President Pranab Mukherjeeannounced the names of Recipients of this years Padmaawards. He approved conferment of 127 Padma Awards including one duo case (counted as one).Padma Awards, the countrys highest civilian awards, are conferred in three Categories viz.Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.The list comprises two Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awardees.

Padma Awards 2014

2014 Padma Vibhushan Awards :These areawarded for exceptional and distinguished service. This year both the awardees were fromMaharashtra:1. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar for Science and Engineering2. Shri B.K.S. Iyengar for Yoga2014 Padma Bhushan Awards:These areawarded for distinguished service of high order:1. Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art Painting,Gujarat2. Begum Parveen Sultana, Art Classical Singing, Maharashtra3. Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art Ghatam Artist,Tamil Nadu4. Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu5. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs,Delhi6. Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Engineering,Karnataka7. Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra8. Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Engineering, Karnataka9. Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Engineering, Delhi10. Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and Engineering, Karnataka12. Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature andEducation, Delhi13. Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education, Delhi14. Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and Education, Gujarat15. Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu16. Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education,Uttarakhand17. Shri Pullela Gopichand,SportsBadminton,Andhra Pradesh18. Shri Leander Paes, Sports Tennis, Maharashtra19. Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service, Delhi20. Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Public Affairs,Uttar Pradesh#21. Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh #22. Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education,Bangladesh*23. Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph and Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA*$24. Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine Neonatology, Delhi