acording to The Times of India,
Aishwarya Rai,Dhoni and Bindra 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 2009. 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 |
