26 JAN 2011

On the occasion of 61st Republic day of India on January 26, 2011 I wish all A HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY.

This year the chief guest is Indonesian President Dr Haji Yudhoyono, who will be welcomed by President Pratibha Patil, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries.

Ashok Chakra awarded to Major Laishram Jyotin Singh who fought militants in Kabul. Many other gallantry awards given to our brave soldiers. We are thankful to them for their extraordinary valour to keep us safe at home and for the security of our beloved nation.

List of Padma Awards 2011:-

Padma Vibhushan 

Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan     Art - Art Administration and Promotion.     Delhi 
Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla     Art - Photography     Gujarat 
Shri A Nageshwara Rao     Art- Cinema     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar     Public Affairs     Delhi 
Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai     Public Affairs     Delhi 
Shri Vijay Kelkar     Public Affairs     Delhi 
Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia     Public Affairs     Delhi 
Shri Palle Rama Rao     Science and Engineering     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Azim Premji     Trade and Industry     Karnataka 
Shri Brajesh Mishra     Civil Services     Madhya Pradesh 
Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup     Literature and Education     Kerala 
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra     Literature and Education     Orissa 
Late Shri L. C. Jain     Public Affairs     Delhi * 

Padma Bhushan 

Shri Satyadev Dubey     Art - Theatre     Maharashtra 
Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam     Art - Cinema - Music     Maharashtra 
Shri Shashi Kapoor     Art - Cinema     Maharashtra 
Shri Krishen Khanna     Art - Painting     Haryana 
Shri Madavur Vasudevan Nair     Art - Dance - Kathakali     Kerala 
Ms. Waheeda Rehman     Art - Cinema     Maharashtra 
Shri Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan     Art - Music-Vocal     Karnataka 
Ms. Arpita Singh     Art - Painting     Delhi 
Dr. Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam     Art - Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting     Tamil Nadu 
Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar     Art - Classical Dance- Bharatanatyam     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Dwijen Mukherjee     Art     West Bengal 
Smt. Rajashree Birla     Social work     Maharashtra 
Mrs. Shobhana Ranade     Social work     Maharashtra 
Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran     Science and Engineering     Tamil Nadu 
Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan     Trade and Industry     Karnataka 
Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar     Trade and Industry     West Bengal 
Ms. Chanda Kochhar     Trade and Industry     Maharashtra 
Dr. K. Anji Reddy     Trade and Industry- Pharmacy     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Analjit Singh     Trade and Industry     Delhi 
Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar     Trade and Industry     Haryana 
Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy     Trade and Industry     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Ajai Chowdhary     Trade and Industry     Delhi 
Shri Surendra Singh     Civil Services     Delhi 
Shri M. N . Buch     Civil Services     Madhya Pradesh 
Shri Shyam Saran     Civil Services     Delhi 
Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George     Literature and Education     Karnataka 
Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai     Literature and Education     Karnataka 
Shri Sankha Ghosh     Literature and Education     West Bengal 
Late Shri K. Raghavan Thirumulpad     Medicine - Ayurveda .     Kerala* 
Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant     Medicine - Cardiology     Maharashtra * 
Late Shri Dashrath Patel     Art     Gujarat * 

Padma Shri 

Ms. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry     Art - Theatre     Chandigarh 
Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha     Art- Chhau Dance     Jharkhand 
Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun     Art – Film Direction     Kerala 
Shri Girish Kasaravalli     Art - Film making     Karnataka 
Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu     Art - Cinema     Maharashtra 
Shri Jivya Soma Mase     Art - Warli Painting     Maharashtra 
Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja     Art - Dance- Bharatnatyam     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Jayaram Subramaniam     Art - Cinema     Tamil Nadu 
Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty     Art - Music-Indian Classical Vocal     West Bengal 
Smt. Mahasundari Devi     Art - Mithilia / Madhubani Painting.     Bihar 
Shri Gajam Govardhana     Art - Handloom Weaving     Andhra Pradesh 
Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal     Art - Dance - Kathak     Maharashtra 
Shri S.R. Janakiraman     Art - Carnatic Vocal Music     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar     Art - Chenda Melam - Drum concert     Kerala 
Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran     Art - Dance - Mohiniattam     Kerala 
Shri Dadi Dorab Pudumjee     Art - Puppetry     Delhi 
Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh     Art - Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena)     Manipur 
Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya     Art - Folk Music     Madhya Pradesh 
Smt. Usha Uthup     Art - Music.     West Bengal 
Smt. Kajol     Art- Cinema     Maharashtra 
Shri Irfan Khan     Art- Cinema     Maharashtra 
Shri Mamraj Agrawal     Social work     West Bengal 
Shri Jockin Arputham     Social work     Maharashtra 
Ms. Nomita Chandy     Social work     Karnataka 
Ms. Sheela Patel     Social work     Maharashtra 
Ms. Anita Reddy     Social work     Karnataka 
Shri Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor     Social work     Gujarat 
Shri Anant Darshan Shankar     Public Affairs     Karnataka 
Prof. M. Annamalai     Science and Engineering     Karnataka 
Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta     Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science     Gujarat 
Shri Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran     Science and Engineering     Tamil Nadu 
Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai     Science and Engineering     Delhi 
Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq     Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar     Science and Engineering - Architecture     Kerala 
Shri Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed     Trade and Industry     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Kailasam Raghavendra Rao     Trade and Industry     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Narayan Singh Bhati     Civil Services     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri P K Sen     Civil Services     Bihar 
Ms. Shital Mahajan     Sports - Adventure Sports- Para Jumping     Maharashtra 
Ms. Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi     Sports - Weightlifting     Manipur 
Shri Sushil Kumar     Sports - Wrestling     Delhi 
Shri Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman     Sports - Cricket     Andhra Pradesh 
Shri Gagan Narang     Sports - Shooting     Andhra Pradesh 
Smt. Krishna Poonia     Sports - Discus Throw     Rajasthan 
Shri Harbhajan Singh     Sports - Mountaineering     Punjab 
Dr. Pukhraj Bafna     Medicine - Padeatrics     Chhattisgarh 
Prof. Mansoor Hasan     Medicine- Cardiology     Uttar Pradesh 
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal     Medicine - Orthopaedic     Delhi 
Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal     Medicine - Endocrinology     Tamil Nadu 
Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali     Medicine - Gastroenterology     Tamil Nadu 
Dr. Indira Hinduja     Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology .     Maharashtra 
Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram     Medicine - Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.     Kerala 
Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai     Medicine - Neurosurgery     Kerala 
Shri Mahim Bora     Literature and Education     Assam 
Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu     Literature and Education- Sanskrit     Andhra Pradesh 
Dr. Pravin Darji     Literature and Education     Gujarat 
Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval     Literature and Education     Rajasthan 
Shri Balraj Komal     Literature and Education     Delhi 
Mrs. Rajni Kumar     Literature and Education     Delhi 
Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva     Literature and Education     Karnataka 
Shri Barun Mazumder     Literature and Education     West Bengal 
Dr. Avvai Natarajan     Literature and Education     Tamil Nadu 
Shri Bhalchandra Nemade     Literature and Education     Himachal Pradesh 
Prof. Riyaz Punjabi     Literature and Education     Jammu and Kashmir 
Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao     Literature and Education     Andhra Pradesh 
Ms. Buangi Sailo     Literature and Education     Mizoram 
Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma     Literature and Education     Uttarakhand 
Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma     Literature and Education     Jammu and Kashmir 
Ms. Urvashi Butalia #     Literature and Education     Delhi 
Literature and Education     Delhi     
Prof. Krishna Kumar     Literature and Education     Delhi 
Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi     Literature and Education     Uttar Pradesh 
Ms. Mamang Dai     Literature and Education     Arunachal Pradesh 
Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal     Others - Heritage Conservation     Uttar Pradesh 
Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar     Others - Archeology     Maharashtra 
Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra     Others-Nursing     Andaman & Nicobar 
Smt. Gulshan Nanda     Others - Handicrafts promotion     Delhi 
Dr. Azad Moopen     Social work     UAE * 
Prof. Upendra Baxi     Public Affairs -Legal Affairs     United Kingdom * 
Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik     Science and Engineering     USA * 
Dr. Subra Suresh     Science and Engineering     USA * 
Prof. Karl Harrington Potter     Literature and Education     USA * 
Prof. Martha Chen     Social work     USA * 
Shri Satpal Khattar     Trade and Industry     Singapore * 
Shri Granville Austin     Literature and Education     USA * 
Note : * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

We wish them all with love, respect & Gratitude.

Jai Hind