Padma Vibhushan Awards 2014 Winners Name, List:
Padma Awards 2014 is announced today, 25th January 2014. Padma Awards,
the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The
awards are given in all 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. The awards are
conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati
Bhavan sometime around March/ April. This year the President has
approved 127 awards including 10 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/
PIOs. These comprise 2 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma
Shri awards. There are 27 ladies among the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan Awards 2014 Winners List:
1. Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra
2. B K S Iyengar, Yoga, Maharashtra
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