| Dhoni, Bindra and Aishwarya among Padma awardees |
 NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair, Sister Nirmala of the Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar, noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna and Ashok S Ganguly, a member of the PM's Council on Trade and Industry, have been chosen for the Padma Vibhushan awards for this year.
Padma Bhushan has been awarded to technocrat and chairman of the National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda, journalist Shekhar Gupta, historian Ramchandra Guha, Lt Gen (retd) Satish Nambiar and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra among others.
Other eminent personalities who will be conferred the Padma awards include cricketer and team India skipper M S Dhoni, Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Helen, composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar and singers Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Penaz Masani — all Padma Shri.
A total of 133 Padma awards were announced — 10 Padma Vibhushan, 30 Padma Bhushan and 93 Padma Shri.
A list of all Padma awardees for 2009:
Padma Vibhushan
Dr Chandrika Prasad Srivastava -- Civil Service
Sunderlal Bahuguna -- Environment
Prof D P Chattopadhyaya -- Literature
Prof Jasbir Singh Bajaj -- Medicine
Dr Purshotam Lal -- Medicine
Govind Narain -- Public Affairs
Dr Anil Kakodkar -- Science
G Madhavan Nair -- Science
Sister Nirmala -- Social Work
Dr A S Ganguly -- Trade & Industry
Padma Bhushan
G Sivarama Krishna Murthy -- Art
Prof Ramanlal C Mehta -- Art
Shamshad Begum -- Art
V P Dhananjayan & Shanta Dhananjayan -- Art
Dr Vaidyanathan Ganapathi Sthapati -- Art
S.K. Misra -- Civil Service
Shekhar Gupta -- Journalism
Prof. Alappat Sreedhara Menon -- Literature
C.K. Prahlad -- Literature
D. Jayakanthan -- Literature
Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia -- Literature
Kunwar Narain -- Literature
Prof. Minoru Hara -- Literature
Ramachandra Guha -- Literature
Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao -- Medicine
Vaidya Devendra Triguna -- Medicine
Dr. Khalid Hameed -- Medicine
Lt.Gen. (Retd.) Satish Nambiar -- Security Affairs
Dr. Inderjit Kaur Barthakur -- Public Affairs
Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh -- Public Affairs
Dr. Bhakta B. Rath -- Science
Shri Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri -- Science
Dr. Gurdip Singh Randhawa -- Science
Sam Pitroda -- Science
Prof. (Dr.) Sarvagya Singh Katiyar -- Science
Prof. Thomas Kailath -- Science
Dr. Naganath Nayakawadi -- Social Work
Dr. Sarojini Varadappan -- Social Work
Abhinav Bindra -- Sports
Anil Manibhai Naik -- Trade & Industry
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26/01/2009 |
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