♥ Padma Awards - 2015 ♥

→ This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.

||| --- ★ Padma Vibhushan ★--- |||

1 LK Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat

2 Amitabh Bachchan- Art-
Maharashtra

3 Prakash Singh Badal- Public
Affairs- Punjab

4 Dr D Veerendra Heggade- Social
Work- Karnataka

5 Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip
Kumar- Art- Maharashtra

6 Jagadguru Ramanandacharya
Swami Rambhadracharya- Others-
Uttar Pradesh

7 Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan- Science and Engineering- Tamil Nadu

8 Kottayan K. Venugopal- Public
Affairs- Delhi

9 Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan
(Foreigner)- Trade and Industry-
France/UK

||| --- ★ Padma Bhushan ★ --- |||

1 Jahnu Barua- Art- Assam

2 Dr Vijay Bhatkar- Science and
Engineering- Maharashtra

3 Shri Swapan Dasgupta- Literature
and Education- Delhi

4 Swami Satyamitranand Giri-
Others- Uttar Pradesh

5 N Gopalaswami- Civil Service-
Tamil Nadu

6 Dr Subhash C Kashyap- Public
Affairs- Delhi

7 Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj-
Art- Madhya Pradesh

8 Dr Ambrish Mithal- Medicine -
Delhi

9 Sudha Ragunathan- Art- Tamil
Nadu

10 Shri Harish Salve- Public Affairs-
Delhi

11 Dr Ashok Seth- Medicine- Delhi

12 Rajat Sharma- Literature and
Education- Delhi

13 Satpal- Sports- Delhi

14 Shivakumara Swami- Others-
Karnataka

15 Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya- Science
and Engineering- Karnataka

16 Prof Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO)-
Science and Engineering- USA

17 David Frawley (Vamadeva)
(Foreigner)- Others- USA

18 Bill Gates (Foreigner)- Social
Work- USA

19 Melinda Gates (Foreigner)- Social
Work- USA

20 Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner)-
Others- Japan

||| --- ★ Padma Shri ★--- |||

1 Dr Manjula Anagani- Medicine-
Telangana

2 S Arunan- Science and
Engineering- Karnataka

3 Kanyakumari Avasarala- Art- Tamil Nadu

4 Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer-
Literature and Education- Jammu
and Kashmir

5 Naresh Bedi- Art- Delhi

6 Ashok Bhagat- Social Work-
Jharkhand

7 Sanjay Leela Bhansali- Art-
Maharashtra

8 Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora-
Literature and Education- Assam

9 Dr Gyan Chaturvedi- Literature and
Education- Madhya Pradesh

10 Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla-
Medicine- Chandigarh

11 Jayakumari Chikkala- Medicine-
Delhi

12 Bibek Debroy- Literature and
Education- Delhi

13 Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari
Devi- Medicine- Manipur

14 Dr Ashok Gulati- Public Affairs-
Delhi

15 Dr Randeep Guleria- Medicine-
Delhi

16 Dr KP Haridas- Medicine- Kerala

17 Rahul Jain- Art- Delhi

18 Ravindra Jain- Art- Maharashtra

19 Dr Sunil Jogi- Literature and
Education- Delhi

20 Prasoon Joshi- Art- Maharashtra

21 Dr Prafulla Kar- Art- Odisha

22 Saba Anjum- Sports- Chhattisgarh

23 Ushakiran Khan- Literature and
Education- Bihar

24 Dr Rajesh Kotecha- Medicine-
Rajasthan

25 Prof Alka Kriplani- Medicine Delhi

26 Dr Harsh Kumar- Medicine- Delhi

27 Narayana Purushothama Mallaya- Literature & Education- Kerala

28 Lambert Mascarenhas- Literature
and Education- Goa

29 Dr Janak Palta McGilligan- Social
Work- Madhya Pradesh

30 Veerendra Raj Mehta- Social
Work- Delhi

31 Tarak Mehta- Art- Gujarat

32 Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art),
Meghalaya

33 Chewang Norphel- Others-
Jammu and Kashmir

34 TV Mohandas Pai- Trade and
Industry- Karnataka

35 Dr Tejas Patel- Medicine- Gujarat
36 Jadav Molai Peyang- Others-
Assam

37 Bimla Poddar- Others- Uttar
Pradesh

38 Dr N Prabhakar- Science and
Engg- Delhi

39 Dr Prahalada- Science and Engg-
Maharashtra

40 Dr Narendra Prasad- Medicine-
Bihar

41 Ram Bahadur Rai- Literature and
Education- Delhi

42 Mithali Raj- Sports- Telangana

43 PV Rajaraman- Civil Service-
Tamil Nadu

44 Prof JS Rajput- Literature and
Education- Uttar Pradesh

45 Kota Srinivasa Rao- Art- Andhra
Pradesh

46 Prof Bimal Roy- Literature and
Education- West Bengal

47 Shekhar Sen- Art- Maharashtra

48- Gunvant Shah- Literature and
Education- Gujarat

49 Brahmdev Sharma- Literature and
Education- Delhi

50 Manu Sharma- Literature and
Education- Uttar Pradesh

51 Prof Yog Raj Sharma- Medicine-
Delhi

52 Vasant Shastri- Science and
Engg- Karnataka

53 SK Shivkumar- Science and
Engg- Karnataka

54 PV Sindhu- Sports- Telangana

55 Sardara Singh- Sports- Haryana

56 Arunima Sinha-Sports- Uttar
Pradesh

57 Mahesh Raj Soni- Art- Rajasthan

58 Dr Nikhil Tandon- Medicine-
Delhi

59 H Thegtse Rinpoche- Social
Work- Arunachal Pradesh

60 Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker
Trivedi- Medicine- Gujarat

61 Huang Baosheng- Others- China

62 Prof Jacques Blamont- Science
and Engg- France

63 Late Syedna Mohammad
Burhanuddin- Others- Maharashtra
(Posthumous)

64 Jean-Claude Carriere- Literature
and Education - France

65 Dr Nandrajan 'Raj' Chetty-
Literature and Education- France

66 George L Hart- Others- USA

67 Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda
Maha Raja- Others- Portugal

68 Late Meetha Lal Mehta- Social
Work- Rajasthan (Posthumous)

69 Tripti Mukherjee- Art- USA

70 Dr Dattatreyudu Nori- Medicine-
USA

71 Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti
(Medicine), USA

72 Dr Saumitra Rawat- Medicine- UK

73 Prof Annette Schmiedchen
(Literature and Education), Germany

74 Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias
Pran- Art- Delhi (Posthumous)

75 Late R Vasudevan- Civil Service-
Tamil Nadu (Posthumous)