The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India,after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954,the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons without distinction of race,occupation,position or sex are eligible for these awards. However,government servants including those working with public sector undertakings,except doctors and scientists,are not eligible for these Awards. As of 2024,the award has been bestowed on 336 individuals,including thirty-one posthumous and twenty-one non-citizen recipients.
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India,preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954,the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order ... without distinction of race,occupation,position or sex". The award criteria includes "service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" including doctors and scientists,but exclude those working with the public sector undertakings. As of 2020,the award has been bestowed on 1270 individuals,including twenty-four posthumous and ninety-seven non-citizen recipients.
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP,served as its leader in the Rajya Sabha,and as a cabinet minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In 2000,he was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour of the Government of India.
Anil Kakodkar,is an Indian nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India,he was the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,Trombay from 1996 to 2000. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian honour,on 26 January 2009.
Sonal Mansingh is an Indian classical dancer and Guru in Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She has been nominated by the President of India to become a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha. She is the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Vibhushan in 2003.
Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai was an Indian chemist and politician. He served as Governor of the states of Bihar,West Bengal and Haryana. Also,he worked as Governor of the state of Rajasthan. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian parliament,from 1999 to 2004. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an Indian politician,who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice,from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
Brajesh Chandra Mishra was an Indian diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service and politician,best known for serving as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's principal secretary and India's first National Security Advisor from 1998 to 2004. He received Padma Vibhushan for his contributions.
Bhagwantrao Annabhau Mandloi,an Indian National Congress politician was a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was born in Khandwa. He was a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan.
T. V. Rajeswar was an Indian Police Service officer,an Intelligence Bureau chief and a Governor of Sikkim,West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012. He died on 14 January 2018.
Govind Narain,ICS was an Indian civil servant who was member of the Indian Civil Service and served as the 8th Governor of Karnataka.
Khusro Faramurz Rustamji,better known as K. F. Rustamji,is the only police officer in India thus far to have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award. This award has been in recognition of his multifarious achievements,including the Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
Sayyid Bashir Hussain Zaidi,CIE,MP was a member of the first Lok Sabha and the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 1956 to 1962. He also served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from United Provinces. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour,by Government of India in 1976.
Madhav Shrihari Aney,popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney,was an ardent educationist,freedom fighter,statesman,a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of "Loknayak Bapuji",which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father". He was one of the founders of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar,Kakasaheb Khadilkar,Gangadhar Deshpande,Dr B S Munje,Abhyankar,T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi,who walked in the footsteps of Tilak. Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall. At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty. He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned against excessive wooing of Muslims at the cost of national interests. He regarded unity at any price as elusive and dangerous. Since the best safeguard for the minority was the goodwill of the majority. He never permitted his critical faculties to be blurred by emotion. Mahatma Gandhi admiring his calm logic,confided in him and often sought his counsel. He was chosen to arbitrate the disputes between Subhash Chandra Bose and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta. He was never a breaker or a destroyer but was always a cementing factor believing in synthesis and not in segregation.
Chakravarthi Rangarajan is an Indian economist,a former Member of Parliament and 19th governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council;he resigned the day the UPA lost power. He is also the Chairman of the Madras School of Economics;former president of the Indian Statistical Institute;the founding chairman of the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics,Statistics and Computer Science;former chancellor of the University of Hyderabad;and a professor in Ahmedabad University.
Satya Narayan Sinha was an Indian National Congress politician who served as the member of Constituent Assembly and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He was the first Leader of the House in Lok Sabha not to be a prime minister.
Kunji Lal Dubey was an Indian independence activist,lawyer,educationist and politician from Madhya Pradesh. He was the first vice chancellor of Rani Durgavati University and the chancellor of Nagpur University. He served as the first speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1956,as the Finance Minister of the State in 1967 and was the president of the Inter University Board of India,Burma and Ceylon. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour,the Padma Bhushan,in 1964,for his contributions to the society. India Post issued a commemorative stamp on Dubey in 1996.
Champions of Change (COC) is an Indian award for promoting Indian values like community service,social development,healthcare,education and national unity,selected by constitutional jury members headed by K. G. Balakrishnan,the Former Chief Justice of India and Former Chairman NHRC and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra,Former Judge,Supreme Court of India. The awards are organised annually and usually presented by the President of India,Vice President of India,former President of India,former Vice president of India or any leading political figure of India.
Manibhai Jaberbhai Patel (1920-1996) was an Indian industrialist,writer,politician and a member of the 4th Lok Sabha. He represented Damoh Lok Sabha constituency from 1967 and was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms,from 1957–62 and 1962–67. He was the author of a number of books which included Nehru Vani,Janata ke Jawahar,Shantidoot Shastriji,Shreemati Indira Gandhi,Panchayaten Aur Humara Dayitwa and Pagdandiyon ki Awaz. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan,the third highest Indian civilian award,in 1971.
Leela Joshi is an Indian gynaecologist and social worker known for her work for the welfare of tribal women and teenage girls suffering from Anemia in Ratlam district. She has been nicknamed Mother Teresa of Madhya Pradesh and received Padma Shri in 2020.
