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Padma Vibhushan for M.S. Gill

NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (PTI) — Eminent English writer R.K. Narayan, Chief Election Commissioner M.S. Gill, ISRO Chairman K. Kasturirangan and Hindustani classical musicians Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Jasraj and Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan were today honoured with Padma Vibhushan, nation’s second highest civilian award, on the occasion of the 51st Republic Day.

Announcing the civilian awards, an official press note said the President was pleased to confer the national awards for distinguished service in various fields. However, the nation’s highest civilian honour of Bharat Ratna was not announced on the occasion.

A total of 15 Padma Vibhushan awards, 21 Padma Bhushan and 43 Padma Shri awards were announced today.

Padma Vibhushan:

Bhairab Datt Pande (civil service)
Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia (art-music-instrumental)
Prof Jagdish Bhagwati (literature & education-economics)
Pandit Jasraj (art-classical music-vocal)
Prof K.N. Raj (literature & education)
Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra (art-dance)
Krishen Behari Lall (civil service)
Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (science & engineering-space technology)
M. Narasimham (trade & economic activity)
Dr M.S. Gill (civil service)
Swami Ranganathanada (public affairs)
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (literature & education-literature)
Sikandar Bakht (public affairs)
Tarlok Singh (civil service)
Ustad Vilayat Khan (art-music-instrumental).

Padma Bhushan:

Anil Agarwal (miscellaneous)
Prof B.B. Lal (science and engineering-archeology)
Badal Sarkar (art-theatre)
D. Veerendra Hewgade (social work)
H.Y. Sharada Prasad (literature and education)
Dr Harbans Singh Wasir (medicine-cardiology)
late Shri Karamshi Jethbhai Somaiya (social work)
Begum Kudsia Aizaz Rasul (social work)
Pakkirswamy Chandra Sekharan (science and engineering-forensic science)
Pavaguda Venkata Indiresan (science and engineering-electronics)
Dr R.A. Mashelkar (science and engineering-chemistry)
Radha Reddy (art-dance)
Raja Reddy (art-dance)
Rajinikanth (art-cinema)
Dr Ram Narain Agarwal (science and engineering-aerospace)
Ratan Naval Tata (trade and economic activity)
late Dr S. Srinivasan (science and engineering-space defence)
Sharan Rani Backliwal (art-music-instrumental)
Dr Vasudev K. Aatre (science and engineering-defence electronics)
Veetrag Swami Kalyan Deo (social work)
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (public affairs).

Padma Shri:

A.R. Rahman (art-music)
Abdul Rahman Rahi (literature and education-Kashmiri)
Aloysius Fernandez (miscellaneous)
Alyque Padamsee (art-theatre)
Anjoli Ela Menon (art-painting) Dr Dilip Devidas Bhawalkar (science and technology-laser technology)
Dina N. Malhotra (miscellaneous)
E. Nilakanta Singh (literature and education-Manipuri)
E.S. Reddy (miscellaneous)
Prof G.L. Bondarevsky (miscellaneous)
Gopalasamy Govindarajan (science and engineering — instrumentation)
Dr Gurdev Singh Khush (science and engineering-agricultural science)
Dr Gurumukh Sajanmal Sainan (medicine)
Dr H. Sudarshan (miscellaneous)
Hema Malini (art-cine art)
Dr I. Sathyamurthy (medicine-cardiology)
Jagannath Kaul (miscellaneous)
Jegannathan (social work)
K.P. Saxena (literature and education-Hindi)
Dr Kakkar Subha Rao (medicine)
Kanhai Chitrakar (art-painting)
Dr Kirpal Singh Chugh (medicine-neph rology)
Dr Mahendra Bhandari (medicine-urology)
Dr Mandan Mishra (literature and education-Sanskrit)
Dr Mathew Samuel Kalarickal (medicine cardiology) N.R. Narayana Murthy (trade and economic activity)
Nabanita Deb Sen (literature and education-Bengali)
Neidonuo Angami (social work)
Pahlira Sena Chawngthu (literature and education-poetry)
Dr Parsu Ram Mishra (science and engineering — biosphere)
Patricia Mukhim (social work)
Piloo Noshir Jungawala (literature and education)
Dr Pradeep Kumar Dave (medicine-orthopaedics)
Puan Sri Datin Janaky Athinahappan (social work)
Rabindranath Upadhyaya (social work)
Ramanand Sagar (art-cine art)
S.N. Gourisaria (public affairs)
Santosh Yadav (sports-mountaineering)
Shekhar Kapur (art-cine art)
Shobha Mudgal (art-music-vocal)
Dr Suresh Chandra G. Chaturvedi (medicine-ayurvedic)
Dr Vijay P. Bhatkar (science and engineering-information technology)
Dr Vipin Buckshey (medicine-opthalmology.