Padma Awards 2010 in Medicine

Padma awards for Medicine for the year 2010 have been announced and Delhi tops the list in medicine with six doctors from Delhi bagging this year’s awards in that category.

Padma Awards, India’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

Padma Awardees 2009 in the Field of Medicine
The President of India has conferred nineteen Padma Awards for the year –2009.

The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April. 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. There are 17 ladies among the awardees this year.

Padma Vibhushan

Dr Prathap Reddy, Tamil Nadu

Majority of Padma Awards Go to Doctors from Delhi
President of India - Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam released Padma awards - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri - on the eve of the Republic Day.

Delhi Doctors Continue to Dominate the List of Padma Vibhusan and Padma Sri Awardees
The President of India has approved the names of the doctors who are to be conferred with the the Padma Awards-2008. Delhi doctors takes the cake once again!

Padma Bhushan

Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde	Medicine	Karnataka
Shri E.T. Narayanan Mooss	Medicine	Kerala
Dr. Noshir M. Shroff	Medicine	Delhi
Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier	Medicine	Kerala
Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda	Medicine	Maharashtra
Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal	Medicine	Delhi

Padma Shri

Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla	Medicine	Delhi
Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
Dr. B. Ramana Rao	Medicine	Karnataka
Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy	Medicine	Tamil Nadu
Dr. K.K. Aggarwal	Medicine	Delhi
Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath	Medicine	Karnataka
Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta	Medicine	Delhi
Dr. Philip Augustine	Medicine	Kerala
Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh	Medicine	Bihar
Dr. Vikas Mahatme	Medicine	Maharashtra

Source-Medindia
THK

Padma Awards 2010 in Medicine – 6 from Delhi