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2007 Padma Bhushan Awardees
2007 Padma Bhushan Awardees were honoured for their excellence in their respective fields.

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The Padma Bhushan Award was presented to 32 people from different fields, as recognition of their extraordinary talents and great achievements. The Government of India presented the award to the awardees and they included both Indian citizens and foreigners. The Padma Bhushan Award is considered to be the third highest civilian award in India and is ranked second among the prestigious Padma Awards. Only the Bharat Ratna Award and the Padma Vibhushan Award are ranked higher than this award in India.

The list of the 2007 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:






















Name Field State Country
Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri Medicine West Bengal India
Rajan Misra Arts Delhi India
Sajan Misra Arts Delhi India
Father Gabriel Literature & Education Kerala India
Prithipal Singh Maini Medicine Delhi India
Manju Sharma Science & Engineering Delhi India
V. Mohini Giri Social Work Delhi India
Gurcharan Singh Kalkat Science & Engineering Chandigarh India
N. Mahalingam Trade & Industry Tamil Nadu India
Saroj Ghose Science & Engineering West Bengal India
Shiv Kumar Sarin Medicine Delhi India
Vilayanur Ramachandran Science & Engineering - United States
Somnath Hore Arts West Bengal India
O. Suzuki Trade & Industry - Japan
Indra Nooyi Trade & Industry - United States
(Vaidya) Shriram Sharma Medicine Maharashtra India
T.N. Srinivasan Literature & Education - United States
Tapan Ray Chaudhuri Literature & Education - United Kingdom
Captain L.Z. Sailo Literature & Education Mizoram India
Gopaldas Neeraj Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Jamshed J. Irani Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar Literature & Education Maharashtra India
Justice K. T. Thomas Public Affairs Kerala India
Kavalam Narayan Panikkar Arts Kerala India
Chandra Prasad Saikia Literature & Education Assam India
Bhikhu Parekh Literature & Education - United Kingdom
Jeffrey D. Sachs Literature & Education - United States
Ramankutty Nair Arts Kerala India
Sunil Bharti Mittal Trade & Industry Delhi India
Syed Haider Raza Arts - France
Tyeb Mehta Arts Maharashtra India
Ela Gandhi Public Affairs - South Africa



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