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The Padma Bhushan is a decoration established on the January 2, 1954 by the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but before the Padma Sri. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.
List of Padma Bhushan awardees
2005
- Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman, Biocon Limited
2004
- Alarmel Valli, dancer
- Lt. Gen. Bijoy Nandan Shahi, doctor
- Hanumantha Rao, writer(Telugu)
- Madurai Seshagopalan, Carnatic vocalist
- Rajam, violinist
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, social worker (Gujarat)
- Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
- Gopi Chand Narang
- Krishna Srinivas
- Vishnu Prabhakar
- Komal Kothari, musician
- Govindarajan Padmanabhan, scientist
- Sardara Singh Johl, scientist
- Sankar
- Antony
- Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese PM
- Soumitra Chatterjee, Bengali film director and actor
- Kamath, journalist
1973
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (http://www.chembai.com), classical musicianTemplate:India-stub
