padam Bhushan and Padam Vibhushan Awardees of 2015 full list
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various 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.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
| S. No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline | State/Domicile |
| 1. | Shri L. K. Advani | Public Affairs | Gujarat |
| 2. | Shri Amitabh Bachchan | Art | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Prakash Singh Badal | Public Affairs | Punjab |
| 4. | Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 5. | Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 6. | Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya | Others | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7. | Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 8. | Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 9. | Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) | Trade and Industry | France/UK |
| 1. | Shri Jahnu Barua | Art | Assam |
| 2. | Dr. Vijay Bhatkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Swapan Dasgupta | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 4. | Swami Satyamitranand Giri | Others | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Shri N. Gopalaswami | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 6. | Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 8. | Dr. Ambrish Mithal | Medicine | Delhi |
| 9. | Smt. Sudha Ragunathan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 10. | Shri Harish Salve | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 11. | Dr. Ashok Seth | Medicine | Delhi |
| 12. | Shri Rajat Sharma | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 13. | Shri Satpal | Sports | Delhi |
| 14. | Shri Shivakumara Swami | Others | Karnataka |
| 15. | Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 16. | Prof. Manjul Bhargava(NRI/PIO) | Science and Engineering | USA |
| 17. | Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva)(Foreigner) | Others | USA |
| 18. | Shri Bill Gates(Foreigner) | Social Work | USA |
| 19. | Ms. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) | Social Work | USA |
| 20. | Shri Saichiro Misumi(Foreigner) | Others | Japan |
| 1. | Dr. Manjula Anagani | Medicine | Telangana |
| 2. | Shri S. Arunan | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 3. | Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 4. | Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 5. | Shri Naresh Bedi | Art | Delhi |
| 6. | Shri Ashok Bhagat | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| 7. | Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Art | Maharashtra |
| 8. | Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 9. | Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 10. | Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 11. | Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala | Medicine | Delhi |
| 12. | Shri Bibek Debroy | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 13. | Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi | Medicine | Manipur |
| 14. | Dr. Ashok Gulati | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 15. | Dr. Randeep Guleria | Medicine | Delhi |
| 16. | Dr. K. P. Haridas | Medicine | Kerala |
| 17. | Shri Rahul Jain | Art | Delhi |
| 18. | Shri Ravindra Jain | Art | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Dr. Sunil Jogi | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 20. | Shri Prasoon Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 21. | Dr. Prafulla Kar | Art | Odisha |
| 22. | Ms. Saba Anjum | Sports | Chhattisgarh |
| 23. | Smt. Ushakiran Khan | Literature and Education | Bihar |
| 24. | Dr. Rajesh Kotecha | Medicine | Rajasthan |
| 25. | Prof. Alka Kriplani | Medicine | Delhi |
| 26. | Dr. Harsh Kumar | Medicine | Delhi |
| 27. | Shri Narayana Purushothama Mallaya | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 28. | Shri Lambert Mascarenhas | Literature and Education | Goa |
| 29. | Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 30. | Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta | Social Work | Delhi |
| 31. | Shri Tarak Mehta | Art | Gujarat |
| 32. | Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih | Art | Meghalaya |
| 33. | Shri Chewang Norphel | Others | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 34. | Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 35. | Dr.Tejas Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 36. | Shri Jadav Molai Peyang | Others | Assam |
| 37. | Smt. Bimla Poddar | Other | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. | Dr. N. Prabhakar | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 39. | Dr. Prahalada | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 40. | Dr. Narendra Prasad | Medicine | Bihar |
| 41. | Shri Ram Bahadur Rai | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 42. | Ms. Mithali Raj | Sports | Telangana |
| 43. | Shri P. V. Rajaraman | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 44. | Prof. J. S. Rajput | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45. | Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 46. | Prof. Bimal Roy | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 47. | Shri Shekhar Sen | Art | Maharashtra |
| 48. | Shri Gunvant Shah | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 49. | Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji) | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 50. | Shri Manu Sharma | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 51. | Prof. Yog Raj Sharma | Medicine | Delhi |
| 52. | Shri Vasant Shastri | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 53. | Shri S. K. Shivkumar | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 54. | Ms. P. V. Sindhu | Sports | Telangana |
| 55. | Shri Sardara Singh | Sports | Haryana |
| 56. | Ms. Arunima Sinha | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 57. | Shri Mahesh Raj Soni | Art | Rajasthan |
| 58. | Dr.Nikhil Tandon | Medicine | Delhi |
| 59. | Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 60. | Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 61. | Shri Huang Baosheng(Foreigner) | Others | China |
| 62. | Prof. Jacques Blamont(Foreigner) | Science and Engineering | France |
| 63. | Late Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin(Posthumous) | Others | Maharashtra |
| 64. | Shri Jean-Claude Carriere(Foreigner) | Literature and Education | France |
| 65. | Dr. Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty(NRI/PIO) | Trade and Industry | USA |
| 66. | Shri George L. Hart(Foreigner) | Others | USA |
| 67. | Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (NRI/PIO) | Others | Portugal |
| 68. | Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta (Posthumous) | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 69. | Ms. Tripti Mukherjee(NRI/PIO) | Art | USA |
| 70. | Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori(NRI/PIO) | Medicine | USA |
| 71. | Dr. Raghu Rama Pillarisetti(NRI/PIO) | Medicine | USA |
| 72. | Dr. Saumitra Rawat(NRI/PIO) | Medicine | UK |
| 73. | Prof. Annette Schmiedchen(Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Germany |
| 74. | Late Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Posthumous) | Art | Delhi |
| 75. | Late Shri R. Vasudevan(Posthumous) | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
These are are the padam Bhushan and Padam Vibhushan Awardees of 2015 full list.
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