New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday honoured several eminent personalities with the prestigious Padma awards at a simple ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Tamil film star Rajinikanth, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, Priyanka Chopra, playback singer Udit Narayan, ace tennis star Sania Mirza were among those who were conferred with the Padma awards.
The President had earlier conferred five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 43 Padma Shri awards at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Here is the full list of recipients:
Padma Vibhushan
Founder of Reliance Industries late Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani (posthumous)
Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Jagmohan
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Indian-American economist Avinash Kamalakar Dixit
Renowned dancer Yamini Krishnamurti
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth
Padma Bhushan
Actor Anupam Pushkarnath Kher
Playback singer Udit Narayan
Badminton star Saina Nehwal
Former CAG Vinod Rai
Industrialist Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Architect Hafeez Sorab Contractor
Educationist and Journalist Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard
Scientist Alla Venkata Rama Rao
Gastroenterologist Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
Padma Shri
The 43 awardees who will receive the honour include:
Actor Ajay Devgn
Priyanka Chopra
Filmmaker Madhur R Bhandarkar
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli
Scientist Dr Mylswamy Annadurai
Archer Deepika Kumari
Celebrated chef Mohammed Imtiaz Qureshi
Classical musician Pandit Tulsidas Borkar
Social worker Ajoy Kumar Dutta
Folk tale artist Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi
Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Film director Naresh Chander Lal
Ashok Malik
Mahesh Chand Mehta
Social worker Dr Sundar Aditya Menon
Haldar Nag
Social worker PP Gopinathan Nair
Dr TV Narayana
Professor Predrag K Nikic
Subhash Palekar
Filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda
Advertising professional Piyush Pandey
Journalist Pushpesh Pant
Businessman Dilip Sanghvi
Folk dancer Gulabi Sapera
Dahyabhai Shastri
Onkar Nath Srivastava
Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous)
Prahlad Chandra Tasa
Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva
Professor (Dr) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav
Dr Nayudamma Yarlagadda
The government had announced Padma awards for 112 eminent persons on the eve of Republic Day.
