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Ramakrishnan, Saina, among 130 Padma awardees

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Ramakrishnan among Padma awardees
New Delhi, Jan 25: Ahead of 60th Republic Day, the Indian Government has announced the names of Padma awards.

Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards are conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

The distinctive people named for the following categories are:

Padma Vibhushan: Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Apollo hospital chief Prathap Chandra Reddy and former RBI Governor Y Venugopal Reddy.

Profile: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Padma Bhushan: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and music maestros AR Rahman, Ilaiyaaraa Raja and noted cadiac surgeon Dr Ramakant Panda.

Padma Shri: Bollywood diva Rekha, Anu Aga, hockey national Ignace Tirkey, Cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Formula 1 driver Narayan Karthikeyan, Badminton star Saina Nehwal and Sachin Tendulkar's guru Ramakant Achrekar.
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The awards will be conferred by the President Pratibha Patil at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan around Mar-Apr 2010.

This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.

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Topics: padma awards, pratibha patil, venkatraman ramakrishnan, saina nehwal, narayan karthikeyan, y v reddy
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