Padma Vibhushan | |
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![]() Padma Vibhushan medal attached with a pink ribbon | |
Type | National Civilian |
Country | ![]() |
Presented by | ![]() Government of India |
Ribbon | ![]() |
Obverse | A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Vibhushan" is placed below the lotus. |
Reverse | A platinum Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script |
Established | 1954 |
First awarded | 1954 |
Last awarded | 2024 |
Total | 336 |
Precedence | |
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The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, [1] the award is given for the "exceptional and distinguished service", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The Padma Vibhushan award recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in The Gazette of India —a publication released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development used for official government notices. [2] The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette. Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are also registered in the Gazette and are required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register. [3] As of 2020 [update] , none of the conferments of Padma Vibhushan have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government, the Bharat Ratna and previous Padma Vibhushan award recipients, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals. The recommendations received during 1 May and 15 September of every year are submitted to the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the Prime Minister. The committee recommendations are later submitted to the Prime Minister and the President for the further approval. [2]
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Vibhushan was classified as "Pahela Varg" (Class I) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards; preceded by the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, [4] and followed by "Dusra Varg" (Class II), and "Tisra Varg" (Class III). [1] On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria includes "exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the Public sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. [2] [3] The award, along with other personal civil honours, was briefly suspended twice in its history; [5] for the first time in July 1977 when Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister. [6] [7] The suspension was rescinded on 25 January 1980, after Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister. [8] The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992, when two Public-Interest Litigations were filed in the High Courts questioning the civilian awards being "Titles" per an interpretation of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution. [5] [lower-alpha 1] The awards were reintroduced by the Supreme Court in December 1995, following the conclusion of the litigation. [10]
The recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medal with no monetary grant associated with the award. [2] The decoration is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion 1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm) in diameter and 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of 1+3⁄16 inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter 1+1⁄16 inches (27 mm) is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Vibhushan" is placed below the lotus. The Emblem of India is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of white gold with the text "Padma Vibhushan" of silver gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband 1+1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width. [3] It is ranked fourth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations. [11]
The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who were honoured in 1954. As of 2023 [update] , the award has been bestowed on 331 individuals, including twenty-eight posthumous and twenty-four non-citizen recipients. [12] Some of the recipients have refused or returned their awards; P. N. Haksar, [lower-alpha 2] Vilayat Khan, [lower-alpha 3] E. M. S. Namboodiripad, [lower-alpha 4] Swami Ranganathananda, [lower-alpha 5] and Manikonda Chalapathi Rau refused the award; the family members of Lakshmi Chand Jain (2011) and Sharad Anantrao Joshi (2016) declined their posthumous conferments, [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 7] and 1986 recipient Baba Amte and 2015 recipient Parkash Singh Badal returned theirs honour in 1991 and 2020 respectively. [21] [lower-alpha 8] [23] [lower-alpha 9] Most recently on 26 January 2024, the award has been bestowed upon five recipients; Vyjayanthimala, Chiranjeevi, Venkaiah Naidu, Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous) and Padma Subrahmanyam.
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* Non-citizen recipient | # Posthumous recipient |
Year | Image | Laureates | Field | State / Country [12] |
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1954 | ![]() | Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
1954 | ![]() | Nandalal Bose (1882–1966) | Arts | West Bengal |
1954 | ![]() | Zakir Husain (1897–1969) | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
1954 | ![]() | B. G. Kher (1888–1957) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
1954 | ![]() | V. K. Krishna Menon (1896–1974) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
1954 | ![]() | Jigme Dorji Wangchuck * (1928–1972) | Public Affairs | Bhutan |
1955 | ![]() | Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
1955 | ![]() | J. R. D. Tata (1904–1993) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
1956 | Fazl Ali (1886–1959) | Public Affairs | Bihar | |
1956 | Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979) | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh | |
1956 | ![]() | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
1957 | ![]() | Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894–1983) | Trade & Industry | Rajasthan |
1957 | ![]() | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
1957 | M. C. Setalvad (1884–1974) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
1958 | No awards | |||
1959 | ![]() | John Matthai (1886–1959) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
1959 | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta (1900–1974) | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
1959 | ![]() | Radhabinod Pal (1886–1967) | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
1960 | Narayana Raghvan Pillai (1898–1992) | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | |
1961 | No awards | |||
1962 | ![]() | H. V. R. Iyengar (1902–1978) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
1962 | Padmaja Naidu (1900–1975) | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | |
1962 | ![]() | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
1963 | ![]() | Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1977) | Literature & Education | West Bengal |
1963 | A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar (1887–1974) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | |
1963 | ![]() | Hari Vinayak Pataskar (1892–1970) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
1964 | ![]() | Acharya Kakasaheb Kalelkar (1885–1981) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
1964 | ![]() | Gopinath Kaviraj (1887–1976) | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
1965 | ![]() | General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri (1908–1983) | Civil Service | West Bengal |
1965 | ![]() | Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1894–1967) | Public Affairs | Telangana |
1965 | ![]() | Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh DFC (1919–2017) | Civil Service | Delhi |
1966 | ![]() | Valerian Gracias (1900–1978) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
1967 | C. K. Daphtary (1893–1983) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
1967 | ![]() | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh |
1967 | Bhola Nath Jha | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
1967 | P. V. R. Rao | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh | |
1968 | ![]() | Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880–1968) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
1968 | ![]() | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar * (1910–1995) | Science & Engineering | United States |
1968 | ![]() | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972) | Literature & Education | Delhi |
1968 | ![]() | Kirpal Singh (1894–1974) | Civil Service | Delhi |
1968 | Kalyan Sundaram (1904–1992) | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
1969 | Rajeshwar Dayal (1909–1999) | Civil Service | Delhi | |
1969 | Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
1969 | ![]() | Har Gobind Khorana * (1922–2011) | Literature & Education | United States |
1969 | Mohan Sinha Mehta (1895–1986) | Civil Service | Rajasthan | |
1969 | Ghananand Pande (1902–1995) | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
1970 | Tara Chand (1888–1973) | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
1970 | Group Captain Suranjan Das# (1920–1970) [lower-roman 1] | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
1970 | Anthony Lancelot Dias (1910–2002) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
1970 | ![]() | General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam DSO MBE (1913–2000) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
1970 | ![]() | A. Ramasamy Mudaliar (1913–2000) | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh |
1970 | ![]() | Binay Ranjan Sen (1898–1993) | Civil Service | West Bengal |
1970 | ![]() | Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh VrC (1913–1999) | Civil Service | Punjab |
1971 | Bimala Prasad Chaliha (1912–1971) | Civil Service | Assam | |
1971 | ![]() | Allauddin Khan (1862–1972) | Arts | West Bengal |
1971 | ![]() | Sumati Morarjee (1909–1998) | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
1971 | ![]() | Uday Shankar (1900–1977) | Arts | Maharashtra |
1971 | Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar (1899–1971) | Medicine | Goa | |
1971 | B. Sivaraman | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | |
1972 | ![]() | P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar (1901–1981) | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
1972 | Aditya Nath Jha # (1911–1972) | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
1972 | ![]() | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal DFC (1916–1982) | Civil Service | Punjab |
1972 | ![]() | Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw MC (1914–2008) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
1972 | ![]() | Jivraj Narayan Mehta (1887–1978) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
1972 | ![]() | Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda PVSM AVSM (1915–2009) | Civil Service | Delhi |
1972 | ![]() | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq # (1912–1971) [lower-roman 2] | Public Affairs | Jammu and Kashmir |
1972 | ![]() | Vikram Sarabhai # (1919–1971) [lower-roman 3] | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
1972 | Hormasji Maneckji Seervai (1906–1996) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | |
1973 | Basanti Devi (1880–1974) | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
1973 | ![]() | U. N. Dhebar (1905–1977) | Social Work | Gujarat |
1973 | ![]() | Daulat Singh Kothari (1906–1993) | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
1973 | ![]() | Nellie Sengupta (1884–1973) | Social Work | West Bengal |
1973 | Nagendra Singh (1914–1988) | Public Affairs | Rajasthan | |
1973 | Thirumalraya Swaminathan | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | |
1974 | Niren De | Public Affairs | West Bengal | |
1974 | Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904–1980) | Arts | West Bengal | |
1974 | V. K. R. V. Rao (1908–1991) | Civil Service | Karnataka | |
1974 | Harish Chandra Sarin (1914–1997) | Civil Service | Delhi | |
1975 | ![]() | C. D. Deshmukh (1896–1982) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
1975 | ![]() | Durgabai Deshmukh (1909–1981) | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
1975 | ![]() | Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1909–1975) | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
1975 | Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri (1917–2006) | Literature & Education | West Bengal | |
1975 | Raja Ramanna (1925–2004) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | |
1975 | Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (1923–2010) | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
1975 | ![]() | M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
1975 | Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey (1894–1977) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | |
1976 | ![]() | Salim Ali (1896–1987) | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
1976 | ![]() | Gurmukh Singh Musafir (1899–1976) | Literature & Education | Punjab |
1976 | ![]() | K. Shankar Pillai (1899–1976) | Arts | Delhi |
1976 | ![]() | K. R. Ramanathan (1893–1984) | Science & Engineering | Kerala |
1976 | ![]() | Satyajit Ray (1921–1992) | Arts | West Bengal |
1976 | ![]() | Kalu Lal Shrimali (1909–2000) | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
1976 | Bashir Hussain Zaidi (1898–1992) | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
1977 | ![]() | T. Balasaraswati (1918–1984) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
1977 | ![]() | Ali Yavar Jung # (1906–1976) [lower-roman 4] | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
1977 | Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) | Civil Service | Delhi | |
1977 | ![]() | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra PVSM (1919–2015) | Civil Service | Punjab |
1977 | ![]() | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (1901–1986) | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
1977 | ![]() | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994) | Literature & Education | Delhi |
1978 | Awards suspended | |||
1979 | ||||
1980 | ![]() | Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
1980 | Rai Krishnadasa | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
1981 | Satish Dhawan (1920–2002) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | |
1981 | ![]() | Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
1982 | ![]() | Mirabehn (1892–1982) | Social Work | United Kingdom |
1983 | No awards | |||
1984 | ||||
1985 | | C. N. R. Rao (born 1934) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
1985 | ![]() | M. G. K. Menon (1928–2016) | Civil Service | Kerala |
1986 | ![]() | Baba Amte (1914–2008) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
1986 | ![]() | Birju Maharaj (1938–2022) | Arts | Delhi |
1986 | Autar Singh Paintal (1925–2004) | Medicine | Delhi | |
1987 | ![]() | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903–1988) | Social Work | Karnataka |
1987 | ![]() | Benjamin Peary Pal (1906–1989) | Science & Technology | Punjab |
1987 | ![]() | Manmohan Singh (born 1932) | Civil Service | Delhi |
1987 | ![]() | General Arun Shridhar Vaidya# PVSM MVC & Bar AVSM ADC (1926–1986) [lower-roman 5] | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
1988 | ![]() | Mirza Hameedullah Beg (1913–1988) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
1988 | ![]() | Kuvempu (1904–1994) | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
1988 | ![]() | Mahadevi Varma # (1907–1987) [lower-roman 6] | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
1989 | ![]() | Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901–1991) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
1989 | ![]() | Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009) | Arts | West Bengal |
1989 | | M. S. Swaminathan (1925–2023) | Science & Technology | Tamil Nadu |
1990 | V. S. R. Arunachalam (1935–2023) | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
1990 | ![]() | Triloki Nath Chaturvedi (1928–2020) | Civil Service | Karnataka |
1990 | Bhabatosh Datta (1911–1997) | Literature & Education | West Bengal | |
1990 | ![]() | Kumar Gandharva (1924–1992) | Arts | Madhya Pradesh |
1990 | ![]() | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
1991 | ![]() | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer (1908–2003) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
1991 | ![]() | M. Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
1991 | ![]() | M. F. Husain (1915–2011) | Arts | Maharashtra |
1991 | Hirendranath Mukherjee (1907–2004) | Public Affairs | West Bengal | |
1991 | ![]() | Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1999) | Public Affairs | Gujarat |
1991 | ![]() | I. G. Patel (1924–2005) | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
1991 | ![]() | N. G. Ranga (1900–1995) | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
1991 | ![]() | Khusro Faramurz Rustamji | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
1991 | Rajaram Shastri (1904–1991) | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
1992 | ![]() | Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996) | Social Work | Delhi |
1992 | Lakshman Shastri Joshi (1901–1994) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | |
1992 | ![]() | Mallikarjun Mansur (1910–1992) | Arts | Karnataka |
1992 | S. I. Padmavati (1917–2020) | Medicine | Delhi | |
1992 | ![]() | Kaloji Narayana Rao (1914–2002) | Arts | Telangana |
1992 | Ravi Narayana Reddy # (1908–1991) [lower-roman 7] | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | |
1992 | ![]() | V. Shantaram # (1901–1990) [lower-roman 8] | Arts | Maharashtra |
1992 | ![]() | Govindbhai Shroff (1911–2002) | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
1992 | ![]() | Swaran Singh (1907–1994) | Public Affairs | Punjab |
1992 | ![]() | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
1993 | Awards suspended | |||
1994 | ||||
1995 | ||||
1996 | ||||
1997 | ||||
1998 | ![]() | Usha Mehta (1920–2000) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
1998 | ![]() | Nanabhoy Palkhivala (1920–2002) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
1998 | ![]() | Lakshmi Sahgal (1914–2012) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
1998 | Walter Sisulu * (1912–2003) | Public Affairs | South Africa | |
1999 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003) | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
1999 | ![]() | Rajagopala Chidambaram (born 1936) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
1999 | ![]() | Nanaji Deshmukh (1916–2010) | Social Work | Delhi |
1999 | Sarvepalli Gopal (1923–2002) | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | |
1999 | ![]() | Satish Gujral (1925–2000) | Arts | Delhi |
1999 | ![]() | V. R. Krishna Iyer (1915–2014) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
1999 | ![]() | Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011) | Arts | Maharashtra |
1999 | Hans Raj Khanna (1912–2008) | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
1999 | ![]() | Verghese Kurien (1921–2012) | Science & Technology | Gujarat |
1999 | ![]() | Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022) | Arts | Maharashtra |
1999 | ![]() | Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001) | Civil Service | Himachal Pradesh |
1999 | ![]() | D. K. Pattammal (1919–2009) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
1999 | Lallan Prasad Singh # (1912–1998) [lower-roman 9] | Civil Service | Delhi | |
1999 | ![]() | Dharma Vira (1906–2000) | Civil Service | Delhi |
2000 | ![]() | Sikander Bakht (1918–2004) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2000 | ![]() | Jagdish Bhagwati * (born 1934) | Literature & Education | United States |
2000 | ![]() | Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2000 | ![]() | M. S. Gill (born 1936) | Civil Service | Delhi |
2000 | ![]() | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (born 1940) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
2000 | K. B. Lall (1917–2005) | Civil Service | Delhi | |
2000 | ![]() | Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926–2004) | Arts | Odisha |
2000 | ![]() | Jasraj Motiram (1930–2020) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2000 | M. Narasimham (1927–2021) | Trade & Industry | Andhra Pradesh | |
2000 | ![]() | R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
2000 | Bhairab Dutt Pande (1917–2009) | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
2000 | ![]() | K. N. Raj (1924–2010) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
2000 | Tarlok Singh | Civil Service | Delhi | |
2001 | ![]() | John Kenneth Galbraith * (1908–2006) | Literature & Education | United States |
2001 | ![]() | Benjamin Gilman * (1922–2016) | Public Affairs | United States |
2001 | ![]() | Amjad Ali Khan (born 1945) | Arts | Delhi |
2001 | ![]() | Zubin Mehta * (born 1936) | Arts | United States |
2001 | ![]() | Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922–2006) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2001 | K. Satchidananda Murty (1924–2011) | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
2001 | ![]() | Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan (1915–2003) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
2001 | ![]() | Hosei Norota * (1929–2019) | Public Affairs | Japan |
2001 | | C. R. Rao (1920–2023) | Science & Engineering | United States |
2001 | Man Mohan Sharma (born 1937) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | |
2001 | ![]() | Shivkumar Sharma (1938–2022) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2002 | ![]() | Kishori Amonkar (1932–2017) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2002 | ![]() | Gangubai Hangal (1913–2009) | Arts | Karnataka |
2002 | Kishan Maharaj (1923–2008) | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | |
2002 | ![]() | C. Rangarajan (born 1932) | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
2002 | ![]() | Soli Sorabjee (1930–2021) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2003 | ![]() | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (1904–2007) | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
2003 | ![]() | Sonal Mansingh (born 1944) | Arts | Delhi |
2003 | Bal Ram Nanda (1917–2010) | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
2003 | ![]() | Brihaspati Dev Triguna (1920–2013) | Medicine | Delhi |
2004 | ![]() | Jayant Narlikar (born 1938) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
2004 | ![]() | Amrita Pritam (1919–2005) | Literature & Education | Delhi |
2004 | ![]() | M. N. Venkatachaliah (born 1925) | Public Affairs | Karnataka |
2005 | Milon K. Banerji (1928–2010) | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
2005 | ![]() | Mohan Dharia (1925–2013) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
2005 | Jyotindra Nath Dixit # (1936–2005) [lower-roman 10] | Civil Service | Delhi | |
2005 | B. K. Goyal (1935–2018) | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
2005 | ![]() | R. K. Laxman (1921–2015) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2005 | ![]() | Ram Narayan (born 1927) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2005 | ![]() | Karan Singh (born 1931) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2005 | ![]() | M. S. Valiathan (born 1934) | Medicine | Delhi |
2006 | ![]() | Norman Borlaug * (1914–2009) | Science & Engineering | United States |
2006 | ![]() | Charles Correa (1930–2015) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
2006 | ![]() | Nirmala Deshpande (1929–2008) | Social Work | Delhi |
2006 | ![]() | Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016) | Literature & Education | West Bengal |
2006 | ![]() | Adoor Gopalakrishnan (born 1941) | Arts | Kerala |
2006 | ![]() | V. N. Khare (born 1934) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
2006 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao (1927–2013) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | |
2006 | Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | |
2006 | Prakash Narain Tandon (born 1928) | Medicine | Delhi | |
2007 | ![]() | P. N. Bhagwati (1921–2017) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2007 | ![]() | Naresh Chandra (1934–2017) | Civil Service | Delhi |
2007 | Raja Chelliah (1922–2009) | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | |
2007 | V. Krishnamurthy (1925–2022) | Civil Service | Delhi | |
2007 | ![]() | Fali Sam Nariman (1929–2024) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2007 | Raja Rao *# (1908–2006) [lower-roman 11] | Literature & Education | United States | |
2007 | Balu Sankaran (1926–2012) | Medicine | Delhi | |
2007 | ![]() | Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) | Literature & Education | Delhi |
2007 | ![]() | E. C. George Sudarshan * (1931–2018) | Science & Engineering | United States |
2007 | | Narinder Nath Vohra (born 1936) | Civil Service | Haryana |
2008 | ![]() | Adarsh Sein Anand (1936–2017) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
2008 | ![]() | Viswanathan Anand (born 1969) | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
2008 | ![]() | Asha Bhosle (born 1933) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2008 | P. N. Dhar (1919–2012) | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
2008 | ![]() | Edmund Hillary *# (1919–2008) [lower-roman 12] | Sports | New Zealand |
2008 | ![]() | Lakshmi Mittal * (born 1950) | Trade & Industry | United Kingdom |
2008 | ![]() | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2008 | | N. R. Narayana Murthy (born 1946) | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
2008 | Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi (1929–2023) | Trade & Industry | Delhi | |
2008 | ![]() | Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940–2020) | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
2008 | ![]() | E. Sreedharan (born 1932) | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
2008 | ![]() | Ratan Tata (born 1937) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
2008 | ![]() | Sachin Tendulkar (born 1973) | Sports | Maharashtra |
2009 | ![]() | Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927–2021) | Others | Uttarakhand |
2009 | Jasbir Singh Bajaj (1936–2019) | Medicine | Punjab | |
2009 | ![]() | D. P. Chattopadhyaya (1933–2022) | Literature & Education | West Bengal |
2009 | Ashok Sekhar Ganguly (born 1935) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | |
2009 | Nirmala Joshi (1934–2015) | Social Work | West Bengal | |
2009 | | Anil Kakodkar (born 1943) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
2009 | Purshotam Lal (born 1954) | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |
2009 | ![]() | G. Madhavan Nair (born 1943) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
2009 | Govind Narain (1916–2012) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh | |
2009 | Chandrika Prasad Srivastava (1920–2013) | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
2010 | Ebrahim Alkazi (1925–2020) | Arts | Delhi | |
2010 | ![]() | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan * (born 1952) | Science & Technology | United Kingdom |
2010 | ![]() | Prathap C. Reddy (born 1933) | Trade & Industry | Andhra Pradesh |
2010 | ![]() | Y. Venugopal Reddy (born 1941) | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
2010 | ![]() | Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014) | Arts | Delhi |
2010 | ![]() | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (born 1937) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
2011 | ![]() | Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 1943) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2011 | ![]() | Vijay Kelkar (born 1942) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
2011 | ![]() | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921–2016) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2011 | | O. N. V. Kurup (1931–2016) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
2011 | ![]() | Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937) | Literature & Education | Odisha |
2011 | ![]() | Brajesh Mishra (1928–2012) | Civil Service | Delhi |
2011 | K. Parasaran (born 1927) | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
2011 | ![]() | Azim Premji (born 1945) | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
2011 | Palle Rama Rao (born 1937) | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |
2011 | ![]() | Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923–2014) | Arts | Andhra Pradesh |
2011 | ![]() | Kapila Vatsyayan (1928–2020) | Arts | Delhi |
2011 | ![]() | Homai Vyarawalla (1913–2012) | Arts | Gujarat |
2012 | ![]() | Bhupen Hazarika # (1926–2011) [lower-roman 13] | Arts | Assam |
2012 | ![]() | Mario Miranda # (1926–2011) [lower-roman 14] a | Arts | Goa |
2012 | ![]() | T. V. Rajeswar (1926–2018) | Civil Service | Delhi |
2012 | Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (born 1936) | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
2012 | ![]() | K. G. Subramanyan (1924–2016) | Arts | Gujarat |
2013 | ![]() | Raghunath Mohapatra (1943–2021) | Arts | Odisha |
2013 | ![]() | Roddam Narasimha (1933–2020) | Science & Technology | Karnataka |
2013 | ![]() | Yash Pal (1926–2017) | Science & Technology | Uttar Pradesh |
2013 | ![]() | S. H. Raza (1922–2016) | Arts | Delhi |
2014 | ![]() | B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) | Others | Maharashtra |
2014 | ![]() | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (born 1943) | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
2015 | ![]() | L. K. Advani (born 1927) | Public Affairs | Gujarat |
2015 | ![]() | Amitabh Bachchan (born 1942) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2015 | ![]() | Parkash Singh Badal (1927–2023) | Public Affairs | Punjab |
2015 | | Veerendra Heggade (born 1948) | Social Work | Karnataka |
2015 | ![]() | Dilip Kumar (1922–2021) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2015 | ![]() | Rambhadracharya (born 1950) | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
2015 | ![]() | M. R. Srinivasan (born 1930) | Science & Technology | Tamil Nadu |
2015 | ![]() | Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 1931) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2015 | ![]() | Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan * (born 1936) | Social Work | United Kingdom/ France |
2016 | ![]() | V. K. Aatre (born 1939) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
2016 | ![]() | Dhirubhai Ambani # (1932–2002) [lower-roman 15] | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
2016 | | Girija Devi (1929–2017) | Arts | West Bengal |
2016 | | Avinash Dixit * (born 1944) | Literature & Education | United States |
2016 | ![]() | Jagmohan (1927–2021) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2016 | | Yamini Krishnamurthy (born 1940) | Arts | Delhi |
2016 | ![]() | Rajinikanth (born 1950) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
2016 | ![]() | Ramoji Rao (1936–2024) | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
2016 | ![]() | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (born 1956) | Others | Karnataka |
2016 | ![]() | V. Shanta (1927–2021) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
2017 | ![]() | Murli Manohar Joshi (born 1934) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
2017 | Sunder Lal Patwa # (1924–2016) [lower-roman 16] | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh | |
2017 | ![]() | Sharad Pawar (born 1940) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
2017 | ![]() | Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932–2017) | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
2017 | ![]() | P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) [lower-roman 17] | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
2017 | ![]() | Jaggi Vasudev (born 1957) | Others | Tamil Nadu |
2017 | | K. J. Yesudas (born 1940) | Arts | Kerala |
2018 | ![]() | Ilaiyaraaja (born 1943) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
2018 | ![]() | Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1931–2021) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2018 | | P. Parameswaran (1927–2020) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
2019 | ![]() | Teejan Bai (born 1956) | Arts | Chhattisgarh |
2019 | ![]() | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh * (born 1946) | Public Affairs | Djibouti |
2019 | ![]() | Anil Manibhai Naik (born 1942) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
2019 | ![]() | Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (1922–2021) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2020 | ![]() | George Fernandes # (1930–2019) [lower-roman 18] | Public Affairs | Bihar |
2020 | ![]() | Arun Jaitley # (1952–2019) [lower-roman 19] | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2020 | ![]() | Anerood Jugnauth * (1930–2021) | Public Affairs | Mauritius |
2020 | ![]() | M. C. Mary Kom (born 1982) | Sports | Manipur |
2020 | ![]() | Chhannulal Mishra (born 1936) | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
2020 | ![]() | Sushma Swaraj # (1952–2019) [lower-roman 20] | Public Affairs | Delhi |
2020 | ![]() | Vishwesha Teertha # (1931–2019) [lower-roman 21] | Others | Karnataka |
2021 | ![]() | Shinzo Abe * (1954–2022) | Public Affairs | Japan |
2021 | ![]() | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam # (1946–2020) [lower-roman 22] | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
2021 | | Belle Monappa Hegde (born 1938) | Medicine | Karnataka |
2021 | Narinder Singh Kapany *# (1926–2020) [lower-roman 23] | Science & Engineering | United States | |
2021 | ![]() | Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) | Others | Delhi |
2021 | ![]() | B. B. Lal (1921–2022) | Others | Delhi |
2021 | ![]() | Sudarshan Sahoo (born 1939) | Arts | Odisha |
2022 | ![]() | Prabha Atre (1932–2024) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2022 | Radheshyam Khemka # (1935–2021) [lower-roman 24] | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
2022 | ![]() | General Bipin Rawat# PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC (1958–2021) [lower-roman 25] | Civil Service | Uttarakhand |
2022 | ![]() | Kalyan Singh # (1932–2021) [lower-roman 26] | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
2023 | | Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi # (1927–2023) [lower-roman 27] | Others | Gujarat |
2023 | ![]() | Zakir Hussain (born 1951) | Arts | Maharashtra |
2023 | ![]() | S. M. Krishna (born 1932) | Public Affairs | Karnataka |
2023 | Dilip Mahalanabis # (1934–2022) [lower-roman 28] | Medicine | West Bengal | |
2023 | | S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan * (born 1940) | Science & Engineering | United States |
2023 | ![]() | Mulayam Singh Yadav # (1939–2022) [lower-roman 29] | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
2024 | ![]() | Vyjayanthimala (born 1933) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
2024 | ![]() | Chiranjeevi (born 1955) | Arts | Andhra Pradesh |
2024 | ![]() | Venkaiah Naidu (born 1949) | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
2024 | ![]() | Bindeshwar Pathak # (1943–2023) [lower-roman 30] | Social Work | Bihar |
2024 | ![]() | Padma Subrahmanyam (born 1943) | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position or gender. The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science, and public services, but the Government of India expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavor" in December 2011. The recommendations for the award are made by the Prime Minister to the President. The recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal leaf-shaped medallion with no monetary grant associated with the award. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence.
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 PSUs, 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 include "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.
The Padma Shri, also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs". It is awarded by the Government of India every year on India's Republic Day.
Daulat Singh Kothari was an Indian scientist and educationist.
Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman is an Indian musician and exponent of the Carnatic percussion instrument, the mridangam. He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Cyrus S. Poonawalla is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman and managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world and Poonawalla Fincorp a leading NBFC in India. In 2022, he is ranked as the 4th richest person in India on Forbes India rich list with a net worth of $24.3 billion. He is ranked number 1 on the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022.
Jasbir Singh Bajaj [September 26, 1936-January 8, 2019] was an Indian physician and diabetologist. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, for his outstanding contribution to the medical sciences and research, and his efforts to improve the healthcare delivery system. Earlier he was decorated with the Padma Shri in 1981 and the Padma Bhushan in 1982. He was the ninth person in the country to receive the award for services in the field of medicine and research, and one of the very few persons to receive all 3 Padma awards.
Laxman Pai was an Indian artist and painter. He was a principal of the Goa College of Art, a post he held from 1977 to 1987. Pai was a recipient of several awards including India's third highest civilian honour of Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India.
The President is pleased to institute an award to be designated "Padma Vibhushan" in three classes, namely: "Pahela Varg", "Dusra Varg" and "Tisra Varg"
All persons upon whom the decoration of Padma Vibhushan (Pahela Varg) was conferred under the Regulations issued with Notification No. 2-Pres./54, dated the 2nd January, 1954, shall, for all purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be persons on whom the decoration of Padma Vibhushan has been conferred by the President.