misra |
Arts |
Delhi |
India |
| Sajan Misra |
Arts |
Delhi |
India |
| Father Gabriel |
Literature & Education |
Kerala |
India |
| Prithipal Singh Maini |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Manju Sharma |
Science & Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
| V. Mohini Giri |
Social Work |
Delhi |
India |
| Gurcharan Singh Kalkat |
Science & Engineering |
Chandigarh |
India |
| N. Mahalingam |
Trade & Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
India |
| Saroj Ghose |
Science & Engineering |
West Bengal |
India |
| Shiv Kumar Sarin |
Medicine |
Delhi |
India |
| Vilayanur Ramachandran |
Science & Engineering |
- |
United States |
| Somnath Hore |
Arts |
West Bengal |
India |
| O. Suzuki |
Trade & Industry |
- |
Japan |
| Indra Nooyi |
Trade & Industry |
- |
United States |
| (Vaidya) Shriram Sharma |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
India |
| T.N. Srinivasan |
Literature & Education |
- |
United States |
| Tapan Ray Chaudhuri |
Literature & Education |
- |
United Kingdom |
| Captain L.Z. Sailo |
Literature & Education |
Mizoram |
India |
| Gopaldas Neeraj |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
| Jamshed J. Irani |
Trade & Industry |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar |
Literature & Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Justice K. T. Thomas |
Public Affairs |
Kerala |
India |
| Kavalam Narayan Panikkar |
Arts |
Kerala |
India |
| Chandra Prasad Saikia |
Literature & Education |
Assam |
India |
| Bhikhu Parekh |
Literature & Education |
- |
United Kingdom |
| Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Literature & Education |
- |
United States |
| Ramankutty Nair |
Arts |
Kerala |
India |
| Sunil Bharti Mittal |
Trade & Industry |
Delhi |
India |
| Syed Haider Raza |
Arts |
- |
France |
| Tyeb Mehta |
Arts |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Ela Gandhi |
Public Affairs |
- |
South Africa |
(Last Updated on : 07-01-2011)
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