The President of India has conferred nineteen Padma Awards for the year 2009. These awards were announced on the eve of Republic Day and their names were officially announced today. Medindia wishes to congratulate these awardees.
Doctors from Delhi like the previous years seem to be the preferred recipients (8 of the 19 or 42%) year there are eight doctors from Delhi (Dr.D.S. Rana is actually from Delhi and not Himachal) who have been felicitated. The reason for this preference is less understood but it is perhaps due to the proximity to the babus of the city. Last year it was 33% and in 2007 - 50% of the awardees belonged to the state of Delhi.
Padma Awardees 2009 in the field of Medicine
Padma Vibhushan
1. Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj- Punjab
2. Dr. Purshotam Lal-Uttar Pradesh
Padma Bhushan
1. Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao- Delhi
2. Vaidya Devendra Triguna- Delhi
3. Dr. Khalid Hameed- NRI/ PIO
Padma Shri
1. Dr. A.K. Gupta- Maharashtra
2. Dr. Alampur Saibaba Goud- Andhra Pradesh
3. Dr. Arvind Lal- Delhi
4. Dr. Ashok K. Vaid- Delhi
5. Dr. Ashok Kumar Grover- Delhi
6. Dr. Balswarup Choubey- Maharashtra
7. Dr. D. S. Rana- Himachal Pradesh
8. Dr. Govindan Vijayaraghavan- Kerala
9. Dr. Kalyan Banerje- Delhi
10. Shri P.R. Krishna Kumar- Tamil Nadu
11. Dr. R. Sivaraaman- Tamil Nadu
12. Dr. Shaik Khader Noordeen-Tamil Nadu
13. Prof. (Dr.) Thanikachalam Sadagopan-Tamil Nadu
14. Dr. Yash Gulati- Delhi
About the Awards
According to the procedure, an 'Awards Committee' makes the final recommendations on awardees after receiving 'recommendations' from various sources like state governments / UTs, central ministries and departments and institutions of excellence, and the names have to be finally cleared by the Presidents office.