Government announced of padma awards List is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma Awards. These include 75 Padma Shri, 20 Padma Bhushan, and nine Padma Vibhushan awardees. Padma Vibhushan Name Discipline State-Country LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs),Uttar Pradesh Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Punjab Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Karnataka Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Delhi Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK Padma Bhushan Name (Discipline) State/Country Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering),
Tamil Nadu Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others),Maharashtra Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art), Madhya Pradesh Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Tamil Nadu Harish Salve (Public Affairs),USA Melinda Gates (Social Work), Delhi Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine),Delhi Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Delhi Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi Satpal (Sports), Delhi Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg), Karnataka Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA David Frawley (Others), USA Bill Gates (Social Work), USA Saichiro Misumi (Others)
Padma awards, given since 1954 on Republic Day in honour of contributions in wide-ranging pursuits, have often been subject of controversy due to the arbitrary nature of the selection process and inevitable charges of favouritism by the government and the ruling party. They are given in three categories--Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, in ascending order of distinction. It's unclear which names have been picked for which awards.
