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No one has been chosen for the Bharat Ratna award this
year.
Tamil film music composer Ilaiyaraaja, who set music for
Hindi films like 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Paa', Hindustan classical
vocalist Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, dancer Mallika Sarabhai,
former Cabinet Secretary and now now Member in the Planning
Commission B K Chaturvedi have been chosen for Padma Bhushan
along with former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Moosa Raza
and former Vice Chancellor of Goa University P R Dubhashi for
civil service.
Noted US-based journalist Farid Zakaria gets Padma
Bhushan in journalism category while Prof Tan Chung and Prof
A J Paulraj get the award in literature and education and
science and engineering respectively. Both are also from the
US.
In the art category, Akbar Padamsee, Kumudini Lakhia,
Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Puttaraj Gavai, Ram Kumar,
Shrinivas Vinayak Khale and Ustad Sultan Khan are being
conferred with the Padma Bhushan awards.
Another Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen and S K
Bandyopadhyay have been named in the public affairs category
of Padma Bhushan.
Among the Padma Shri award winners are Bollywood actor
Saif Ali Khan, Oscar award winner in sound technician category
Resul Pookutty, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, Nemai Ghosh, who had
done camera work for Satyajit Ray, Arundhati Nag and Shobha
Raju selected from the field of art. (More) PTI