Nariman, Khushwant, Vohra get Padma Vibhushan

New Delhi, Jan 26: Noted jurist Fali S Nariman, well- known writer Khushwant Singh, former Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra and former Chief Justice of India P N Bhagwati were among the ten eminent personalities named for the Padma Vibhushan awards announced here late tonight.

Former Home Secretary N N Vohra, Dr Balu Sankaran, late author Raja Rao, economist Raja J Chelliah, former bureaucrat V Krishnamurthy and US-based Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George were also named for the country's second highest civilian awards on the eve of the 58th Republic Day.

In all, 121 Padma awards were announced, including 10 Padma Vibhushan, 32 Padma Bhushan and 79 Padma Shri awards.

No one was named for the coveted Bharat Ratna award, the country's highest civilian honour.

Among those chosen for the Padma Bhushan were well-known political scientist Bhikhu Parekh, noted social worker Ela Gandhi, poet Gopaldas Neeraj, Pepsico Chief Executive Indra Nooyi, former Tata Steel managing director Jamshed J Irani, lyricist Javed Akhtar, American economist Jeffrey D Sachs and Japanese industrialist O Suzuki.

The Padma Bhushan awardees also included social worker Mohini Giri, Bharti Telecom chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, Kerala playwright Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, vocalists Rajan and Sajan Misra, artists Syed Haider Raza and Tyeb Mehta and former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas.

Writers Amitav Ghosh and Vikram Seth, choreographer Astad Deboo, IIM Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia, Malayalam actor Balachandra Menon, Delhi-based dancer Geeta Chandran, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, NASSCOM chief Kiran Karnik, chess prodigy Koneru Humpy, singer Remo Fernandes and educationist Mushirul Hassan were among those named for the Padma Shri awards.

Master weaver P Gopinathan of Kerala, opthalmalogist P Namperumalsamy of Tamil Nadu, HSBC India CEO Naina Kidwai, singer Shanti Hiranand, cookery expert Tarla Dalal, activist Teesta Setalvad and Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode were also chosen for the Padma Shri.

Following is the full list of the Padma awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
1. Prof (Dr.) Balu Sankaran, Medicine, Delhi. 2. Fali Sam Nariman, Public Affairs, Delhi. 3. Khushwant Singh, Literature and Education, Delhi. 4. N N Vohra, Civil Service, Haryana 5. Naresh Chandra, Civil Service, Delhi. 6. Justice (Retd.) Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, Public Affairs, Delhi. 7. Late Raja Rao (Posthumous), Literature and Education, USA. 8. Dr Raja Jesudoss Chelliah, Public Affairs, Tamil Nadu. 9. Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George, Science and Engineering, USA. 10. Dr Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, Civil Service, Delhi.

Padma Bhushan
1. Prof. Bhikhu Parekh, Literature and Education, United Kingdom.

2. Late Chandra Prasad Saikia (Posthumous), Literature and Education, Assam.

3. Mrs. Ela Gandhi, Public Affairs, South Africa.

4. Rev Father Gabriel, Literature and Education, Kerala.

5. Gopaldas Neeraj, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.

6. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, Science and Engineering, Chandigarh.

7. Ms. Indra Nooyi, Trade and Industry, USA.

8. Jamshed J Irani, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.

9. Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra.

10. Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Literature and Education, USA.

11. Justice (Retd.) K T Thomas, Public Affairs, Kerala.

12. Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, Art, Kerala.

13. Captain L Z Sailo, Literature and Education, Mizoram.

14. Dr. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi.

15. Dr. N. Mahalingam, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu.

16. O Suzuki, Trade and Industry, Japan.

17. Dr. Prithipal Singh Maini, Medicine, Delhi.

18. Pandit Rajan Misra, Art, Delhi.

19. Ramankutty Nair, Art, Kerala.

20. Pandit Sajan Misra, Art, Delhi.

21. Dr. Saroj Ghose, Science and Engineering, West Bengal.

22. Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin, Medicine, Delhi.

23. Prof. (Vaidya) Shriram Sharma, Medicine, Maharashtra.

24. Late Somnath Hore (Posthumous), Art, West Bengal.

25. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Trade and Industry, Delhi.

26. Syed Haider Raza, Art, France.

27. Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri, Medicine, West Bengal.

28. Prof. T N Srinivasan, Literature and Education, USA.

29. Prof. Tapan Ray Chaudhuri, Literature and Education, United Kingdom.

30. Tyeb Mehta, Art, Maharashtra.

31. Dr. (Mrs.) V Mohini Giri, Social Work, Delhi.

32. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandaran, Science and Engineering, USA.

Padma Shri 1. A Sivasailam, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu.

2. Prof. (Dr.) Adya Prasad Mishra, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.

3. Amitav Ghosh, Literature and Education, USA.

4. Prof. Ananda M. Chakrabarty, Science and Engineering, USA.

5. Dr. (Mrs) Ananda Shankar Jayant, Art, Andhra Pradesh.

6. Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Misra, Medicine, Delhi.

7. Dr. Ashok Kumar Hemal, Medicine, Delhi.

8. Astad Aderbad Deboo, Art, Maharashtra.

9. Dr. Atul Kumar, Medicine, Delhi.

10. Dr. B. Paul Thaliath, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh.

11. Dr. Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia, Literature and Education, Gujarat.

12. Dr. Balbir Singh, Medicine, Delhi.

13. Dr. Baldev Raj, Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu.

14. Bharath Balachandra Menon, Art, Kerala.

15. Late Prof. Devindra Rahinwal (Posthumous), Social Work, Uttaranchal.

16. Prof. (Dr.) Dilip K. Biswas, Science and Engineering, Delhi.

17. Gajendra Narayan Singh, Art, Bihar.

18. Geeta Chandran, Art, Delhi.

19. Giriraj Kishore, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.

20. Rajmata Goverdan Kumarri, Art, Gujarat.

21. Prof.(Dr.) Harpinder Singh Chawla, Medicine, Chandigarh.

22. Jeev Milkha Singh, Sports, Punjab.

23. Dr. K.R. Palaniswamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.

24. Khalid Zaheer, Social Work, Uttaranchal.

25. Prof. (Dr.) Kharak Singh Valdiya, Science and Engineering, Karnataka.

26. Kiran Karnik, Science and Engineering, Delhi.

27. Ms. Koneru Humpy, Sports, Andhra Pradesh.

28. Dr. Lalit Pande, Environment Protection, Uttaranchal.

29. Louis Remo Fernandes, Art, Goa.

30. Dr. M. Mohan Babu, Art, Andhra Pradesh.

31. Dr. Mahadev Prasad Pandey, Literature and Education, Chhattisgarh.

32. Dr. Mahipal S. Sachdev, Medicine, Delhi.

33. Dr. Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa, Medicine, Karnataka.

34. Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.

35. Ms. Meenakshi Gopinath, Literature and Education, Delhi.

36. Ms. Miriam L'vovna Salganik, Literature and Education, Russia.

37. Dr. Mohsin Wali, Medicine, Delhi.

38. Mujtaba Hussain, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh.

39. Prof. Mushirul Hassan, Literature and Education, Delhi.

40. Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.

41. Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta, Medicine, Delhi.

42. Mrs. Neelamani Devi, Art, Manipur.

43. P Gopinathan, Art, Kerala.

44. Mrs P R Thilagam, Art, Tamil Nadu.

45. Pannuru Sripathy, Art, Andhra Pradesh.

46. Prof. (Dr.) Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.

47. Prof. (Mrs.) Pratibha Ray, Literature and Education, Orissa.

48. Mrs. Pushpa Hans, Art, Delhi.

49. Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja, Sea Cadet Corps Management, Maharashtra.

50. Rajinder Gupta, Trade and Industry, Punjab.

51. Dr. Ravi Narayan Bastia, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.

52. Late Ravindra Dayal, Literature&Education, Delhi.

53. Prof. Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov, Literature and Education, Russia.

54. Ms. Runa Banerjee, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh.

55. S. Dhakshinamurthy Pillai, Art, Tamil Nadu.

56. Sister S.M. Cyril, Social Work, Ireland.

57. Mrs. Shanti Hiranand, Art, Delhi.

58. Mrs. Shashikala Jawalkar, Art, Maharashtra.

59. Prof. (Dr.) Shekhar Pathak, Literature and Education, Uttaranchal.

60. Dr. Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal, Medicine, United Kingdom.

61. Sonam Skalzang, Art, Jammu&Kashmir.

62. Sonam Tshering Lepcha, Art, Sikkim.

63. Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Science and Engineering, Haryana.

64. Dr. Sukumar Azhikode, Literature and Education, Kerala.

65. Sushil Gupta, Social Work, Delhi.

66. Dr.(Ms.) Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Public Affairs, Delhi.

67. T S Rangarajan alias Kavingar Vaali, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu.

68. Ms. Tarla Dalal, Cookery, Maharashtra.

69. Ms. Teesta Setalvad, Public Affairs, Maharashtra.

70. Dr. (Mrs.) Temsula Ao, Literature and Education, Assam.

71. Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.

72. Dr. Thekkethil Kochandy Alex, Science and Engineering, Karnataka.

73. Thingbaijam Babu Singh, Art, Manipur.

74. Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh.

75. Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam, Art, Tamil Nadu.

76. Vijaydan Detha, Literature and Education, Rajasthan.

77. Vikram Seth, Literature and Education, United Kingdom.

78. Waman Thakre, Art, Madhya Pradesh.

79. Dr. Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan, Literature and Education, Maharashtra.

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