Delhi&#39;s haul at the Padma Awards has increased considerably from last year. Of the 108 Padma awards, 21 were claimed by Delhiites and the number is 22 if you count Prof. Yashpal who now lives in Noida. The lion&rsquo;s share of Padma awards this year has gone to Maharashtra, which got 25 awards. The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which has often been criticized for huge time and cost overruns in critical defence projects, also struck it rich in the annual Padma awards this year. DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat, who is also the scientific adviser to the defence minister, and the BrahMos CEO A Sivathanu Pillai have both been awarded the Padma Bhushan. DRDO chief controller Research and Development (Missiles and Strategic Systems) Avinash Chander has been honoured with the Padma Shri. All the three defence scientists have been engaged in the development of missile systems, both strategic and tactical, for several years. Following is the list of recipients: Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi Prof. Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Prof. Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka Padma Bhushan Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu Dr. (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi Dr. (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi Dr. Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh B N Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka Prof. Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA Padma Bhushan Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Medicine, Maharashtra Mangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature &amp; Education USA Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya Pradesh Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service, Delhi Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka H Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, Sports, Manipur Padma Shri Gajam Anjaiah, Art, Andhra Pradesh Swami G C D Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Art, Chhattisgarh B Jayashree, Art, Karnataka Sridevi Kapoor, Art, Maharashtra Kailash Chandra Meher, Art, Orissa Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art, Maharashtra Vishwanath D Patekar alias Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra R Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Art, Andhra Pradesh Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Art, Tamil Nadu Jaymala Shiledar, Art, Maharashtra Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Art, Maharashtra P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art, Kerala Apurba Kishore Bir, Art, Maharashtra Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art, Assam Hilda Mit Lepcha, Art, Sikkim Sudha Malhotra, Art, Maharashtra Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art, Maharashtra Mahrukh Tarapor, Art, Maharashtra Balwant Thakur, Art, Jammu and Kashmir Puran Das Baul, Art, West Bengal Rajendra Tikku, Art, Jammu and Kashmir Pablo Bartholomew, Art, Delhi S Shakir Ali, Art, Rajasthan S K M Maeilanandhan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu Nileema Mishra, Social Work, Maharashtra Reema Nanavati, Social Work, Gujarat Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work, Bangladesh Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work, Delhi Prof Mustansir Barma, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering, Delhi Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Prof. (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science, Engineering, West Bengal Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg, Andhra Pradesh Prof. Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering, Karnataka Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science &amp; Engg, Karnataka Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science &amp; Engineering, Andhra Pradesh Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science &amp; Engineering, Maharashtra Vandana Luthra, Trade and Industry, Delhi Rajshree Pathy, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry, Assam Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra Dr. Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi Dr. C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, Medicine, Andhra Pradesh Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine, Maharashtra Dr. Taraprasad Das, Medicine, Orissa Prof. (Dr.) T V Devarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine, Delhi Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine, Delhi Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine, Delhi Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine, Maharashtra Dr. Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine, Maharashtra Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine, Delhi Prof. (Captain) Dr. M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature &amp; Education, Bihar Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Literature &amp; Education, Andhra Pradesh J Malsawma, Literature and Education, Mizoram Devendra Patel, Literature &amp; Education, Gujarat Dr. Rama Kant Shukla, Literature &amp; Education, Delhi Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Literature &amp; Education, Delhi Prof. Anvita Abbi, Literature &amp; Education, Delhi Nida Fazli, Literature &amp; Education, Madhya Pradesh Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature &amp; Education, Delhi Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature &amp; Education, Bihar Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature &amp; Education, WB Prof. Noboru Karashima, Literature &amp; Education, Japan Christopher Pinney, Literature &amp; Education, UK Premlata Agrawal, Sports, Jharkhand Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports, Maharashtra Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports, Rajasthan Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing, Delhi Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh. The selection committee this year included actress Ratna Pathak Shah, scientist Anil Kakodkar and home secretary R K Singh, among others. (ANI) u00a0

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