Padma Vibhushan for Fali Nariman, Khushwant Singh

NEW DELHI: Jurist Fali Nariman, litterateur Khushwant Singh and former Chief Justice PN Bhagwati were on Thursday named for the Padma Vibhushan awards, while writer Javed Akhtar and telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal figure in the list of this year's Padma Bhushan awardees.

Industrialist JJ Irani, Pepsi chief Indra Nooyi, Suzuki Motor Corporation chief O Suzuki  Singh, IIM (Ahmedabad) Director Bakul Dholakia and American writer Amitav Ghosh are among 32 people chosen for the Padma Bhushan.

The list of 79 Padma Shri awardees include educationist Mushirul Hassan, writer Vikram Seth, rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who had taken up cases of Gujarat riots victims, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh and chess player K Humpy.

For the third consecutive year, there was no one selected for the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

The Padma Vibhushan awards  also went to Balu Sankaran (Medicine), the Centre's pointsman on Kashmir NN Vohra, career diplomat Naresh Chandra, economist Raja J Chelliah, Surershan E C George (scientist) and former SAIL chairman V Krishnamurthy. Litteratuer Raja Rao was selected for Padma Vibushan posthumously.

Besides Mittal, among those selected for this year's Padma Bushan awards are academician Bhikhu Parekh (UK), vocalist brother duo Rajan and Sajan Mishra, social worker V Mohini Giri and Justice KT Thomas.

Among those chosen for the Padma Shri were Bharatnatayam exponent Geeta Chandran, Nasscom Chairman Kiran Karnik,  historian and vice chancellor of Jamia Millia university Mushirul Hassan and pop singer Remo Fernandes.

List of awardees
Padma Vibhushan
Balu Sankaran (Medicine)
Fali Sam Nariman (Public Affairs)
Khushwant Singh (Literature and Education)
NN Vohra (Civil Service)
Naresh Chandra (Civil Service)
Justice (Retd.) P N Bhagwati (Public Affairs)
Late Shri Raja Rao (Posthumous) (Literature and Education) USA
Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (Public Affairs)
Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George (Science and Engineering) USA
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy (Civil Service).

Padma Bushan
Bhikhu Parekh, Literature and Education, UK
Late C P Saikia (Posthumous) Literature Assam
Ela Gandhi, Public Affairs, South Africa
Rev Father Gabriel, Literature and Education, Kerala
Gopaldas Neeraj, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh
Gurcharan Singh Kalkat Science Chandigarh
Indra Nooyi, Trade and Industry, USA
Jamshed J Irani, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
Jeffrey D Sachs, Literature and Education, USA
Justice KT Thomas, Public Affairs, Kerala
Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, Art, Kerala
Captain LZ Sailo, Literature and Education, Mizoram
Manju Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi
N Mahalingam, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
O Suzuki, Trade and Industry, Japan
Prithipal Singh Maini, Medicine, Delhi
Pandit Rajan Misra, Art, Delhi
Ramankutty Nair, Art, Kerala.
Pandit Sajan Misra, Art, Delhi
Saroj Ghose, Science and Engineering, West Bengal.
Shiv Kumar Sarin, Medicine, Delhi
Vaidya Shriram Sharma, Medicine, Maharashtra
Late Somnath Hore (Posthumous), Art, West Bengal
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Trade and Industry, Delhi
Syed Haider Raza, Art, France.
Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri, Medicine, WB
T.N. Srinivasan, Literature and Education, USA
Tapan Ray Chaudhuri, Literature and Education, UK
Tyeb Mehta, Art, Maharashtra
V Mohini Giri, Social Work, Delhi
Vilayanur Ramachandaran, Science and Engineering, USA
A Sivasailam, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
Adya Prasad Mishra (Literature) UP
Amitav Ghosh, Literature and Education, USA.
Ananda M. Chakrabarty, Science and Engineering,
Ananda Shankar Jayant, Art, Andhra Pradesh.
Anoop Misra, Medicine, Delhi.
Ashok Kumar Hemal, Medicine, Delhi.
Astad Aderbad Deboo, Art, Maharashtra.
Atul Kumar, Medicine, Delhi.
B Paul Thaliath, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh.
Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia (Education) Gujarat.
Balbir Singh, Medicine, Delhi.
Baldev Raj, Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
Bharath Balachandra Menon, Art, Kerala.
Late Devindra Rahinwal (Posthumous), Social Work
Dilip K Biswas, Science and Engineering.
Gajendra Narayan Singh, Art, Bihar.
Geeta Chandran, Art, Delhi.
Giriraj Kishore, Literature and Education, UP
Rajmata Goverdan Kumari, Art, Gujarat.
Harpinder Singh Chawla, Medicine, Chandigarh.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Sports, Punjab.
KR Palaniswamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.
Khalid Zaheer, Social Work, Uttaranchal.
Kharak Singh Valdiya, Engineering Karnataka.
Kiran Karnik, Science and Engineering, Delhi.
Koneru Humpy, Sports, Andhra Pradesh.
Lalit Pande, Environment Protection, Uttaranchal.
Louis Remo Fernandes, Art, Goa.
M. Mohan Babu, Art, Andhra Pradesh.
Mahadev Prasad Pandey, Literature and Education
Mahipal S. Sachdev, Medicine, Delhi.
Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa, Medicine, Karnataka.
Mayilvahanan Natarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.
Meenakshi Gopinath, Literature and Education, Delhi.
Miriam L'vovna Salganik, Literature and Education
Mohsin Wali, Medicine, Delhi.
Mujtaba Hussain, Literature and Education, AP
Mushirul Hassan, Literature and Education, Delhi.
Naina Lal Kidwai, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.
Narmada Prasad Gupta, Medicine, Delhi.
Neelamani Devi, Art, Manipur.
P Gopinathan, Art, Kerala.
PR Thilagam, Art, Tamil Nadu.
Pannuru Sripathy, Art, Andhra Pradesh.
Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu.
Pratibha Ray, Literature and Education, Orissa.
Pushpa Hans, Art, Delhi.
Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja, Sea Cadet Corps Management
Rajinder Gupta, Trade and Industry, Punjab.
Ravi Narayan Bastia, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.
Late Ravindra Dayal, Literature & Education, Delhi.
Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov, Literature and Education
Runa Banerjee, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh.
S Dhakshinamurthy Pillai, Art, Tamil Nadu.
Sister S.M. Cyril, Social Work, Ireland.
Shanti Hiranand, Art, Delhi.
Shashikala Jawalkar, Art, Maharashtra.
Shekhar Pathak, Literature and Education
Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal, Medicine, United Kingdom.
Sonam Skalzang, Art, Jammu & Kashmir.
Sonam Tshering Lepcha, Art, Sikkim.
Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Science and Engineering
Sukumar Azhikode, Literature and Education, Kerala.
Sushil Gupta, Social Work, Delhi.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Public Affairs, Delhi.
TS Rangarajan Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu.
Tarla Dalal, Cookery, Maharashtra.
Teesta Setalvad, Public Affairs, Maharashtra.
Temsula Ao, Literature and Education, Assam.
Thanu Padmanabhan, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra.
T Kochandy Alex, Science and Engineering, Karnataka.
Thingbaijam Babu Singh, Art, Manipur.
Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh.
Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam, Art, Tamil Nadu.
Vijaydan Detha, Literature and Education, Rajasthan.
Vikram Seth, Literature and Education, United Kingdom.
Waman Thakre, Art, Madhya Pradesh and
Yusufkhan M Pathan, Literature and Education