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Padma Awards 2010, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan

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Padma Awards 2010, Padma Award Winners, Padma Awardees, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan 2010 Awards

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April. This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards. There are 17 ladies among the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
Sl.No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri Ebrahim Alkazi Art Delhi
2. Shri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Art Tamil Nadu
3. Smt. Zohra Segal Art Delhi
4. Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh
5. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Science and Engineering UK *
6. Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
Padma Bhushan
Sl.No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri Ilaiyaraaja Art Tamil Nadu
2. Shri Aamir Khan Art Maharashtra
3. Shri Akbar Padamsee Art Maharashtra
4. Shri Allah Rakha Rahman Art Tamil Nadu
5. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh
6. Smt. Kumudini Lakhia Art Gujarat
7. Shri Kuzhur Narayana Marar Art Kerala
8. Prof. Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky Art Gujarat
9. Ms. Mallika Sarabhai Art Gujarat
10. Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana Art Andhra Pradesh
11. Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai Art Karnataka
12. Shri Ram Kumar Art Delhi
13. Shri Shrinivas Vinayak Khale Art Maharashtra
14. Ustad Sultan Khan Art Maharashtra
15. Shri B.K. Chaturvedi Civil Service Delhi
16. Shri Moosa Raza Civil Service Delhi