About Padma Bhushan Award
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order, without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex".
List of Padma Bhushan Award Winners 2008
In the year 2008 Goverment of India announced 35 Padma Bhushan winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 35 Padma Bhushan award winners for 2008:
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2008 | Mian Bashir Ahmad | Jammu and Kashmir India | Public Affairs |
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2008 | Prof. Kaushik Basu | West Bengal India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Dr. Shayama Chona | Delhi India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Dr. Jagjit Singh Chopra | Chandigarh India | Medicine |
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2008 | Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar | Delhi India | Arts |
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2008 | Chandrashekhar Dasgupta | Delhi India | Civil Service |
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2008 | Prof. Asis Datta | Delhi India | Science & Engineering |
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2008 | Prof. Lord Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai | London England | Public Affairs |
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2008 | Prof. Padma Desai | Maharashtra India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Dr. Sukh Dev | Delhi India | Science & Engineering |
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2008 | Prof. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly | Delhi India | Medicine |
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2008 | Prof. Brijinder Nath Goswamy | Chandigarh India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Dr. Vasant Ranchhod Gowariker | Maharashtra India | Science & Engineering |
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2008 | Baba Neelkanth Kalyani | Maharashtra India | Trade & Industry |
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2008 | K. Vaman Kamath | Maharashtra India | Trade & Industry |
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2008 | Dr. Inderjit Kaur | Punjab India | Social Work |
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2008 |
Ravindra Kelekar Also won: Jnanpith Award |
Goa India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Ustad Asad Ali Khan | Delhi India | Arts |
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2008 | Mr. Dominique Lapierre | Nouvelle-Aquitaine France | Social Work |
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2008 | Devendra Raj Mehta | Rajasthan India | Social Work |
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2008 | Shiv Nadar | Tamil Nadu India | Trade & Industry |
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2008 | Suresh Kumar Neotia | Delhi India | Trade & Industry |
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2008 | Prof. Tharaileth Koshy Oommen | Haryana India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Kantipudi Padmanabhaiah | Delhi India | Civil Service |
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2008 | Dr. Vikram Shankar Pandit | Maharashtra India | Trade & Industry |
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2008 | V. Ramachandran | Kerala India | Civil Service |
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2008 | Dr. Sushil Kumar Saxena | Delhi India | Arts |
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2008 | Amar Nath Sehgal Posthumous) | Delhi India | Arts |
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2008 | Jasdev Singh | Delhi India | Others |
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2008 | Shrilal Shukla | Uttar Pradesh India | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Dr. P. Susheela | Tamil Nadu India | Arts |
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2008 |
Prof. Srinivasa Varadhan Also won: Abel Prize |
New York United States | Literature & Education |
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2008 | Mr. Yuli M. Vorontsov (Posthumous) | Moskva Russia | Public Affairs |
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2008 | Mrs. Sunita Williams | New York United States | Others |
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2008 | Prof. Ji Xianlin | Beijing China | Literature & Education |
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