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The Padma awards

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THE RECIPIENTS: Balu Shankaran, surgeon, receiving the Padma Vibhushan award from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during the civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. The others receiving the Padma Vibhushan are (top row, from left): Raja Jesudoss Chelliah, economist; Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, international physicist; and Prafulla Chandra Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India. Receiving the Padma Bhushan are: Indra K. Nooyi, president and chief executive of?cer of PepsiCo; Javed Akhtar, writer and poet; (middle row) Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises; K.T. Thomas, former Supreme Court Judge; and Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, playwright and theatre director. The Padma Shri recipients are: Pannuru Sripathy, traditional painting artist; P. Gopinathan, handloom weaver; (bottom row) Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia, academician; Astad Aderbad Deboo, contemporary dancer; Mushirul Hasan, historian; P.R. Thilagam, musician; and Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India.

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