| Padma Bhushan | |
|---|---|
| Type | National Civilian |
| Country | India |
| 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 "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus. |
| Reverse | A platinumState Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script |
| Established | 1954 |
| First award | 1954 |
| Total | 218 |
| Website | http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/ |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | |
| Next (lower) | |
← Padma Vibhushan "Dusra Varg" (Class II) | |
ThePadma Bhushan is the third-highestcivilian award of theRepublic of India.[1] Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.[2] The recipients receive aSanad, a certificate signed by thePresident of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year onRepublic Day (26 January) and registered inThe Gazette of India—a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under theMinistry of Urban Development.[3] The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in theGazette. The name of a recipient, whose award has been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register.[4] As of 2019[update], none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during the 2010s have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all thestate and the union territory governments, as well as fromMinistries of the Government of India, theBharat Ratna and thePadma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, theMinisters, theChief Ministers and theGovernors of State, and theMembers of Parliament including private individuals.[3]
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tierPadma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and thePadma Shri.[3] The criteria included "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants", but excluded those working with thepublic sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards; this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute.[4] The design was also changed to the form that is currently in use; it portrays a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm) in diameter and1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of1+3⁄16 inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob carved within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter1+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" is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus written inDevanagari script. TheState Emblem of India is displayed in the centre of the reverse side, together with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari script, which is inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband1+1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width with a broad white stripe in the middle.[3][4] It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations ofthe Indian civilian and military awards.[a]
As of 2019[update], a total of 218 individuals have been conferred with the award in 2010s – forty-three conferments were presented in 2010, followed by thirty-one in 2011, twenty-eight in 2012, twenty-three in 2013, twenty-four in 2014, twenty in 2015, nineteen in 2016, seven in 2017, nine in 2018, and fourteen in 2019. Since 2010, the Padma Bhushan have been conferred upon thirty foreign recipients – twenty from the United States, three from the United Kingdom, and one each from Bangladesh, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand. Individuals from ten different fields were awarded, which includes sixty artists, thirty-five from literature and education, twenty-four from science and engineering, twenty-one from trade and industry, eighteen from medicine, fifteen civil servants, seventeen from public affairs, ten sportspersons, eight from social work, and eleven from other fields. Most recently on 25 January 2019, the award has been bestowed upon fourteen recipients.[6]
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* Non-citizen recipient | # Posthumous recipient |
| Year | Image | Laureates | Field | State / country[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Satya Paul Agarwal | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Mohammad Amin | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay | Public Affairs | Jharkhand | |
| 2010 | M. S. Banga* | Trade and Industry | United Kingdom | |
| 2010 | Anil Bordia | Literature and Education | Rajasthan | |
| 2010 | Bipan Chandra | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2010 | B. K. Chaturvedi | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Sant Singh Chatwal* | Public Affairs | United States | |
| 2010 | G. P. Chopra | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Tan Chung* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2010 | Madhusudan Dhaky | Arts | Gujarat | |
| 2010 | P. R. Dubhashi | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Puttaraj Gawai | Arts | Karnataka | |
| 2010 | Belle Monappa Hegde | Medicine | Karnataka | |
| 2010 | Ilaiyaraaja | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2010 | Jagdish Chandra Kapur | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Shrinivas Khale | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Aamir Khan | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Sultan Khan | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Ram Kumar | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Kumudini Lakhia | Arts | Gujarat | |
| 2010 | Kuzhur Narayana Marar | Arts | Kerala | |
| 2010 | Chhannulal Mishra | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2010 | E. T. Narayanan Mooss | Medicine | Kerala | |
| 2010 | C. P. Krishnan Nair | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | S. P. Oswal | Trade and Industry | Punjab | |
| 2010 | Akbar Padamsee | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Ramakanta Panda | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| 2010 | Arogyaswami Paulraj* | Science and Engineering | United States | |
| 2010 | A. R. Rahman | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2010 | Moosa Raza | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Mallika Sarabhai | Arts | Gujarat | |
| 2010 | Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana | Arts | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2010 | Abhijit Sen | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Noshir M. Shroff | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Kushal Pal Singh | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| 2010 | Bikash Sinha | Science and Engineering | West Bengal | |
| 2010 | Balagangadharanatha Swamiji | Social Work | Karnataka | |
| 2010 | Narayanan Vaghul | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2010 | P. K. Warrier | Medicine | Kerala | |
| 2010 | Fareed Zakaria# | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2011 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Arts | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2011 | Rajashree Birla | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | M. N. Buch | Civil Service | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 2011 | C. V. Chandrasekhar | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2011 | Ajai Chowdhry | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| 2011 | Yogesh Chander Deveshwar | Trade and Industry | West Bengal | |
| 2011 | Satyadev Dubey | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | T. J. S. George | Literature and Education | Karnataka | |
| 2011 | Shankha Ghosh | Literature and Education | West Bengal | |
| 2011 | Kris Gopalakrishnan | Trade & Industry | Karnataka | |
| 2011 | Keki Byramjee Grant#[i] | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Shashi Kapoor | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Krishen Khanna | Arts | Haryana | |
| 2011 | Mohammed Zahur Khayyam | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Chanda Kochhar | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Dwijen Mukhopadhyay | Arts | West Bengal | |
| 2011 | Madavoor Vasudevan Nair | Arts | Kerala | |
| 2011 | Ramdas Pai | Literature and Education | Karnataka | |
| 2011 | Dashrath Patel#[ii] | Arts | Gujarat | |
| 2011 | Rajendra Singh Pawar | Trade and Industry | Haryana | |
| 2011 | S. Ramachandran | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2011 | Shobhana Ranade | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy | Trade and Industry | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2011 | Kallam Anji Reddy | Trade and Industry | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2011 | Waheeda Rehman | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2011 | Shyam Saran | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2011 | Analjit Singh | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| 2011 | Arpita Singh | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2011 | Surendra Singh | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2011 | R. K. Srikantan | Arts | Karnataka | |
| 2011 | Raghavan Thirumulpad#[iii] | Medicine | Kerala | |
| 2012 | Suresh H. Advani | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | Shabana Azmi | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | Homi K. Bhabha* | Literature and Education | United Kingdom | |
| 2012 | Shashikumar Chitre | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | Khaled Choudhury | Arts | West Bengal | |
| 2012 | Jatin Das | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2012 | Vidya Dehejia* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2012 | Dharmendra | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | S. N. Goenka | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | M. S. Gopalakrishnan | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2012 | T. V. Gopalakrishnan | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2012 | Buddhadev Das Gupta | Arts | West Bengal | |
| 2012 | Sunil Janah* | Arts | United States | |
| 2012 | Anish Kapoor* | Arts | United Kingdom | |
| 2012 | S. B. Mujumdar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | Balasubramanian Muthuraman | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | Mira Nair | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2012 | Arvind Panagariya* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2012 | José Pereira* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2012 | Mata Prasad | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2012 | M. S. Raghunathan | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | P. Chandrasekhara Rao* | Public Affairs | Germany | |
| 2012 | Ronen Sen | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
| 2012 | Devi Shetty | Medicine | Karnataka | |
| 2012 | M. V. Subbiah | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2012 | N. Vittal | Civil Service | Kerala | |
| 2012 | N. H. Wadia | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2012 | George Yeo* | Public Affairs | Singapore | |
| 2013 | Satya N. Atluri* | Science and Engineering | United States | |
| 2013 | Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2013 | Jaspal Bhatti#[iv] | Arts | Punjab | |
| 2013 | Rahul Dravid | Sports | Karnataka | |
| 2013 | Adi Godrej | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | Abdul Rashid Khan | Arts | West Bengal | |
| 2013 | Rajesh Khanna#[v] | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur | |
| 2013 | Nandkishore Shamrao Laud | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | Mangesh Padgaonkar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | Hemendra Singh Panwar | Civil Service | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 2013 | Jogesh Pati* | Science and Engineering | United States | |
| 2013 | Shivajirao Girdhar Patil | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | A. Sivathanu Pillai | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| 2013 | D. Ramanaidu | Arts | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2013 | Kanak Rele | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2013 | V. K. Saraswat | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| 2013 | Ashoke Sen | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2013 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2013 | B. N. Suresh | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 2013 | Sharmila Tagore | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2013 | Ramamurthy Thyagarajan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2013 | Saroja Vaidyanathan | Arts | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Anisuzzaman* | Literature and Education | Bangladesh | |
| 2014 | Mrityunjay Athreya | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Padmanabhan Balaram | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 2014 | Dalveer Bhandari | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Ruskin Bond | Literature and Education | Uttarakhand | |
| 2014 | Anita Desai | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Pullela Gopichand | Sports | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2014 | Kamal Haasan | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2014 | Jyeshtharaj Joshi | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 2014 | Vijayendra Nath Kaul | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Neelam Kler | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Madappa Mahadevappa | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 2014 | Leander Paes | Sports | Maharashtra | |
| 2014 | K. Radhakrishnan | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 2014 | Anumolu Ramakrishna#[vi] | Science and Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2014 | Thirumalachari Ramasami | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Lloyd Rudolph* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2014 | Susanne Hoeber Rudolph* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2014 | Vinod Prakash Sharma | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| 2014 | Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh | Arts | Gujarat | |
| 2014 | Begum Parveen Sultana | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2014 | Dhirubhai Thaker | Literature and Education | Gujarat | |
| 2014 | Vairamuthu | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2014 | T. H. Vinayakram | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2015 | Jahnu Barua | Arts | Assam | |
| 2015 | Manjul Bhargava* | Science and Engineering | United States | |
| 2015 | Vijay Bhatkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 2015 | Swapan Dasgupta | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2015 | David Frawley* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2015 | Bill Gates* | Social Work | United States | |
| 2015 | Melinda Gates* | Social Work | United States | |
| 2015 | Satyamitranand Giri | Others | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2015 | N. Gopalaswami | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2015 | Subhash C. Kashyap | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Gokulotsavji Maharaj | Arts | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 2015 | Saichiro Misumi* | Public Affairs | Japan | |
| 2015 | Ambrish Mithal | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Sudha Ragunathan | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2015 | Harish Salve | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Ashok Seth | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Rajat Sharma | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Satpal Singh | Sports | Delhi | |
| 2015 | Shivakumara Swami | Others | Karnataka | |
| 2015 | Khadg Singh Valdiya | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 2016 | Ravindra Chandra Bhargava | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2016 | Robert Blackwill* | Public Affairs | United States | |
| 2016 | Hafeez Contractor | Others | Maharashtra | |
| 2016 | Indu Jain | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| 2016 | Heisnam Kanhailal | Arts | Manipur | |
| 2016 | Anupam Kher | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2016 | Sania Mirza | Sports | Telangana | |
| 2016 | Pallonji Mistry* | Trade and Industry | Ireland | |
| 2016 | Udit Narayan | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2016 | Saina Nehwal | Sports | Haryana | |
| 2016 | Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2016 | Vinod Rai | Civil Service | Kerala | |
| 2016 | N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 2016 | A. V. Rama Rao | Science and Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 2016 | D. Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine | Telangana | |
| 2016 | Dayananda Saraswati#[vii] | Others | Uttarakhand | |
| 2016 | Barjinder Singh Hamdard | Literature and Education | Punjab | |
| 2016 | Ram V. Sutar | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2016 | Tejomayananda | Others | Maharashtra | |
| 2017 | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Arts | Rajasthan | |
| 2017 | Deviprasad Dwivedi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2017 | Ratnasundarsuri | Others | Gujarat | |
| 2017 | Niranjanananda Saraswati | Others | Bihar | |
| 2017 | Cho Ramaswamy#[viii] | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2017 | Maha Chakri Sirindhorn* | Literature and Education | Thailand | |
| 2017 | Tehemton Erach Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2018 | Pankaj Advani | Sports | Karnataka | |
| 2018 | Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others | Kerala | |
| 2018 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports | Jharkhand | |
| 2018 | Alexander Kadakin#[ix] | Public Affairs | Russia | |
| 2018 | Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others | Tamil Nadu | |
| 2018 | Ved Prakash Nanda* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 2018 | Laxman Pai | Arts | Goa | |
| 2018 | Arvind Parikh | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 2018 | Sharda Sinha | Arts | Bihar | |
| 2019 | John T. Chambers* | Trade and Industry | United States | |
| 2019 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | Public Affairs | Punjab | |
| 2019 | Pravin Gordhan* | Public Affairs | South Africa | |
| 2019 | Mahashay Dharampal Gulati | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| 2019 | Darshan Lal Jain | Social Work | Haryana | |
| 2019 | Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 2019 | Kariya Munda | Public Affairs | Jharkhand | |
| 2019 | Budhaditya Mukherjee | Arts | West Bengal | |
| 2019 | Mohanlal | Arts | Kerala | |
| 2019 | Nambi Narayanan | Science and Engineering | Kerala | |
| 2019 | Kuldip Nayar#[x] | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 2019 | Bachendri Pal | Sports | Uttarakhand | |
| 2019 | V. K. Shunglu | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 2019 | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | Public Affairs | Bihar |
The 2010 conferment on anIndian-American businessmanSant Singh Chatwal created much controversy. Awarded in the field of Public Affairs, Chatwal is known for his association with former US PresidentBill Clinton and his wifeHillary Clinton and pled guilty to violating theFederal Election Campaign Act and witness tampering during theUnited States presidential election.[16] He was also accused of lobbying for the award by leveraging his contacts in thePrime Minister's Office (PMO) andUnited States Congress.[17] The Government of India, however, issued a press release defending the conferment. The statement mentioned Chatwal as a "tireless advocate" of the country's interest in the United States. It also clarified that out of fiveCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered cases against him between 1992 and 1994, three were closed by CBI itself and in remaining two cases, Chatwal was discharged by the Court and as per the reports that were made available to the selection committee, there was "nothing adverse on record against him".[18][19] According to media reports, there were several cases filed or registered after April 2009 which includes three criminal complaints withKerala Police and four cases inDelhi High Court andKerala High Court. Chatwal also served summons in January 2010. However, the thenUnion Home SecretaryGopal Krishna Pillai said that "no probe has been ordered nor any report sought from anyone".[20]
Earlier in 2008, Chatwal was considered for thePadma Shri but theIndian Embassy in Washington, D.C. declined to nominate Chatwal when asked by the PMO.Ronen Sen, who was then serving as theIndian Ambassador to the United States, had told the PMO that the conferral would not be appropriate because of the controversy associated with Chatwal's financial dealings in two countries. Sen had also mentioned that though positive, Chatwal's contribution are much less compared to other Indian-Americans and the bestowal would not only "demoralise the others who had done much more" but also would create "the impression that India did not regard lack of transparency in financial dealings as a disqualification for its highest honours".[21]
In 2013, playback singerS. Janaki refused to accept her award and stated that "the award has come late in her five-and-half-decade long career". The singer also mentioned that she is not against the Government and expressed happiness for the recognition but requested the Government to "show some more consideration to the artists from thesouthern parts of the country".[22] In 2014, family members ofJ. S. Verma who served as27th Chief Justice of India refused the posthumous conferral stating that "Verma himself would not have accepted" the honour as he "never hankered or lobbied for any acclaim, reward or favour".[xi][24]
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' ('Dusra 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 Bhushan has been conferred by the President.