PADMA AWARDS

  PADMA AWARDS

   

   Padma Vibhushan 

         The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service.The first recipitants of this award were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menon in the year 1954

· 
Late (Dr.) Bhupen Hazarika
Arts : 2012 : Assam

·  Shri K G Subramanyan
Arts : 2012 : West Bengal

·  Dr. Kantilal Maharashtra Hastimal Sancheti
Medicine : 2012 : Maharashtra

·  Late Shri Mario De Miranda
Arts : 2012 : Goa

·  Shri T V Rajeswar
Civil Service : 2012 : Delhi

·  Shri Ebrahim Alkazi
Arts : 2010 : Delhi

·  Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy
Trade & Industry : 2010 : Tamil Nadu

·  Shri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
Arts : 2010 : Tamil Nadu

·  Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Science & Engineering. : 2010 : Tamil Nadu

·  Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
Public Affairs : 2010 : Andhra Pradesh

Padma Bhushan 

The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India. The award was established on 2 January 1954 by the President of India. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field. 

Padma Shri 

Padma Shri  is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, thePadma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India.It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts,Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. However it has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various ways to India





FIRST INDIAN LADY ACTRESS TO RECIEVE  PADMA SHRI IN 1958 IS NARGIS DUTT