Complete List of Padma Award 2015 Winners

Central Government on 25 January 2015 on the occasion of 66th Republic Day has announced the Padma Awardees for 2015. 

* Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

* These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.  17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.

Here is the list of Padma Vibhushan Award Winners 2015. The complete list of Padma Awards 2015 (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri) can be viewed/downloaded from the PDF link below.

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Padma Vibhushan

S. No.
Name of the Awardee
Discipline
State/Domicile
1.                  
Shri L. K. Advani
Public Affairs
Gujarat
2.                  
Shri Amitabh Bachchan
Art
Maharashtra
3.                  
Shri Prakash Singh Badal
Public Affairs
Punjab
4.                  
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
Social Work
Karnataka
5.                  
Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar
Art
Maharashtra
6.                  
Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya
Others
Uttar Pradesh
7.                  
Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan
Science and Engineering  
Tamil Nadu
8.                  
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal
Public Affairs
Delhi
9.       
Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)
Trade and Industry
France/UK

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