Year of Award |
Field of Excellence |
Name of the Awardee / Winner |
Year of Birth-Death |
Remarks |
1954 |
Science & Engineering |
Satyendra Nath Bose |
1894–1974 |
|
1954 |
Public Affairs |
Zakir Hussain |
1897–1969 |
|
1954 |
Public Affairs |
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher |
1888–1957 |
|
1954 |
Public Affairs |
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk |
1929–1972 |
From Bhutan |
1954 |
Arts |
Nand Lal Bose |
1882–1966 |
|
1954 |
Public Affairs |
V. K. Krishna Menon |
1896–1974 |
|
1955 |
Literature & Education |
Dhondo Keshav Karve |
1858–1962 |
|
1955 |
Trade & Industry |
J. R. D. Tata |
1904–1993 |
|
1956 |
Public Affairs |
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
1893–1981 |
|
1956 |
Public Affairs |
Fazal Ali |
1886–1959 |
|
1956 |
Social Work |
Jankibai Bajaj |
1893–1979 |
|
1957 |
Trade & Industry |
Ghanshyam Das Birla |
1894–1983 |
|
1957 |
Law and Public affairs |
Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad |
1884–1974 |
|
1957 |
Public Affairs |
Shriprakash |
1890–1971 |
|
1959 |
Literature & Education |
John Matthai |
1886–1959 |
|
1959 |
Public Affairs |
Radhabinod Pal |
1886–1967 |
|
1959 |
Social Work |
Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta |
1900–1974 |
|
1960 |
Public Affairs |
Naryana Raghvan Pillai |
1898–1992 |
|
1962 |
Civil Service |
H. Varda Raja Iyengar |
|
|
1962 |
Public Affairs |
Padmaja Naidu |
1900–1975 |
|
1962 |
Civil Service |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
1900–1990 |
|
1963 |
Medicine |
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar |
1887–1974 |
|
1963 |
Literature & Education |
Suniti Kumar Chatterji |
1890–1977 |
|
1963 |
Public Affairs |
Hari Vinayak Pataskar |
1892–1970 |
|
1964 |
Literature & Education |
Gopinath Kaviraj |
1887–1976 |
|
1964 |
Literature & Education |
Acharya Kalelkar |
1885–1981 |
|
1965 |
Military Service |
Arjan Singh |
1919 |
|
1965 |
Military Service |
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri |
1908–1983 |
|
1965 |
Public Affairs |
Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
1894–1967 |
|
1966 |
Social Work |
Valerian Gracias |
1900–1978 |
|
1967 |
Civil Service |
Bhola Nath Jha |
|
|
1967 |
Public Affairs |
Chandra Kisan Daphtary |
1893–1983 |
|
1967 |
Civil Service |
Hafix Mohammed Ibrahim |
|
|
1967 |
Civil Service |
Pattadakal Venkanna R Rao |
|
|
1968 |
Public Affairs |
Madhav Shrihari Aney |
1880–1968 |
|
1968 |
Science & Engineering |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
1910–1995 |
From United Kingdom’ |
1968 |
Statistical Science |
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis |
1893–1972 |
|
1968 |
Public Affairs |
K. Vaidyanatha Kalyana Sundaram |
1904–1992 |
|
1968 |
Civil Service |
Kripal Singh |
|
|
1969 |
Science & Engineering |
Hargobind Khorana |
1922–2011 |
From USA |
1969 |
Civil Service |
Mohan Sinha Mehta |
|
|
1969 |
Civil Service |
Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi |
|
|
1969 |
Civil Service |
Ghananand Pande |
|
|
1969 |
Civil Service |
Rajeshwar Dayal |
|
|
1970 |
Civil Service |
Binay Ranjan Sen |
1898–1993 |
|
1970 |
Literature & Education |
Tara Chand |
|
|
1970 |
Civil Service |
Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam |
1913–2000 |
|
1970 |
Civil Service |
Suranjan Das |
1920–1970 |
|
1970 |
Military Service |
Harbaksh Singh |
1913–1999 |
|
1970 |
Civil Service |
A. Rameswami Mudaliar |
1887–1976 |
|
1970 |
Public Affairs |
Anthony Lancelot Dias |
1910–2002 |
|
1971 |
Medicine |
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar |
1899–1971 |
|
1971 |
Civil Service |
Balaram Sivaraman |
|
|
1971 |
Civil Service |
Bimala Prasad Chaliha |
1912–1971 |
|
1971 |
Arts |
Uday Shankar |
1900–1977 |
|
1971 |
Civil Service |
Sumati Morarjee |
1907–1998 |
|
1971 |
Arts |
Allauddin Khan |
1862–1972 |
|
1972 |
Military Service |
S. M. Nanda |
1915–2009 |
|
1972 |
Military Service |
Pratap Chandra Lal |
1916–1982 |
|
1972 |
Public Affairs |
Aditya Nath Jha |
1911–1972 |
|
1972 |
Public Affairs |
Jivraj Narayan Mehta |
1887–1978 |
|
1972 |
Public Affairs |
P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar |
1901–1981 |
|
1972 |
Science & Engineering |
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai |
1919–1971 |
|
1972 |
Military Service |
Sam Manekshaw |
1914–2008 |
|
1972 |
Public Affairs |
Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq |
1912–1971 |
|
1972 |
Law and Public affairs |
Hormasji Maneckji Seervai |
1906–1996 |
|
1973 |
Science & Engineering |
Daulat Singh Kothari |
1905–1993 |
|
1973 |
Public Affairs |
Nagendra Singh |
1914–1998 |
|
1973 |
Civil Service |
Tirumalrao Swaminathan |
|
|
1973 |
Social Work |
U. N. Dhebar |
1905–1977 |
|
1973 |
Civil Service |
Basanti Devi |
|
|
1973 |
Social Work |
Nellie Sengupta |
1886–1973 |
|
1974 |
Civil Service |
V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao |
1908–1991 |
|
1974 |
Arts |
Benode Behari Mukherjee |
1904–1980 |
|
1974 |
Civil Service |
Harish Chandra Sarin |
1914–1997 |
|
1974 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Niren De |
|
|
1975 |
Literature & Education |
Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri |
1917–2006 |
|
1975 |
Public Affairs |
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh |
1896–1982 |
|
1975 |
Social Work |
Durgabai Deshmukh |
1909–1981 |
|
1975 |
Literature & Education |
Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey |
1894–1977 |
|
1975 |
Science & Engineering |
Raja Ramanna |
1925–2004 |
|
1975 |
Civil Service |
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna |
1923–2010 |
|
1975 |
Arts |
M.S. Subbulakshmi |
1916–2004 |
|
1975 |
Social Work |
Mary Clubwala Jadhav |
1909–1975 |
|
1976 |
Literature & Education |
Bashir Hussain Zaidi |
1898–1992 |
|
1976 |
Science & Engineering |
Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan |
1893–1984 |
|
1976 |
Literature & Education |
Kalu Lal Shrimali |
1909–2000 |
|
1976 |
Literature & Education |
Giani Gurmukh Singh Mussafir |
1899–1976 |
|
1976 |
Arts |
Keshava Shankar Pillai |
1902–1989 |
|
1976 |
Science & Engineering |
Salim Moizuddin Ali Abdul |
1896–1987 |
|
1976 |
Arts |
Satyajit Ray |
1921–1992 |
|
1977 |
Military Service |
Om Prakash Mehra |
1919 |
|
1977 |
Civil Service |
Ajudhia Nath Khosla |
1892–1984 |
|
1977 |
Public Affairs |
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee |
1901–1986 |
|
1977 |
Public Affairs |
Ali Yavar Jung |
1906–1976 |
|
1977 |
Literature & Education |
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh |
1901–1993 |
|
1977 |
Arts |
T. Balasaraswati |
1918–1984 |
|
1980 |
Civil Service |
Rai Krishnadasa |
1925 |
|
1980 |
Arts |
Bismillah Khan |
1916–2006 |
|
1981 |
Science & Engineering |
Satish Dhawan |
1920–2002 |
|
1981 |
Arts |
Ravi Shankar |
1920–2012 |
|
1982 |
Social Work |
Mira Behn |
1892–1982 |
From United Kingdom’ |
1985 |
Science & Engineering |
C. N. R. Rao |
1934 |
|
1985 |
Civil Service |
Mambillikalathil Kumar Menon |
1928 |
|
1986 |
Medicine |
Autar Singh Paintal |
1925–2004 |
|
1986 |
Arts |
Birju Maharaj |
1938 |
|
1986 |
Social Work |
Baba Amte |
1914–2008 |
|
1987 |
Science & Engineering |
Benjamin Peary Pal |
1906–1989 |
|
1987 |
Civil Service |
Manmohan Singh |
1932 |
|
1987 |
Military Service |
Arun Shridhar Vaidya |
1926–1986 |
|
1987 |
Social Work |
Kamladevi Chattopadhyay |
1903–1988 |
|
1988 |
Literature & Education |
Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa |
1904–1994 |
|
1988 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
1913–1985 |
|
1988 |
Literature & Education |
Mahadevi Verma |
1907–1987 |
|
1989 |
Science & Engineering |
M. S. Swaminathan |
1925 |
|
1989 |
Public Affairs |
Umashankar Dikshit |
1901–1991 |
|
1989 |
Arts |
Ali Akbar Khan |
1922–2009 |
|
1990 |
Science & Engineering |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
1931 |
|
1990 |
Arts |
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer |
1908–2003 |
|
1990 |
Science & Engineering |
Vallmpadugai Srinivasa Raghavan Arunachalam |
|
|
1990 |
Literature & Education |
Bhabatosh Dutta |
|
|
1990 |
Arts |
Kumar Gandharva |
1924–1992 |
|
1990 |
Civil Service |
Triloki Nath Chaturvedi |
1928 |
|
1991 |
Science & Engineering |
Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel |
1924–2005 |
|
1991 |
Arts |
M. Balamuralikrishna |
1930 |
|
1991 |
Public Affairs |
Hiren Mukerjee |
1907–2004 |
|
1991 |
Public Affairs |
N. G. Ranga |
1900–1995 |
|
1991 |
Literature & Education |
Rajaram Shastri |
1904–1991 |
|
1991 |
Public Affairs |
Gulzari Lal Nanda |
1898–1998 |
|
1991 |
Civil Service |
Khusro Faramurz Rustamji |
1916–2003 |
|
1991 |
Arts |
M.F. Husain |
1915–2011 |
|
1992 |
Arts |
Mallikarjun Mansur |
1910–1992 |
|
1992 |
Arts |
V. Shantaram |
1901–1990 |
|
1992 |
Medicine |
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati |
1917 |
|
1992 |
Literature & Education |
Lakshmanshastri Joshi |
1901–1994 |
|
1992 |
Public Affairs |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
1924 |
|
1992 |
Literature & Education |
Govinddas Shroff |
|
|
1992 |
Arts |
Kaloji Narayana Rao |
1914–2002 |
|
1992 |
Public Affairs |
Ravi Narayan Reddy |
1908–1991 |
|
1992 |
Public Affairs |
Sardar Swaran Singh |
1907–1994 |
|
1992 |
Public Affairs |
Aruna Asaf Ali |
1909–1996 |
|
1998 |
Public Affairs |
Lakshmi Sahgal |
1914–2012 |
|
1998 |
Social Work |
Usha Mehta |
1920–2000 |
|
1998 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala |
1920–2002 |
|
1998 |
Public Affairs |
Walter Sisulu |
1912–2003 |
From South Africa |
1999 |
Science & Engineering |
Rajagopala Chidambaram |
1936 |
|
1999 |
Literature & Education |
Sarvepalli Gopal |
1923–2002 |
|
1999 |
Science & Engineering |
Verghese Kurien |
1921–2012 |
|
1999 |
Public Affairs |
Hans Raj Khanna |
1912–2008 |
|
1999 |
Law and Public Affairs |
V. R. Krishna Iyer |
1915 |
|
1999 |
Arts |
Lata Mangeshkar |
1929 |
|
1999 |
Arts |
Bhimsen Joshi |
1922–2011 |
|
1999 |
Civil Service |
Braj Kumar Nehru |
1909–2001 |
|
1999 |
Civil Service |
Dharma Vira |
1906–2001 |
|
1999 |
Civil Service |
Lallan Prasad Singh* |
1912–1998 |
|
1999 |
Social Work |
Nana Deshmukh |
1916–2010 |
|
1999 |
Social Work |
Pandurang Shastri Athavale |
1920–2003 |
|
1999 |
Arts |
Satish Gujral |
1925 |
|
1999 |
Arts |
D. K. Pattammal |
1919–2009 |
|
2000 |
Civil Service |
Krishen Behari Lall |
1917–2005 |
|
2000 |
Science & Engineering |
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan |
1940 |
|
2000 |
Civil Service |
Manohar Singh Gill |
|
|
2000 |
Arts |
Kelucharan Mohapatra |
1926–2004 |
|
2000 |
Arts |
Hari Prasad Chaurasia |
1938 |
|
2000 |
Arts |
Jasraj |
1930 |
|
2000 |
Literature & Education |
Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati |
1934 |
|
2000 |
Literature & Education |
Kakkadan Nandanath Raj |
1924–2010 |
|
2000 |
Civil Service |
Bhairab Dutt Pande |
1917 |
|
2000 |
Trade & Industry |
Maidavolu Narasimham |
|
|
2000 |
Literature & Education |
R. K. Narayan |
1906–2001 |
|
2000 |
Public Affairs |
Sikander Bakht |
1918–2004 |
|
2000 |
Civil Service |
Tarlok Singh |
1912–2005 |
|
2001 |
Science & Engineering |
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao |
1920 |
From USA |
2001 |
Civil Service |
Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan |
1915–2003 |
|
2001 |
Arts |
Shivkumar Sharma |
1938 |
|
2001 |
Science & Engineering |
Man Mohan Sharma |
1937 |
|
2001 |
Arts |
Amjad Ali Khan |
1945 |
|
2001 |
Public Affairs |
Benjamin Arthur Gilman |
1922 |
From USA |
2001 |
Public Affairs |
Hosei Norota |
1929 |
From Japan |
2001 |
Arts |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
1922–2006 |
|
2001 |
Literature & Education |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
1908–2006 |
From USA |
2001 |
Literature & Education |
Kotha Satchidanda Murthy |
1924 |
|
2001 |
Arts |
Zubin Mehta |
1936 |
|
2002 |
Literature & Education |
Chakravthi Rangarajan |
1932 |
|
2002 |
Arts |
Gangubai Hangal |
1913–2009 |
|
2002 |
Arts |
Kishan Maharaj |
1923–2008 |
|
2002 |
Law |
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee |
1930 |
|
2002 |
Arts |
Kishori Amonkar |
1932 |
|
2003 |
Literature & Education |
Bal Ram Nanda |
1917–2010 |
|
2003 |
Public Affairs |
Kazi Lhendup Dorji Kangsarpa |
1904–2007 |
|
2003 |
Arts |
Sonal Mansingh |
1944 |
|
2003 |
Medicine |
Bhrihaspati Dev Triguna |
1920 |
|
2004 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah |
1929 |
|
2004 |
Literature & Education |
Amrita Pritam |
1919–2005 |
|
2004 |
Science & Engineering |
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar |
1938 |
|
2005 |
Medicine |
B. K. Goyal |
|
|
2005 |
Public Affairs |
Karan Singh |
1931 |
|
2005 |
Social Work |
Mohan Dharia |
1925 |
|
2005 |
Arts |
Ram Narayan |
1927 |
|
2005 |
Medicine |
Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan |
1934 |
|
2005 |
Civil Service |
Jyotindra Nath Dixit |
1936–2005 |
|
2005 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Milon Kumar Banerji |
1928–2010 |
|
2005 |
Arts |
R. K. Laxman |
1921 |
|
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
Norman E. Borlaug |
1914–2009 |
From USA |
2006 |
Law and Public Affairs |
V. N. Khare |
1939 |
|
2006 |
Literature & Education |
Mahasveta Devi |
1926 |
|
2006 |
Social Work |
Nirmala Deshpande |
1929–2008 |
|
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
Obaid Siddiqui |
1932 |
|
2006 |
Medicine |
Prakash Narain Tandon |
1928 |
|
2006 |
Arts |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
1941 |
|
2006 |
Civil Service |
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao |
1927 |
|
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
Charles Correa |
1930 |
|
2007 |
Public Affairs |
Raja Jesudoss Chelliah |
1922–2009 |
|
2007 |
Civil Service |
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy |
|
|
2007 |
Medicine |
Balu Sankaran |
1926 |
|
2007 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Fali Sam Nariman |
1929 |
|
2007 |
Law and Public Affairs |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati |
1921 |
|
2007 |
Literature & Education |
Khushwant Singh |
1915 |
|
2007 |
Literature & Education |
Raja Rao |
1908–2006 |
From USA |
2007 |
Civil Service |
N.N. Vohra |
1936 |
|
2007 |
Civil Service |
Naresh Chandra |
1934 |
|
2007 |
Science & Engineering |
Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan |
1931 |
From USA |
2007 |
Sports |
Viswanathan Anand |
1969 |
|
2007 |
Environmentalism |
Rajendra K. Pachauri |
1940 |
|
2008 |
Information Technology |
N. R. Narayana Murthy |
1946 |
|
2008 |
Delhi Metro |
E. Sreedharan |
1932 |
|
2008 |
Industry |
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal |
1950 |
|
2008 |
Public Affairs |
Adarsh Sein Anand |
1936 |
|
2008 |
Civil Service |
P. N. Dhar |
1919–2012 |
|
2008 |
Trade |
P. R. S. Oberoi |
1929 |
|
2008 |
Arts |
Asha Bhosle |
1933 |
|
2008 |
Mountaineering |
Edmund Hillary |
1919–2008 |
From New Zealand |
2008 |
Industry |
Ratan Tata |
1937 |
|
2008 |
Public affairs |
Pranab Mukherjee |
1935 |
|
2008 |
Sports |
Sachin Tendulkar |
1973 |
|
2009 |
Civil Service |
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava |
1920 |
|
2009 |
Environmental Conservation |
Sunderlal Bahuguna |
1927 |
|
2009 |
Literature & Education |
D. P. Chattopadhyaya |
1933 |
|
2009 |
Medicine |
Jasbir Singh Bajaj |
|
|
2009 |
Medicine |
Purshotam Lal |
|
|
2009 |
Public Affairs |
Govind Narain |
1916–2012 |
|
2009 |
Science & Engineering |
Anil Kakodkar |
1943 |
|
2009 |
Science & Engineering |
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair |
1943 |
|
2009 |
Social Work |
Sister Nirmala |
1934 |
|
2009 |
Trade & Industry |
A. S. Ganguly |
1935 |
|
2010 |
Arts |
Ebrahim Alkazi |
1925 |
|
2010 |
Arts |
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
1935 |
|
2010 |
Arts |
Zohra Segal |
1912 |
|
2010 |
Law and Public affairs |
Y. Venugopal Reddy |
1941 |
|
2010 |
Science & Engineering |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
1952 |
From United Kingdom’ |
2010 |
Trade & Industry |
Prathap C. Reddy |
1933 |
|
2011 |
Arts |
Akkineni Nageshwara Rao |
1924 |
|
2011 |
Arts |
Kapila Vatsyayan |
1928 |
|
2011 |
Arts |
Homai Vyarawalla |
1913–2012 |
|
2011 |
Public Affairs |
Parasaran Kesava Iyenger |
1927 |
|
2011 |
Public Affairs |
AR Kidwai |
1920 |
|
2011 |
Public Affairs |
Vijay Kelkar |
1942 |
|
2011 |
Public Affairs |
Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
1943 |
|
2011 |
Science |
Palle Rama Rao |
1937 |
|
2011 |
Trade and Industry |
Azim Premji |
1945 |
|
2011 |
Civil Service |
Brajesh Mishra |
1928 |
|
2011 |
Literature |
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup |
1931 |
|
2011 |
Literature |
Sitakant Mahapatra |
1937 |
|
2011 |
Public Affairs |
Lakshmi Chand Jain |
1925–2010 |
|
2012 |
Arts |
K. G. Subramanyan |
1924 |
|
2012 |
Arts |
Mario Miranda* |
1926–2011 |
|
2012 |
Arts |
Bhupen Hazarika* |
1926–2011 |
|
2012 |
Medicine |
Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti |
1936 |
|
2012 |
Civil Service |
T. V. Rajeswar |
1926 |
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