List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)


The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The recipients receive a Sanad, a certificate signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in The Gazette of Indiaa publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the Ministry of Urban Development. The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette. The names of recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which processes require the authority of the president, are archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 2000–2009 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg" under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria included "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants", but excluded those working with the public sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards; this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The design was also changed to the form that is currently in use; it portrays a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion in diameter and thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of side is embossed with a knob carved within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus written in Devanagari script. The State Emblem of India is displayed in the centre of the reverse side, together with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" in Devanagari script, which is inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband in width with a broad white stripe in the middle. It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations of the Indian civilian and military awards.
A total of 291 awards were presented in the 2000s twenty awards were presented in 2000, followed by thirty-two in 2001, twenty-five in 2002, thirty-two in 2003, nineteen in 2004, thirty in 2005, thirty-seven in 2006, thirty-two in 2007, thirty-five in 2008, and thirty-one in 2009. The Padma Bhushan in the 2000s was also conferred upon 37 foreign recipients eighteen from the United States, five each from Russia and the United Kingdom, three from Japan, two from France, and one each from China, the Czech Republic, Germany, and South Africa. Individuals from ten different fields were awarded, which includes sixty-nine artists, sixty from literature and education, forty-three from science and engineering, twenty-seven from trade and industry, twenty-six from medicine, twenty-two from public affairs, eighteen from social work, twelve from civil services, ten from other fields, and four sportspersons.
In 2003, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteer Dattopant Thengadi refused to accept the award until RSS founder K. B. Hedgewar RSS ideologue M. S. Golwalkar had been offered the Bharat Ratna. Historian Romila Thapar, who had earlier refused the award in 1992, did so again in 2005. In a letter she wrote to the then President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, she mentioned that she had refused the award when the Ministry of Human Resource Development contacted her. However, she stated she was surprised to see her name in the list of awardees. Civil servant S. R. Sankaran also refused to accept the award in 2005 without citing any reason.

Recipients





YearRecipientFieldState
2000Science & EngineeringDelhi
2000OthersDelhi
2000Science & EngineeringAndhra Pradesh
2000ArtsDelhi
2000Social WorkUttar Pradesh
2000Social WorkKarnataka
2000Science & EngineeringDelhi
2000Public AffairsDelhi
2000Science & EngineeringDelhi
2000Science & EngineeringDelhi
2000Literature & EducationDelhi
2000ArtsTamil Nadu
2000Social WorkUttar Pradesh
2000ArtsDelhi
2000ArtsDelhi
2000Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2000Social WorkMaharashtra
2000Science & EngineeringKerala
2000Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2000MedicineHaryana
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2001SportsTamil Nadu
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2001Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2001Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2001Social WorkMaharashtra
2001Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
2001Public Affairs
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2001Public AffairsDelhi
2001Literature & EducationKerala
2001ArtsAssam
2001ArtsTamil Nadu
2001ArtsDelhi
2001Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
2001ArtsOdisha
2001Science & Engineering
2001Trade & IndustryDelhi
2001OthersDelhi
2001Social WorkMaharashtra
2001Trade & IndustryGujarat
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2001Literature & EducationDelhi
2001Trade & IndustryAndhra Pradesh
2001ArtsTamil Nadu
2001Social WorkMaharashtra
2001Medicine
2001Science & EngineeringAndhra Pradesh
2001Science & Engineering
2001ArtsDelhi
2001ArtsKarnataka
2001MedicineDelhi
2002Public Affairs
2002Social WorkDelhi
2002ArtsMaharashtra
2002Public Affairs
2002SportsMaharashtra
2002Literature & Education
2002Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2002ArtsMaharashtra
2002Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2002ArtsMaharashtra
2002Literature & EducationMaharashtra
2002Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2002Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
2002Science & Engineering
2002Civil ServiceRajasthan
2002ArtsMaharashtra
2002Literature & EducationGoa
2002Public Affairs
2002Science & EngineeringKerala
2002MedicineTamil Nadu
2002Civil ServiceDelhi
2002ArtsMadhya Pradesh
2002Public AffairsDelhi
2002Literature & EducationDelhi
2002ArtsKerala
2003ArtsChhattisgarh
2003ArtsKerala
2003OthersDelhi
2003Public Affairs
2003Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2003MedicineDelhi
2003Public AffairsDelhi
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003Science & EngineeringHaryana
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2003MedicineDelhi
2003MedicineUttar Pradesh
2003Literature & EducationOdisha
2003Science & EngineeringDelhi
2003Literature & EducationWest Bengal
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003MedicineMaharashtra
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003ArtsMaharashtra
2003OthersDelhi
2003ArtsMaharashtra
2003Science & EngineeringDelhi
2003Trade & IndustryDelhi
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
2003ArtsTamil Nadu
2003ArtsDelhi
2003Literature & EducationKerala
2003Science & Engineering
2004ArtsWest Bengal
2004Public AffairsMaharashtra
2004ArtsMaharashtra
2004Science & EngineeringPunjab
2004Literature & EducationMaharashtra
2004ArtsRajasthan
2004Civil serviceTamil Nadu
2004Public Affairs
2004Literature & EducationDelhi
2004Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2004Social WorkGujarat
2004Literature & EducationDelhi
2004ArtsUttar Pradesh
2004Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
2004Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
2004ArtsTamil Nadu
2004MedicineDelhi
2004Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
2004ArtsTamil Nadu
2005Literature & EducationHaryana
2005Literature & EducationDelhi
2005OthersUttarakhand
2005Literature & EducationDelhi
2005ArtsMaharashtra
2005ArtsKarnataka
2005Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
2005MedicineMaharashtra
2005Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
2005MedicineDelhi
2005MedicineDelhi
2005Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2005Literature & EducationMeghalaya
2005MedicineDelhi
2005Trade & IndustryDelhi
2005Literature & EducationKerala
2005Trade & IndustryKarnataka
2005Literature & EducationJammu & Kashmir
2005Public AffairsDelhi
2005ArtsDelhi
2005Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
2005Science & EngineeringDelhi
2005Science & EngineeringAndhra Pradesh
2005MedicineDelhi
2005Civil ServiceKarnataka
2005Civil ServiceDelhi
2005Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2005Literature & EducationDelhi
2006MedicineTamil Nadu
2006Civil ServiceKarnataka
2006Public AffairsDelhi
2006Social WorkWest Bengal
2006Literature & Education
2006Literature & EducationDelhi
2006ArtsAndhra Pradesh
2006Literature & EducationDelhi
2006Trade & IndustryHaryana
2006Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2006ArtsMaharashtra
2006Social WorkKarnataka
2006Literature & EducationHaryana
2006ArtsMaharashtra
2006ArtsDelhi
2006ArtsMaharashtra
2006ArtsDelhi
2006Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2006ArtsTamil Nadu
2006Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2006Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2006ArtsMaharashtra
2006Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2006Literature & EducationKerala
2006Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2006Social WorkKarnataka
2006Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
2006Literature & EducationOdisha
2006MedicineTamil Nadu
2006Public AffairsChandigarh
2006OthersUttar Pradesh
2006OthersHaryana
2006SportsMaharashtra
2006ArtsGujarat
2006MedicineChandigarh
2006Literature & EducationRajasthan
2006Literature & Education
2007Literature & EducationMaharashtra
2007Literature & EducationKerala
2007Public Affairs
2007Science & EngineeringWest Bengal
2007Social WorkDelhi
2007ArtsWest Bengal
2007Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2007Science & EngineeringChandigarh
2007Trade & IndustryTamil Nadu
2007MedicineDelhi
2007ArtsMaharashtra
2007ArtsDelhi
2007ArtsDelhi
2007Trade & IndustryDelhi
2007ArtsKerala
2007Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
2007Trade & Industry
2007ArtsKerala
2007Literature & Education
2007MedicineWest Bengal
2007Science & Engineering
2007Literature & Education
2007Arts
2007Literature & Education
2007Literature & EducationAssam
2007Literature & EducationMizoram
2007MedicineDelhi
2007MedicineMaharashtra
2007Science & EngineeringDelhi
2007Literature & Education
2007Trade & Industry
2007Public AffairsKerala
2008Public AffairsJammu & Kashmir
2008Literature & Education
2008Literature & EducationDelhi
2008MedicineChandigarh
2008ArtsDelhi
2008Civil ServiceDelhi
2008Science & EngineeringDelhi
2008Public Affairs
2008Literature & Education
2008Science & EngineeringDelhi
2008MedicineDelhi
2008Literature & EducationChandigarh
2008Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2008Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2008Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2008Social WorkPunjab
2008Literature & EducationGoa
2008ArtsDelhi
2008Social Work
2008Social WorkRajasthan
2008Trade & IndustryTamil Nadu
2008Trade & IndustryDelhi
2008Literature & EducationHaryana
2008Civil ServiceDelhi
2008Trade & Industry
2008Civil ServiceKerala
2008ArtsDelhi
2008ArtsDelhi
2008OthersDelhi
2008Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
2008ArtsTamil Nadu
2008Literature & Education
2008Public Affairs
2008Others
2008Literature & Education
2009Literature & EducationDelhi
2009Public AffairsMeghalaya
2009ArtsMaharashtra
2009SportsPunjab
2009ArtsTamil Nadu
2009ArtsTamil Nadu
2009Literature & EducationKarnataka
2009Literature & EducationDelhi
2009Medicine
2009Literature & Education
2009Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
2009Science & Engineering
2009Science & EngineeringUttar Pradesh
2009ArtsAndhra Pradesh
2009ArtsGujarat
2009Literature & EducationKerala
2009Civil ServiceHaryana
2009Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2009OthersDelhi
2009Literature & EducationDelhi
2009Social WorkMaharashtra
2009Public AffairsDelhi
2009Science & EngineeringDelhi
2009Literature & Education
2009Science & EngineeringDelhi
2009MedicineDelhi
2009Science & Engineering
2009Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
2009ArtsTamil Nadu
2009MedicineDelhi
2009Social WorkTamil Nadu

Explanatory notes

;Non-citizen recipients
;Posthumous recipients