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[bEF] Congratulations to Shri Iravatham Mahadevan for the Padma Award, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

The

President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2009 on the

following persons:Congratulations,

in particular, to Shri Iravatham Mahadevan ji for the contributions he

has made to Indian Epigraphy. His path-breaking work of Indus Script

corpus, Tamil Brahmi inscriptions are notable. He is a senior civil

servant who gave up his bureaucratic positions and opted for

civilization studies and research in the genre of Dr. Fleet and Dr.

Prinsep. dhanyavaadah. kalyanaraman

 

Padma

Vibhushan

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

 

Name

 

 

Discipline

 

 

State / Domicile

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

Dr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava

 

 

Civil Service

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna

 

 

Environment Conservation

 

 

Uttarakhand

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

4.

 

 

 

Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj

 

 

Medicine

 

 

Punjab

 

 

 

 

5.

 

 

 

Dr. Purshotam Lal

 

 

Medicine

 

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

6.

 

 

 

Shri Govind Narain

 

 

Public Affairs

 

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

7.

 

 

 

Dr. Anil Kakodkar

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

8.

 

 

 

Shri G. Madhavan Nair

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Karnataka

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

Sister Nirmala

 

 

Social Work

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

Dr. A.S. Ganguly

 

 

Trade & Industry

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

Padma

Bhushan

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

 

Name

 

 

Discipline

 

 

State / Domicile

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

Shri G. Sivarama Krishna Murthy

alias Krishna

 

 

Art

 

 

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

Prof. Ramanlal C. Mehta

 

 

Art

 

 

Gujarat

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

Smt. Shamshad Begum

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

4.

 

 

 

Shri V.P. Dhananjayan & Smt.

Shanta Dhananjayan (Duo)

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

5.

 

 

 

Dr. Vaidyanathan Ganapathi Sthapati

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

6.

 

 

 

Shri S.K. Misra

 

 

Civil Service

 

 

Haryana

 

 

 

 

7.

 

 

 

Shri Shekhar Gupta

 

 

Journalism

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

8.

 

 

 

Prof. Alappat Sreedhara Menon

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Kerala

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

Shri C.K. Prahlad

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

Shri D. Jayakanthan

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

11.

 

 

Dr. (Smt.) Isher Judge Ahluwalia

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

12.

 

 

Shri Kunwar Narain

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

13.

 

 

Prof. Minoru Hara

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Foreigner

 

 

 

 

14.

 

 

Shri Ramachandra Guha

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Karnataka

 

 

 

 

15.

 

 

Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao

 

 

Medicine

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

16.

 

 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna

 

 

Medicine

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

17.

 

 

Dr. Khalid Hameed

 

 

Medicine

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

18.

 

 

Lt.Gen. (Retd.) Satish Nambiar

 

 

National Security Affairs

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

19.

 

 

Dr. (Smt.) Inderjit Kaur Barthakur

 

 

Public Affairs

 

 

Meghalaya

 

 

 

 

20.

 

 

Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh

 

 

Public Affairs

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

21.

 

 

Dr. Bhakta B. Rath

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

22.

 

 

Shri Conjeevaram Srirangachari

Seshadri

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

23.

 

 

Dr. Gurdip Singh Randhawa

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

24.

 

 

Shri Sam Pitroda

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

25.

 

 

Prof. (Dr.) Sarvagya Singh Katiyar

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

26.

 

 

Prof. Thomas Kailath

 

 

Science & Engineering

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

27.

 

 

Dr. Naganath Nayakawadi

 

 

Social Work

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

28.

 

 

Dr. (Smt.) Sarojini Varadappan

 

 

Social Work

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

29.

 

 

Shri Abhinav Bindra

 

 

Sports

 

 

Punjab

 

 

 

 

30.

 

 

Shri Anil Manibhai Naik

 

 

Trade & Industry

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

Padma

Shri

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

 

Name

 

 

Discipline

 

 

State / Domicile

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

Shri Thilakan

 

 

Art

 

 

Kerala

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

Shri A. Vivekh

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

Smt. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

4.

 

 

 

Shri Akshay Kumar

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

5.

 

 

 

Dr. (Ms.) Ameena Ahmed Ahuja

 

 

Art

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

6.

 

 

 

Smt. Aruna Sairam

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

7.

 

 

 

Smt. Devayani Chaymotty

 

 

Art

 

 

Foreigner

 

 

 

 

8.

 

 

 

Ms. Geeta Kapur

 

 

Art

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

Shri Govind Ram Nirmalkar

 

 

Art

 

 

Chhattisgarh

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

Shri Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma

 

 

Art

 

 

Manipur

 

 

 

 

11.

 

 

Shri Hashmat Ullah Khan

 

 

Art

 

 

Jammu & Kashmir

 

 

 

 

12.

 

 

Smt. Helan Khan

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

13.

 

 

Smt. Hemi Bawa

 

 

Art

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

14.

 

 

Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

15.

 

 

Shri Iravatham Mahadevan

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

16.

 

 

Shri K.P. Udayabhanu

 

 

Art

 

 

Kerala

 

 

 

 

17.

 

 

Dr. Kanneganti Brahmanandam

 

 

Art

 

 

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

 

 

18.

 

 

Prof. Kiran Seth

 

 

Art

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

19.

 

 

Shri Kumar Sanu Bhattacharjee

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

20.

 

 

Prof. Dr. (Smt.) Leela Omchery

 

 

Art

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

21.

 

 

Shri Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar

 

 

Art

 

 

Kerala

 

 

 

 

22.

 

 

Shri Niranjan Goswami

 

 

Art

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

23.

 

 

Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa

 

 

Art

 

 

Punjab

 

 

 

 

24.

 

 

Ms. Penaz Masani

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

25.

 

 

Shri Prakash N. Dubey

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

26.

 

 

Dr. Pratapaditya Pal

 

 

Art

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

27.

 

 

Shri Ram Kishore Chhipa

 

 

Art

 

 

Rajasthan

 

 

 

 

28.

 

 

Smt. Saoli Mitra

 

 

Art

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

29.

 

 

Late Shri Skendrowell Syiemlieh (Posthumous)

 

 

Art

 

 

Meghalaya

 

 

 

 

30.

 

 

Dr. Subrahmanyam Krishnaswamy

 

 

Art

 

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

 

 

31.

 

 

Shri Suresh Dutta

 

 

Art

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

32.

 

 

Late Shri Tafazzul Ali (Posthumous)

 

 

Art

 

 

Assam

 

 

 

 

33.

 

 

Shri Udit Narayan

 

 

Art

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

34.

 

 

Shri Vadakka Manalath Govindan

alias Kalamandalam Gopi

 

 

Art

 

 

Kerala

 

 

 

 

35.

 

 

Shri

S.B. Ghosh Dastidar

 

 

Civil Service

 

 

Haryana

 

 

 

 

36.

 

 

Shri Ameen Sayani

 

 

Commentary & Broadcasting

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

37.

 

 

Shri Abhay Chhajlani

 

 

Journalism

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

 

 

 

38.

 

 

Dr. A. Sankara Reddy

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

39.

 

 

Shri Alok Mehta

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Delhi

 

 

 

 

40.

 

 

Dr. Bannanje Govindacharya

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Karnataka

 

 

 

 

41.

 

 

Dr. Birendranath Datta

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Assam

 

 

 

 

42.

 

 

Prof. Geshe Ngawang Samten

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Foreigner

 

 

 

 

43.

 

 

Prof. Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Puducherry

 

 

 

 

44.

 

 

Shri Jayanta Mahapatra

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Orissa

 

 

 

 

45.

 

 

Dr. John Ralston Marr

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Foreigner

 

 

 

 

46.

 

 

Shri Lalthangfala Sailo

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Mizoram

 

 

 

 

47.

 

 

Shri Laxman Bapu Mane

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

48.

 

 

Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurty

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Karnataka

 

 

 

 

49.

 

 

Shri Norden Tshering

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Sikkim

 

 

 

 

50.

 

 

Dr. Panchapakesa Jayaraman

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

 

 

51.

 

 

Prof. Ram Shankar Tripathi

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

52.

 

 

Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Chander Sobti

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Chandigarh

 

 

 

 

53.

 

 

Dr. Ravindra Nath Srivastava

 

 

Literature & Education

 

 

Bihar

 

 

 

 

54.

 

 

Shri Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

 

 

 

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Hearty Congratulations to Iravatam MahadevanMr Iravatam Mahadevan richly deserves the honour of Padmashri. The Early Tamil Epigraphy , published from the Harvard University is an Unique work in the field of Epigraphy. It is a labour of over three decades of devoted work.May he live long , hale and healthy!

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kishore patnaik <kishorepatnaik09 Fwd: [bEF] Congratulations to Shri Iravatham Mahadevan for the Padma Award, 2009"" Monday, 26 January, 2009, 9:31 AM

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------S. Kalyanaraman <kalyan97 (AT) gmail (DOT) com>Jan 26, 2009 11:12 AM[bEF] Congratulations to Shri Iravatham Mahadevan for the Padma Award, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2009 on the following persons:

 

Congratulations, in particular, to Shri Iravatham Mahadevan ji for the contributions he has made to Indian Epigraphy. His path-breaking work of Indus Script corpus, Tamil Brahmi inscriptions are notable. He is a senior civil servant who gave up his bureaucratic positions and opted for civilization studies and research in the genre of Dr. Fleet and Dr. Prinsep. dhanyavaadah. kalyanaraman

Padma Vibhushan

 

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

Name

 

Discipline

 

State / Domicile

 

 

1.

 

Dr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava

 

Civil Service

 

Maharashtra

 

 

2.

 

Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna

 

Environment Conservation

 

Uttarakhand

 

 

3.

 

Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya

 

Literature & Education

 

West Bengal

 

 

4.

 

Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj

 

Medicine

 

Punjab

 

 

5.

 

Dr. Purshotam Lal

 

Medicine

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

6.

 

Shri Govind Narain

 

Public Affairs

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

7.

 

Dr. Anil Kakodkar

 

Science & Engineering

 

Maharashtra

 

 

8.

 

Shri G. Madhavan Nair

 

Science & Engineering

 

Karnataka

 

 

9.

 

Sister Nirmala

 

Social Work

 

West Bengal

 

 

10.

 

Dr. A.S. Ganguly

 

Trade & Industry

 

Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

 

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

Name

 

Discipline

 

State / Domicile

 

 

1.

 

Shri G. Sivarama Krishna Murthy alias Krishna

 

Art

 

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

2.

 

Prof. Ramanlal C. Mehta

 

Art

 

Gujarat

 

 

3.

 

Smt. Shamshad Begum

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

4.

 

Shri V.P. Dhananjayan & Smt. Shanta Dhananjayan (Duo)

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

5.

 

Dr. Vaidyanathan Ganapathi Sthapati

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

6.

 

Shri S.K. Misra

 

Civil Service

 

Haryana

 

 

7.

 

Shri Shekhar Gupta

 

Journalism

 

Delhi

 

 

8.

 

Prof. Alappat Sreedhara Menon

 

Literature & Education

 

Kerala

 

 

9.

 

Shri C.K. Prahlad

 

Literature & Education

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

10.

 

Shri D. Jayakanthan

 

Literature & Education

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

11.

 

Dr. (Smt.) Isher Judge Ahluwalia

 

Literature & Education

 

Delhi

 

 

12.

 

Shri Kunwar Narain

 

Literature & Education

 

Delhi

 

 

13.

 

Prof. Minoru Hara

 

Literature & Education

 

Foreigner

 

 

14.

 

Shri Ramachandra Guha

 

Literature & Education

 

Karnataka

 

 

15.

 

Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao

 

Medicine

 

Delhi

 

 

16.

 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna

 

Medicine

 

Delhi

 

 

17.

 

Dr. Khalid Hameed

 

Medicine

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

18.

 

Lt.Gen. (Retd.) Satish Nambiar

 

National Security Affairs

 

Delhi

 

 

19.

 

Dr. (Smt.) Inderjit Kaur Barthakur

 

Public Affairs

 

Meghalaya

 

 

20.

 

Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh

 

Public Affairs

 

Delhi

 

 

21.

 

Dr. Bhakta B. Rath

 

Science & Engineering

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

22.

 

Shri Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri

 

Science & Engineering

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

23.

 

Dr. Gurdip Singh Randhawa

 

Science & Engineering

 

Delhi

 

 

24.

 

Shri Sam Pitroda

 

Science & Engineering

 

Delhi

 

 

25.

 

Prof. (Dr.) Sarvagya Singh Katiyar

 

Science & Engineering

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

26.

 

Prof. Thomas Kailath

 

Science & Engineering

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

27.

 

Dr. Naganath Nayakawadi

 

Social Work

 

Maharashtra

 

 

28.

 

Dr. (Smt.) Sarojini Varadappan

 

Social Work

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

29.

 

Shri Abhinav Bindra

 

Sports

 

Punjab

 

 

30.

 

Shri Anil Manibhai Naik

 

Trade & Industry

 

Maharashtra

Padma Shri

 

 

 

 

Sl.No.

 

Name

 

Discipline

 

State / Domicile

 

 

1.

 

Shri Thilakan

 

Art

 

Kerala

 

 

2.

 

Shri A. Vivekh

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

3.

 

Smt. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

4.

 

Shri Akshay Kumar

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

5.

 

Dr. (Ms.) Ameena Ahmed Ahuja

 

Art

 

Delhi

 

 

6.

 

Smt. Aruna Sairam

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

7.

 

Smt. Devayani Chaymotty

 

Art

 

Foreigner

 

 

8.

 

Ms. Geeta Kapur

 

Art

 

Delhi

 

 

9.

 

Shri Govind Ram Nirmalkar

 

Art

 

Chhattisgarh

 

 

10.

 

Shri Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma

 

Art

 

Manipur

 

 

11.

 

Shri Hashmat Ullah Khan

 

Art

 

Jammu & Kashmir

 

 

12.

 

Smt. Helan Khan

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

13.

 

Smt. Hemi Bawa

 

Art

 

Delhi

 

 

14.

 

Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

15.

 

Shri Iravatham Mahadevan

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

16.

 

Shri K.P. Udayabhanu

 

Art

 

Kerala

 

 

17.

 

Dr. Kanneganti Brahmanandam

 

Art

 

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

18.

 

Prof. Kiran Seth

 

Art

 

Delhi

 

 

19.

 

Shri Kumar Sanu Bhattacharjee

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

20.

 

Prof. Dr. (Smt.) Leela Omchery

 

Art

 

Delhi

 

 

21.

 

Shri Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar

 

Art

 

Kerala

 

 

22.

 

Shri Niranjan Goswami

 

Art

 

West Bengal

 

 

23.

 

Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa

 

Art

 

Punjab

 

 

24.

 

Ms. Penaz Masani

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

25.

 

Shri Prakash N. Dubey

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

26.

 

Dr. Pratapaditya Pal

 

Art

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

27.

 

Shri Ram Kishore Chhipa

 

Art

 

Rajasthan

 

 

28.

 

Smt. Saoli Mitra

 

Art

 

West Bengal

 

 

29.

 

Late Shri Skendrowell Syiemlieh (Posthumous)

 

Art

 

Meghalaya

 

 

30.

 

Dr. Subrahmanyam Krishnaswamy

 

Art

 

Tamil Nadu

 

 

31.

 

Shri Suresh Dutta

 

Art

 

West Bengal

 

 

32.

 

Late Shri Tafazzul Ali (Posthumous)

 

Art

 

Assam

 

 

33.

 

Shri Udit Narayan

 

Art

 

Maharashtra

 

 

34.

 

Shri Vadakka Manalath Govindan alias Kalamandalam Gopi

 

Art

 

Kerala

 

 

35.

 

Shri S.B. Ghosh Dastidar

 

Civil Service

 

Haryana

 

 

36.

 

Shri Ameen Sayani

 

Commentary & Broadcasting

 

Maharashtra

 

 

37.

 

Shri Abhay Chhajlani

 

Journalism

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

 

38.

 

Dr. A. Sankara Reddy

 

Literature & Education

 

Delhi

 

 

39.

 

Shri Alok Mehta

 

Literature & Education

 

Delhi

 

 

40.

 

Dr. Bannanje Govindacharya

 

Literature & Education

 

Karnataka

 

 

41.

 

Dr. Birendranath Datta

 

Literature & Education

 

Assam

 

 

42.

 

Prof. Geshe Ngawang Samten

 

Literature & Education

 

Foreigner

 

 

43.

 

Prof. Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen

 

Literature & Education

 

Puducherry

 

 

44.

 

Shri Jayanta Mahapatra

 

Literature & Education

 

Orissa

 

 

45.

 

Dr. John Ralston Marr

 

Literature & Education

 

Foreigner

 

 

46.

 

Shri Lalthangfala Sailo

 

Literature & Education

 

Mizoram

 

 

47.

 

Shri Laxman Bapu Mane

 

Literature & Education

 

Maharashtra

 

 

48.

 

Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurty

 

Literature & Education

 

Karnataka

 

 

49.

 

Shri Norden Tshering

 

Literature & Education

 

Sikkim

 

 

50.

 

Dr. Panchapakesa Jayaraman

 

Literature & Education

 

NRI/ PIO

 

 

51.

 

Prof. Ram Shankar Tripathi

 

Literature & Education

 

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

52.

 

Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Chander Sobti

 

Literature & Education

 

Chandigarh

 

 

53.

 

Dr. Ravindra Nath Srivastava

 

Literature & Education

 

Bihar

 

 

54.

 

Shri Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

 

 

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