President Pranab Mukherjee presented the highest civilian
awards - the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri - at an investiture
ceremony in New Delhi at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
India’s second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan was
presented to noted scientist Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, while 12
individuals were decorated with the Padma Bhushan and 53 with the Padma Shri at
the ceremony attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid
Ansari and several Ministers.
Actor Kamal Hasan, Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph and Prof. Llyod
I. Rudolph both distinguished professors of Political Science from the
University of Chicago, Dr. Neelam Kler, former Comptroller and Auditor General
of India VN Kaul, badminton player and coach Pullela Gopichand,
writer-lyricists and renowned Tamil literary figure Vairamuthu, Prof. Emeritus
University of Dhaka Prof. Anisuzzaman, scientist Prof. Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi,
vocalist Begum Parween Sultana, percussionist T.H. Vikku Vinayakram and Dr.
Anumolu Ramakrishna (posthumous) were among the 12 presented the Padma Bhushan.
Actor Vidya Balan, Sanskrit scholar Dr. Naheed Abidi,
renowned poet Ashok Chakradhar, Bengali actor Sabitri Chatterjee, Mizo writer
Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra, Manipuri artiste Elam Indira Devi, Literary theorist
Prof. G.N. Devy, social activist Dr. Brahm Dutt, medical practitioner Dr. Pawan
Raj Goyal, former Secretary Prof. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Prof. IIS, Bangalore, Prof.
Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis, theatre personality Bansi Kaul, well know activist
for the visually challenged Jawahar Lal Kaul, Sarangi player Ustad Moinuddin
Khan, dancer Geeta Mahalik, poet and critic Prof. Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri,
squash player Dipika Rebecca Pallikal and designer Wendell Augustine Rodricks
were among the Padma Shri.
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