Padma awards: 2015
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The awardees of 2015
In 2015 the President of India 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. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
The list
Padma Vibhushan
|
S. No. |
Name of the Awardee |
Discipline |
State/Domicile
|
|
1. |
Shri L. K. Advani |
Public Affairs |
Gujarat |
|
2. |
Shri Amitabh Bachchan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
3. |
Shri Prakash Singh Badal |
Public Affairs |
Punjab |
|
4. |
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade |
Social Work |
Karnataka |
|
5. |
Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
6. |
Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya |
Others |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
7. |
Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
|
8. |
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
|
9. |
Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan*** |
Trade and Industry |
France/UK |
Padma Bhushan
|
1. |
Shri 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. |
Shri 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. |
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
10. |
Shri Harish Salve |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
|
11. |
Dr. Ashok Seth |
Medicine |
Delhi |
|
12. |
Shri Rajat Sharma |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
|
13. |
Shri Satpal |
Sports |
Delhi |
|
14. |
Shri Shivakumara Swami |
Others |
Karnataka |
|
15. |
Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
|
16. |
Prof. Manjul Bhargava** |
Science and Engineering |
USA |
|
17. |
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva)*** |
Others |
USA |
|
18. |
Shri Bill Gates*** |
Social Work |
USA |
|
19. |
Ms. Melinda Gates*** |
Social Work |
USA |
|
20. |
Shri Saichiro Misumi*** |
Others |
Japan |
Padma Shri
|
1. |
Dr. Manjula Anagani |
Medicine |
Telangana |
|
2. |
Shri S. Arunan |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
|
3. |
Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
4. |
Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer |
Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
5. |
Shri Naresh Bedi |
Art |
Delhi |
|
6. |
Shri Ashok Bhagat |
Social Work |
Jharkhand |
|
7. |
Shri 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. |
Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala |
Medicine |
Delhi |
|
12. |
Shri 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. K. P. Haridas |
Medicine |
Kerala |
|
17. |
Shri Rahul Jain |
Art |
Delhi |
|
18. |
Shri Ravindra Jain |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
19. |
Dr. Sunil Jogi |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
|
20. |
Shri Prasoon Joshi |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
21. |
Dr. Prafulla Kar |
Art |
Odisha |
|
22. |
Ms. Saba Anjum |
Sports |
Chhattisgarh |
|
23. |
Smt. 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. |
Shri Narayana Purushothama Mallaya |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
|
28. |
Shri Lambert Mascarenhas |
Literature and Education |
Goa |
|
29. |
Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan |
Social Work |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
30. |
Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta |
Social Work |
Delhi |
|
31. |
Shri Tarak Mehta |
Art |
Gujarat |
|
32. |
Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih |
Art |
Meghalaya |
|
33. |
Shri Chewang Norphel |
Others |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
34. |
Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai |
Trade and Industry |
Karnataka |
|
35. |
Dr.Tejas Patel |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
|
36. |
Shri Jadav Molai Peyang |
Others |
Assam |
|
37. |
Smt. Bimla Poddar |
Other |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
38. |
Dr. N. Prabhakar |
Science and Engineering |
Delhi |
|
39. |
Dr. Prahalada |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
|
40. |
Dr. Narendra Prasad |
Medicine |
Bihar |
|
41. |
Shri Ram Bahadur Rai |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
|
42. |
Ms. Mithali Raj |
Sports |
Telangana |
|
43. |
Shri P. V. Rajaraman |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
|
44. |
Prof. J. S. Rajput |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
45. |
Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
46. |
Prof. Bimal Roy |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
|
47. |
Shri Shekhar Sen |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
48. |
Shri Gunvant Shah |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
|
49. |
Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji) |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
|
50. |
Shri Manu Sharma |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
51. |
Prof. Yog Raj Sharma |
Medicine |
Delhi |
|
52. |
Shri Vasant Shastri |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
|
53. |
Shri S. K. Shivkumar |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
|
54. |
Ms. P. V. Sindhu |
Sports |
Telangana |
|
55. |
Shri Sardara Singh |
Sports |
Haryana |
|
56. |
Ms. Arunima Sinha |
Sports |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
57. |
Shri Mahesh Raj Soni |
Art |
Rajasthan |
|
58. |
Dr.Nikhil Tandon |
Medicine |
Delhi |
|
59. |
Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche |
Social Work |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
60. |
Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
|
61. |
Shri Huang Baosheng *** |
Others |
China |
|
62. |
Prof. Jacques Blamont*** |
Science and Engineering |
France |
|
63. |
Late Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin* |
Others |
Maharashtra |
|
64. |
Shri Jean-Claude Carriere *** |
Literature and Education |
France |
|
65. |
Dr. Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty** |
Trade and Industry |
USA |
|
66. |
Shri George L. Hart*** |
Others |
USA |
|
67. |
Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja ** |
Others |
Portugal |
|
68. |
Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta* |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
|
69. |
Ms. 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 Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran* |
Art |
Delhi |
|
75. |
Late Shri R. Vasudevan* |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
*** indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners
** indicates awardees in the category of NRIs/ PIOs
Vedic astrologers who were awarded Padma awards: 2015
2015: Nomination for the award
The Times of India, Apr 24 2016
Mystery panel behind names of several 2015 Padma awardees?
Himanshi Dhawan
Luminaries like senior BJP member L K Advani, actor Amitabh Bachchan, Akali Dal chief and Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal were among those honoured with the Padma awards, second highest civilian honour in the country , in 2015. However, their names are missing from the list of 1,840 people who were recommended for the awards by the home ministry raising questions on who had supported their nomination.
In all, five among nine Padma Vibhushan awardees are not part of the list, including Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan and Dr D Veerendra Heggade. Other Padma awardees whose names don't find a mention in the MHA list but were finally awarded were Microsoft owner and philathropist couple Bill and Melinda Gates, Manipal Global education chairman T V Mohandas Pai and US-based Vedic teacher David Frawley .
The home ministry has disclosed a list of 1,840 people whose names were proposed for the Padma awards along with the persons who recommended their names in response to a RTI application by activist S C Agrawal. Agrawal's name is also part of the list. But there are several names that were not part of the original list and may have been added later casting a mystery on the recommending authority .
According to MHA, a search committee, including bureaucrats from various ministries is tasked with re commending deserving candidates for the prestigious awards. “The usual practice is to invite recommendations every year from all state governments, ministries, governors, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awardees and Institutes of Excellence,“ the MHA said. This list is considered by the Padma Awards Committee that includes the cabinet secretary , home secretary , secretary to the President among others.
The 2015 committee included Dr H R Nagendra, Dr V S Arunachalam, Prof P N Tandon, S Gurumurthy and A Surya Prakash. The names of the awardees is then approved by the Prime Minister and the President.
The lack of transparency extends also to the reluctance of the home ministry to part with records related to the Padma awards given in 2016. It has refused to disclose the documents despite an order by the Central Information Commission to the contrary.
2015: Shortlisted candidates who did not make to the final list
Apr 26 2015
Padma awards: Rajini, Rohit Shetty shortlisted but didn't make the cut
Bharti Jain
Baba Ramdev and Mata Amritanandmayi, actor Rajinikanth, Bollywood directors Rajkumar Hirani and Rohit Shetty, industrialists GVK Reddy and Shiv Nadar and veteran vocalist Girija Devi were among the 1,897 names recommended for Padma awards this year but did not figure in the final list announced on January 25. The list of persons for whom recommendations were received from one or more sources included film personality Gautam Navnitlal Adhikari, actor Sachin Pilgaonkar, music director Anu Malik, comic book creator Anant Pai, sarangi player Ustad Kamal Sabri, sarod player Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, herbal cosmetics entrepreneur Shahnaz Hussain and fashion designer Ritu Beri.
Letters endorsing the names of celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Hindi poet Ashok Vajpayi, Sanskrit poet Pandit Mithilaprasad Tripathi, singer Preeti Sagar, spiritual guru Acharya Sri Sudarshan and LGBT rights activist Ashok Row Kavi were also addressed to the Padma awards committee.
Among the sports personalities whose names were placed before the awards panel but did not show up in the final list put out on Republic Day-eve were snooker champion Pankaj Advani and athlete Anju Bobby George. The home ministry will shortly make public the list of all 1,897 names recommended for the prestigious awards -Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -this year. As has been the practice since last year, the list of persons who recommended these names will also be uploaded on the home ministry website.
Though the list of Padma recommendations, accessed exclusively by TOI, confirms that Baba Ramdev was indeed recommended and considered by the Padma awards committee for the honour, senior home ministry officials remained tightlipped on whether he figured on the shortlist and got excluded after he declined the award.
The Padma Awards Committee painstakingly goes through the citations of each person recommended in a given year, before picking the final awardees. Awards are not conferred posthumously unless the person being considered has died within a year before the announcement of the list (one reason why Anant Pai may not have been chosen). Also, those facing criminal cases are usually rejected based on a verification of their antecedents.
See also
Padma awards <> Bharat Ratna <> Padma awards: 2010<> Padma awards: 2011<> Padma awards: 2012<> Padma awards: 2014<> Padma awards: 2015<> Padma awards: 2016<>
