Padma Awards for Jaspal Bhatti, Gayatri Spivak, Sridevi
The following is the list of Padma awardees announced by the Central government on January 25, 2013:
Padma Vibhushan
Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa; S. Haider Raza, Art, Delhi; Prof. Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh; Prof. Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Padma Bhushan
Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh; Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu; Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra; Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi; Dr. (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi; Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal; Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra; Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab; Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra; Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi; Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi; Dr. Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh; N. Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka; Prof. Satya N. Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA; Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA.
Padma Shri
B. Jayashree, Art, from Karnataka, film director Ramesh Sippy, noted photo journalist Pablo Bartholomew, the late Manju Bharat Ram (social work), Vandana Luthra (trade and commerce) and fashion designer Ritu Kumar; theatre artists from Jammu and Kashmir Balwant Thakur and Rajendra Tikku and Ghulam Mohammed Saznawaz; noted oncologist Pramod Kumar Julka; eminent entrepreneur from Coimbatore Rajshree Pathy; noted Urdu poet Nida Fazli; anthropologist and art historian Christopher Pinney; Urdu poet, the late Salik Lakhnawi; Chairperson of the Centre for Linguistics of JNU Anvita Abbi; Sanskrit writer Rama Kant Shukla; Mustansir Barma of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
Mahrukh Tarapor, Art, Maharashtra; Balwant Thakur, Art, Jammu and Kashmir; Puran Das Baul, Art, West Bengal; Rajendra Tikku, Art, Jammu and Kashmir; Shri S. Shakir Ali, Art, Rajasthan; S..K.M Maeilanandhan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu; Nileema Mishra, Social Work, Maharashtra; Reema Nanavati, Social Work, Gujarat; Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work, Bangladesh; Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh; Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering, Delhi; Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh; Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science, Engineering, West Bengal; Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra; Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh; Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Science and Engineering, Karnataka; Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science & Engineering, Karnataka; Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science & Engineering, Andhra Pradesh; Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science & Engineering, Maharashtra; Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry, Assam
Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra; Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra; Dr. Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi; Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram , Medicine, Andhra Pradesh; Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine, Maharashtra; Dr. Taraprasad Das, Medicine, Orissa; Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu; Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine, Delhi; Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine, Delhi; Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine, Delhi; Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine, Maharashtra; Dr. Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine, Maharashtra; Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine, Delhi; Prof. (Capt.) Dr M. Sharaf-eAlam, Literature & Education, Bihar; Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Literature & Education, Andhra Pradesh; J. Malsawma, Literature and Education, Mizoram; Devendra Patel, Literature & Education, Gujarat; Prof Akhtarul Wasey, Literature & Education, Delhi; Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature & Education, Delhi; Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature & Education, Bihar; the Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature & Education, West Bengal. Prof. Noboru Karashima, Literature & Education, Japan; Premlata Agrawal, Sports, Jharkhand; Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana; Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka; Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh; Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports, Maharashtra; Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports, Rajasthan; Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh.
Keywords: Padma awards, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
Govt. missed to confer Bharat Ratna on the leprosy crusader Baba Amte
and the white revolution man Dr. Varghese Kurien. A golden chance
missed by the decision-makers. The Ratnas will be more glittering and
shining, if the highest civilian awards are conferred on the legends
when in action. My suggestions for Bharat Ratna are for the father of
the Green Revolution of India Dr. M.S. Swaminathan and the metro man
Shri E. Sreedharan. Better late than never.
Awrds,honours or distinctions should be conferred when a person is
alive or is at the peak of his/her professional carrier.these
recognitions have no value or meaning when the awardee is no more or
he/she rejects,refuses or returns the honour(Rajesh Khanna
posthumously or S. Janki,eminent singer) Why is it too late in
acknowledging the talent of distinguished musician like Pt. Gokulotsav
Maharaj,an eminent Khayal,Dhrupad& haveli Sangeet exponent, an expert
of rare ancient forms-Prabandh,ashtpadi,Samgana etc.It is unfortunate
that he was conferred Padmshree only while a musician,scholar& Guru of
his stature certainly deserved a Padm Vibhushan/bhushan.
S. Janaki is absolutely justified in refusing the Padma Bhushan. It is a disgrace that Lata be Bharat Ratna, while Janaki is only Padma Bhushan. Lata may have sung 1 million songs for the past 99 leap years, but S. Janaki is a far BETTER HUMAN BEING. That is critically important.
The sheen is off, the Padma Awards. Waste of time and money ! Eminent people simply do not attend this ceremony. The Award is sent by Regd. Post. Instead of an Award, GOI must courier 100 eminent people with an IPAD each.
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