New Delhi: Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade Dharmadhikari of the Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala is chosen for Padma Vibhushan award, the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India for his exceptional and distinguished service to the nation.

From Karnatka T V Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education has been chosen in the trade and industry category. S Arunan, Vasant Shastri and S K Shivkumar, all from Karnataka, will also get Padma Shri for their contribution to science and engineering.

The Sri Shivakumara Swamiji of Shree Siddaganga Math in Tumkur and Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (science and engineering), both of whom have been chosen for Padma Bhushan.

L K Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, thespian Dilip Kumar and eminent lawyer and Keralite K K Venugopal were on Sunday chosen for this year’s Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour, as government gave a saffron touch honouring eminent people of various fields in this year’s list of Padma awardees.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, D Veerendra Heggade of the famous Dharmasthala Jain temple in Karnataka, eminent nuclear scientist M R Srinivasan and Aga Khan were also chosen for Padma Vibhushan.

Former CEC N Gopalaswami, Microsoft chief Bill Gates and his wife Melinda were selected for Padma Bhushan in the list of 104 people whose names were released on the eve of Republic day.

This list comprises nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees. 17 of them were women and equal number were in the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and four posthumous awardees.

Former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash C Kashyap, journalists Rajat Sharma and Swapan Dasgupta, eminent lawyer Harish Salve, cardiologist Ashok Seth, Indian-American mathematician Manjul Bhargava were also in the list of Padma Bhushan awardees. Hindi journalist Ram Bahadur Rai has been chosen for Padma Shri.

Hindu religious leader Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (Padma Vibhushan), Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Padma Bhushan), both from Uttar Pradesh, Shivakumara Swami of Karnataka (Padma Bhushan) and Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja of Portugal (Padma Shri) and former NCERT Director J S Rajput (Padma Shri) also figure in today’s list.

Late Dawoodi Bohra leader Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin has been chosen for Padma Shri. Eminent Carnatic musician Sudha Ragunathan, wrestling coach Satpal, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua, David Frawley (Vamadeva) of the United States, Saichiro Misumi of Japan, scientist S Arunan find themselves in the Padma Bhushan list.

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, economist Bibek Debroy, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who helped BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign,sports personality Saba Anjum, one of the founders of Infosys T V Mohandas Pai, badminton player P V Sindhu, woman cricketer Mithali Raj, Gujarati writer Tarak Mehta were given Padma Shri.

Cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, who was best known as the creator of Chacha Chaudhary has been selected for Padma Shri
posthumously.

Badminton star Saina Nehwal and boxer Vijendra Singh, who sought Padma awards have been ignored. The award will be given at a function later in the year.

Following is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma Awards. These include nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

Name (Discipline) State/Country

LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat
Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra
Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Punjab
Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Karnataka
Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh
Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu
Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi
Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK

Padma Bhushan

Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam
Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering), Maharashtra
Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education), Delhi
Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others), Uttar Pradesh
N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu
Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art), Madhya Pradesh
Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Delhi
Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Tamil Nadu
Harish Salve (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine), Delhi
Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi
Satpal (Sports), Delhi
Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka
Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg), Karnataka
Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA
David Frawley (Others), USA
Bill Gates (Social Work), USA
Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA
Saichiro Misumi (Others), Japan

Padma Shri

Dr Manjula Anagani (Medicine), Telangana
S Arunan (Science and Engg), Karnataka
Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art), Tamil Nadu
Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and Education), J-K
Naresh Bedi (Art), Delhi
Ashok Bhagat (Social Work), Jharkhand
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Literature and Education), Assam
Dr Gyan Chaturvedi (Literature and Education), Madhya Pradesh
Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (Medicine), Chandigarh
Jayakumari Chikkala (Medicine), Delhi
Bibek Debroy (Literature and Education), Delhi
Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi (Medicine), Manipur
Dr Ashok Gulati (Public Affairs), Delhi
Dr Randeep Guleria (Medicine), Delhi
Dr KP Haridas (Medicine), Kerala
Rahul Jain (Art), Delhi
Ravindra Jain (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Sunil Jogi (Literature and Education), Delhi
Prasoon Joshi (Art), Maharashtra
Dr Prafulla Kar (Art), Odisha
Saba Anjum (Sports), Chhattisgarh
Ushakiran Khan (Literature and Education), Bihar
Dr Rajesh Kotecha (Medicine), Rajasthan
Prof Alka Kriplani (Medicine), Delhi
Dr Harsh Kumar (Medicine), Delhi
Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature & Education), Kerala
Lambert Mascarenhas (Literature and Education), Goa
Dr Janak Palta McGilligan (Social Work), Madhya Pradesh
Veerendra Raj Mehta (Social Work), Delhi
Tarak Mehta (Art), Gujarat
Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya
Chewang Norphel (Others), Jammu and Kashmir
T V Mohandas Pai (Trade and Industry), Karnataka
Dr Tejas Patel (Medicine), Gujarat
Jadav Molai Peyang (Others), Assam
Bimla Poddar (Others), Uttar Pradesh
Dr N Prabhakar (Science and Engg), Delhi
Dr Prahalada (Science and Engg), Maharashtra
Dr Narendra Prasad (Medicine), Bihar
Ram Bahadur Rai (Literature and Education), Delhi
Mithali Raj (Sports), Telangana
PV Rajaraman (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu
Prof JS Rajput (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh
Kota Srinivasa Rao (Art), Andhra Pradesh
Prof Bimal Roy (Literature and Education), West Bengal
Shekhar Sen (Art), Maharashtra
Gunvant Shah (Literature and Education), Gujarat
Brahmdev Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi
Manu Sharma (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh
Prof Yog Raj Sharma (Medicine), Delhi
Vasant Shastri (Science and Engg), Karnataka
S K Shivkumar (Science and Engg), Karnataka
PV Sindhu (Sports), Telangana
Sardara Singh (Sports), Haryana
Arunima Sinha (Sports), Uttar Pradesh
Mahesh Raj Soni (Art), Rajasthan
Dr Nikhil Tandon (Medicine), Delhi
H Thegtse Rinpoche (Social Work), Arunachal Pradesh
Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (Medicine), Gujarat
Huang Baosheng (Others), China
Prof Jacques Blamont (Science and Engg), France
Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (Others), Maharashtra
(Posthumous)
Jean-Claude Carriere (Literature and Education), France
Dr Nandrajan ‘Raj’ Chetty (Literature and Education), France
George L Hart (Others), USA
Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (Others), Portugal
Late Meetha Lal Mehta (Social Work), Rajasthan (Posthumous)
Tripti Mukherjee (Art), USA
Dr Dattatreyudu Nori (Medicine), USA
Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA
Dr Saumitra Rawat (Medicine), UK
Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education), Germany
Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Art), Delhi (Posthumous)
Late R Vasudevan (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu (Posthumous)