List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–2009)
Recipients
Table:
List of Padma Shri award recipients, showing the year, field, and state/country[1]

Year

Recipient

Field

State

2000

Neidonuo Angami

Social Work
Nagaland

2000

Mahendra Bhandari

Medicine
Rajasthan

2000

Vijay P. Bhatkar

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2000

D. D. Bhawalkar

Science & Engineering
Madhya Pradesh

2000

Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky

Literature & Education
– [A]

2000

Vipin Buckshey

Medicine
Delhi

2000

Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi

Medicine
Maharashtra

2000

P. S. Chawngthu

Literature & Education
Mizoram

2000

Kanhai Chitrakar

Arts
Uttar Pradesh

2000

Kirpal Singh Chugh

Medicine
Chandigarh

2000

Pradeep Kumar Dave

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2000

Aloysius Prakash Fernandez

Others
Karnataka

2000

Satya Narayan Gourisaria

Public Affairs
– [B]

2000

Gopalasamy Govindarajan

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2000

Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla

Literature & Education
Delhi

2000

Mathew Kalarickal

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2000

Shekhar Kapur

Arts
Maharashtra

2000

Jagan Nath Kaul

Social Work
Haryana

2000

Gurdev Singh Khush

Science & Engineering
– [C]

2000

Dina Nath Malhotra

Others
Delhi

2000

Hema Malini

Arts
Maharashtra

2000

Anjolie Ela Menon

Arts
Delhi

2000

Mandan Mishra

Literature & Education
Delhi

2000

Parasu Ram Mishra

Science & Engineering
Jharkhand

2000

Shubha Mudgal

Arts
Delhi

2000

Patricia Mukhim

Social Work
Meghalaya

2000

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Trade & Industry
Karnataka

2000

Janaky Athi Nahappan

Social Work
– [D]

2000

Alyque Padamsee

Arts
Maharashtra

2000

Rehman Rahi

Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir

2000

A. R. Rahman

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2000

Kakarla Subba Rao

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2000

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

Public Affairs
– [E]

2000

Ramanand Sagar

Arts
Maharashtra

2000

G. S. Sainani

Medicine
Maharashtra

2000

Immaneni Sathyamurthy

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2000

K. P. Saxena

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2000

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Literature & Education
West Bengal

2000

Elangbam Nilakanta Singh#

Literature & Education
Manipur

2000

Hanumappa Sudarshan

Social Work
Karnataka

2000

Rabindra Nath Upadhyay

Social Work
Assam

2000

Santosh Yadav

Sports
Delhi

2001

Khalid A. H. Ansari

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2001

Bala V. Balachandran

Literature & Education
– [E]

2001

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2001

Jyoti Bhushan Banerji

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2001

Jeelani Bano

Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Sandip Kumar Basu

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2001

Bisweswar Bhattacharjee

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Mahesh Bhupathi

Sports
Karnataka

2001

V. K. Chaturvedi

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Manoj Das

Literature & Education
Puducherry

2001

Alaka Keshav Deshpande

Medicine
Maharashtra

2001

Sharad Kumar Dicksheet

Medicine
– [E]

2001

Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Prem Shanker Goel

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2001

Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

Sports
Karnataka

2001

Aamir Raza Husain

Arts
Delhi

2001

Javare Gowda

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2001

Padmaja Phenany Joglekar

Arts
Maharashtra

2001

Chandrashekhara Kambara

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2001

Gnanananda Kavi

Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Kumar Ketkar

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2001

Mohammed Tayab Khan

Arts
Rajasthan

2001

Sunil Kothari

Arts
Delhi

2001

Ravindra Kumar

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2001

Bhuvneshwari Kumari

Sports
Delhi

2001

Nerella Venu Madhav

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Mool Chand Maheshwari

Medicine
Delhi

2001

Goverdhan Mehta

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2001

Mohanlal

Arts
Kerala

2001

Tulasi Munda

Social Work
Odisha

2001

Shobha Naidu

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2001

C. G. Krishnadas Nair

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2001

M. Krishnan Nair

Medicine
Kerala

2001

Leander Paes

Sports
West Bengal

2001

Kandathil Mammen Philip

Trade & Industry
Maharashtra

2001

Dhanraj Pillay

Sports
Maharashtra

2001

M. S. Raghunathan

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Sanjaya Rajaram

Science & Engineering
– [F]

2001

D. V. S. Raju

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2001

T. V. Ramakrishnan

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2001

Avadhanam Sita Raman

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2001

Thirumalachari Ramasami

Science & Engineering
Tamil Nadu

2001

Mohan Ranade

Public Affairs
Maharashtra

2001

Sunita Rani

Sports
Punjab

2001

Dasari Prasada Rao

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Dasika Durga Prasada Rao

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Paul Ratnasamy

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Kallam Anji Reddy

Trade & Industry
Andhra Pradesh

2001

Kalidas Gupta Riza

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2001

Padma Sachdev

Literature & Education
Delhi

2001

Bhabendra Nath Saikia

Literature & Education
Assam

2001

Ashoke Sen

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2001

Gouri Sen

Medicine
Delhi

2001

Mohammad Shafi

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2001

Laishram Nabakishore Singh

Medicine
Manipur

2001

Bikash Sinha

Science & Engineering
West Bengal

2001

Bhupathiraju Somaraju

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2001

E. Sreedharan

Civil Service
Delhi

2001

Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2001

Thota Tharani

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2001

Bishop Mulanakuzhiyil Abraham Thomas

Social Work
Rajasthan

2001

Vachnesh Tripathi

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2001

Krishna Prasad Singh Varma

Medicine
Delhi

2001

Mohammad Ahmed Zaki

Civil Service
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Suresh H. Advani

Medicine
Maharashtra

2002

Norma Alvares

Social Work
Goa

2002

W. D. Amaradeva

Arts
– [G]

2002

Prakash Amte

Social Work
Maharashtra

2002

Munirathna Anandakrishnan

Literature & Education
Tamil Nadu

2002

A. S. Arya

Science & Engineering
Uttarakhand

2002

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2002

Padmanabhan Balaram

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2002

Dorairajan Balasubramanian

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Raj Begum

Arts
Jammu & Kashmir

2002

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Arts
Rajasthan

2002

Pushpa Bhuyan

Arts
Assam

2002

Viresh Pratap Chaudhry

Public Affairs
Delhi

2002

Gopal Chhotray

Literature & Education
Delhi

2002

Pradeep Chowbey

Medicine
Delhi

2002

Ramanath Cowsik

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2002

Vijay Kumar Dada

Medicine
Delhi

2002

Rajan Devadas

Arts
– [E]

2002

Diana Edulji

Sports
Maharashtra

2002

Chaitanyamoy Ganguly

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Kota Harinarayana

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2002

Muzaffer Hussain

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2002

Gyan Chand Jain

Literature & Education
Delhi

2002

Darshana Jhaveri

Arts
Maharashtra

2002

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Science & Engineering
Tamil Nadu

2002

Hirebettu Sadananda Kamath

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2002

Madhu Mangesh Karnik

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2002

Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2002

Abdul Latif Khan

Arts
Madhya Pradesh

2002

Prakash Nanalal Kothari

Medicine
Maharashtra

2002

Mani Krishnaswami

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2002

V. K. Madhavan Kutty

Literature & Education
Haryana

2002

Harshel Sawi Luaia

Social Work
Mizoram

2002

Harsh Mahajan

Medicine
Delhi

2002

Amitav Malik

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2002

Manorama

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2002

Kiran Martin

Social Work
Delhi

2002

Vikram Marwah

Medicine
Maharashtra

2002

Fazal Mohammad

Arts
Uttar Pradesh

2002

Taro Nakayama

Public Affairs
– [H]

2002

Atluri Sriman Narayana

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Katuru Narayana

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Govind Nihalani

Arts
Maharashtra

2002

Kamaljit Singh Paul

Medicine
– [E]

2002

A. Sivathanu Pillai

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2002

Prema Narendra Purao

Social Work
Maharashtra

2002

Satish Chandra Rai

Public Affairs
Uttar Pradesh

2002

Sivananda Rajaram

Social Work
Tamil Nadu

2002

Karimpat Mathangi Ramakrishnan

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2002

Jaspal Rana

Sports
Delhi

2002

Gullapalli Nageswara Rao

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2002

I. V. Subba Rao

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Turlapaty Kutumba Rao

Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Mani Ratnam

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2002

D. Nageshwar Reddy

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2002

Kiran Segal

Arts
Delhi

2002

Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri

Arts
Delhi

2002

Prahlad Kumar Sethi

Medicine
Delhi

2002

Virendra Kumar Sharma

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2002

B. N. Suresh

Science & Engineering
Kerala

2002

Phillips Talbot

Public Affairs
– [E]

2002

Saroja Vaidyanathan

Arts
Delhi

2002

Dimitris C. Velissaropoulos

Literature & Education
– [I]

2002

T. H. Vinayakram

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2002

Kim Yang-shik

Literature & Education
– [J]

2003

Manzoor Ahtesham

Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh

2003

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2003

Asok Kumar Barua

Science & Engineering
West Bengal

2003

Jahnu Barua

Arts
Assam

2003

Shivram Bhoje

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2003

Jagdish Chaturvedi

Literature & Education
Delhi

2003

Jai Bhagwan Chaudhary

Science & Engineering
Haryana

2003

Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti

Trade & Industry
Tamil Nadu

2003

Danny Denzongpa

Arts
Maharashtra

2003

Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi

Arts
Manipur

2003

Francis Dore

Public Affairs
– [K]

2003

Rita Ganguly

Arts
Delhi

2003

Ranjana Gauhar

Arts
Delhi

2003

Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar

Arts
Maharashtra

2003

J. S. Guleria

Medicine
Delhi

2003

Rakhee Gulzar

Arts
Maharashtra

2003

Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty

Social Work
Meghalaya

2003

Pratapsinh Jadhav

Others
Maharashtra

2003

Nemi Chandra Jain

Arts
Delhi

2003

O. P. Jain

Arts
Delhi

2003

Motilal Jotwani

Literature & Education
Delhi

2003

Sarvagya Singh Katiyar

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2003

Vadiraj Raghavendra Katti

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2003

Aamir Khan

Arts
Maharashtra

2003

Shafaat Ahmed Khan

Arts
Delhi

2003

Narayana Panicker Kochupillai

Medicine
Delhi

2003

Rajagopalan Krishnan

Medicine
Kerala

2003

Mukesh Kumar

Sports
Andhra Pradesh

2003

Chawngthu Lalhmingliana

Social Work
Mizoram

2003

N. R. Madhava Menon

Public Affairs
West Bengal

2003

Gyan Chandra Mishra

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2003

Gopal Chandra Mitra

Science & Engineering
Odisha

2003

Jai Pal Mittal

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2003

Manthiram Natarajan

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2003

Nokdenlemba

Literature & Education
Nagaland

2003

Gopal Purushottam Phadke

Sports
Maharashtra

2003

Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal

Sports
Uttarakhand

2003

Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad

Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh

2003

Sundaram Ramakrishnan

Science & Engineering
Kerala

2003

Malavika Sarukkai

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2003

Ashok Seth

Medicine
Delhi

2003

Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2003

Baburao Govindrao Shirke

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2003

Shailendra Nath Shrivastava

Literature & Education
Bihar

2003

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

Sports
West Bengal

2003

Pritam Singh

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2003

Vijay Prakash Singh

Medicine
Bihar

2003

Mahendra Singh Sodha

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2003

T. M. Soundararajan

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2003

Sukumari

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2003

Vairamuthu

Literature & Education
Tamil Nadu

2003

Nagarajan Vedachalam

Science & Engineering
Kerala

2003

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

Sports
Tamil Nadu

2003

Satish Vyas

Arts
Maharashtra

2003

Kishorebhai Ratilal Zaveri

Social Work
Delhi

2004

Meher Jehangir Banaji

Social Work
Maharashtra

2004

Hamlet Bareh

Literature & Education
Meghalaya

2004

K. M. Beenamol

Sports
Kerala

2004

P. Bharathiraja

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2004

Arun Trimbak Dabke

Medicine
Chhattisgarh

2004

Sharayu Daftary

Trade & Industry
Maharashtra

2004

Maguni Charan Das

Arts
Odisha

2004

Manoranjan Das

Arts
Odisha

2004

Damodar Keshav Datar

Arts
Maharashtra

2004

Kumarpal Desai

Literature & Education
Gujarat

2004

Gurmayum Anita Devi

Sports
Manipur

2004

Nampally Divakar

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2004

Rahul Dravid

Sports
Karnataka

2004

Tatyana Elizarenkova

Literature & Education
– [A]

2004

Sourav Ganguly

Sports
West Bengal

2004

Anju Bobby George

Sports
Kerala

2004

Kadri Gopalnath

Arts
Karnataka

2004

Anil Kumar Gupta

Literature & Education
Gujarat

2004

Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar

Medicine
Maharashtra

2004

Hariharan

Arts
Maharashtra

2004

Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2004

Gowri Ishwaran

Literature & Education
Delhi

2004

Leeladhar Jagudi

Literature & Education
Uttarakhand

2004

Sunita Jain

Literature & Education
Delhi

2004

Purshottam Das Jalota

Arts
Maharashtra

2004

Krishn Kanhai

Arts
Uttar Pradesh

2004

Heisnam Kanhailal

Arts
Manipur

2004

Prithvi Nath Kaula

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2004

Satish Kumar Kaura

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2004

Anupam Kher

Arts
Maharashtra

2004

Sikkil Venkatraman Kunjumani

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2004

Flora MacDonald

Public Affairs
– [L]

2004

S. C. Manchanda

Medicine
Delhi

2004

Ashwin Balachand Mehta

Medicine
Maharashtra

2004

Siddhartha Mehta

Medicine
Delhi

2004

Nalini Ranjan Mohanty

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2004

Batchu Lutchmiah Srinivasa Murthy

Social Work
Karnataka

2004

Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair

Arts
Kerala

2004

Morup Namgyal

Arts
Jammu & Kashmir

2004

Sikkil Natesan Neela

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2004

Aubakir Dastanuly Nilibayev

Literature & Education
– [M]

2004

S. P. Nimbalkar

Sports
Maharashtra

2004

Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2004

Shyam Narain Panday

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2004

Ayyappa Paniker

Literature & Education
Kerala

2004

P. Parameswaran

Literature & Education
Kerala

2004

Kantibhai Baldevbhai Patel

Arts
Gujarat

2004

Samuel Paul

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2004

T. S. Prahlad

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2004

Vishweshwaraiah Prakash

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2004

Premlata Puri

Literature & Education
Delhi

2004

Sudha Ragunathan

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2004

Veernala Jayarama Rao

Arts
Delhi

2004

Queenie Rynjah

Social Work
Meghalaya

2004

S. K. Sama

Medicine
Delhi

2004

Bal Samant

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2004

Rajan Saxena

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2004

Kanhaiyalal Sethia

Literature & Education
Rajasthan

2004

Ramesh Chandra Shah

Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh

2004

K. N. Shankara

Science & Engineering
Gujarat

2004

Devi Shetty

Medicine
Karnataka

2004

Bharati Shivaji

Arts
Delhi

2004

Lalji Singh

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2004

Pandit Surinder Singh

Arts
Delhi

2004

Gopal Prasad Sinha

Medicine
Bihar

2004

Rajpal Singh Sirohi

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2004

Bhajan Sopori

Arts
Delhi

2004

Heinrich von Stietencron

Literature & Education
Germany

2004

Sudhir Tailang

Literature & Education
Delhi

2004

Dilip Tirkey

Sports
Odisha

2004

Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Literature & Education
Punjab

2004

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Arts
Kerala

2004

M. Vijayan

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2004

Asifa Zamani

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2005

Muzaffar Ali

Arts
Delhi

2005

Shameem Dev Azad

Arts
Delhi

2005

Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Literature & Education
West Bengal

2005

G. Bakthavathsalam

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2005

Dipankar Banerjee

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2005

Srikumar Banerjee

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2005

Hema Bharali

Social Work
Assam

2005

Shobhana Bhartia

Literature & Education
Delhi

2005

M. Boyer

Arts
Goa

2005

Manas Chaudhuri

Literature & Education
Meghalaya

2005

K. S. Chithra

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2005

Banwari Lal Chouksey

Science & Engineering
Madhya Pradesh

2005

Nana Chudasama

Social Work
Maharashtra

2005

Darchhawna

Literature & Education
Mizoram

2005

Bhagavatula Dattaguru

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2005

Yumlembam Gambhini Devi

Arts
Manipur

2005

Vasudevan Gnana Gandhi

Science & Engineering
Kerala

2005

Pullela Gopichand

Sports
Andhra Pradesh

2005

J. S. Grewal

Literature & Education
Chandigarh

2005

Jitendra Mohan Hans

Medicine
Delhi

2005

Indira Jaising

Public Affairs
Delhi

2005

Amin Kamil

Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir

2005

Madhu Sudan Kanungo

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2005

Shah Rukh Khan

Arts
Maharashtra

2005

Ghulam Sadiq Khan

Arts
Delhi

2005

Kavita Krishnamurthy

Arts
Karnataka

2005

Anil Kumble

Sports
Karnataka

2005

P. N. V. Kurup

Medicine
Delhi

2005

Lalsawma

Social Work
Mizoram

2005

Gadul Singh Lama

Literature & Education
Sikkim

2005

M. Mahadevappa

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2005

Mammen Mathew

Literature & Education
Kerala

2005

Chaturbhuj Meher

Arts
Odisha

2005

Veer Singh Mehta

Medicine
Delhi

2005

Kumkum Mohanty

Arts
Odisha

2005

S. B. Mujumdar

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2005

Sunita Narain

Others
Delhi

2005

Lavu Narendranath

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2005

Punaram Nishad

Arts
Chhattisgarh

2005

Mehrunnisa Parvez

Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh

2005

Theilin Phanbuh

Social Work
Meghalaya

2005

Cyrus S. Poonawalla

Medicine
Maharashtra

2005

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Sports
Delhi

2005

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Sports
Rajasthan

2005

K. C. Reddy

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2005

Sushil Sahai

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2005

Kedar Nath Sahoo

Arts
Jharkhand

2005

Raasacha Swami Ram Swaroop Sharma

Arts
Uttar Pradesh

2005

Sougaijam Thanil Singh

Arts
Manipur

2005

Gladys Staines

Social Work
– [N]

2005

Rachel Thomas

Sports
Delhi

2005

Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2005

Komala Varadan

Arts
Delhi

2005

Bilat Paswan Vihangam

Literature & Education
Bihar

2005

Puran Chand Wadali

Arts
Punjab

2006

Suwalal Chhaganmal Bafna

Social Work
Maharashtra

2006

Sanjeev Bagai

Medicine
Delhi

2006

Ramachandran Balasubramanian

Science & Engineering
Tamil Nadu

2006

P. S. Bedi

Social Work
Delhi

2006

Madhumita Bisht

Sports
Delhi

2006

J. N. Chaudhry

Civil Service
Delhi

2006

Devappagowda Chinnaiah

Medicine
Karnataka

2006

Ileana Citaristi

Arts
Odisha

2006

Ajeet Cour

Literature & Education
Delhi

2006

Sucheta Dalal

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2006

Mehmood Dhaulpuri

Arts
Delhi

2006

Mohan Singh Gunjyal

Sports
Arunachal Pradesh

2006

Harsh Gupta

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2006

Swami Harigovind

Arts
Uttar Pradesh

2006

Seyed E. Hasnain

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

2006

Shahnaz Husain

Trade & Industry
Delhi

2006

Anil Prakash Joshi

Social Work
Uttarakhand

2006

Shree Lal Joshi

Arts
Rajasthan

2006

Mohan Kameswaran

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2006

Upendra Kaul

Medicine
Delhi

2006

Surinder Kaur

Arts
Haryana

2006

Rashid Khan

Arts
West Bengal

2006

Laltluangliana Khiangte

Literature & Education
Mizoram

2006

Mary Kom

Sports
Manipur

2006

Vasundhara Komkali

Arts
Madhya Pradesh

2006

Suresh Krishna

Trade & Industry
Tamil Nadu

2006

Narendra Kumar

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2006

Tsering Landol

Medicine
Jammu & Kashmir

2006

Lothar Lutze

Literature & Education
Germany

2006

Abdul Rahman Al Mahmoud

Public Affairs
Qatar

2006

Yashodhar Mathpal

Arts
Uttarakhand

2006

Sania Mirza

Sports
Andhra Pradesh

2006

Ghanashyam Mishra

Medicine
Odisha

2006

Madhup Mudgal

Arts
Delhi

2006

Sudha Murty

Social Work
Karnataka

2006

B. V. Nimbkar

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2006

B. Palaniappan

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2006

Mrinal Pande

Literature & Education
Delhi

2006

Kavungal Chathunni Panicker

Arts
Kerala

2006

Shyama Charan Pati

Arts
Jharkhand

2006

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2006

Harbhajan Singh Rissam

Medicine
Delhi

2006

Rajendra Kumar Saboo

Social Work
Chandigarh

2006

Bahadur Singh Sagoo

Sports
Punjab

2006

Gayatri Sankaran

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2006

Prasad Sawkar

Arts
Goa

2006

Kamal Kumar Sethi

Medicine
Delhi

2006

Mehmooda Ali Shah

Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir

2006

Aribam Syam Sharma

Arts
Manipur

2006

Shobana

Arts
Kerala

2006

Swaminathan Sivaram

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2006

Kanaka Srinivasan

Arts
Delhi

2006

Sugathakumari

Literature & Education
Kerala

2006

Pankaj Udhas

Arts
Maharashtra

2006

Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Medicine
Maharashtra

2006

Sudha Varghese

Social Work
Bihar

2006

Melhupra Vero

Social Work
Nagaland

2006

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

Literature & Education
Gujarat

2006

Fatima Zakaria

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2006

Kashmiri Lal Zakir

Literature & Education
Chandigarh

2007

Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja

Others
Maharashtra

2007

Thekkethil Kochandy Alex

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2007

Temsula Ao

Literature & Education
Assam

2007

Mohan Babu

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2007

Runa Banerjee

Social Work
Uttar Pradesh

2007

Rabi Narayan Bastia

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2007

Dilip K. Biswas

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2007

Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty

Science & Engineering
– [E]

2007

Geeta Chandran

Arts
Delhi

2007

Harpinder Singh Chawla

Medicine
Chandigarh

2007

Sister M. Cyril Mooney

Social Work
– [O]

2007

Tarla Dalal

Others
Maharashtra

2007

Ravindra Dayal

Literature & Education
Delhi

2007

Astad Deboo

Arts
Maharashtra

2007

Vijaydan Detha

Literature & Education
Rajasthan

2007

Neelamani Devi

Arts
Manipur

2007

Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia

Literature & Education
Gujarat

2007

Remo Fernandes

Arts
Goa

2007

Amitav Ghosh

Literature & Education
– [E]

2007

Meenakshi Gopinath

Literature & Education
Delhi

2007

P. Gopinathan

Arts
Kerala

2007

Narmada Prasad Gupta

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Rajinder Gupta

Trade & Industry
Punjab

2007

Sushil Gupta

Social Work
Delhi

2007

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed

Public Affairs
Delhi

2007

Pushpa Hans

Arts
Delhi

2007

Mushirul Hasan

Literature & Education
Delhi

2007

Ashok Kumar Hemal

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Shanti Hiranand

Arts
Delhi

2007

Mujtaba Hussain

Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh

2007

Ananda Shankar Jayant

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2007

Kiran Karnik

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2007

Naina Lal Kidwai

Trade & Industry
Maharashtra

2007

Giriraj Kishore

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2007

Humpy Koneru

Sports
Andhra Pradesh

2007

Atul Kumar

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Govardan Kumari

Arts
Gujarat

2007

Sonam Tshering Lepcha

Arts
Sikkim

2007

C. N. Manjunath

Medicine
Karnataka

2007

Balachandra Menon

Arts
Kerala

2007

Adya Prasad Mishra

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2007

Anoop Misra

Medicine
Delhi

2007

P. Namperumalsamy

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2007

Mayilvahanan Natarajan

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2007

Thanu Padmanabhan

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2007

K. R. Palaniswamy

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2007

Lalit Pande

Others
Uttarakhand

2007

Mahadev Prasad Pandey

Literature & Education
Chhattisgarh

2007

Shekhar Pathak

Literature & Education
Uttarakhand

2007

Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2007

Lama Thup Phuntsok

Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh

2007

S. Dhakshinamurthy Pillai

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2007

Devindra Rahinwal#

Social Work
Uttarakhand

2007

Baldev Raj

Science & Engineering
Tamil Nadu

2007

Pratibha Ray

Literature & Education
Odisha

2007

Rostislav Rybakov

Literature & Education
– [A]

2007

Mahipal S. Sachdev

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Mira Salganik

Literature & Education
– [A]

2007

Teesta Setalvad

Public Affairs
Maharashtra

2007

Vikram Seth

Literature & Education
– [B]

2007

Shashikala

Arts
Maharashtra

2007

Balbir Singh

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Gajendra Narayan Singh

Arts
Bihar

2007

Jeev Milkha Singh

Sports
Punjab

2007

Thingbaijam Babu Singh

Arts
Manipur

2007

A. Sivasailam

Trade & Industry
Tamil Nadu

2007

Sonam Skalzang

Arts
Jammu & Kashmir

2007

Sudhir Kumar Sopory

Science & Engineering
Haryana

2007

Pannuru Sripathy

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2007

Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2007

Waman Thakre

Arts
Madhya Pradesh

2007

B. Paul Thaliath

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2007

P. R. Thilagam

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2007

Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal

Medicine
– [B]

2007

Vaali

Literature & Education
Tamil Nadu

2007

Kharag Singh Valdiya

Science & Engineering
Karnataka

2007

Mohsin Wali

Medicine
Delhi

2007

Khalid Zaheer

Social Work
Uttarakhand

2008

Sivanthi Adithan

Literature & Education
Tamil Nadu

2008

Bina Agarwal

Literature & Education
Delhi

2008

Kailash Chandra Agrawal

Social Work
Rajasthan

2008

K. S. Nissar Ahmed

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2008

M. A. Yousuf Ali

Social Work
– [P]

2008

Tom Alter

Arts
Maharashtra

2008

Vellayani Arjunan

Literature & Education
Kerala

2008

Shyam Narayan Arya

Medicine
Bihar

2008

Nirupam Bajpai

Literature & Education
– [E]

2008

Dinesh K. Bhargava

Medicine
Delhi

2008

Baichung Bhutia

Sports
Sikkim

2008

Sheela Borthakur

Social Work
Assam

2008

Karuna Mary Braganza

Social Work
Maharashtra

2008

Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar

Arts
Kerala

2008

Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2008

Meenakshi Chitharanjan

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2008

Kasturi Lal Chopra

Science & Engineering
Delhi

2008

Bula Choudhury

Sports
West Bengal

2008

Madhuri Dixit

Arts
Maharashtra

2008

Vinod Dua

Literature & Education
Delhi

2008

Barkha Dutt

Literature & Education
Delhi

2008

Tony Fernandez

Medicine
Kerala

2008

Kekoo Gandhy

Arts
Maharashtra

2008

Helen Giri

Arts
Meghalaya

2008

Jatin Goswami

Arts
Assam

2008

V. R. Gowrishankar

Social Work
Karnataka

2008

Hans Raj Hans

Arts
Punjab

2008

Surjya Kanta Hazarika

Literature & Education
Assam

2008

Sabitri Heisnam

Arts
Manipur

2008

Joseph H. Hulse

Science & Engineering
– [L]

2008

Bhavarlal Jain

Science & Engineering
Maharashtra

2008

Rakesh Kumar Jain

Medicine
Uttarakhand

2008

Raman Kapur

Medicine
Delhi

2008

Kaleem Ullah Khan

Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh

2008

T. P. Lahane

Medicine
Maharashtra

2008

M. Leelavathy

Literature & Education
Kerala

2008

Gokulotsavji Maharaj

Arts
Madhya Pradesh

2008

Colette Mathur

Public Affairs
– [Q]

2008

Amitabh Mattoo

Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir

2008

Keiki R. Mehta

Medicine
Maharashtra

2008

Kshama Metre

Social Work
Himachal Pradesh

2008

Amit Mitra

Trade & Industry
Delhi

2008

Mangala Prasad Mohanty

Arts
Jharkhand

2008

P. K. Narayanan Nambiar

Arts
Kerala

2008

John Martin Nelson

Arts
Chhattisgarh

2008

M. C. Pant

Medicine
Uttar Pradesh

2008

Bholabhai Patel

Literature & Education
Gujarat

2008

Pratap Pawar

Arts
– [B]

2008

Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov

Arts
– [A]

2008

Gangadhar Pradhan

Arts
Odisha

2008

Arjunan Rajasekaran

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2008

Kutikuppala Surya Rao

Social Work
Andhra Pradesh

2008

Yella Venkateswara Rao

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2008

Madan Mohan Sabharwal

Social Work
Delhi

2008

Malvika Sabharwal

Medicine
Delhi

2008

Vikramjit Sahney

Social Work
Delhi

2008

Rajdeep Sardesai

Literature & Education
Delhi

2008

Deepak Sehgal

Medicine
Delhi

2008

M. Night Shyamalan

Arts
– [E]

2008

A. Jayanta Kumar Singh

Medicine
Manipur

2008

Indu Bhushan Sinha

Medicine
Bihar

2008

Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2008

Randhir Sud

Medicine
Delhi

2008

Mohammad Yousuf Taing

Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir

2008

Sukhadeo Thorat

Literature & Education
Delhi

2008

Srinibash Udgata

Literature & Education
Odisha

2008

C. U. Velmurugendran

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2008

Sant Singh Virmani

Science & Engineering
– [E]

2008

Jawahar Wattal

Arts
Delhi

2008

Surendra Singh Yadav

Medicine
Delhi

2008

Sentila T. Yanger

Arts
Nagaland

2009

Pankaj Advani

Sports
Karnataka

2009

Ameena Ahmad Ahuja

Arts
Delhi

2009

Tafazzul Ali[i]#

Arts
Assam

2009

Suresh Gundu Amonkar

Literature & Education
Goa

2009

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Kalyan Banerjee

Medicine
Delhi

2009

Utpal K. Banerjee

Literature & Education
Delhi

2009

Hemi Bawa

Arts
Delhi

2009

Brahmanandam

Arts
Andhra Pradesh

2009

Abhay Chhajlani

Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh

2009

Ram Kishore Chhipa

Arts
Rajasthan

2009

Balswarup Choubey

Medicine
Maharashtra

2009

Shyamal Bhushan Ghosh Dastidar

Civil Service
Haryana

2009

Birendra Nath Datta

Literature & Education
Assam

2009

Shashi Deshpande

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2009

Devayani

Arts
– [K]

2009

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Sports
Jharkhand

2009

Prakash N. Dubey

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Suresh Dutta

Arts
West Bengal

2009

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2009

Kalamandalam Gopi

Arts
Kerala

2009

Niranjan Goswami

Arts
West Bengal

2009

Saibaba Goud

Medicine
Andhra Pradesh

2009

Bannanje Govindacharya

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2009

Ashok Kumar Grover

Medicine
Delhi

2009

Yash Gulati

Medicine
Delhi

2009

A. K. Gupta

Medicine
Maharashtra

2009

Syed Iqbal Hasnain

Others
Delhi

2009

Panchapakesa Jayaraman

Literature & Education
– [E]

2009

Geeta Kapur

Arts
Delhi

2009

Nirmal Singh Khalsa

Arts
Punjab

2009

Hashmat Ullah Khan

Arts
Jammu & Kashmir

2009

Helen

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Mathoor Krishnamurty

Literature & Education
Karnataka

2009

S. Krishnaswamy

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2009

Balbir Singh Kullar

Sports
Punjab

2009

Akshay Kumar

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

P. R. Krishna Kumar

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2009

R. K. Krishna Kumar

Trade & Industry
Maharashtra

2009

Arvind Lal

Medicine
Delhi

2009

Bilkees I. Latif

Social Work
Andhra Pradesh

2009

Keepu Tsering Lepcha

Social Work
Sikkim

2009

Iravatham Mahadevan

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2009

Jayanta Mahapatra

Literature & Education
Odisha

2009

Shyam Sunder Maheshwari

Social Work
Rajasthan

2009

Laxman Mane

Literature & Education
Maharashtra

2009

Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

John Ralston Marr

Literature & Education
– [B]

2009

Penaz Masani

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Alok Mehta

Literature & Education
Delhi

2009

Surinder Mehta

Others
Delhi

2009

Cheril Krishna Menon

Social Work
– [P]

2009

Shaoli Mitra

Arts
West Bengal

2009

Udit Narayan

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Govind Ram Nirmalkar

Arts
Chhattisgarh

2009

Shaik Khader Noordeen

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2009

Leela Omchery

Arts
Delhi

2009

Pratapaditya Pal

Arts
– [E]

2009

Shyamala Pappu

Public Affairs
Delhi

2009

Joseph H. Pereira

Social Work
Maharashtra

2009

D. S. Rana

Medicine
Himachal Pradesh

2009

Bansilal Rathi

Social Work
Madhya Pradesh

2009

A. Sankara Reddy

Literature & Education
Delhi

2009

Sunil Kanti Roy

Social Work
West Bengal

2009

Thanikachalam Sadagopan

Medicine
Tamil Nadu

2009

Lalthangfala Sailo

Literature & Education
Mizoram

2009

Aruna Sairam

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2009

Arunmugam Sakthivel

Trade & Industry
Tamil Nadu

2009

Ngawang Samten

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2009

K. Asungba Sangtam

Public Affairs
Nagaland

2009

Mattannoor Sankarankutty

Arts
Kerala

2009

Kumar Sanu

Arts
Maharashtra

2009

Ameen Sayani

Others
Maharashtra

2009

Kiran Seth

Arts
Delhi

2009

Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma

Arts
Manipur

2009

B. R. Shetty

Trade & Industry
– [P]

2009

Ravindra Nath Shrivastava

Literature & Education
Bihar

2009

Harbhajan Singh

Sports
Punjab

2009

R. Sivaraman

Medicine
Kerala

2009

Ranbir Chander Sobti

Literature & Education
Chandigarh

2009

Skendrowell Syiemlieh[ii]#

Arts
Meghalaya

2009

Pramod Tandon

Science & Engineering
Meghalaya

2009

J. A. K. Tareen

Literature & Education
Puducherry

2009

Thilakan

Arts
Kerala

2009

Ram Shankar Tripathi

Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh

2009

Norden Tshering

Literature & Education
Sikkim

2009

K. P. Udayabhanu

Arts
Kerala

2009

Ashok K. Vaid

Medicine
Delhi

2009

Sunny Varkey

Literature & Education
– [P]

2009

Govindan Vijayaraghavan

Medicine
Kerala

2009

Mitraniketan Viswanathan

Social Work
Kerala

2009

Vivek

Arts
Tamil Nadu

2009

Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav

Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh

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