| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Aamir Khan | Art | Maharashtra | India |
| Akbar Padamsee | Art | Maharashtra | India |
| Allah Rakha Rahman | Art | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Chhannulal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Ilaiyaraaja | Art | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Kumudini Lakhia | Art | Gujarat | India |
| Kuzhur Narayana Marar | Art | Kerala | India |
| Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky | Art | Gujarat | India |
| Mallika Sarabhai | Art | Gujarat | India |
| Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana | Art | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Puttaraj Gavai | Art | Karnataka | India |
| Ram Kumar | Art | Delhi | India |
| Shrinivas Vinayak Khale | Art | Maharashtra | India |
| Sultan Khan | Art | Maharashtra | India |
| B. K. Chaturvedi | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Moosa Raza | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| P. R. Dubhashi | Civil Service | Maharashtra | India |
| Fareed Zakaria | Journalism | - | United States* |
| Anil Bordia | Literature and Education | Rajasthan | India |
| Bipan Chandra | Literature and Education | Delhi | India |
| G. P. Chopra | Literature and Education | Delhi | India |
| Mohammad Amin | Literature and Education | Delhi | India |
| Satya Vrat Shastri | Literature and Education | Delhi | India |
| Tan Chung | Literature and Education | - | United States* |
| Belle Monappa Hegde | Medicine | Karnataka | India |
| E. T. Narayanan Mooss | Medicine | Kerala | India |
| Noshir M. Shroff | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier | Medicine | Kerala | India |
| Ramakant Madanmohan Panda | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Satya Paul Agarwal | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Abhijit Sen | Public Affairs | Delhi | India |
| Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay | Public Affairs | West Bengal | India |
| Sant Singh Chatwal | Public Affairs | - | United States* |
| Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj | Science and Engineering | - | United States* |
| Bikash Chandra Sinha | Science and Engineering | West Bengal | India |
| Jagdish Chandra Kapur | Science and Engineering | Delhi | India |
| Balagangadharanatha Swamiji | Social Work | Karnataka | India |
| Balasaheb Vikhe Patil | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
| C. P. Krishnan Nair | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Kushal Pal Singh | Trade and Industry | Delhi | India |
| Manvinder Singh Banga | Trade and Industry | - | United Kingdom* |
| Narayanan Vaghul | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | India |
| S. P. Oswal | Trade and Industry | Punjab | India |
