Padma Bhushan - Definition and Overview

The Padma Bhushan is a decoration established on the January 2, 1954 by the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but before the Padma Sri. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.

List of Padma Bhushan awardees

2005

1. Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited
2. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman, Biocon Limited

2004

1. Alarmel Valli, dancer
2. Lt. Gen. Bijoy Nandan Shahi, doctor
3. Hanumantha Rao, writer(Telugu)
4. Madurai Seshagopalan, Carnatic vocalist
5. Rajam, violinist
6. Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, social worker (Gujarat)
7. Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
8. Gopi Chand Narang
9. Krishna Srinivas
10. Vishnu Prabhakar
11. Komal Kothari, musician
12. Govindarajan Padmanabhan, scientist
13. Sardara Singh Johl, scientist
14. Sankar
15. Antony
16. Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese prime minister
17. Soumitra Chatterjee, Bengali film director and actor
18. Kamath, journalist

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